Golf: Tiger Woods confirmed his participation in this week’s Wyndham Championship, after previously hedging his bet on whether he would play the PGA Tour event in North Carolina. Woods entered the tournament before the deadline last Friday but, after missing the cut at the PGA Championship in Wisconsin the following day, he was non-committal. “I’m just going to sit back and I’ll go through with my team, we’ll talk about it, what I need to do and see if that’s the right move or not,” Woods said at Whistling Straits. But yesterday, tournament director Mark Brazil confirmed the participation of Woods.
Athletics: Double Olympic shot put champion Valerie Adams has undergone knee surgery and will need up to 12 weeks of rehabilitation as the New Zealander tries to get herself in the best possible shape for the Rio Games next year. Adams, Olympic champion in 2008 and 2012, had shoulder and elbow surgery last year and decided not to defend her title at the World Championships in Beijing this month after a disappointing season. Germany’s Christina Schwanitz has dominated the women’s shot this season having ended Adams’s five-year, 56-competition unbeaten streak in Paris in July.
Rugby World Cup: A new Hawk-Eye system will be used in the upcoming rugby World Cup to aid referee’s decision making following a series of successful trials, the sport’s governing body said. The technology will be implemented alongside the existing Television Match Official (TMO) process to enhance officials’ instant access to multiple angle replays in real-time and slow motion. “Technology is an important component of the rugby performance and fan engagement environments,” World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper said in a statement.
Cricket: Australian opening batsman Chris Rogers confirmed yesterday that he will retire from test cricket at the end of the current Ashes series in England. Rogers had already indicated that the series would be his last and the 37-year-old told reporters in London he had no reason to change his mind. “I think it is time, I have had an amazing couple of years playing for Australia and enjoyed it and been part of some pretty special things but everything comes to an end and I have been pretty lucky,” he said. Rogers is the oldest member of the current Australian team but has been one of the few to shine in the Ashes, scoring 437 runs at an average of 62.42.