Fernando Torres Relishing Summer Break

Fernando Torres believes he will capture his form for Chelsea when the season resumes in August, the hitman has been slow to make an impact since joining Chelsea for £50 million from Liverpool in December.

The former Liverpool man is currently away on international duty with Spain and he scored in their weekend win over the USA, the striker will then go away on holiday with his family after the game against Venezuela to re-charge his batteries.

Torres is looking forward to when he returns to Chelsea for next seasons Premier League campaign and is confident next season will be a lot better for the Spaniard.

"I felt very comfortable from the beginning. I felt good and I was really committed. It has been a tough year for me," said Torres.

"I have only played twice for the national team in recent times. The injuries I have had prevented me from being in good shape. I am happy that the team won and that everything was perfect.

"A lot of things happened over the past 12 months but I am looking forward to the last game of season (against Venezuela) over the next three days.

"I finally get to go on a break. It's been five summers with no holidays and we have a chance to enjoy with family and rest and I am sure next season will be a lot different from the last one."

Andy Irons – Surfing Great – Found Dead in Hotel Room

Andy Irons was held in high esteem.  Considered by many in the surfing community to be the best in the world he has been discovered dead in a hotel room in mysterious circumstances.  He had been in Puerto Rico to take part in a surfing competition when he fell ill and withdrew himself from the event.

He stopped off in Dallas on his way back home to Hawaii and it was here that he was discovered yesterday.   This has plunged the surfing world in to mourning as not only was he a popular figure on the competition circuit he had been incredibly successful.  Over the course of two years between 2002 and 2004 he had won three world titles consecutively.

Irons learned to surf on the dangerous and shallow reefs of the North Shore in Kauai in his home state of Hawaii.  As well as the three world titles he won three Quicksilver Pro France titles (03-05) and twi Rip Curl Pro titles (in 06 and 07).  On top of this were the 19 elite tour victories and, most recentky in September, he won the Billabong Pro in Tahiti.

The events leading to his death are a little cloudy but it has been reported that he was suffering from Dengue fever.  This is an acute febrile disease which is transmitted by mosquitoes and occurs in the tropics.  Since its discovery in the eighteenth century it has been looked upon as a very serious and life-threatening condition.

Irons spent a few days in Miami after returning to the US from Puerto Rico and he was on an intravenous drip to combat the fever.  However, he had wanted his own Doctor to treat him and so had signed himself out of the hospital in which he was staying.

He did not make a connecting flight from Dallas to Hawaii and so checked himself in to the hotel in which he was discovered death the next morning.

To add a further mystery, a Hawaiian newspaper has reported that methadone was found in the hotel room, hidden inside a container for a drug which can be obtained on prescription – Zolpid.

World in Sport would like to express its condolences to the friends and family of Andy Irons, certainly one of the contemporary greats of the surfing world.

This first clip was filmed just two weeks before Andy Irons' death.

Europe win the Ryder Cup

Europe have today won the Ryder Cup beating USA 14½ to 13½, after much rain this weekend the Ryder Cup final day went into Monday with Europe leading 9½-6½ overnight. With both Lee Westwood and Rory McIlory losing groundb. The stage was set for Graeme McDowell to steal the show and win it for Europe. USA had struggled to find any consistency and were always chasing Europe clawing back 13½ each and the Ryder Cup came down to the final match thanks to some clutch putting by 21-year-old Rickie Fowler. But it was then left for McDowell to finish things off nicely.


Needing a full point to secure the win, US Open champion McDowell sent cheers reverberating around the course as he sunk a brilliantly-judged 15-foot putt for birdie at the 16th to move two-up with two to play. Victory was then confirmed when Mahan, following a poor chip, failed to sink a long putt for his par at the short 17th, conceding McDowell's putt to hand Europe to spark wild European celebrations.

FINAL SCORE: EUROPE 14½ – USA 13½
Match 1: Westwood v Stricker - US wins 2&1
Match 2: McIlroy v Cink - Halved
Match 3: Donald v Furyk - EUR wins 1 UP
Match 4: Kaymer v D Johnson - USA win 6&4
Match 5: Poulter v Kuchar - EUR wins 5&4
Match 6: Fisher v Overton - USA wins 3&2
Match 7: Jimenez v Watson - EUR wins 4&3
Match 8: F Molinari v Woods - USA wins 4&3
Match 9: E Molinari v Fowler - Halved
Match 10: Hanson v Mickelson - USA wins 4&2
Match 11: Harrington v Z Johnson - USA wins 3&2
Match 12: McDowell v Mahan EUR wins 2 up