In the confines of the players' lounge and in off the record conversations on the practice ground, a litany of torment came to characterize a brutal first day at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic.

DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: Perhaps no American golfer in the past 35 years has had the ability to rub Europeans up the wrong way quite like Paul Azinger.

DEREK LAWRENSON AT BAY HILL: It really doesn't get much better than winning in America for the first time at the home of the man every golfer knows as the King.

In honor of US Navy Chief Petty Officer Charles Keating IV, the US special operations community created a "workout of the day."Keating, a 31-year-old Navy SEAL, was killed battling ISIS fighters in Iraq on May 3, 2016.Service members who took part in the exercise in Kuwait shared non-alcoholic "near" beer, the only authorized drink resembling the alcoholic beverage in the country, from an emptied ammunition can.Here's what the "Chuck Heavy" exercise consists of.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Members of the US Special Operations Joint Task Force stationed in Kuwait conducted a training session dubbed "Chuck Heavy" in honor of a US Navy SEAL who was killed four years ago this week during a firefight with ISIS fighters in Iraq.US Navy Chief Petty Officer Charles Keating IV,

She has had quite the year of career accomplishments, and even on vacation, she knows how to make an unparalleled impact.

Scarlett Johansson has been a fixture of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2010, when she first portrayed Natasha Romanoff aka The Black Widow in Iron Man 2.

A leaked video appears to have proven that Taylor Swift told the truth about her phone call with Kanye West over his controversial song Famous.

The grandson of Ruth's Chris Steakhouse founder Ruth Fertel blasted the company on Twitter, saying its actions conflict with what his grandmother would have wanted.On April 23, Ruth's Chris Steakhouse announced that the company will return the $20 million it received in small business loans from the federal government.Rien Fertel wrote on Twitter that his grandmother would have done more to give back with the money and power that the chain has now.This is the story of Ruth Fertel, the child genius, horse trainer, and single mother of two who founded the steakhouse chain with no restaurant experience.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Ruth's Chris Steakhouse recently came under fire for soliciting $20 million from the small business loan program. Soon after, the upscale steak

WORLD OF RUGBY: When the RFU released their annual report, the document contained an opening page which stated: 'Our purpose: to encourage rugby, and its values.' 

Poşta Română a redeschis, astăzi, de Ziua Europei, trei rute noi pentru îndrumarea traficului poştal internaţional cu Ungaria, Bulgaria şi Serbia, pe cale rutieră, a anunţat operatorul poştal într-un comunicat de presă, preluat de AGERPRES.

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Rita Ora was going hell for leather on Wednesday, as she was spied strutting from her home in London's Notting Hill.

The 29-year-old Brit Greg Rutherford, also the reigning world and European champion, posted a season best of 8.31metres in the second round to dominate the event.

Lindsey Graham took a hit at the press Sunday, claiming media outlets didn't scrutinize Joe and Hunter Biden enough for potential corruption in Ukraine.

ReutersAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos.Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos published his annual shareholder letter on Thursday.Bezos's letter has become a must-read among business leaders for its ingenuity and thought-provoking advice.This year's letter, however, mostly focused on Amazon's work in helping its employees and other businesses amid COVID-19 - a departure from previous years' letters that were full of inspiring anecdotes and business guidance.Some people say Bezos' annual shareholder letter is losing its luster as the company is more cautious about what it says publicly in light of increased regulatory and press scrutiny.Do you work at Amazon? Contact this reporter via encrypted messaging app Signal (+1 415 926 2066) or email (ekim@businessinsider.com).Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Jeff

Lead actress 'marvel' Kim Maresca, who plays housewife turned diva said: 'I am so excited that this show I love so much is getting new life here in London'.

Kasey Carlin, from Brighton, told This Morning how she rescued Maggie, 5, from Lebanon after she was shot, and Millie from Russia, who lost her nose after being brutally attacked by children.

The world of athletics was rocked on Tuesday when the coach who led Sir Mo Farah to his Olympic gold medals was banished from the sport in disgrace for doping violations.

The UFC star returned after 15 months out of action in emphatic style as he brutally knocked out veteran Cerrone inside the first 40 seconds of the fight in Las Vegas last weekend.

The image of the two artists cheek to cheek serenading one another became one of the most iconic images of 2019 and Heat magazine have tried to recreate it, and other moments from this year.

Face masks are being used to lift lockdowns in Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic - but do they work? Experts say fabric stops you breathing in droplets potentially carrying the virus.

