Phil Mickelson made history last night, as he became the oldest ever winner of one of golf's four Majors - the 50-year-old holding on to secure a famous victory in the US PGA Championship. On a wild, rollercoaster final round at the brutally tough Kiawah Island, Mickelson battled his way to a closing effort of 73 - enough to see him finish the tournament on six under par and win by two strokes from South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen and playing partner Brooks Koepka, whose challenge wilted on the final day. Mickelson's improbable win is his first in a Major since he won the 2013 British Open at Muirfield, and now means he has six Major titles to his name. Ireland's Pádraig Harrington turns 50 in August and he too rolled back the years in south Carolina, with a final round of 69 seeing him finish in a share of fourth place on two under par. He was matched stride for stride by his playing partner Shane Lowry, the British Open champion also carding a 69 to tie for fourth. It was another Major week to forget for Rory McIlroy however - he lamented his "very average" showing at Kiawah Island as he finished with a level par effort of 72.
Leicester City have missed out on the Champions League on the final day of the season for the second year in a row - their 4-2 defeat at home to Tottenham yesterday seeing the FA Cup winners finish in fifth place. Brendan Rodgers' side had been in the driving seat for a place in the top four thanks to two Jamie Vardy penalties but they were stunned by a late Gareth Bale brace at the King Power Stadium. This means Chelsea will play in the Champions League next season, despite their fraught, bad-tempered 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa yesterday. Liverpool meanwhile leapfrogged Thomas Tuchel's side to finish third after a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace at Anfield. West Ham secured a Europa League place with a 3-0 win over Southampton while Arsenal miss out on Europe altogether despite their 2-0 win at home against Brighton. Elsewhere Ole Gunnar Solskjaer rang the changes as Manchester United spoiled Nuno Espirito-Santo's Wolves farewell, Anthony Elanga and Juan Mata scoring the goals in a 2-1 win at Molineux. Sergio Aguero's leaving party was more successful - he scored a brace off the bench as Man City routed Everton 5-0. In the day's other games, Leeds beat West Brom, Newcastle won at Fulham and a David McGoldrick goal gave Sheffield United a narrow win over Burnley.
It was honours even between Dublin and Kerry in their Allianz Football League meeting in the strange setting of Semple Stadium in Thurles yesterday, with David Clifford's late penalty earning the Kingdom a draw. It finished Dublin 4-19 Kerry 1-18 at the famous hurling venue - Seán Moran reports from a cold, if intriguing, heavyweight clash. Elsewhere Galway bounced back from their heavy defeat to Kerry as they beat Connacht rivals Roscommon 2-16 to 1-13 - Keith Duggan was at Pearse Stadium. In the hurling meanwhile, Waterford dished out a measure of revenge for last year's All-Ireland defeat as they beat Limerick 1-22 to 0-21 at Walsh Park. Ian O'Riordan was there to see Waterford's first win over Limerick in any competition since 2016. One fixture which did not go ahead this weekend was Wexford's clash with Kilkenny, due to a further positive test in the Wexford panel - the CCCC will meet today to discuss the rescheduling.
Aidan O'Brien enjoyed his 10th victory in the Irish 1,000 Guineas yesterday, as Empress Josephine (14-1) and Seamus Heffernan edged out stablemate Joan Of Arc (9-2) and Ryan Moore in a thriller at the Curragh. This followed Saturday's 2,000 Guineas win for Jim Bolger, courtesy of Mac Swiney.
Limerick's Carolyn Hayes took a big step towards a place at the Tokyo Olympics yesterday. Hayes took silver in Sunday's Triathlon World Cup in Lisbon, Portugal, behind double Olympic medallist Nicola Spirig of Switzerland. The result all but confirms her ticket to Japan.
And Toulouse were crowned champions of Europe for a fifth time on Saturday, after their narrow 22-19 final win over Top 14 rivals La Rochelle at Twickenham. Antoine Dupont, the player of the tournament, reflected on his side's win: "The club has an illustrious past in the Champions Cup. We were the joint-top team in terms of number of Champions Cup wins, and today, we can add a fifth star to our shirt, and we now realise that we form part of the club's legacy and that we're carrying that tradition forward."
