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YE Yang (far left) and Charlie Wi (second left) shower Noh with beer at TPC Louisiana. Noh Seung-yul, 22, won his first PGA Tour title at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Photos: AFP.
Kei Nishikori (right) moved up to World No. 12 after downing Santiago Giraldo 6-2, 6-2 to win the Barcelona Open and the first clay-court title of his career. Photos: AFP.
India’s Anirban Lahiri, 26, sank a 20-foot eagle putt on the last hole to win his fourth Asian Tour title at the Indonesian Masters and raise his hopes of breaking into the world’s top 100. Photo: Asian Tour.
April Ross (left) and Kerri Walsh, the three-Olympic champion, beat Brazil’s Juliana Felisberta Silva and Maria Antonelli to win the season-opening Fuzhou Open. Photos: FIVB.
Defending champion Chen Xue (left) and 17-year-old partner Xia Xinyi celebrate a victory over Brazil stars Taiana Lima and Talita Antunes to reach the Fuzhiou Open semi-finals. Photos: FIVB.
Asian champions Guangzhou Evergrande are drawn in Group A of the HKFC Citibank Soccer Sevens, which will be held at Hong Kong Football Club from May 23-25.
Thongchai Jaidee, 44, will be aiming to make the cut for the first time at the Masters and complete his own Grand Slam of making the cut at all four majors. Photo: Asian Tour.
Somdev Devvarman led India to a 3-1 win over Korea Republic in Davis Cup action in Busan to qualify for September’s World Group playoffs along with Uzbekistan, who beat China 3-2 in Tianjin. Stock photo: AFP.
World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia won his second successive India Open title and third in four years with an impressive win over China’s Chen Long, the World No. 2. Photos: AFP.
Taiwanese sisters Chan Yung-jan (left) and Chan Hao-ching reached the doubles final at the Family Circle Cup in South Carolina, while 43-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm of Japan made it to the semis of the singles. Photos: Family Circle Cup.
New Zealand celebrate their 26-12 victory over Australia in the Cup final at the Guangzhou Sevens, which helped them edge ahead of their rivals at the top of the IRB Women’s Sevens World Series. Photos: IRB.
Brazil, who have been invited to participate in all five rounds of the 2013/14 IRB Women’s Sevens World Series, edged China 22-17 in pool action. Photos: IRB.