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Jon Rahm: LIV Golf chiefs responsible for ‘fixing’ breakaway circuit

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Two-time major winner Jon Rahm says he does not envy the job facing LIV Golf’s bosses but remains confident they will find a solution to ensure its survival.

Last month, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) announced it will withdraw its multi-billion dollar backing for the breakaway circuit at the end of the year.

LIV announced a “strategic evolution” in response – including a newly established independent board – as it bids to find replacement financial investors.

Rahm, 31, was arguably the most high profile name to join LIV when he left the PGA Tour in December 2023 for a deal worth a reported £222m ($300m).

Some players, including Brooks Koepka, have since returned to the PGA Tour, which rewrote its rules in December to allow the five-time major winner to come back, subject to certain sanctions.

Spain’s Rahm did not follow suit and remains under long-term contract with LIV, but last week reached a deal with the DP World Tour – formerly the European Tour – which will see him retain his membership and remain eligible for next year’s Ryder Cup.

Rahm said he was “in control of his golf game” but “not in control of anything else” when asked whether uncertainty over the future of LIV Golf was on his mind before this week’s US PGA Championship at Aronimink, Pennsylvania.

“Out of the few talents I have in my life, fixing a business is not one of them. I might be the worst person for that,” he told BBC Sport.

“My job is to play golf, luckily. I’m decent at it. And that’s what I can focus on.

“It’s the people in charge of LIV, whose job I do not envy for a second, it’s their job to fix it.”

Rahm, the two-time reigning LIV season champion and 2026 points leader, said he had no regrets over joining LIV and backed organisers to make it sustainable.

He added: “I would say I’ve made a lot of decisions in my life and I’ve never gone back thinking ‘Oh, had I known this again, I would do X and Y different’.

“If I lived my life like that as a golfer, I would be a very pessimistic person.

“I have faith in the work that they’re doing. I have faith that they’re going to come up with a good plan.

“Until that plan is explained to us, I don’t think I need to add any attention to it.”

Rahm is still banned from the PGA Tour but is eligible to participate in the US PGA Championship because the latter is run by the PGA of America, which is a separate organisation.

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Man City guilty: Premier League club knew of independent commission’s verdict in the summer – Paper Talk | Football News

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The top stories and transfer rumours from Wednesday’s newspapers…

MANCHESTER CITY

Manchester City were first informed that they had been found guilty of more than 100 breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules in the summer before spending heavily in the transfer market – ESPN

Manchester City’s deal this summer for Elliot Anderson was agreed before City had knowledge that the independent panel had reached its verdict – ESPN

Manchester City could be expelled from the Premier League after their near-£1billion cheating scandal was laid bare – The Telegraph

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PREMIER LEAGUE

Newcastle United are set to raid Kilmarnock for their goalkeeping coach Fraser Stewart – Daily Record

EFL

Robbie Savage is primed to leave his role as Forest Green Rovers manager after accepting an offer to become Peterborough United’s boss – talkSPORT

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EUROPEAN FOOTBALL

Injured stars Kylian Mbappe, Ibrahima Konate and Federico Valverde are all expected to be available when Real Madrid face LaLiga title rivals Barcelona in El Clasico on October 25 – ESPN

WORLD FOOTBALL

Aleksander Ceferin, the UEFA president, has launched a blistering attack on his counterpart at FIFA, Gianni Infantino, over his World Cup sell-off plan, the peace prize he awarded to Donald Trump and the Folarin Balogun scandal – The Times

RUGBY UNION

Jack Willis is open to switching allegiances and playing for Ireland amid his ongoing England exile – The Telegraph

Brendan Venter’s job title at Saracens has been changed to “head of rugby culture and wine consultant” in an attempt to help him avoid media duties on his return to the Prem – The Times

The French clubs have publicly backed plans to reduce the Champions Cup to 16 teams to make the competition more “elitist” – The Times

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Another Phillies postseason, another painful round of 'what-ifs' about the bullpen

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Three years, three Game 1s, three blown leads in the seventh inning or later. After another soul-crushing loss, the season is on the line.

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NBA nearing agreements with European soccer powers for new continental league: Sources

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NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum attended the European Football Clubs annual conference Tuesday in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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