McIlroy launches PGA season debut with hole

San Francisco (AFP) – Rory McIlroy marked his PGA Tour season debut with a sensational hole-in-one on his way to a six-under-par 66 in the opening round of the PGA Pebble Beach Pro-Am tournament on Thursday.

Rory McIlroy acknowledges the crowd after his opening round hole-in-one at the PGA Tour's Pebble Beach Pro-Am tournament in California on Thursday

Kim opens up four

Miami (AFP) – South Korea’s Kim A-lim opened up a four-shot lead after producing a dream start in the first round of the LPGA’s season-opening Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Florida on Thursday.

South Korea's Kim-A-lim grabbed a four shot lead after the first round of the LPGA's Tournament of Champions.

Postecoglou hails Europa League win 'made in Tottenham'

London (AFP) – Ange Postecoglou said his team’s 3-0 win over Elfsborg in the Europa League on Thursday was “made in Tottenham”, after three youngsters scored to fire Spurs into the last 16.

Tottenham's youngsters eased some of the pressure on their manager Ange Postecoglou

'Not interested': Analysts sceptical about US, Russia nuclear talks

Paris (AFP) – The United States and Russia have pledged their readiness to resume nuclear disarmament talks after years of confrontation, but analysts are sceptical that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin can or even want to reach a breakthrough new agreement.

A mushroom cloud forming after a July 1946 atomic bomb test by the US military on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean

Trump to decide on oil tariffs on Canada, Mexico

Washington (AFP) – US President Donald Trump said he expected to decide Thursday whether to include crude oil imports in tariffs on Canada and Mexico that are due to take effect within days.

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.