WORLD OF SPORT

SWEDEN’S Alex Noren hailed the best round of his life after winning the Nedbank Golf Challenge in South Africa with a stunning final-round 63 to finish 14 under par, six shots clear of early leader Wang Jeung-hun of South Korea. Noren will now be inside the world’s top ten for the first time when the standings are updated today. Elsewhere, Russell Knox finished third in the OHL Classic in Mexico. The Scot’s closing 66 placed him three shots off winner Pat Perez and a stroke behind runner-up Gary Woodland.

DAVE RYDING recorded the best World Cup performance by a British alpine skier in 15 years after placing joint sixth in the opening slalom event of the season in levi,

Finland. The 29-year-old from Chorley, lancashire, was fourth after the first of two runs and held on in his second run. The race was won by Marcel Hischer, of austria, the world no 1.

IRISHMAN Conor McGregor became the first fighter to hold two UFC belts simultaneously with a secondround stoppage of Eddie Alvarez at New York’s Madison Square Garden. The challenger, the reigning featherweight champion, added the lightweight title after having the American on the floor three times in the opening round.