SINGAPOREAN golfer Lam Chih Bing has taken a convincing 4 stroke lead heading into the final day of the Merceds-Benz Masters Singapore, at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club on Friday.

In what he describes as the 'best ball striking round of his career', the 31-year-old hit all 18 greens in regulation, to finish the third round with a 5-under 67, bringing his three-day total to 204.

BEIJING - AMERICAN doctors have told Liu Xiang that he needs surgery on the tendon injury that forced him out of the Olympics, but China's star hurdler has yet to decide whether to go under the knife.

Liu was examined in Charlotte as well as in Houston this week by the doctors who treat basketball superstar Yao Ming and they drew the same conclusions as their Chinese counterparts.

MIAMI - JUST five months after having a second heart transplant, Erik Compton is on a golfing high at this week's Disney Classic at Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

Although disappointed not to make the most of ideal scoring conditions in Thursday's opening round, the American was delighted to be back on the PGA Tour after a three-year gap.