58 m. ago Who will win BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025? Top 11 contenders as Rory McIlroy leapfrogs Luke Littler to become favourite

It may be early in the year but the sporting heroes of 2025 are starting to emerge.

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3 h. ago Rory McIlroy has nearly half of his £2.7m Masters prize money taken from him

Rory McIlroy ended his long wait for Masters glory with a dramatic victory at Augusta, but the Northern Irishman will lose a significant chunk of his prize money

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5 h. ago Neil Critchley needs Rory McIlroy moment as Hearts master feels stage is set for zero to hero redemption story

John Robertson admits Critchley has questions to answer over big game record but Aberdeen semi is perfect chance to do it

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7 h. ago Rory McIlroy opens up to Amanda Balionis on support after Masters win... but doesn't mention wife Erica

Rory McIlroy 's wife, Erica Stoll, went conspicuously unmentioned as the Masters champion took part an interview with his rumored ex-flame, CBS Sports reporter Amanda Balionis.

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9 h. ago A year ago Rory McIlroy wanted to divorce her. Now, insiders reveal the secret role Erica Stoll had in his Masters win, writes BARBARA DAVIES

Victory, when it finally came for Rory McIlroy on Sunday, appeared to be as much a family affair as a global sporting triumph.

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12 h. ago Woman Rory McIlroy had emotional reunion with after Masters win identified

Rory McIlroy's long wait to complete a career Grand Slam is finally over and a number of different people joined the Northern Irishman in his emotional celebrations

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13 h. ago Manchester United's defeat at Newcastle and historic Rory McIlroy triumph helps shatter record

Manchester United fell to yet another disappointing defeat on Sunday but their loss helped Sky Sports in more ways than one

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14 h. ago Revealed: The mystery blonde Rory McIlroy had an emotional reunion with moments after Masters glory

One emotional moment at Augusta that caugt the eye was McIlroy's reunion with a mystery blonde shortly after he had celebrated with his wife, Erica, and their daughter Poppy.

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15 h. ago Rory McIlroy in line to be awarded freedom of his hometown after thrilling Masters victory completed career Grand Slam

EXCLUSIVE: councillors back in Northern Ireland will hold talks on Monday night over how to mark McIlroy's historic achievement.

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15 h. ago Rory McIlroy steps into league of his own with magical Masters triumph | Ewan Murray

Nick Faldo has more majors and Seve Ballesteros was a majestic shotmaker but the career grand slam is pricelessIn Northern Ireland, debate is already raging as to whether Rory McIlroy has presented himself as the country’s greatest ever sportsperson.The answer is surely obvious. Step aside, George Best. McIlroy’s Masters triumph may even force Sports Personality of the Year to afford due recognition to golf. It is only April but it feels highly unlikely the scene immediately after McIlroy claimed the Masters on Sunday will be matched. His pounding of the turf; his tears absorbed more than a decade of such deep frustration. The moment reverberated beyond sport; Rory had done it. Grown men, lots of them, shed tears on his behalf as he broke his Augusta hoodoo. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Rory McIlroy issues brutal Man United message after historic Masters victory

Manchester United fan Rory McIlroy has sent a message to his team after claiming the Masters at Augusta on Sunday.

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16 h. ago ‘We always had great hopes for him’: Holywood celebrates Rory McIlroy’s grand slam

From biscuits to paintings, images of the champion golfer are everywhere in his County Down birthplaceThe torture was over, the sun shone and images of the familiar toothy grin were sprouting across Holywood, the birthplace of the embodiment of agony and ecstasy known as Rory McIlroy.It was Monday afternoon and the Northern Ireland town could finally flaunt images of its most famous son without risk of jinxing him, because he had won the Masters and history was in the bag. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Masters winner Rory McIlroy’s relationship timeline with wife Erica Stoll amid year of divorce drama

McIlroy and Stoll share four-year-old daughter, Poppy

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17 h. ago Rory McIlroy's dramatic Masters victory will affect golf's bitter multi

A Grand Slam-sealing triumph for Rory McIlroy could be the catalyst to restart talks about healing the wounds caused by LIV Golf's rivalry with Rory's PGA Tour

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17 h. ago Masters nearly man Justin Rose plays huge part in McIlroy’s historic win | Andy Bull

The 44-year-old handled another near miss at Augusta with class and his place in Europe’s Ryder Cup team looks assuredThere was one very happy man in Augusta on Monday morning, and there were 52 all in a stew, turning over thoughts of what went right and what went wrong, that short putt on the 6th, that wayward chip on 12, that sliced drive on 15, or whatever it was that cost them their shot at winning the 2025 Masters. While Rory McIlroy can enjoy what was, everyone else in the field is wondering what might have been. Justin Rose will feel it most. Rose, the antagonist in Rory’s story, scored 65, 71, 75, 66 – the last of them, he said himself, “a bogey away from being the greatest round I’ve ever played”.The second shots during the playoff summed it up. Rose’s was pretty near perfect in the circumstances, and landed 15 feet from the pin, McIlroy’s landed just beyond it, caught the slope, and rolled back down and around, past Rose’s ball, and finished up 5ft from the cup. Sometimes ...

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17 h. ago Grace of Masters nearly man Justin Rose enhanced McIlroy’s historic win | Andy Bull

The 44-year-old handled another Augusta near miss with class and his place in Europe’s Ryder Cup team looks assuredThere was one very happy man at Augusta on Monday morning, and there were 52 all in a stew, turning over thoughts of what went right and what went wrong, that short putt on the 6th, that wayward chip on 12, that sliced drive on 15, or whatever it was that cost them their shot at winning the 2025 Masters.While Rory McIlroy can enjoy what was, everyone else in the field is wondering what might have been. Justin Rose will feel it most. Rose, the antagonist in Rory’s story, scored 65, 71, 75, 66 – the last of them, he said, “a bogey away from being the greatest round I’ve ever played”. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Rory McIlroy’s career grand slam celebrated with Royal Mail postmark

Stamped envelopes posted between April 15-17 will be postmarked with ‘Congratulations, Rory McIlroy, on completing your career Grand Slam!’.

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18 h. ago Rory etched in icing as Co Down home town revels in sweet success

Rory McIlroy realising his long-held Masters dream was the talk of the town in Holywood on Monday.

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18 h. ago Rory McIlroy shows true colours as he unlocks Augusta secret at the Masters

McIlroy's magical moment proves just why we all love sport so much as the Holywood star gave us a blockbuster ending to seal his spot as one of the all-time sporting icons

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18 h. ago Billionaire shares Rory McIlroy throwback snap with message to Masters 2025 champ

Tom Magnier posted about Rory McIlroy competing in the Masters, accompanying his words with a picture of the top golfer on the day he met horse racing champion Galileo

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