rory mcilroy says he advised his fellow northern irishman tom mckibbin against switching to liv golf. saudi—backed circuit over the past week although there is no official confirmation he has decided to give up the pga tour card he secured in november. the world number three says he would "make a different decision" to the one the player he has mentored is contemplating. personally for me, it would be a little disappointing if it were to happen. but again, it's not — i made it perfectly clear, i'm not going to stand in your way to make a decision that you feel like a need to make for yourself. but at the same time, ijust feel like he's givingup a lot to not really benefit that much. rory mcilroy there and you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport website and app. bye from me. hello there. after a wild wintry start to the new year, the weather story has quietened down. and in fact, we had sunshine topping and tailing the country. it was warm as well in eastern scotland, 16 degrees through the afternoon on wednesday in aberdeenshire, with eight hours of sunshine in co

and rory mcilroy says he cautioned his northern irish mentee tom mckibbin againstjoining liv golf. wherever you are watching around the world. we'll start with the north london derby at the emirates where arsenal beat rivals tottenham 2—1 in the premier league to move just four points behind leaders liverpool. the gunners, who have played a game more than liverpool, were desperate to return to winning ways after successive losses in both the league cup and fa cup. and they went a goal down early, son heung—min�*s shot was deflected in off william saliba, but they got back on level terms when gabriel's header from a corner rebounded off dominic solanke, before leandro trossard put them ahead on the stroke

northern ireland golfer, tom mckibbin is set for a shock switch tojoinjon rahm's liv golf team in a lucratived a pga tour card in november but will forgo a debut season with them to take the final spot in rahm's legion 13 team. with them to take the final mckibbin turned professional in 2021 and won his first dp world tour event injune 2023 at the porsche european world tour event injune 2023 at the porsche european open in germany. to tennis and ons jabeur continued her return from injury problems by beating fourth seed danielle collins at the adelaide international. the tunisian was a wildcard for this event ahead of the first grand slam of the year — the australian open which begins on sunday. she had a shoulder injury at the end of last year, but looked in good form as she got past collins 7—6, 6—2 to move into the last 16. novak djokovic and his new coach andy murray have practised in melbourne for the first time. djokovic is hoping murray can help win a record—extending iith australian open title this month at the age of 37. the serbian took the tennis world by surprise when he announce