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Golf news: Rory McIlroy secures FedExCup and £12.3million prize 

DEREK LAWRENSON: Rory McIlroy's prize for wiping the floor with Brooks Koepka in the final round of the FedEx Cup play-offs on Sunday was the largest in golf history




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Golf news: World No 5 Justin Thomas reveals skin cancer scare

Former World No 1 and 2017 US PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas has issued a warning to fans to get checked for skin cancer after revealing his own melanoma scare.




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Justin Rose emerges as injury doubt for PGA Championship at Wentworth

Rose cancelled a scheduled interview on Tuesday and has also withdrawn from Wednesday's pre-tournament pro-am.




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England cricket stars swap bat for golf club at PGA Championship Pro-AM with Man United legends

The stars were getting their swing on today at the BMW PGA Championship Pro Am in Wentworth, with this summer's cricket heroes out in force alongside some familiar faces.




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Rory McIlroy targeting 'at least two more wins before the end of the season' 

Rory McIlroy has set himself the ambitious target of two wins from the five events he has left this year to make it five titles for the season and equal his best-ever haul.




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Matt Wallace's Ryder Cup bid off to a flying start after impressive opening day at PGA Championship 

DEREK LAWRENSON AT WENTWORTH: Matt Wallace showed exactly the right attitude when overlooked for a wildcard for the last European Ryder Cup team.




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Danny Willett admits a vasectomy hampered his performance at last year's PGA Championship

Danny Willett has rather excruciating memories of the last time he played in the BMW PGA Championship. 'I'd just had a vasectomy and I'm not going to lie to you,' he said.




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Golf news: Rusty Rory McIlroy happy to just make the cut in the PGA Championship

Rory McIlroy admitted he only had himself to blame after making the cut with nothing to spare in the BMW PGA Championship. He recently took two weeks off.




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Danny Willett out-guns Jon Rahm in final-round duel as he claims seventh European tour title

DEREK LAWRENSON AT WENTWORTH: Forget the vasectomy that made walking painful the last time Danny Willett played in the BMW PGA Championship. His pride was hurting far more.




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Rory McIlroy returns to world No 1 spot for first time in five years after replacing Brooks Koepka

The four-time major winner officially took the world No 1 spot again on Monday, ending Koepka's 38-week reign at the top since winning the 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black in May.




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US PGA Championship postponed until later this summer due to the coronavirus pandemic 

The major, which had been due to take place in TPC Harding Park in San Francisco from May 11-17, has been rescheduled for later this summer, organisers announced on Tuesday evening.




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Andre Gray recounts Eden Hazard greatness and watching team-mates almost throw up

Livewire Watford striker Andre Gray has used the temporary break from football to recount some of his best memories from the game, including the brilliance of Eden Hazard and a donut-eating test.




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US chiefs waiting for Open decision with a three-week run in September being considered

DEREK LAWRENSON: An extraordinary three-week run in September could include the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, the Open at Royal St George's and the Ryder Cup in Wisconsin.




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PGA Tour insist they're 'still examining testing' over coronavirus kit claims

The PGA Tour say they are still weighing up their options after it was claimed they had ordered a million coronavirus test kits to get to distribute among players and staff on tour.




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Scientists discover 'epilepsy demon' on 2,700-year-old clay tablet in Iraq

The 2,700-year-old clay tablet is inscribed with ancient medical treatments and although uncovered decades ago in Modern-day Iraq , a re-examination of the artifact uncovered the demonic being.




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How Phil Collins, The Beatles and ABBA were removed from radio due to wars

Here, MailOnline reveals the truly bizarre choices that broadcasters such as MTV and the BBC made when they sought to prevent offence in the light of warfare and atrocities at home and abroad.




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Army major would rather face war crimes tribunal at The Hague than endure 'witch hunt'

Major Robert Campbell, 46, was cleared more than a decade ago of the manslaughter of 19-year-old Said Shabram, who drowned in a canal in Basra in 2003.




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We've never had it so good! DOMINIC SANDBROOK on a divisive decade

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: So how will we remember the 2010s? It was a decade of austerity, great patriotic spectacles, royal weddings and the triumphant London Olympics.




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Mike Pompeo holds crisis talks with Iraq keaders as mob storms American embassy in Baghdad

The secretary of State talked to Iraq's prime minister and president separately by phone Tuesday on the heels of the American embassy in Baghdad being stormed by an angry mob.




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Israeli PM praises Trump for killing top Iranian general and says US has 'right to defend itself'

As he boarded a flight home after cutting short a visit to Greece (pictured today), Netanyahu said: 'Just as Israel has the right of self-defence, the United States has exactly the same right.'




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Mike Pompeo slaps aside French warning that killing Qassem Soleimani makes the world more dangerous

France's top European diplomat said Friday that 'we have woken up to a more dangerous world.' Pompeo fired back on CNN . 'Yeah, well, the French are just wrong about that,'




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How airstrike on Iranian general unfolded in Baghdad

Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran's feared Quds force, had just arrived at Baghdad airport early on Friday morning when a US Reaper drone fired four guided missiles at two cars, killing him.




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CCTV of US drone strike that killed Qassam Soleimani of Iran

This is the moment and American guided missile slammed into a convoy carrying Iranian Quds commander Qassem Soleimani, killing him along with four other high-ranking figures.




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U.S. stocks slump after American air strike kills Iran general

U.S. stock index futures shed about 1 percent on Friday in the aftermath of the air strike in Baghdad that was authorized by President Donald Trump.




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U.S. on heightened alert as it's feared Iran-backed sleeper cells will retaliate

Major cities are on heightened alert amid fears that the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group may have sleeper cells in the U.S. that are ready to retaliate.




