Cycling: Dave Brailsford, The Man Behind His Country’S Rise To Cycling Superpower Has Quit As Performance Director Of British Cycling. Brailsford, 50, Instigated Gold Medal Hauls At Both The 2008 And 2012 Olympic Games. The Guardian Said He Was Leaving His Position To Concentrate On His Similar Role At Team Sky. With Brailsford At The Helm, Team Sky Have Enjoyed Incredible Success, With Britons Bradley Wiggins And Chris Froome Winning The Last Two Editions Of The Tour De France.
Golf: Bubba Watson Rolled In Five Birdies In A Row To Snatch The Outright Lead In The Second Round Of The 78th Masters Yesterday And Surge Into Contention For A Second Green Jacket In Three Years. Watson Produced A Masterful Display To Grab The Early Clubhouse Lead. The American, Who Won The Championship In An Epic Play-Off Two Years Ago, Followed Up His Opening 69 With A Four-Under-Par 68 To Reach The Halfway Stage At Seven Under. He Made His First Bogey Of The Tournament At The Ninth Hole And Also Dropped A Shot At The Last When He Missed A Short Putt But Reeled Off Five Successive Birdies From The 12th To Seize Control And Open A Three-Shot Advantage Over His Nearest Rivals, Overnight Leader Bill Haas And Fellow American Jimmy Walker, Who Were Both At Four Under.
Rugby Union: Former France Scrum-Half Dimitri Yachvili Has Announced He Will Retire At The End Of The Season. Yachvili, 33, Played For France In The 2011 World Cup Final Defeat To New Zealand And Enjoyed Success At Club Level With Biarritz After Launching His Top-Flight Career With A Brief Stint At Gloucester In 2001/02.
Basket, Nba: San Antonio Spurs Guard Patty Mills, Starting In Place Of Injured Tony Parker, Took Full Advantage Of The Opportunity With A Game-High 26 Points And Put A Dent In The Play-Off Hopes Of Dallas Mavericks In A 109-100 Win. Australian Mills, Who Made Six Three-Pointers, Scored 11 Points In The Third Quarter As The Spurs Outscored The Mavs 34-21 To Reclaim The Lead And Closed Out For An Impressive Away Win. The Spurs (61-18) Moved Within One Victory Of Clinching The No.1 Seed In The Western Conference.