American skier Lindsey Vonn today clinched a record-breaking 65th World Cup victory after winning a women's Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, following an eight-race winless streak. Vonn, 30, who is chasing her fifth Super-G World Cup title, raced to success in just one minute, 16.65 seconds, in sunny conditions, regaining the lead in the discipline with one race remaining. Speaking after the event, donning a sleeveless neon-yellow T-shirt with 'making history' printed in white on it, she told reporters: 'Yesterday was disappointing so I came out with the right attitude.' A day earlier, Vonn had ranked seventh in downhill at Garmisch, where she used to stay during Christmas holidays. 'I wanted to ski my best and attack and I did. A nice way to win,' she said today. Scroll down for video . Success: Skier Lindsey Vonn (pictured today) has clinched a record-breaking 65th World Cup victory after winning a women's Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, following an eight-race winless streak . In good spirits: The 30-year-old (center) came in .20 seconds ahead of overall World Cup leader, Tina Maze (left), of Slovenia, who placed second. Meanwhile, Anna Fenninger (right), of Austria, was .36 back in third . Podium: Vonn (pictured left and right) who is chasing her fifth Super-G World Cup title, raced to success in just one minute, 16.65 seconds, in sunny conditions, regaining the lead in the discipline with one race remaining . Previous support: It is unclear whether Vonn's boyfriend, golfer Tiger Woods, was at the slopes to support her. Above, Vonn and Woods are pictured kissing after the women's giant slalom in Colorado on February 12 . Vonn was pictured beaming widely and waving at the crowd as she celebrated in the finish area after her win. It is unclear whether her boyfriend, golfer Tiger Woods, was at the slopes to support her. Last month, Woods, a 14-time major champion and former world number one, announced he was taking a break from the sport that has made him millions after suffering a back injury in California. He and Vonn have become a high-profile celebrity couple since they started dating two years ago. The pair were seen kissing after the women's giant slalom in Beaver Creek, Colorado, last month. Today, Vonn came in .20 seconds ahead of overall World Cup leader, Tina Maze, of Slovenia, who placed second. Meanwhile, Anna Fenninger, of Austria, was .36 back in third. Winning performance: Speaking after the event today, donning a T-shirt with 'making history' printed in white on it,  Vonn (seen in action) told reporters: 'Yesterday was disappointing so I came out with the right attitude' Ecstatic: Vonn beamed widely and waved at the crowd as she celebrated in the finish area following her win . Watched by millions: The skier is among competitors in the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Super G . Happy: Vonn is pictured after her 65th career win, which gave her an eight-point lead over Fenninger in the Super-G standings. The last race in the event is at the World Cup finals in Meribel, France, later this month . Vonn's 65th career win, another record, gave her an eight-point lead over Fenninger in the Super-G standings. The last race in the event is at the World Cup finals in Meribel, France, later this month. 1. Lindsey Vonn (U.S.) 1:16.65 . 2. Tina Maze (Slovenia) 1:16.85 . 3. Anna Fenninger (Austria) 1:17.01 . 4. Cornelia Huetter (Austria) 1:17.75 . 5. Lara Gut (Switzerland) 1:17.93 . 6. Federica Brignone (Italy) 1:18.16 . 7. Elisabeth Goergl (Austria) 1:18.18 . 8. Margot Bailet (France) 1:18.20 . 8=. Dominique Gisin (Switzerland) 1:18.20 . 10. Nicole Hosp (Austria) 1:18.22 . 'It's going to be a close fight. I'll have to ski my best and I hope I can get two titles,' said Vonn, who is also chasing the downhill crown and could equal Katja Seizinger's record of five Super-G titles. Shortly after Vonn's win, former German World Cup alpine ski racer, Maria Höfl-Riesch, posted a photo of herself and the skier on Twitter. She captioned the image: 'Dinner with the winner. Good job @lindseyvonn.' Maze's second place finish increase her lead over Fenninger overall to 44 points. 'She has been putting a lot of pressure on me. I knew I had a good run,' said Maze, whose coach set the course. She added: 'It's in difficult moments that you can show your character and I did today.' Fenninger had won back-to-back races in Bulgaria last weekend and finished ahead of Maze in Saturday's downhill, when she was second and the Slovenian third, cutting into Maze's overall lead. Congratulations: Vonn,  right, is congratulated by her teammate Stacey Cook in the finish area after her win . All smiles: Vonn (center), Maze (left) and Fenninger (right) smile on the podium following their varied success . Friends: Shortly after Vonn's win, former German World Cup alpine ski racer, Maria Höfl-Riesch, posted a photo of herself and the skier on Twitter (pictured). The post has so far been 'favorited' more than 140 times . Dinner plans: She captioned the image: 'Dinner with the winner. Good job @lindseyvonn #SuperG #Garmisch' 'I saw that Tina had a great run so I had to take risks and it was close,' Fenninger said. 'It was a fast race, with broad turns.' Vonn is the only female skier to have won more than one Super-G race on the demanding Kandahar course in Garmisch. She also took the races in 2009 and 2010. She has now won five races in Garmisch. The American also has the sole possession of second place with the number of top-three finishes on the World Cup circuit - a total of 111. The figure is just three behind the record of 114, held by Annemarie Moser-Proell of Austria. Long-term relationship: Vonn and Woods (pictured together during the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in Colorado in February) have become a high-profile celebrity couple since they started dating two years ago . Professional break: Last month, Woods (right, with Rory McIllroy, in 2013), a former world number one, said he was taking a break from the sport that has made him millions after suffering a back injury in California .

