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Iva Jovic survives up-and-down Dubai openerNo. 16 seed Iva Jovic came away with a roller-coaster 6-1, 1-6, 6-1 win over Uzbekistan's Kamilla Rakhimova in the opening round of the Dubai Duty Free Championship in the United Arab Emirates on Monday.,Jovic, one of just three seeded competitors in action Monday, stunningly lost all three of her s...

PGA finalizes $3B agreement with Strategic Sports GroupThe PGA Tour and Strategic Sports Group have finalized a $3 billion deal to create a new for-profit operation called PGA Tour Enterprises. ...

Golfer Loses $100,000 Thanks To Bullshit Violation Of New RuleHaotong Li should have finished in a five-way tie for third place at last weekend’s Dubai Desert Classic. It would have been a somewhat disappointing finish given that he came into the final round only one shot off of the leader’s pace, though he still would have left the United Arab Emirates with a...

Franck Ribéry Defends Right To Eat Salt Bae's Garbage, Tells His Haters' Grandmothers And Mothers To Get Fucked

No sane person would flush gold down a toilet, nor would one consume gold-encrusted meat, but Bayern Munich forward Franck Ribéry essentially did both when he filmed himself at a Dubai restaurant preparing to put a steak flecked with the precious metal into what he later demonstrated to be his potty...

Andy Murray Saved His Ass With The Best, Dumbest Drop Shot

Today in poor decisions: Andy Murray, down match point at the Dubai Championships, went for this comically risky drop shot against Philipp Kohlschreiber....

Roger Federer Suffered "Stunning Loss To Donkey" In Dubai Championship 

Roger Federer had a bad day. In his three-set loss to Russian qualifier Evgeny Donskoy in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships, he blew three match points in the second set, was up 5-2 in the third, somehow let Donskoy tie the set at six games apiece, was up 5-1 in the tiebreak, and th...

Asshole Pro Cyclist Booted From Race After Punching Opponent In The Face

German superstar cyclist Marcel Kittel got his season started off perfectly, winning the first two stages at the Tour of Dubai. He destroyed everyone in the opener, then took Stage 2 with an late comeback. However, Kittel did not win Stage 3 this morning, partially because he got clocked in the face...

Caddy Loses Green Card, Hotel Carpets Are Dirty, Car Bomb Ruins Tee Times: John Daly Reports From The East

John Daly is in New Delhi for the Avantha Masters that will take place later this week. Over the weekend, he played at the Omega Dubai Classic, where he placed 37th. According to his Twitter timeline, the trip's been quite the adventure. Here's a sampling:...