Golf: Langer gives up captaincy
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Bernhard Langer says he will not carry on as European Ryder Cup captain for Ireland in 2006.
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Seven-times Order of Merit winner Colin  Montgomerie has ruled out the prospect of captaining Europe's  Ryder Cup team at the K Club in Ireland in 2006.
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Darren Clarke claimed yesterday that it would take more than a change in captaincy to reverse a trend that has seen Europe win four of the last five Ryder Cups.
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World No.1 Vijay Singh will play Bernhard Langer, who captained Europe to victory in last month&#39;s Ryder Cup, in the first round of the World Match Play Championship at Wentworth, near London, this week.
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South Africa: South African vice captain Nicky Boje has withdrawn from the national cricket squad&#39;s tour to India after failing to get assurance by Delhi police that he would not be arrested for match-fixing, the team&#39;s spokesman said Wednesday.
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Paul McGinley steps down from his position as an assistant captain to Nick Faldo for next year's Ryder Cup.
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Sport: Tim Henman has announced that he will retire from tennis after Britain's Davis Cup tie next month.
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Australia wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist announces his retirement from international cricket.
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Munich, Germany (Sports Network) - European Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer finalized his team on Sunday when he added six-time Ryder Cup veteran Colin Montgomerie and rookie Luke Donald.
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In-form opener Justin Langer has taken his place in the Australian line-up for the second Test against Pakistan starting today at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
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JUSTIN Langer sniffed the rarified air of cricket&#39;s 20-century club, but it took Darren Lehmann&#39;s 28 not out to give a nervous home city sweet dreams last night.
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LUKE Donald gave Bernhard Langer the response he was looking for yesterday by romping to victory in the Omega European Masters just a week after being handed the final wild-card for next monthâs European Ryder Cup team.
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Britain&#39;s Luke Donald repaid Bernhard Langer faith in him by winning the European Masters on Sunday the week after the European Ryder Cup captain handed him a wild-card.
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MUNICH, Germany : European Ryder Cup captain Bernard Langer said he plumped for Colin Montgomerie and Luke Donald as wild cards, and not Swede Fredrik Jacobson, because he thought they would perform better at the Oakland Hills golf course.
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Bernhard Langer, who led the Europeans to a convincing victory in last year's Ryder Cup, will not return to captain the 2006 team, leaving Ian Woosnam and Nick Faldo as possible successors.
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Victorious Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer pulled off a stunning upset in the first round of the World Match Play Championship when he beat world number one Vijay Singh at the 37th hole.
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Colin Montgomerie yesterday applied for the job of captain of the 2006 Ryder Cup team - by the simple expedient of not applying for it.