
Tuesday, August 17, 1999
Tiger back with a roar
Tiger Woods edged Sergio Garcia to win the 81st PGA Championship as the field's two youngest players staged one of the most dramatic back-nine duels in major tournament history.

Akopian throws a spanner in Adam's works
Hot favourite Grandmaster Michael Adams of England was shocked by Grandmaster Vladimir Akopian of Armenia after the Englishman squandered his winning advantage in the first game of their four-game semi-final match of the $3m World Chess Championship on Monday.

Johnson plea rejected
Disgraced former world 100 metre champion Ben Johnson's hopes of having his life ban lifted in time to compete in the Sydney Olympics were dashed by a Special Commission for the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF).

|




|