England will be hoping 2024 is finally the year men’s football comes home as they go for European Championship glory. Boss Gareth Southgate probably has one final shot at becoming the first manager since Sir Alf Ramsay to win a major trophy after several near misses over the last few years.
Erling Haaland, Max Verstappen and Novak Djokovic were among the stars to produce historic statistics in a memorable year of sport. Here we look back at 2023 in numbers.
Tiger Woods is set for a return to the PGA Tour this week by playing in the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Woods underwent ankle surgery in April after withdrawing from The Masters and has not played competitively since.
Rory McIlroy will have gone a decade without winning a major by the time he returns to Augusta in April for his latest bid to complete the career Grand Slam. While the Northern Irishman’s frustration at failing to add to the four majors he won between 2011 and 2014 has been palpable, some players never manage to reach the winner’s circle in the sport’s biggest events.
Europe take on the United States in the Ryder Cup in Rome from September 29-October 1. Captained by Luke Donald, Europe will attempt to regain the trophy at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club. Here, we take a closer look at some Ryder Cup stats.
The countdown is on until the Ryder Cup but it is a former venue for that tournament which takes centre stage in our Irish Open predictions. The K Club hosted the Ryder Cup in 2006 and the Arnold Palmer-designed North Course stages this week’s DP World Tour event for the first time since 2016.
Europe are 11/8 underdogs in bwin’s Ryder Cup 2023 odds following news of captain Luke Donald’s six wild card picks for Rome. Donald has selected Tommy Fleetwood, Sepp Straka, Justin Rose, Shane Lowry, Nicolai Hojgaard and Ludvig Aberg.
Royal Liverpool hosts golf’s final major of the year and we have picked out four top tips to shine in our The Open 2023 predictions. Rory McIlroy claimed his fourth major the last time the Claret Jug was up for grabs at Hoylake and returns fresh from a Scottish Open success but we’re looking for better value elsewhere.
The final major of the year takes place at Royal Liverpool this week and we’ve picked out four golfers fancied to get off to a strong start in The Open special bets. While the Claret Jug won’t be won during Thursday’s opening round, players will be eager to leave themselves well placed on the leaderboard.
All eyes are on Hoylake for the final major of the year and we have compiled an Open 2023 course guide to explain the test facing the world’s best golfers. The Royal Liverpool Golf Club is the venue for the 151st Open Championship and here is what lies ahead at all 18 holes.
After a near-miss at the US Open, we’re taking a look at the odds for when we’ll see an addition to the four Rory McIlroy major wins. The Northern Irishman had to settle for a runner-up finish at Los Angeles Country Club, as his long wait for a fifth major title continued.
Golf’s third major championship takes place at Los Angeles Country Club from June 15-18 and we have picked out the leading contenders in the US Open 2023 betting odds. England’s Matt Fitzpatrick is the defending champion and is 33/1 to join Brooks Koepka (2017-18) in winning back-to-back title as the US Open returns to LA for the first time since 1948.
The major championships are the pinnacle of golf as the world’s best players go up against each other on the sport’s toughest courses. We look back at the history of the game’s four biggest tournaments and pick out the 10 best performances in golf majors.
Saudi Arabia and sport have become increasingly intertwined in recent years and the growing influence of the country took arguably its most significant step yet last week. The LIV Golf series, backed by the finances of the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), is merging with the PGA and DP World Tours to create a new vehicle which will manage the commercial interests of top-level golf.