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Tiger Woods has second microdiscectomy surgery on back (Yahoo Sports)
With his game ailing, Tiger Woods announced he underwent a second microdiscectomy surgery on his back. ”This is certainly disappointing, but I’m a fighter,” Woods said. Woods made the announcement on his website – www.tigerwoods.com – and reported the microsurgical procedure – intended to relieve pain from a pinched nerve – was performed late Wednesday in Park City, Utah, by neurosurgeon Dr. Charles Rich.
Baseball player in critical condition after New York drive-by shooting
By Katie Reilly NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former minor league baseball player who was drafted by the Oakland Athletics is in critical condition on Saturday after being wounded in a drive-by shooting early Friday morning in a New York suburb, police said. Michael Nolan of Yonkers, New York, was shot once in the head and twice in the body while he was standing with a group of people in
Hull and Pettersen snatch victory from jaws of defeat
By Tony Jimenez ST LEON-ROT, Germany (Reuters) – The nerveless Charley Hull and the steely-eyed Suzann Pettersen sent the crowd wild with delight on Saturday as they pulled off one of the finest comebacks in the 25-year history of the Solheim Cup. The European pair were staring defeat in the face at four down with seven to play but a scorching run of five birdies in the last seven holes
Golf-Hull-Pettersen comeback helps Europe go 8-4 up
By Tony Jimenez ST LEON-ROT, Germany, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Charley Hull and Suzann Pettersen took centre stage as holders Europe stormed into an 8-4 lead over the United States on the second day of the 14th Solheim Cup on Saturday. Hull maintained her 100 percent record in this week’s event as she and her Norwegian partner fought back brilliantly from four down through 11 holes to win a nerve-jangling
Golf-Saturday's Solheim Cup results
ST LEON-ROT, Germany, Sept 19 (Reuters) – Results on thesecond day of the 14th Solheim Cup on Saturday: EUROPE 8-4 UNITED STATES Morning foursomes Melissa Reid v Alison Lee & Carlota Ciganda & Michelle Wie Won 4 and 3 Charley Hull v Paula Creamer & Suzann Pettersen & Morgan Pressel Won 1 up Sandra Gal v Angela Stanford & Catriona Matthew & Brittany Lincicome Won 1 up Anna Nordqvist v
Captains clash as Europe take 5-3 lead in Solheim Cup
By Tony Jimenez ST LEON-ROT, Germany (Reuters) – Holders Europe led the United States 5-3 after Friday’s rain-interrupted fourballs were completed at the 14th Solheim Cup on Saturday morning as both captains became involved in a heated exchange. The two matches carried over from the day before were both halved with Melissa Reid and Carlota Ciganda ending all square with Cristie Kerr and Lexi Thompson, and Caroline Masson and Sandra
East European leaders argue as migrants pour across borders
By Sasa Kavic and Ivana Sekularac BELI MANASTIR/HARMICA, Croatia (Reuters) – Hungary and Croatia traded threats on Saturday as thousands of exhausted migrants poured over their borders, deepening the disarray in Europe over how to handle the tide of humanity. More than 20,000 migrants, many of them refugees from the Syrian war, have trekked into Croatia since Tuesday, when Hungary used a metal fence, tear gas and water cannon on
Turkish jets hit Kurdish militant camps in Iraq, at least 55 killed: sources
At least 55 militants were killed when Turkish warplanes hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps in northern Iraq overnight, security sources said on Saturday, as Ankara shows no sign of easing up strikes on insurgents ahead of a Nov. 1 election. The jets took off from a base in Diyarbakir, in Turkey’s southeast, and later returned without damage, the sources said. Turkey’s largely Kurdish southeast has been hit by almost
Pope to witness impact of U.S.-Cuba detente he helped spur
By Andrew Cawthorne HAVANA (Reuters) – Pope Francis begins a nine-day tour of Cuba and the United States on Saturday where he will see both the benefits and complexities of a fast-evolving detente between the old Cold War foes that he helped broker. Better sensitized to the issue than predecessors because of his Latin American roots, the 78-year-old Argentine pontiff facilitated a back channel for talks and sent missives to