Former world No 1 defends cup attitude
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TIGER WOODS today made it clear he still views individual glory as more important than team success ahead of the Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills.
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Former England skipper Alec Stewart believes Michael Vaughan's men are World Cup outsiders and that defending champions Australia and top-ranked team South Africa are the two likely finalists.
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Masters champion Phil Mickelson defended his commitment to the US Ryder Cup cause on Wednesday as scrutiny over his decision to switch equipment before golf&#39;s biggest team event intensified.
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Ian Woosnam believes Thomas Bjorn's criticism of his captaincy will make Europe's Ryder Cup team stronger.
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BBC Sport columnist Terry Butcher refuses to  back down on his criticism of England.
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Former Ryder Cup-winning European  captain Sam Torrance believes this year's team will benefit  from defending the trophy on American soil next week.
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BASEL, Switzerland  - Aksel Lund Svindal is no stranger to the top of the overall World Cup standings but is playing down any expectations that he will still be there at the end of the season.
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European captain Ian Woosnam tells his team to excel as individuals after their Ryder Cup win.
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Elton Flatley, who so nearly dashed England&#39;s dreams in the World Cup final a year ago, has returned to the Australia side for their defence of the Cook Cup at Twickenham on Saturday.
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Sven-Goran Eriksson insisted England had answered their critics in the perfect manner as Jermain Defoe inspired them to a morale-boosting World Cup qualifying victory in Poland.
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England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson said on Sunday that only failure to reach the 2006 World Cup would force him to resign. But the Swede said he was confident
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Even though the United States has a guaranteed spot in the regional finals, forward Eddie Johnson says there are still high stakes in Wednesday's World Cup qualifying match against Jamaica.
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Batsman Kevin Pietersen says he hopes to be lifted in the World Cup by England's new-found confidence.
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COLIN MONTGOMERIE last night insisted Europe will head to the next Ryder Cup as hot favourites for the first time. Monty - whose putt handed the Cup to Bernhard Langer&#39;s team at Oakland Hills on Sunday - made
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Sir Clive Woodward, the World Cup-winning coach who has resigned himself to turning his back on England&#39;s rugby team less than a year after guiding them to the summit of the international game
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&#39;Michael Schumacher&#39;s recent absence from top spot on the formula one rostrum may have lulled some of his opposition into believing the Ferrari driver was just a little too comfortable with life after clinching his all-time record seventh world
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France and Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has refuted critics of his national squad&#39;s current poor run of form. Critics have wondered why the former FIFA Footballer of the Year and current top-performer in