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Tiger Woods handed five-year driving ban after no-contest plea over crash

  • Woods pleads no contest to reduced charge

  • Charges stemmed from March rollover crash

Tiger Woods pleaded no contest to reckless driving on Wednesday morning as part of an agreement with Florida prosecutors that reduced a DUI charge stemming from his rollover crash in March.

The 50-year-old was adjudicated guilty of willful and wanton reckless driving, a second offense, during a hearing in Martin County court. Under the agreement, Woods was fined $1,000 and had his driver’s license suspended for five years. Prosecutors had originally charged him with driving under the influence with property damage.

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© Photograph: Martin County Sheriff's Office/AP

© Photograph: Martin County Sheriff's Office/AP

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Naomi Osaka pays tribute to NBA star Allen Iverson in basketball-themed US Open outfit

  • Japanese player wears Iverson’s signature cornrows

  • Outfit also has newspaper clippings about Osaka

Naomi Osaka channeled former NBA star Allen Iverson before her US Open first-round victory over Anastasia Zakharova on Monday.

Osaka made her usual fashionable entrance for her tournament opener, which she won in straight sets. The two-time US Open champion emerged on to the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium wearing a long, white skirt and a gray, hooded robe featuring newspaper clippings about her.

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© Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images

© Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images

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Stefanos Tsitsipas says Nick Kyrgios’s cocaine ban was ‘pretty much expected’

  • Australian tested positive at event in June

  • Kyrgios and Tsitsipas have clashed in the past

Stefanos Tsitsipas says he is not surprised that Nick Kyrgios was suspended from tennis for taking cocaine.

“Pretty much expected, to be honest,” Tsitsipas said. “I am surprised it came so late, though.”

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© Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

© Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

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North Carolina upset Texas Christian as college football kicks off season in Dublin – in pictures

Bill Belichick’s North Carolina Tar Heels upset the TCU Horned Frogs in a low-scoring affair at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on Saturday in the first major college football game of the 2026 season

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© Photograph: Thomas Flinkow/Sportsfile/Getty Images

© Photograph: Thomas Flinkow/Sportsfile/Getty Images

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Callaway cuts ties with Good Good Golf over ad depicting violence against woman

  • Golf giant ends partnership with YouTube group

  • Retailers have pulled Good Good products from shelves

  • Garrett Clark says controversial skit was in ‘poor taste’

Callaway has ended its relationship with Good Good Golf amid mounting fallout from an advert that many believe made light of violence against women.

The golf equipment manufacturer announced the decision on Thursday, cutting ties with one of the world’s most popular YouTube sports channels effective immediately. Callaway also said it would donate $1m to organizations working to prevent violence against women and support survivors of domestic violence.

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© Photograph: Ben Jared/PGA TOUR

© Photograph: Ben Jared/PGA TOUR

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Browns QB Deshaun Watson laments ‘disrespectful’ booing by team’s own fans

  • Player booed during team’s preseason loss to Bills

  • QB has battled injuries during time in Cleveland

  • Watson was suspended over sexual assault allegations

Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has called the booing he heard from the team’s own fans during Saturday’s home loss to Buffalo “disrespectful” and “personal.”

Watson, who has a complicated relationship with Cleveland fans because of injuries, off-field issues – including an NFL suspension in 2022 – and a massive, $230m contract, was booed repeatedly during the second half of the 31-7 loss to the Bills.

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© Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

© Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

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