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Latest champions in the sporting world

Scheffler claims first major

Posted on 6:45am Monday 11th Apr 2022

American Scottie Scheffler won golf's Masters tournament in Augusta, USA. It was his first victory in one of the sport's "Majors".

Scheffler, the world No.1, finished on 10 under par to don the Green Jacket, three shots clear of Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, who shot a final round 64 (eight under par). Ireland's Shane Lowry and Australian Cameron Smith were joint-third, five strokes behind Scheffler.

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Nobel Yeats wins National

Posted on 6:00pm Saturday 9th Apr 2022

50-1 outsider Noble Yeats won horse racing's Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree in Liverpool, England to give amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen victory in his final ride.

The favourite, Any Second Now, was second with Delta Work third and Santini fourth.

Noble Yeats, trained in Ireland by Emmet Mullins, is the first horse aged seven to win since Bogskar in 1940.

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