Brittany Cooper, a professor at Rutger's Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, lambasted Trump and his supporters, who she declared were 'willing to die' for him.

To Darren Campbell, the smile is the giveaway. To many on the outside it typifies the perceived wisdom that Asher-Smith fits that girl-next-door mould, but it represents something else.

Former Labour MP Ruth Smeeth says the Shadow Cabinet should be banned from the leadership race for paying 'lip service' to rooting out anti-Semitism. She claims 'none of them deserve a vote'.

Photographs taken from Sgt Alexander Blackman's camera reveal Checkpoint Omar, home in 2011 to 16 soldiers from J Company, 42 Commando Royal Marines. ‘Home’, but not at all homely.

JIM SHELLEY: Vicky Pattison and Neil Ruddock had more chance of beating Greg Rutherford at long jump than they did of defeating him in the kitchen tonight.

Rutger Hauer, who died aged 75 on July 19, was nearly fired from Blade Runner during his first meeting with director Ridley Scott over his outlandish outfit, a friend told DailyMail.com.

The Oscar nominee 'is looking forward' to starring in Indiana Jones 5 'next year' alongside director Steven Spielberg

Donald Trump blasted Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kenya Moore as 'the most evil woman I've ever met in my life' before firing her on the Celebrity Apprentice, MailOnline can reveal.

The recent stock market falls have been the worst since the financial crisis and, just as then, we are in new and sobering territory.

Rishi Sunak should stick with plans drawn up by his predecessor Sajid Javid, who was lining up a cut in income tax from 20p in the pound to 18p.

Far better if this short-term support becomes the first step on the road to fundamental reform of business rates, which are widely loathed and discredited, writes RUTH SUNDERLAND.

RUTH SUNDERLAND: The terrifying collapse in share prices since the coronavirus started to spread worldwide is taking a vicious toll on the wealth of nations.

'It is not inevitable at this stage that the epidemic will trigger a meltdown, but if it does, the most likely transmission mechanism is a tsunami of corporate debt', says Ruth Sunderland.

RUTH SUNDERLAND: It hasn't helped that the first to hold out the begging bowl is Virgin, which is part-owned by US giant Delta and partly by billionaire Sir Richard Branson.

RUTH SUNDERLAND: How bad can it get? That's the question on the lips of investors, from the largest Wall Street operators to the most modest pension saver.

As we enter one of the worst financial disasters this country has ever known, the two men in charge of saving the economy have been in their jobs for less than two months between them.

RUTH SUNDERLAND: The airline industry can be accused of many sins. It is infested with brassy billionaires, such as the avaricious Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of EasyJet (pictured).

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Once again, the banks are in the dock, this time for letting down hundreds of thousands of firms in their hour of direst need.

Covid-19 should be the trigger for wholesale change. Once and for all, there must be a reckoning with the morally bankrupt moguls who put profits before the safety of their staff.

Logical thinking is one of the first casualties in situations of great stress, which must be the explanation for the way dividends are being demonised in the pandemic.

Coronavirus must be beaten everywhere, or it is not beaten at all. If we can get the virus under control, the IMF reckons that world economy could start to recover by the end of this year - but that is a big if.

The Chinese economy is suffering badly from coronavirus and a draconian lockdown, but this is unlikely to curb its onward march for very long - and that should concern us all.

Even before coronavirus, the World Economic Forum was increasingly irrelevant and seen as a byword for the narcissism of an elite. The creed of globalisation is under challenge.

It was only ever meant to be a bridge to tide employers over a short-term loss of trade. And however much we might hope not, a wave of redundancies seems inevitable.

RUTH SUNDERLAND COLUMN: If ministers let Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic crash into the ground, we will all be the poorer for it.

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has injected a very welcome dose of hope into an atmosphere of almost unrelenting despair since replacing Mark Carney.

Charlie Sheen is auctioning off Babe Ruth's 1927 World Series ring and the letter of sale that brought the great slugger from Boston to New York for at least $1million through Lelands.

Charlie Sheen auctioned off the 1927 World Series ring and Ruth's sale from the Red Sox to the New York Yankees at Lelands.com Invitational Auction on Friday

While The Donald hammered Bush on Wednesday for not being 'truthful' on Fox News, the former governor was tweeting fall foliage.

Watch Marco Rubio as a robot, Hillary Clinton become an assassin for Goldman-Sachs and Donald Trump be a tricky fighter in 'The Debateful Eight,' a short animated Simpsons skit.