Tiger Woods had two bogeys and no birdies on the front nine Thursday.

Former Manchester United and England right-back Gary Neville has suggested moving to MLS could be a good decision by Wayne Rooney.

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The day before the start of play they were still putting the finishing touches to Test cricket’s newest venue, the modest, pretty little ground at Malahide. So over the top of the pick-pack-pock-puck of the practising batsmen there was the sound of workmen hammering and drilling, fixing loudspeakers on the scaffold grandstands and new hoardings around the impermanent pavilion. Down the road a man was putting a fresh coat of paint on the railings by the station. The Irish have been waiting, working, a long time for this first Test match and want everything to go just so.

“It’s been quite a while building up to this since it was announced,” said Ireland’s captain, William Porterfield. “I am sure there will be a lot of different emotions that will flow through everyone in the next 24 hours.” Mainly excitement, he said, but some anxiety, too. The pitch is green, the forecast awful and Pakistan have a formidable attack. Ireland aren’t short of first-class experience – they’ve more of that than this callow Pakistan side – but Boyd Rankin is the only man among them who has ever played a Test.

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6.47pm BST

No changes for West Ham, eight – Eight! – for Manchester United.

West Ham: Adrian, Rice, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Zabaleta, Kouyate, Noble, Masuaku, Joao Mario, Lanzini, Arnautovic. Subs: Carroll, Hugill, Obiang, Hart, Evra, Fernandes, Cullen.
Man Utd: De Gea, Lindelof, Smalling, Jones, Valencia, Herrera, McTominay, Shaw, Lingard, Sanchez, Pogba. Subs: Bailly, Mata, Martial, Blind, Young, Rashford, Romero.
Referee: Jonathan Moss.

We’re unchanged, with Hart back in the squad after recovering from illness. pic.twitter.com/Bz6khYpD9X

8⃣ changes to tonight’s #MUFC starting XI… #WHUMUN pic.twitter.com/ztLylXt6At

11.00am BST

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• Mercedes driver bemoans problems with car before Spanish GP
• Hamilton again criticises proposed layout of Miami circuit

Lewis Hamilton believes he is not in a position to fight competitively for the world championship despite holding a four-point lead over his key rival, Sebastian Vettel.

Preparing for the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend the Mercedes driver also criticised Formula One management for failing to consider drivers’ opinions in designing new circuits after he was disappointed by the layout for the proposed race in Miami next year.

Britain’s Simon Yates has taken overall lead in the Giro d’Italia after finishing second on stage six behind his Mitchelton-Scott team-mate Esteban Chaves.

Yates started the day in third place, 17 seconds behind the race leader Rohan Dennis, before the gruelling 169km stage to a finish on Mount Etna. He becomes the fourth Briton to wear the pink jersey after Mark Cavendish, Bradley Wiggins and David Millar.

• Prop calls on team-mates to alter approach for Cardiff Blues game
• ‘It would be great to leave with a win,’ he says before Bristol move

Gloucester have prioritised performance over results since Johan Ackermann took charge in August but their season will be defined by the outcome of their final match of the campaign. Green shoots of recovery have been clear under the South African head coach but a second consecutive Challenge Cup final defeat, when they face Cardiff Blues in Bilbao on Friday night, would suggest they have wilted.

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The Real Madrid star is creating a superhero cartoon called “Striker Force 7.”

The draft was held at AT&T Stadium in Dallas last month, marking the first time in history that the event took place at an NFL stadium.