The British Open will be held outside England and Scotland for the first time in more than 60 years when it returns to Northern Ireland's Royal Portrush in 2019 air max 2017 sale online , tournament organizers the Royal & Ancient (R&A) said Tuesday.
The British Open was last held at the Northern Irish links course in 1951, the only other time the major championship was held anywhere but England and Scotland, and will be held there twice again over the following two decades.
The British Open will be -latest in a series of high--profile events to visit Northern -Ireland, which was beset by three -decades of violence that claimed 3,600 lives before a peace deal largely ended the bloodshed 17 years ago.
"Through our good times and bad times it is huge we've got the biggest golf tournament in the world," Europe's -Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke told Reuters at the announcement.
Once blacklisted next to Baghdad and Beirut as a tourism no-go zone air max sale online , the British province successfully hosted the opening stages of the Giro d'Italia last year as thousands long starved of major sporting events packed the streets. Sporadic sectarian violence still persists in parts of Northern Ireland though and often breaks out when marches held by rival communities reach their peak in mid-July each year, potentially on the eve of the Open's return on July 18-21, 2019.
The return to Royal Portrush, the hometown of major champion Graeme McDowell and which also counts 2011 British Open champion Clarke as a member, was announced last year but the date was subject to course improvements being made.
Two new holes are being added while the course length will increase by a little under 200 yards (182.88 meters) to 7,337 yards and the number of bunkers by three to 62 nike air max 2018 sale outlet , still the fewest of any of the -courses which host the 155-year-old event, the R&A said.
DURBAN, South Africa, May 3 (Xinhua) -- The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the South African government will launch a new platform project which seeks to improve the internet access in the country, said South African Ministry of Telecommunications and Postal Services on Wednesday.
The project, called "South Africa Internet for All nike air max 2017 sale outlet ," is expected to increase internet use in the country, particularly in rural areas. According to the International Telecommunications Union, 52 percent of South Africans use the internet. This new mode of public-private collaboration will see many in the country accessing the internet for the first time.
Siyabonga Cwele, Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, said at the 27th World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban, "The partnership with the World Economic Forum and local partners will help us accelerate our efforts to connect South Africans to the benefits of the internet."
"We are very pleased to welcome the World Economic Forum to South Africa to partner with the government on Internet for All. We value inclusive nike air max sale outlet , multistakeholder efforts that will help bring many more South Africans onto the internet," said the minister.
The project will support the government's National Development Plan and South Africa Connect plans by addressing the barriers that prevent universal internet access. These include affordability, skills and awareness and infrastructure connectivity.
Jabu Mabuza, Chairperson of Telkom, welcomed the project which he said will accelerate Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa as a catalyst for inclusive growth.
He said the project "creates fertile ground for sustainable, accelerated air max 2018 sale outlet , inclusive economic growth in Africa."
The "Internet for All" platforms are already in use in countries like Argentina, Rwanda and Uganda.
South African Minister of Communications Ayanda Dlodlo also said education, training and skills for innovative and knowledge society are the key to the inclusive growth.
Dlodlo said the youth must be included in the Digital Revolution, and digital infrastructure should be affordable and available to youth for both social and economic development.
More than 1,000 participants are taking part in the 27th World Economic Forum on Africa in Durban, South Africa from May 3 to 5. The theme of the meeting is "Achieving Inclusive Growth through Responsive and Responsible Leadership."
MAPUTO air max 2017 sale outlet , Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- A mass protest against forced conscription in a major Mozambican city turned into violent rioting on Wednesday, leaving three dead and many others injured.
Young protesters, estimated in their hundreds, took to the street in several outlying communities in the central port city of Beira, before turning violent. They burned tires and logs, hurled stones air max sale outlet , wielded sticks, prompting a police crackdown.
Tear gas was used, warning shots fired, and even a grenade was thrown to disperse the crowd, according to local television channel STV.
Reports said three people died in the violence, although details surrounding their deaths still remain unclear. Many sustained injuries in the clashes with the police or fell down in the volatile crowd nike air max 2018 sale clearance , STV said.
People running away from the violent protesters abandoned their cars, bicycles, and other belongings. Some panicked parents lost track of their children.
Protesters and their supporters said they were enraged by the military's door-to-door conscription approach.
"We don't want to go to the military service, we don't want," one protester told STV.
But state Mozambican Television quoted defense ministry official Elias Moiane who refuted the claim.
"It is a mere rumor. No one is recruited by force for the military service," Moiane said.
He urged people to be vigilant so as to trace those spreading the rumor. "The police are working towards identifying the suspects. We appeal to the people to help us nike air max 2017 sale clearance ," he added.
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