Gordon to miss relegation battle

Sunderland goalkeeper Craig Gordon will miss the rest of the season to have an operation on a knee injury.

The Scotland international has already missed six months of the season with an ankle injury and will be unable to help Sunderland try to avoid relegation in the last two games of the season.

Gordon said: “I have hardly missed a game in my career. To have lengthy injuries back to back is disappointing.”

“It’s a possibility that it is the knee cartilage, but it’s been the worst season of my career for injuries. I have never had anything like this at any stage.”

Gordon signed for the Black Cats in 2007 from Hearts for £9m which is a British transfer record for a Goalkeeper.

Even without injuries Gordon has struggled to get games and the the number one jersey has belonged to Marton Fullop  for a number of games this season.

The operation will tell Gordon the full extent of the injury and hopes to be fit for the  next round of World Cup qualifiers.

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Tiger Returns

Tiger Woods has returned to competitive golf this week with a win over Australian Brendan Jones.

Woods has been out since June when he won the US Open at Torrey Pines with a double stress fracture and a knee injury.

Those injuries have been the reasons for him missing the end of the 2008 season and key events in the golfing calendar.

Despite the lay-off Woods remains top of the rankings but his lead has been cut considerably and Tiger will have to fight to keep his number one spot.

Woods beat Brendan Jones 3&2 at the World Golf Championships Match Play event on Thursday and will now play Tim Clark in the Second Round.

After beating Clark in the same tournament in 2007, Woods will go into the second round expecting to advance and expand on his victory over Jones.

Speaking after his first round victory Tiger said, “it felt like nothing changed walking down the fairway, and it felt like business as usual.”

“I hit a couple loose irons in the middle part of the round, but other than that, I really hit it pretty good all day.”