Sally Pearson has been rushed to hospital for surgery in Rome after suffering a horrific injury in the middle of a race, with the Australian hurdles champion left writhing in pain on the track.

Australian champion hurdler Sally Pearson has listed her Gold Coast home, featuring a pool and a gym 'fit for an Olympic athlete', for more than 1million.

A week that began with Steven Brown in a near-hopeless position with regard to retaining his European Tour privileges concluded with a maiden victory at the Portugal Masters.

When he turned professional in 1996, Tiger Woods had two landmarks in mind. One was Jack Nicklaus' 18 majors. The other was Sam Snead's all-time record of 82 PGA Tour victories.

Former world number one McIlroy was in a share of seventh after saying on Wednesday he wanted to end a four-year wait for a World Golf Championships victory - he finished on five-under-par.

Rory McIlory (right) goes into the final round of the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai with a one-point lead after a third successive five-under round of 67 to overtake Matthew Fitzpatrick (left).

Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy sank a two-foot birdie putt at the first extra hole to win the WGC-HSBC Champions in a playoff with American Xander Schauffele in Shanghai on Sunday..

DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: The best golfer of last year says he needs to wait until the end of the season to work out why this campaign has not gone to plan.

DEREK LAWRENSON IN DUBAI: Befitting a man who has won more world ranking points than any other this season, Rory McIlroy has no regrets that he's not in position to claim the Race to Dubai.

DEREK LAWRENSON IN DUBAI: The first day at the season finale DP World Tour Championship was about as far removed from a humdrum opening round as it would be possible to find.

DEREK LAWRENSON IN DUBAI: Colourful journeyman Mike Lorenzo-Vera from France leads the DP World Tour Championship at halfway - but he knows what happens next.

After 47 tournaments and hundreds of thousands of shots, one fearless stroke on the 18th hole decided everything between Jon Rahm and Tommy Fleetwood.

DEREK LAWRENSON IN ABU DHABI: Matt Fitzpatrick is the 11-stone sapling punching well above his weight in a sport increasingly populated by the muscle-bound.

DEREK LAWRENSON IN ABU DHABI: It is still more than two months until the clocks go forward, and Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy have yet to hit a shot.

Tiger Woods' Masters preparation has suffered a setback as he is unable to return to action at next week's Players Championship in Florida due to a back issue, ESPN reported on Friday.

Rory McIlroy was still a teenager when he marked his first appearance at the Players Championship in 2009 by getting thrown out of bars along Jacksonville Beach for carrying a fake ID.

Now it is Reed’s turn to run the gauntlet, the arch-villain in so many golfing eyes following his actions in improving his lie while attempting a shot from the sand at the Hero Challenge in December. 

The PGA Tour will continue for the next four weeks without spectators, beginning at the Players Championship today, and begging the question: will the Masters follow suit next month?

DEREK LAWRENSON AT SAWGRASS: Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka took their cue from a subdued audience reeling from the news that this was the last action they will witness.

Tiger Woods revealed that his traditional Masters Champions Dinner with his family ended in a food fight. The reigning champion had a version of the traditional meal under quarantine with his family.

DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: you are loath to argue with a 20-strong selection committee containing players like Nick Price, Curtis Strange and Annika Sorenstam.

Justin Bieber shows solid technique as he plays a round of golf with friend and  two-time Masters champion Bubba Watson in Los Angeles on Saturday.

England international Billy Vunipola insists he is 'definitely staying' at Saracens and hopes to help the crisis-hit club secure an immediate return to the Gallagher Premiership.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: Premiership Rugby are considering staging a summer play-off series to determine this season's champions and raise money for beleaguered clubs.

The RFU will determine the final places of the Championship - the second tier of domestic competition - with a 'best playing record formula' after ending the season early due to coronavirus.

French Rugby Federation president Bernard Laporte - who wants to run World Rugby alongside Bill Beaumont and hopes to be elected as vice-chairman next month - has proposed the competition.

Tunisia's Esperance were originally named winners following Wydad's refusal to continue playing after the VAR system failed to work and replay a disallowed goal.

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Seven-year-old comedian JJ Pantano was the judges' choice on America's Got Talent: The Champions on Monday, earning the show's last open spot before the semifinals.

Simon Cowell gave his imaginary Golden Buzzer to eleven-year-old Alexa Lauenberger on Monday's semifinals episode of America's Got Talent: The Champions.

The 60-year-old judge vowed to get a tattoo of the word 'kindness' on Monday's episode of America's Got Talent: The Champions if his favorite act Boogie Storm wins.

MAX WHITLOCK: To return home from the World Championships in Nanning in China with a silver medal was fantastic. Competing out there was a great experience.

I’m so happy to be leading Great Britain at the World Gymnastics Championships next month! 

Katarina Johnson-Thompson explains the pain of missing out on the European Championships and Commonwealth Games, but says best is yet to come.

ROAD TO RIO 2016: I’ve just finished my first year playing abroad. I left Sheffield Steelers to join Amiab Albacete in Spain and it was awesome! The basketball is totally different and, because it’s a semi-professional league, you are there just to play.

My training sessions in Manchester have been intense since my last blog, but now I'm beginning to taper off so I'm fresh for the World Championships in Colombia in a month's time.

HARRY BROWN: Having missed out on London 2012, the European Championships will be my first senior major on home soil, so I’m very excited by it.

With silver at the 2014 World Championships, two medals in the European Championships and my five medals in the Commonwealth Games, what more could I ask for?

One of the best parts about being a professional athlete – apart from playing your favourite sport, of course – is getting to see the world. We've just come back from a training camp in Italy.

Some of you won’t like me saying this, but I feel old! I know I’m only 22 but I’m diving so much and working so hard that my body is sore every day. I’m training for the World Aquatics Championship.

Middlesbrough missed the chance to climb to the top of the Sky Bet Championship after Swansea left the Riverside Stadium with a well-earned point from a goalless draw.

Middlesbrough held on to top spot in the Championship despite being held to a goalless draw by struggling Rotherham who staged a remarkable defensive display.

Forward Sam Baldock put the Royals in front in the ninth minute, but Joe Mattock denied them victory when he equalised on the stroke of full-time.

Sheffield United moved up to third in the Championship, two points behind second-placed Norwich, after they won 3-0 at Wigan and West Brom lost away at Blackburn.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND-UP: Derby have maintained their push for promotion after they overcame Hull while Bristol City continued their winning streak in the league.

Che Adams, Teemu Pukki and Billy Sharp have been named as the three players who will contest for the award while a number of other EFL awards and shortlists have been revealed.

Tony Pulis paid tribute to Middlesbrough's players for holding their nerve after a 1-0 victory over Stoke put them into the play-off spots again. Britt Assombalonga grabbed the winning goal.

Here Sportsmail identifies some of the stand-out players from the Championship who could yet be plying their trade in the Premier League next season.

Championship clubs made combined operating losses of over £510million last year, revealing the staggering price they are willing to pay in pursuit of reaching the Premier League.

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND-UP: Preston took moved up into second place in the Championship after coming from 2-0 down to beat Blackburn with a late goal from Tom Barkhuizen.