Sportspeak

"Would it have been better for him to give me a fight on the 17th hole?"

"Would it have been better for him to give me a fight on the 17th hole?"

- Sergio Garcia explaining why he walked off the course in the Volvo Masters pro-am at Montecastillo after an altercation with his amateur playing partner.

"The FAI are satisfied that Tony Cascarino was always eligible to become a citizen of the Republic of Ireland and was, therefore, always eligible to play for Ireland."

- The FAI declaring that Cascarino's claims that he was a fraud are fraud. Can anyone explain this?

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