A round-up of today's other stories in brief
Caddy Tevez didn't make cut for some
GOLF:The Royal & Ancient (R & A) organisers were mixed in their reactions to the sight of Manchester City footballer Carlos Tevez caddying for fellow Argentine Andres Romero in the final round of the British Open.
“I think we may need to look at this particular case,” R & A championship committee chairman Jim McArthur said yesterday.
“The strange thing for me was he never put the bag down so when he was standing on the green he was carrying the bag all over the place. It’s just absolute madness.
“Maybe it’s something we need to just have a look at,” McArthur added. “We do normally get a list of caddies at the beginning of the week and we take that into account.”
Tevez was unable to inspire Romero who carded four double-bogeys to close with an 82 to finish on 18 over and last in the field.
R & A chief executive Peter Dawson chose to accentuate the positives. “Its not for me to say anything about players’ choice of caddie as long as they behave in the best traditions of the championship and within the rules,” said Dawson.
Morrissey and Barry advance comfortably at Fitzwilliam
TENNIS:Sam Barry and John Morrissey were notable Irish winners on the opening day of the FBD Insurance Irish Tennis Open at a windy Fitzwilliam yesterday.
Barry beat Matthew Short of England 7-5 6-1. After a tentative start, Barry claimed the only break of serve in the 12th game to take the opening set. The Limerick man, raced away with the second set with some great serving and volleying.
Morrissey had a comfortable 6-3 6-3 victory over English man Adam Thornton-Brown. The Donnybrook player was in control throughout, with good groundstrokes and a high first serve percentage.
The other two Irish players in action yesterday both failed to progress. Ciarán Fitzgerald lost in straight sets to fifth seed Daniel Evans, while England’s Neil Pauffley was too good for Stephen Martin, who will be happy to have come through the qualifying rounds.
Fourth seed Michael Look of Australia was the highest ranked seed in action and he looked in good form in beating Georgian Lazare Kukhalashvili, who is a coach in Ireland, 6-2 6-3
Hoy warns Wiggins his life will change
CYCLING:Bradley Wiggins should be prepared for his life to be turned upside down after becoming the first British winner of the Tour de France, said four-time Olympic gold medallist Chris Hoy.
Hoy knows how cycling success can bring overnight celebrity and warned his British Olympic team mate to expect drastic changes now he had ended the countrys hoodoo in the event’s 99th edition.
“In the cycling world already he is such a superstar, and he is used to receiving a lot of attention wherever he travels,” Hoy said. “I think in the UK is potentially where the real change will happen, when he is walking around the streets and he is out and about. I think his life will change drastically and I am sure he will deal with it incredibly well.”
Wiggins arrived back in Britain, the day after he became this country’s first winner of the greatest endurance race in cycling. The 32-year-old was seen at his Lancashire home yesterday with his wife Cath as he enjoys some brief time off. Wearing sunglasses and a black T-shirt, Wiggins drove off in a Mercedes people carrier without speaking to waiting journalists outside his home in Eccleston, near Chorley.
