Charl Schwartzel has been looking up to Ernie Els for as long as he has been around golf. Schwartzel was a toddler when his father and Els played together in a team event they won at a local club in South Africa. He remembers going to his first golf tournament, the Million Dollar Challenge, to watch the Big Easy. He even became an affiliate member of Els’ foundation, traveling with the team of …

Source:Golf: South Africans Schwartzel, Els tied at World Championship (Honolulu Advertiser)

The National Superstock 1000 Championship and the 250GP ACU National Championship has been confirmed on the MotoGP British Grand Prix support package this year ahead of the series return to Silverstone. In addition to the MotoGP blue riband event, as well as the new Moto2 series and 125cc class, the AirAsia backed event will feature two rounds of the Superstock championship, as well as single …

Source:Superstock gets British GP support slot (Crash.Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)

Kenichi Tago became the first Japanese player in 40 years to reach the men’s singles semifinals at the All England Open Badminton Championships in Birmingham, England, on Friday, beating Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Chen Jin of China 2-1. The 20-year-old Tago is the first to make the final four since Ippei Kojima took third at the 1970 tournament, a meet which once decided the world’s best …

Source:Badminton player Tago reaches All England Open semis (The Japan Times)

It seems seeing his car, and the iconic Lotus name, heading out on track for the first time at a Grand prix prompted the normally impassive Mike Gascoyne to come over all emotional in the pit lane on Friday morning.

Source:Mike Gascoyne Q&A: Tears? I just had grit in my eye (Formula 1)

Brothers Nick and Jordan Macawile helped the Chaminade-Madonna School boys’ varsity tennis team edge Miami-Curley 4-3. P.J. Donovan and Nick Pena also won in singles as the Lions took four of five singles’ matches for the team victory.

Source:Brothers double up for Chaminade, St. Thomas tennis (Miami Herald)

India’s Saina Nehwal stormed into the women’s semifinal of the All England Badminton Championship with a stunning 21-8, 21-14 quarterfinal win over Germany’s Juliane Schenk in 27 minutes at the National Indoor Arena in Brimingham.

Source:Sania in semifinal of All England Badminton Championship (Hindustan Times)

There are many excellent football clubs in the Yorkshire area, and it is possibly Leeds United that is the most well-known. Leeds United is a big league football club though, and there aren’t many football clubs in the region which contend with a club on that grand scale. Or are there…

Well, we don’t want to pre-empt anything, but could a little league football club like Pannal Ash junior football club actually take on the titans of Leeds United? Realistically, us adults most likely understand the answer to this, but for the sake of the kids, let’s imagine that they could one day take on the heavyweights of Leeds United. In the first place, it will do no end of good for their self-assurance! Young people don’t always get the acknowledgement they ought to have when it comes to sports, and Pannal Ash junior football club is one society that is genuinely trying to make a difference and give its junior league members a real chance of success. And naturally, don’t forget that one day these little league members could turn out to be professional football players, quite literally taking on the big football leagues all around the world.

Not enough credit is given to little league football clubs, and the Pannal Ash junior football club is one place that is nurturing its members and developing the professional footballers of tomorrow. The club is situated in Harrogate, North Yorkshire and it already has a faithful set of followers, which just shows how vital a junior football club is. Parents like to see their children excel at sports and children love to get out there and run around kicking a ball, just like the professional football players they idolise when they get home from school each day.

There should be more little football teams that get the acknowledgement they deserve, and it is very important that people of all age groups have faith that the juniors could one day be the seniors at a very exclusive football club. Pannal Ash junior football club is a brilliant place to play the sport you love and really encourage big dream goals for any youngster. So, do not ever underestimate the power of the little league and its potential challenge to the big league!

The Dallas Morning News’ annual section highlights the best golf courses in the area and across the state of Texas, with information on new courses and rankings of courses in many price levels.

Source:Check out Texas Golf 2010 (Dallas Morning News)

Jorge Lorenzo is getting better every day and will attend the final pre-season MotoGP test, at Qatar on March 18-19, although it remains to be seen how effective he will be. The 2009 MotoGP World Championship runner-up sustained a fracture at the base of the first metacarpal and a displaced thumb, both in his right hand, after a motocross training accident in mid-February. The young Spaniard was …

Source:Lorenzo to ride at Qatar test (Crash.Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Sport)

NEW YORK (AP) — Martina Hingis will face top-ranked Serena Williams and two former No. 1 players in World Team Tennis competition.

Source:Hingis to face Serena in World Team Tennis (Sports Illustrated)