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Australians in Middle East told they should LEAVE NOW after US drone strike kills top general

Australians in the Middle East have been told they should leave now after rising tensions following the killing of an Iranian general by a US drone strike. 




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Lindsey Graham: Soleimani was 'right fist of the Ayatollah and we took the Ayatollah's arm off'

As the Middle East grappled with the death of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, a key ally of President Donald Trump was gloating.




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PICTURED: First wave of 750 paratroopers deploys to Kuwait

On Wednesday at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division boarded C-17 Globemaster aircraft transports bound for Kuwait.




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America DENIES conducting second airstrike in Iraq

'The Coalition did NOT conduct airstrikes near Camp Taji (north of Baghdad) in recent days,' said Colonel Myles B. Caggins III, spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve.




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Video game firm is slammed as 'beyond disgusting' for 'World War 3' advert

Video game Conflict of Nations: World War 3 tweeted: 'Iran starting World War 3? Simulate any #WWIII scenario you can think of in Conflict of Nations right now!'




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Iran issues poster showing slain commander Qassem Soleimani hugged by Prophet Mohammed's grandson

The image (pictured) appears to show General Qassem Soleimani being welcomed into paradise by Imam Hussein following his death in a US air strike yesterday morning.




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Donald Trump touts his '95 per cent approval rating' from Republicans

President Trump's attention turned back to his poll numbers Saturday, as he arrived at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.




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Benjamin Netanyahu 'was warned by US of plans to kill Qassem Soleimani ahead of drone strike'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke to Netanyahu on the phone on Wednesday night, and the following morning the Israeli leader tweeted about 'very, very dramatic things' in the region.




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Iran's foreign minister mocks Pompeo as 'arrogant clown,' claiming people rejoiced Soleimani's death

Iran's foreign minister, Javad Zarif, called Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (left) an 'arrogant clown' following the funeral procession for slain Iranian general Qassem Soleimani (right).




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Thousands of Fort Bragg soldiers board flights as they are deployed to the Middle East

The troops are in addition to about 700 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne who deployed to Kuwait earlier this week after the storming of the US Embassy in Baghdad by Iran-backed militiamen.




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US secretary of state Mike Pompeo slams European response to assassination of Qassem Soleimani

Mike Pompeo has accused European allies including the UK, France and Germany of 'not being helpful enough' over the attack while heaping praise on regional allies including Israel.




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Iran's army chief says US lacks 'courage' for conflict after Trump's threat to hit dozens of targets

Iran's Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi said: 'In a potential conflict in the future, which I don't think they have the courage to carry out, it will become clear where five and two will belong.'




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White House formally notifies Congress of airstrike that killed Iranian general

The notification is classified and likely describes Trump's justification for the attack that killed the high-level Iranian official, who was considered second in power to the Ayatollah.




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Warriors coach Steve Kerr slammed for accusing Pence of lying about Soleimani involvement in 9/11

Kerr, left, tweeted Friday to say Pence, right, 'is lying about Soleimani's involvement in 9/11'. He added: 'One thing I've learned...is to not believe our government when it comes to matters of war.'




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Boris Johnson: UK won't 'lament' death of General Soleimani

Speaking for the first time after the killing of General Qasem Soleimani, Boris Johnson said that the UK would 'not lament' his death and called for a de-escalation of threats in the Middle East.




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Palestinians burn US flags: World reacts to airstrike death of Iran commander Soleimani 

Protesters across the West have gathered today to condemn the US drone strikes following the death of Iran's highest ranking general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.




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Iranian MPs chant 'death to America' in fist-clenched fury over US drone death of Soleimani

Parliament speaker Ali Larijani compared Soleimani's killing to the 1953 CIA-backed coup that cemented the shah's power and to the U.S. Navy's shootdown of an Iranian passenger plane.




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Soleimani was in Iraq to 'discuss de-escalating tensions with Saudis' when he was killed, PM says

Adel Abdul Mahdi (left), Iraq's caretaker prime minister, said he was due to meet with top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani (right) on the day he was killed in Baghdad on Friday.




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Democrats criticize Trump tweet on notifying Congress about Iran military action

Democrats slammed Donald Trump saying he is not a 'dictator' after he warned his tweet should serve as notification to Congress that the U.S. will 'strike back' if Iran launches a revenge attack.




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Iraqi Hezbollah threatens to turn US airbases 'to rubble'

Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed militia in Iraq at the centre of current tensions between Washington and Tehran, has threatened to attack US air bases in the country in revenge for the killing of Soleimani.




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Senator Lindsey Graham lashes out at Colin Kaepernick, calling him 'un-American' and 'racist'

A defiant Lindsey Graham appeared on Fox News on Sunday and pulled no punches when asked about some of the president's fiercest critics, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.




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British soldiers in Middle East on high alert amid 'collateral damage' warning in Iran tensions

Boris Johnson's official spokesman refused to criticise the dramatic drone strike despite threats from Tehran that UK forces could be 'collateral damage' in reprisals.




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Boris Johnson warns Donald Trump NOT to bomb Iran's heritage sites

Trump threatened to target state treasures if Iran retaliates. The Prime Minister's spokesman said: 'There are international conventions in place that prevent the destruction of cultural heritage.'




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Trump gets narrow poll backing for killing of Soleimani with 43% approving over 38% who disapprove

More Americans back Donald Trump's decision to conduct an airstrike that took out Iranian General Qassem Soleimani than those who disapprove, according to a poll released Monday.




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Oil prices jump more than six per cent amid fears of Middle East conflict

Benchmark oil prices hit more than $70 per barrel on Monday as the price of gold also soared, with investors looking for safe havens as world markets fall amid fears of a major war in the Middle East.