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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...

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...

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

AUSTIN, TX – The  2022 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play  will be the 23rd  WGC Match Play , to be played on March 23–27 at  Austin Country Club  in  Austin, Texas . Billy Horschel is the defending champion of this tournament after defeating Scottie Scheffler in last year's championship match. - Format The 64 players were placed into four seeded pools, the 16 highest ranked players as of March 21 in Pool A, the next 16 in Pool B, etc. The top seeds (Pool A) are placed into 16 groups in order, with the groups completed by means of a random draw of one player from each of the remaining pools. Each group is played as a round-robin of match play matches, held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, with one point awarded for a win and half a point for a tie. The sixteen group winners advance to the knockout stage. If two or more players are tied on points at the end of the group stage, there is a sudden death stroke play playoff between the tied players t...

PONTE VEDRA, FL –Australian golfer Cameron Smith captures his first biggest win of his career after a dramatic Monday finish in the 2022 Players Championship , held at TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida from March 11-14, 2022. Smith became the sixth Australian player to win the PGA Tour's flagship event, joining the likes of Steve Elkington, Greg Norman, Craig Perks, Adam Scott and Jason Day. After winning US$3,6 million prize at The Players, Smith now eyes for his first major win on next month's Masters Tournament at Augusta National, where he finished runner-up in 2020. With this 2nd win of the 2021-22 season, Smith jumped to 2nd in the current FedEx Cup standings behind Scottie Scheffler. Sources: -  https://www.pgatour.com/news/2022/03/14/cameron-smith-career-hits-new-heights-with-players-championship-win-tpc-sawgrass.html

HONOLULU, HI – Hideki Matsuyama started his 2021-22 season stronger with his 2nd win of the season at Hawaiian Open (Sony Open In Hawaii) at Waialae Golf Club. Matsuyama previously won his home tournament at Zozo Championship in Chiba. With this Hawaii Open victory, Matsuyama became the 2nd Japanese golfer to win the Hawaii golf open tournament, the last being Isao Aoki in 1983. Aoki won by one stroke over Jack Renner with an hole out eagle at 72nd hole (Aoki was one stroke behind Renner entering the 72nd hole), while Matsuyama defeated 2013 winner Russell Henley with a birdie on first extra hole. Sources:  -  https://www.pgatour.com/daily-wrapup/2022/01/16/hideki-matsuyama-wins-in-playoff-at-sony-open-in-hawaii.html -  2022 Hawaii Open Golf final leaderboard