JEREZ: Defending world champion Jorge Lorenzo won his second pole of the MotoGP season yesterday in the qualifying session for the Spain Grand Prix.

OEIRAS: David Ferrer (pic) led the top three seeded players into the Portugal Open semi-finals on Friday, beating Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-4, 7-6 (2).

LONDON: JENSON Button is keeping an open mind about how big a step McLaren will make with their eagerly-awaited upgrade package for next week's Spanish Grand Prix.

WILLIAMSBURG (Virginia): Thai teenager Ariya Jutanugarn fired an even-par 71 on Friday to keep a one-stroke lead after the second round of the US$1.3 million (RM3.9 million) LPGA Kingsmill…

JAKARTA: Unheralded Daisuke Kataoka of Japan signed for a six-under-par 66 yesterday to take a one shot lead over Ernie Els and Bernd Wiesberger into the final round of the CIMB Niaga Indonesian…

CGARLOTTE (NORTH CAROLINA):PHIL Mickelson, spotless with his putter, surged into a two-shot lead at Friday's halfway mark of the Wells Fargo Championship by firing a five-under-par 67 at Quail…

BEIJING: Brett Rumford tamed the strong winds at Tianjin Binhai Lake Golf Club on his way to a third round 69 that gave the Australian a one-stroke lead at the China Open yesterday as he remained…