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Hi guys! We're back with sports news from around the world! So here's some of the news from sports happened on August 28, 2022! Check this out! 1. 2022 Belgian Grand Prix results: Verstappen's continuous dominance from 14th on the grid SPA FRANCORCHAMPS – The 2022 Formula 1 world championship season resumes after a summer break, where reigning world champion Max Verstappen held an healthy eighty points lead ahead of his rival Charles Leclerc. Prior to the start of the Belgian Grand Prix, both Verstappen and Leclerc recieved grid penalties for converting new engines and power units respectively. Started 14th and 15th, both Verstappen and Leclerc were stuck by drivers and incidents ahead of them, but the Dutchman's Red Bull Racing RB18 jumps more multiple positions than Leclerc's Ferrari F1-75. Safety car deployed due to seperate incidents involving seven-time world champion Sir Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) and former two-time world champion Ferna...

PONTE VEDRA, FL – On June 9, 2022, the golfing world was shocked with the inauguration of LIV Golf series , an unofficial golf league founded by former PGA Tour legend Greg 'Shark' Norman, in conjunction with Saudi Arabian Public Investments Fund . Top and elite pros including Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson, Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson, Patrick Reed, Bryson DeChambeau, Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood, Paul Casey, Graeme McDowell and 2023 European Ryder Cup captain Henrik Stenson were instantly signed into LIV Golf. The LIV Golf had different formats from PGA and DP World Tour; whereas the regular PGA and DP World Tour tournament has no shotgun starts (instead of the honorary starts in some tournaments including the Memorial Tournament, etc.) and a 72-hole stroke play format (with 36-hole cutline system), the LIV Golf has shotgun starts and a 54-hole stroke play format (without cutline system). However, players who joined LIV Golf will lost their own PGA Tour or DP Wor...

ST. ANDREWS – The  2022 Open Championship , officially the 150th   Open Championship , is a  golf  tournament to be played 14–17 July on the  Old Course at St Andrews ,  Scotland . Collin Morikawa will defend the Claret Jug he won last year at Royal St. Georges . The Open Championship is organized by  the R&A , and is included in the  PGA Tour ,  European Tour/DP World Tour , and  Japan Golf Tour  calendars under the  major championships  category. The tournament is a 72-hole (4 rounds)  stroke play  competition held over 4 days, with 18 holes played each day. Play is in groups of three for the first two days, and groups of two in the final two days. Groupings for the first two days are decided by the organisers, with each group having one morning, and one afternoon tee time. On the final two days, players tee off in reverse order of aggregate score, with the leaders last. After 36 holes there wa...

BROOKLINE, MA – Phil Mickelson's attempt to complete his career grand slam at 122nd U.S. Open comes into a failure once again, after the 52 year-old missed the halfway cut after Friday's 2nd round at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachussetts. And perhaps still, U.S. Open remains misery to win it for the lefty, who had won three Masters, two PGAs and a British Open. The Arizonian had finished 2nd or tied 2nd many times in his entire U.S. Open career. In 1999 , Mickelson needs a birdie putt to force Payne Stewart an 18-hole playoff, but ended up with Mickelson made par and Stewart holed birdie putt to win his last major, three months before Stewart killed in the airplane crash . In 2006, more drama happened at Winged Foot, as Mickelson needs par to win the U.S. Open title. However, Mickelson missed the 72nd fairway and green and double-bogeyed the hole. Australia's Geoff Ogilvy became eventual champion. Mickelson's karma to win the U.S. Open got even wors...

BOSTON, MA – The  2022 United States Open Championship  is the 122nd  U.S. Open , the national open  golf  championship of the United States. It is a 72-hole  stroke play  tournament scheduled for June 16–19 at  The Country Club  in  Brookline, Massachusetts , a suburb west of  Boston . It is the club's fourth U.S. Open ( 1913 ,  1963 ,  1988 ). - Formats and exemption criteria a. Format The U.S. Open is a 72-hole  stroke play  tournament similar to other majors and regulars. If players were tied at the end of the final round, the champion will be determined in a two-hole aggregate playoff (which introduced in 2018 , replacing the 18-hole playoff on Monday from 1946 until 2017 that replaced the 36-hole playoff on Sunday from 1895 to 1941 ), and if still tied after playoff, it will determined again through the sudden-death playoff. b. Exemption criteria The field for the U.S. Open is made...

