But this stretch I've been on, and I've played five in a row now, winning four, well, I'm pretty proud of that."O'Meara, who along with Woods was competing in his first World Cup, singled out Woods for special praise. "With the past champions on that trophy, it is quite an honour to be a part of that," Woods said. "This year it has been a pretty good year, winning as many times as I have I'm not going to rank them because each one is different They're all different. Woods recorded a closing six-under par 65, for a 21-under-par total, to capture the individual trophy and set a tournament record after finishing nine strokes ahead of second-placed Frank Nobilo of New Zealand. This 10th victory of the season for Woods leaves him tied with Ben Hogan, as fourth best in US Tour records, although the 23-year-old will be pursuing an 11th when he plays in the Grand Slam of Golf in Hawaii.

Woods and his partner, Mark O'Meara, earned the Americans their 22nd victory in the 45-year history of the tournament. The Woods and O'Meara team recorded a combined 23-under par total to thwart second-placed Spain's courageous performance. It is unbelievable that at 24 I'm still able to come back and win a tournament," said Maleeva.. TIGER WOODS clinched his 10th tournament win of the year here yesterday, as he led the United States to a five-stroke victory in the World Cup of Golf. Maleeva, 24, who is campaigning to rejoin the tennis elite after nearly two years of injuries, succumbed to the fourth-seeded Kremer's aggressive groundstrokes in the first set, but then cruised to victory in 1hr 35min."This is so special to me as it is my first title after many injuries. I'm really happy I came out on top."Davenport swept past Tauziat in 49 minutes in the opening set and needed only 18 more to sweep aside her French opponent in the second.In Pattaya, Thailand, the former world No 4, Magdalena Maleeva of Bulgaria, lifted her first WTA title in four years, beating Anne Kremer of Luxembourg 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the final of the Volvo Women's Open. Lindsay was just a level too good today," said Hingis, 19, who earned pounds 156,000 as runner- up and finishes 1999 with more than pounds 1.875m in tournament earnings for the third successive year.The pair had both produced outstanding performances in their semi-finals on Saturday.

Hingis, the defending champion and top seed, defeated the American Williams 6-4, 7-6 while Davenport overcame Nathalie Tauziat, of France, 7-6, 6-0."I think that was one of my best matches ever," Hingis said after a struggle that lasted 1hr 51min for the 300th victory of her career "It was great stuff. And to end the year with that is really great," said the 23-year-old Davenport of her third appearance the finals.This marked the second week in a row that Davenport has beaten Hingis in straight sets in a final and leaves the towering Californian tied with the Australian Open champion with seven 1999 titles and one Grand Slam each."Yesterday I had a great win against Venus [Williams]. LINDSAY DAVENPORT, the reigning Wimbledon champion, beat Switzerland's world No 1, Martina Hingis in the final of the WTA Chase Championships here yesterday. Davenport, the world No 2, overpowered Hingis, playing at the top of her game from start to finish, to post a lopsided 6-4, 6-2 victory in just 61 minutes, reversing last year's final in which Davenport was runner- up to the Swiss teenager. "Today I played probably my best match ever. The following two cup finals and all England internationals from late 2000 until 2003, at the earliest, would then be staged elsewhere. Hoey dismissed as "outrageous" suggestions that Wembley National Stadium plc might apply for compensation for lost revenues during the period when the venue was configured for athletics, and with its capacity reduced from 90,000 to 67,000.Last night, Hoey attended a gala dinner at which Carl Lewis, the nine- time Olympic gold medallist, and Fanny Blanker-Koen, the 82-year-old Dutchwoman who won four gold medals at the 1948 Olympics staged at Wembley, were named as the IAAF's Athletes of the 20th Century.. It also means that we may be able to consider building the platform for the track at the very beginning, and keep it there for the first two years."The development timetable will see the start of demolition work on the Twin Towers after next year's FA Cup final.

"It is clear that the new IAAF president, Lamine Diack, is very keen on that, so we are willing to withdraw from 2003 and bid for 2005 instead," Hoey said. She added that the formal announcement of the award of the 2003 and 2005 World Championships was expected in Paris in April. "I am 99.9 per cent certain that London will get 2005," she said.The minister maintained that there would be no problems in staging the athletics World Championships. "There are a different set of problems when you consider an Olympic bid, though," she said."The architects now tell me that the stadium probably will not be finished until late 2003 or even early 2004," Hoey said, "so it would not have been feasible for us to go ahead with the World Championships bid. UK Athletics, the national governing body, had originally hoped to bring the world's third largest sporting event to Britain for the first time in 2003. The International Amateur Athletic Federation's stated preference is for Paris to host the championships in 2003, and London two years later.

KATE HOEY, the Minister for Sport, last night revealed that the architects working on plans for the new National Stadium at Wembley now believe that the pounds 475m project may not be completed until early 2004 - a year later than scheduled. Hoey was here for meetings with senior international athletics officials to reinforce that "the government is committed to staging the World Championships in London". Substitutes not used: Shuttlewood (gk), Randall, Forbes.Torquay United (3-5-2): Southall; Thomas, Watson, Russell; Holmes, Brandon, O'Brien (Aggrey, 90), Hill, Herrera; Bedeau (Simb, 90), Williams (Donaldson, 67). Substitutes not used: Northmore (gk), Tully.Referee: P Joslin (Nottinghamshire).Bookings: Forest Green Rovers: Burns, McGregor, Hatswell.Man of the match: Brandon.Attendance: 2,962.. They are away to Cirencester in the second round on Saturday, while Torquay's prize for yesterday's victory is a trip to Queen's Park Rangers.Goals: Brandon (76) 0-1; Bedeau (80) 0-2; Donaldson (86) 0-3.Forest Green Rovers (3-4-3): Perrin; Hedges, Kilgour, Hatswell; Cook (Bailey, 81), Clark, Burns, Sykes; Mehew (Hunt, 62), McGregor, Daley.