Costa’s China crisis
American’s amber warning to rivals
JORDAN SPIETH fought his way through the wind and the rain to lead the Open while his rivals’ dreams were tossed and blown away.
A heavy downpour early last night led to an amber warning from the Met Office and a suspension of play at 5.36pm for nine minutes due to the pooling of water on the course.
The conditions meant Spieth finished as one of only eight players who managed to break par.
A 69 put him six under for the tournament, two ahead of fellow-American Matt Kuchar, with Ian Poulter and US Open winner Brooks Koepka one shot further behind. “It’s very satisfying to be in ANTONIO CONTE claims Diego Costa was told in January he had no future at Chelsea.
The striker raised eyebrows last month when he claimed he had just received a text from Conte dropping the bombshell that he was no longer in his plans.
The pair had clashed in January over a proposed move to China – and Conte insisted it was then that the player and agent Jorge Mendes were told to find another club for 2017-18. “I don’t like to talk about players who are not here,” said Conte of Costa, above, who is still a Chelsea player but has not travelled with the squad on their preseason tour of China.
“But there is one thing I can tell you. In January, the Costa situation was very clear, for the club, for him and his agent. For me the