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Khalid Yousuf and Abdullah Mosharreq cemented their place in the UAE's sporting hall of fame by winning the sixth Arab Junior Golf Championships for the first time with a pulsating victory in Damascus yesterday.

Reigning British Amateur champion Stuart Wilson is relishing the prospect of playing alongside the likes of Ernie Els and Greg Norman in the Dubai Desert Classic starting tomorrow.

Ernie Els demonstrated his readiness to stay in the hunt with a resolute performance in yesterday's third round of the Dubai Desert Classic that left him one stroke behind the leader Miguel Angel Jimenez, and with every chance of securing a record third victory in the 16-year-old tournament

World number three Ernie Els will be banking on his putter, a stainless steel wonder inspired by industrial mechanical design, as he bids for a record third Dubai Desert Classic title.

Welshman Ian Woosnam was given the perfect birthday present yesterday when he was named Europe's Ryder Cup captain for the 2006 match against the US at Ireland's K club.

South Africa's Ernie Els, a two-time winner of the Dubai Desert Classic, got this year's tournament off to a storming start when he shot a six-under-par 66 to emerge as the sole leader after an enthralling opening day's play at the Emirates Golf Club.

The applause from the gallery on the 18th green told its own story yesterday as Spanish veteran Miguel Angel Jimenez completed a super-charged round of 65 to grab a two-stroke lead at the halfway stage of the European PGA Tour's $2.2million Dubai Desert Classic.

South Africa's Ernie Els advanced his claims for securing the world No 1 ranking this season when he won a record third Dubai Desert Classic title in breathtaking fashion yesterday.

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