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Host Donald chooses The Grove to stage British Masters

Former world number one Luke Donald will host next year’s British Masters at The Grove parkland course on the outskirts of London. It will be the second time The Grove has been the venue for a European Tour event, having hosted a World Golf Championship tournament in 2006 won by Tiger Woods. “I was lucky enough to be able to play that event and I’m excited we are going back,”

Golf-Host Donald chooses The Grove to stage British Masters

Former world number one Luke Donald will host next year’s British Masters at The Grove parkland course on the outskirts of London. It will be the second time The Grove has been the venue for a European Tour event, having hosted a World Golf Championship tournament in 2006 won by Tiger Woods. “I was lucky enough to be able to play that event and I’m excited we are going back,”

Mets beat Cubs and Arrieta for 2-0 series lead

By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Mets struck early, using a combination of pitching and power to post a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday and take a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series. Daniel Murphy blasted a two-run homer to cap a three-run first inning off Cubs ace Jake Arrieta that was all the Mets and starter Noah Syndergaard

Modest Murphy turned power-hitting monster for Mets

By Larry Fine NEW YORK (Reuters) – Daniel Murphy has been a good hitter with modest power over his seven-year Major League Baseball career with the Mets, but the 30-year-old second baseman has turned into a one-man wrecking crew this postseason. Murphy, who hit a career high 14 home runs this season, has homered in four straight postseason games and has five overall from seven contests in these playoffs. The

Backlog of migrants swells in the Balkans, tempers fray

By Aleksandar Vasovic and Marja Novak BERKASOVO, Serbia/LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – The Balkans struggled with a growing backlog of migrants on Monday after Hungary sealed its southern border and Slovenia tried to impose a limit, leaving thousands stranded on cold, wet borders where tempers frayed. Having declared it would accept only 2,500 per day, Slovenia said 5,000 had arrived from Croatia on Monday, with another 1,200 on their way by train.

Syrian rebels say receive more weapons for Aleppo battle

By Tom Perry and Suleiman Al-Khalidi BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Rebels battling the Syrian army and its allies near Aleppo said on Monday they had received new supplies of U.S.-made anti-tank missiles from states opposed to President Bashar al-Assad since the start of a major government offensive last week. The rebels from three groups contacted by Reuters said new supplies had arrived in response to the attack by the army, which

Nuclear deal on Iran program to be implemented this year, says Iranian official

Iran’s nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said on Monday he expected a deal with six world powers on shrinking Tehran’s atomic program in exchange for sanctions relief to be implemented by year-end. The United States and the European Union took formal legal steps on Sunday that will lift sanctions once Iran meets certain conditions such as reducing the number of centrifuges used to enrich uranium, and its enriched uranium stockpile. When

Exclusive: NATO nations to keep presence in Afghanistan, officials say

By Robin Emmott TRAPANI, Italy (Reuters) – Germany, Turkey and Italy are set to keep their deployments in Afghanistan at current levels, senior NATO officials said on Monday after the U.S. government decided to prolong its 14-year-old military presence there. The Taliban’s brief takeover of a provincial capital has raised concern about the strength of Afghan state forces and both the United States and its NATO allies now say events,