YE Yang a winner again as sees off two Welshmen to claim victory in China Open

US PGA champion YE Yang needed just two final-round birdies to win the Volvo China Open by two shots at a damp Jinji Lake International Golf Club.

Yang, 38, held a one-shot overnight lead but a battling one-under-par final round of 71 was enough to top the leaderboard at 15 under ahead of Challenge Tour graduate Rhys Davies and former champion Stephen Dodd.

Yang went 50 holes from Friday afternoon without dropping a shot, although the Korean was denied a bogey-free last round on the final green after finding sand off the tee.

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Rifles turn on Lewis Hamilton again as fellow drivers accuse Brit of reckless driving

The rifles, as Lewis Hamilton once graphically described the collective sniping of his fellow drivers, were turned on him again on Friday night ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix.

He stood accused of reckless driving in Malaysia a fortnight ago when he weaved left-right-left-right to hold off Renault’s Vitaly Petrov, the Russian rookie he had just passed.

Having set the fastest practice time of the day ahead of Sunday’s rain-threatened race here, the British racer was left to explain the Petrov incident in front of his angry peers at a dusk meeting of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association.

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Blow for London Marathon as three-time winner Martin Lel is forced to pull out again

Three-time champion Martin Lel has been forced to withdraw from this month's Virgin London Marathon for the second successive year.

The Kenyan star, who pulled out on the eve of last year's race with a hip problem, has again seen his ambitions to achieve a record fourth win wrecked by an injury to his right leg.

Virgin London Marathon race director Dave Bedford said: 'It is very disappointing to lose Martin for the second year in a row.

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