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By Steve Keating AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Sandy Lyle may be one of the Masters most beloved champions but he received precious little of it at Augusta National on Saturday, cutting a forlorn figure as he hit the last putt of his career in the early morning rain on a near deserted 18th green. The first British player to wear the Green Jacket after winning the 1988 Masters, the 65-year-old […]

By Steve Keating AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Sandy Lyle may be one of the Masters most beloved champions but he received precious little of it at Augusta National on Saturday, cutting a forlorn figure as he hit the last putt of his career in the early morning rain on a near deserted 18th green. The first British player to wear the Green Jacket after winning the 1988 Masters, the 65-year-old […]

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Manchester City cut Arsenal’s Premier League lead to five points after Erling Haaland scored twice in a 4-1 win over bottom side Southampton, while Newcastle United edged closer to a return to the Champions League for the first time in 20 years. Haaland was at his sublime best on his return from injury and he signed off with a stunning bicycle kick that took his […]

(Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ramped up his fight against Walt Disney Co, seeking to void an agreement that Disney passed to limit the power of a board appointed by DeSantis to oversee its Florida theme park property. On Thursday in remarks made at Hillsdale College in Michigan, DeSantis said the legislature would void changes Disney made shortly before it lost control of the board. “They are not superior […]

By Rami Amichay TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of Israelis joined protests on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to tighten controls on the Supreme Court, despite heightened security worries after two deadly attacks a day earlier. The latest in a series of protests against the plans, which were paused last month in the face of a wave of strikes and mass demonstrations, come as Israel faces a […]

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis led the world’s Roman Catholics into Easter at a Saturday night vigil Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, decrying the “icy winds of war” and other injustices. The 86-year-old Francis skipped an outdoor event on Friday night because of unseasonably cold temperatures in Rome. His doctors ordered prudence after he was hospitalised last week for bronchitis. Francis appeared to be well during […]

(Reuters) – A Paulo Dybala penalty and a superb defensive performance gave AS Roma a 1-0 win away to Torino on Saturday that lifted them to third place in the table and boosted their hopes of a spot in next season’s Champions League. Jose Mourinho’s side are on 53 points with nine matches left in the campaign and are one point ahead of fourth-placed AC Milan. Roma are two points […]

SOUTHAMPTON, England (Reuters) -Erling Haaland netted a brilliant bicycle kick as he scored a brace on his return to Manchester City’s starting line-up after injury in a 4-1 Premier League win at bottom side Southampton on Saturday to keep the pressure on leaders Arsenal. The Norwegian netted twice to bring his tally of league goals to 30 for the season as City snuffed out any ideas Southampton may have had about pulling […]

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Manchester City cut Arsenal’s Premier League lead to five points after Erling Haaland scored twice in a 4-1 win over bottom side Southampton, while Newcastle United edged closer to a return to the Champions League for the first time in 20 years. Haaland was at his sublime best on his return from injury and he signed off with a stunning bicycle kick that took his […]