Golf: Ko shoots up LPGA Championship leaderboard

New Zealand's Lydia ... under. Ko will have been pleased with her round after she opened with a frustrating two-under 70 yesterday that included five birdies and three bogeys. The world No 2 ... Read More

Lydia Ko assessed 7 penalty shots during final round of LPGA’s Dana Open

A challenging season for Lydia Ko took a disappointing turn Sunday during the final round of the Dana Open. Ko was assessed ... The No. 3 player in the Rolex Women's World Rankings has not ... Read More

Green shoots 11-under 61 to take lead in LPGA event

Yuka Saso shot a bogey-free 63 that included two runs of four straight birdies. She was 11 under. Lydia Ko ... Open that included her marriage to Jarryd Felton. Recharged, Green won the HSBC World ... Read More

Lydia Ko surges into contention at LPGA Ford Championship; Ryan Fox makes cut at PGA Texas Children’s Houston Open

A stunning second round has seen Lydia Ko surge into contention ... Saturday’s (NZ time) effort came after Ko made three-under on the first day and she is yet to drop a shot this tournament. Read More

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Images of a saturated desert metropolis startled the world, prompting talk of cloud ... For the first time, women professional softball players in Latin America have a league of their own, another ... Read More

Green cards career-best 61, seizes 1-shot Ford Championship lead

Lydia Ko is tied ... flourish to shoot 29 on the back. The 2019 Women's PGA Championship winner missed the cut at the Fir Hills Seri Pak Championship last week, but won the HSBC World Championship ... Read More

Hannah Green shoots 11-under 61 to take 1-shot lead at LPGA Ford Championship

Yuka Saso shot a bogey-free 63 that included two runs of four straight birdies. She was 11 under. Lydia Ko ... Open that included her marriage to Jarryd Felton. Recharged, Green won the HSBC World ... Read More

Lydia Ko feels at home and shares lead in LPGA opener

Outside of a great honeymoon to start 2023, Lydia Ko ... the World Golf Hall of Fame — she is two points away, with victories counting as one point and majors two — and she enters a new ... Read More

Korda and Ko among most fancied at new LPGA Arizona event

In 2021, she won four times, taking her second triumph in June a week before what is thus far her only major title at the Women's PGA Championship ... including pal Lydia Ko of New Zealand. Read More

Live! From TV Studio New Zealand! It’s The Women’s World Cup!

When I arrived in New Zealand early in July for a holiday, I was struck by how – outside of the airport – there was virtually no signage for the Women’s World Cup in Auckland, a city of more ... Read More

New Zealand to ban sale of disposable vapes weeks after repealing world-first smoking ban

Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile New Zealand has said it will ... the country announced it is repealing the world’s first smoking ban passed under ... Read More

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For the first time, women professional softball players ... More than 960 million Indians are eligible to vote as the world’s most populous country elects a new Parliament in this general ... Read More