Davis Love

The USA Ryder Cup captain behaved with great dignity when he lost the ‘miracle at Medinah’ match four years ago so he deserves all the praise now that he’s tasted victory. Golfers are the greatest of all the sportsmen and a few braying, boozed up fans should’t be allowed to tarnish a fine USA win. The Ryder Cup lived up to its biling - well in my house anyway - as the greatest sporting event on the planet. Reputations are made and dreams are crushed in a terrific atmosphere (if you disregard the unfunny comments, the ill-timed abuse and bizarre ‘cheeseburger’ comments from a few home fans). It was good to see the USA displaying European-style passion led by the brilliant Patrick Reed (above), the home side’s answer to Ian Poulter. Europe’s bigger names failed to fire with the exception of the magnificent Rory McIlroy thus guaranteeing a rare defeat. It was also a shame to see a great Ryder Cup player like Lee Westwood finish his career in the event so poorly. I can’t wait for Paris in 2018, After the excitement of Sam Allardyce’s exposure and departure, the Daily Telegraph expose of football corruption turned into a damp squib. Claiming the head of Barnsley assistant manager Tommy Wright (above) and throwing weak accusations at QPR boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Leeds United owner Massimo Cellino is not much from 10 months of undercover investigation. We all knew football folk are greedy and selfish. It’s no proof of corruption. And as for trying to turn Harry Redknapp’s statement on players having a bet into a major story, it just smacked of desperation. We needed the names of the Premier League managers supposedly on the take.