ATLANTA-- Henrik Stenson stole the spotlight from the young guns on Thursday, firing a seven-under-par 63 to set the pace after the first round of the season-ending Tour Championship.
BARCELONA-- A Karim Benzema brace gave Real Madrid a 2-1 victory at Athletic Bilbao and lifted them to the top of La Liga on goal difference ahead of Celta Vigo, who thrashed Barcelona 4-1 on Wednesday with Iago Aspas hitting a double.
LONDON-- Manchester City produced a blistering first-half performance to win 4-1 at Sunderland in the League Cup third round on Tuesday, inflicting more misery on Dick Advocaat's struggling side.
SUZUKA, Japan-- Red Bull are serious about pulling both their teams out of Formula One if they cannot obtain a competitive engine for 2016, their motorsport consultant Helmut Marko said on Wednesday.
ATLANTA-- Two-times Masters winner Bubba Watson says he has learned a valuable lesson from Jason Day about aggression.
But the lesson might have to be put on hold this week at the Tour Championship at East Lake, where, Watson says, he will be cautious to avoid the rough.
Watson marvelled at how the 27-year-old Australian attacked courses in recent triumphs at the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits and last week's BMW Championship that carried him to the world number one ranking.
