World no 1 has long history of playing through pain

December 1994 - Woods has surgery on his left knee to remove two benign tumors and scar tissue.

Maybe Woods wasn't built to go the distance

Maybe we were just focused on the wrong body part.

Mourinho likes Chelsea's chances to knock off PSG

Jose Mourinho has ruled his Chelsea side out of the Premier League title race, but he believes it will bounce back from domestic disappointment against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday.

Chelsea vs PSG factfile

Coaches: Paris Saint-Germain: Laurent Blanc (FRA) 48 yrs Chelsea: Jose Mourinho (POR) 51 yrs Leading scorers in all competitions: Paris Saint-Germain: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (40 goals) Chelsea: Eden Hazard (15 goals) Domestic league performance:

Bale expects Real revenge

Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale believes his side has recovered from back-to-back league losses as it looks to exact revenge on Borussia Dortmund for a Champions League semifinal defeat last season.

Factfile

Domestic league performance:

England faces rebuilding operation

Humbled 5-0 in the Ashes and overwhelmed in the one-day series in Australia, England's dismal winter ended in total ignominy when it bowed out of the World Twenty20 with an embarrassing 45-run defeat by the Netherlands on Monday.

Total rethink required in wake of Dutch disaster

England cricket must make sweeping changes after a humiliating defeat to the Netherlands in the World Twenty20 capped off a dismal winter, British national media declared on Tuesday.

What they said

After England's innings ended in the 18th over with a farcical run-out, former England captains Michael Vaughan tweeted: "That sums it up.... #Garbage".

Blackhawks, Penguins, Avalanche join playoff party

The defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche all qualified for the playoffs over a busy weekend as the NHL's regular season entered its final two weeks on Monday.

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Underdog United aiming for cracks in Bayern armor

Manchester United manager David Moyes says that his side must exploit the smallest weaknesses in Bayern Munich's game if it is to eliminate the Champions League holder in the quarterfinals.