There are so many sporting events held on Sunday, May 22, 2022, where winners and champions decided. But in case you missed all the action and thrills, here are some of biggest news from sporting events back on Sunday, May 22, 2022! a. Soccer: City won back-to-back Premier League title, deny Liverpool's dream treble MANCHESTER – Manchester City retained their FA Premier League title, after defeating Aston Villa in the final matchday at Etihad Stadium. This became their sixth league title in ten years, since The Citizens won their first title in 2011/12 season. 🏆 Your 2021/22 #PL CHAMPIONS: @ManCity 🏆 pic.twitter.com/caRs7ApDqw — Premier League (@premierleague) May 22, 2022 Premier League Champions 21/22!!! 🏆💙 pic.twitter.com/FzOuKblPZd — Manchester City (@ManCity) May 22, 2022 Thank you for your brilliant support this season, Reds. What an incredible ride this special team has taken us all on ❤ There have been so many memorable moments, together. O...

TULSA, OK – The  2022 PGA Championship  will be the 104th  PGA Championship , to be held from May 19–22 at  Southern Hills Country Club  in  Tulsa, Oklahoma . The event was originally intended to be played at  Trump National Golf Club Bedminster  in New Jersey. Phil Mickelson, two-time and defending champion, will miss this major championship due to his family business. Tiger Woods, four-time PGA champion, last won at Southern Hills back in 2007, is looking for his record-equaling five Wanamaker Trophy, which achieved by Walter Hagen during match play era (1916-1957) and Jack Nicklaus in recent stroke play era (1958-present). Current world number one player, Scottie Scheffler, is looking for back-to-back major titles following his Masters' triumph last April at Augusta National. Meanwhile, another Texan, Jordan Spieth, is also aiming to complete his career grand slam at PGA Championship. Spieth had won three other majors (The Masters, ...

AUGUSTA, GA – In 2005, nine year-old Scottie Scheffler witnessed Tiger Woods' victorious birdie hole-out at 16th hole of Augusta National, and told his dad "I wanna win that green jacket". As part of University of Texas Longhorns golf team, Scheffler once told by his coach that winning the green jacket is a must dream come true. And on April 10, 2022, the dream has realised. Scheffler replicates his idol Jordan Spieth's 2015 performance or Ben Crenshaw's 1984 and 1995's triumph to become another Texan winner at the 86th running of the Masters Tournament. This also became his maiden major title, even after his reign as world no.1 began after winning WGC-Matchplay. In fact, Scheffler, similar to Spieth, also won the Masters in his 2nd outing at Augusta National. With the green jacket already on his bag, Scheffler's hunt for his next major title continues, as he looks forward to win the Wanamaker Trophy (PGA Championship) on May at Southern Hills,...

AUGUSTA, GA – World no.1 Scottie Scheffler and world no. 6 Cameron Smith are top contenders to wear the green jacket, heading into Sunday's Masters final round. Looking for his fourth win of the season, the Texan leads the Queenslander by three strokes with 18 holes remaining of the tournament. If Scheffler wins, he'll join the likes of Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Jimmy Demaret, Jack Burke, Ben Crenshaw and Jordan Spieth as part of Texan Green Jacket Club. Smith also wanting to become the 2nd Australian to win the green jacket after Adam Scott in 2013. So, who will win the 2022 Masters Tournament? And who will receive the green jacket at the Butler Cabin? Only time and Cliff Roberts will tell.... Don't miss every single moments and updates from the tournament on masters.com !

AUGUSTA, GA – The  2022 Masters Tournament  will be the 86th edition of the  Masters Tournament  and the first of the men's four  major golf championships  held in 2022. It is scheduled to be played from April 7–10, 2022 at the  Augusta National Golf Club  in  Augusta, Georgia . Hideki Matsuyama will enter the tournament as defending champion, as Scottie Scheffler will make his 2nd Masters appearance as a new world no. 1 player. Tiger Woods will make his 24th Masters appearance, as the five-time champion is looking for record-equalling sixth green jacket which currently being held by Jack Nicklaus. Woods' arch rival, three-time Masters champion Phil Mickelson will missed his first Masters after playing for 26 consecutive years at Augusta National. I will be heading up to Augusta today to continue my preparation and practice. It will be a game-time decision on whether I compete. Congratulations to 16-year-old Anna Davis...

AUSTIN, TX – Scottie Scheffler has finally achieved his dream to become world number one male golfer, after the Texan defeated Kevin Kisner to capture the 2022 WGC-Dell Matchplay title at Austin Country Club, Austin, Texas. With this third win in last five starts, the Dallas native ended Jon Rahm's reign as a world number one golfer which lasted for nine months. Rahm himself eliminated in round of 16, after the Spaniard lost to Brooks Koepka, who lost to Scheffler in quarterfinals. In doing so, Scheffler became the 2nd Dallas native to achieve this status since Jordan Spieth in 2015. Now, the 25 year-old is looking for his maiden major title, starting from this April's Masters Tournament at Augusta National. Source: -  http://www.owgr.com/news/2022/week-13