"Not many actually improve in their 40s so hopefully I can play in at least one more Ryder Cup - and then maybe I can help the team in other ways, " said Montgomerie.
He certainly has a shot at dethroning Jimmy Johnson, having one more win this year than the four-time Cup Champion.
South Africa, who lost the right to host the 2006 World Cup by just one vote, boasts more than the eight stadiums required by Fifa and Africa's best economy and telecommunications.
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And he says the picture of a more diverse crowd is one England's 2018 World Cup bid will be keen to impress on Fifa's inspection team, currently touring facilities in the country.
Bach scored a 15-point maximum for Denmark when they won the World Under-21 Team Cup in September and emerged as one of the more promising young riders during last season for Newcastle.
Egypt will have one more friendly against Libya on 27 August before launching their African nations cup qualifiers when they will fly to meet Madagascar.
And though the World Cup will be his one-day swansong there will be plenty more Tests for the blond Victorian.
One former Silver Cup winner who looks poised to make a run at a more coveted piece of hardware this weekend is Matt Kuchar.
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Hodge's cup of tea had brought down more than the corner of one tower - it shattered the public's confidence in all high-rise dreaming.
Still, one of the biggest challenges for any business tied to the World Cup may be getting more Americans interested in the sport, something that Major League Soccer has struggled with for years.
During his career, he has taken charge of more than 100 international appointments, as well as two Scottish Cup finals, one League Cup final, and he was a fourth official at the 2004 European Championship in Portugal.
"You have the Kentucky Derby winner, three Breeders' Cup winners, Dullahan is a three-time graded winner and won one of our more prestigious races, the Pacific Classic, " he said.
Richard Hodgson produced a faultless performance as he scored one goal and created two more to earn Darlington victory over Stevenage in the second round of the FA Cup.
Cardiff had scored 11 league goals - plus six more in the Carling Cup - before their trip to the Keepmoat while their backline has been one of the Championship's meanest, conceding just two goals.
That the Challenge Cup title came against one of the newly enriched elite of French rugby makes the achievement that much more impressive.
Warne, who has taken more one-day wickets than all bar five players, had one of his finest hours in the 1999 World Cup semi-final, against South Africa of course.
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