Lindsey Vonn, 30, today raced to record-breaking 65th World Cup victory . She ranked first with time of 1:16.65 in the women's Super-G in Germany . Speaking after her win, Vonn declared: 'I came out with the right attitude' One day earlier, she was seventh in downhill at Garmisch-Partenkirchen . It is unclear whether boyfriend, Tiger Woods, was at race to support her . Vonn is chasing her fifth Super-G World Cup title; last race is in France .

's 65th win was also her 61st World Cup victory. The 32-year-old was in fifth in the starting gate, but surged through the course in 1:10.79 and beat Tina Maze, the world’s dominant skier, by 0.56 seconds.
It was her first podium finish in the event this season after four years. "I'm just glad I can race again," Vonn told reporters in a press conference. "I just wanted to get my first World Cup podium this year, and I'm over the moon that I could do it on this course. I can't be mad about that, but I wanted a second podium at least and just didn't quite have it today."
On the final run, the Austrian showed her dominance by putting her 2013/14 ski set, which includes the same ski she used to claim five World Cup titles, back on as she tried to push down the rest of the field. "I just can't wait to get back [on the podium] but it has to be with a good ski, I have to say," she said. "That was fun, to be back in the race, with the competition out there, it felt like 2009."
Vonn had been suffering from a left knee injury since the Sochi Games last year but returned to racing earlier this month at the World Cup weekend in Schladming, Austria. She has had two knee surgeries since last summer. "I'm over the moon, so excited, thank you," Vonn said. "I'm so happy I did [come back early] because of the confidence it has given me on this race.
"I'm not too proud of the fact that I got this 'V' sign for a win," Vonn added. "But it looks like that's the 'F' for the first letter of my last name. The first 'F' is for Family and Friends, and the last 'F' is for Fans. I have the greatest fans in the world. They keep me going."
Maze has been the overall World Cup champion in the last two seasons and her best result this season in Garmisch was sixth in December. In addition, the Slovenian skier has 17 World Cup wins, the most among active women skiers and was the first to win 50 career


Former Manchester United defender Paul McGrath is certain that his old team will pip rivals Liverpool to a top-four finish in the Premier League this season, following The Red Devils' superb 3-0 win over Tottenham on Sunday. United had gone into that game with a number of doubts cast over their Champions League credentials, having delivered some unconvincing performances in recent weeks. But on Saturday, they were back to their best with a performance replete with pace and verve that blew Spurs away. Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney scores his side's third goal in the 3-0 win over Tottenham . Former United defender Paul McGrath believes his old club will beat Liverpool to a top-four finish . United playmaker Juan Mata shields the ball from the oncoming Tottenham defender Danny Rose (left) United are currently fourth in the league table with 56 points from 29 games, five ahead of Liverpool who have played one fixture less. Liverpool travel to Swansea on Monday night in the hope of closing that gap, but McGrath feels the momentum is firmly in United's favour. He told TalkSport, 'Liverpool are the only team who can do a bit of damage to Manchester United. I don't see it happening now though. 'United are clicking into gear at the right time and are relaxed in the way they're playing their football.' McGrath also singled out Maourane Fellaini for special praise after the Belgian continued a fine run of form with a goal against Spurs. Marouane Fellaini continued his superb run of form with an eye catching display against Spurs on Sunday . 'Marouane Fellaini is the fulcrum of the side now,' he said. 'I don't think Van Gaal can take him out. 'Fellaini gives them the option of going long, he can hold it up and bring other players into play. He is giving the whole team a great lift.' McGrath played for United between 1982 and 1989, winning the FA Cup in 1985. Rooney attempts a long-range effort at goal during the Premier League game with Spurs at Old Trafford . Rose gives chase to United defender Marcos Rojo as the Red Devils run out convincing 3-0 winners . Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen is challenged by Manchester United's Antonio Valencia (left) CHELSEA . Hull (away) - March 22 . Stoke (home) - April 4 . QPR (away) - April 12 . Man United (home) - April 18 . Arsenal (away) - April 26 . Leicester (away) - April 29 . Crystal Palace (home) - May 2 . Liverpool (home) - May 9 . West Brom (away) - May 16 . Sunderland (home) - May 24 . MANCHESTER CITY . West Brom (home) - March 21 . Crystal Palace (away) - April 6 . Man United (away) - April 12 . West Ham (home) April 19 . Aston Villa (home) - April 25 . Tottenham (away) - May 2 . QPR (home) - May 9 . Swansea (away) - May 16 . Southampton (home) - May 24 . ARSENAL . Newcastle (away) - March 21 . Liverpool (home) - April 4 . Burnley (away) - April 11 . Sunderland (home) April 18 postponed . Chelsea (home) - April 26 . Hull (away) - May 2 . Swansea (home) - May 9 . Man United (away) - May 16 . West Brom (home) - May 24 . MANCHESTER UNITED . Liverpool (away) - March 22 . Aston Villa (home) - April 4 . Man City (home) - April 12 . Chelsea (away) - April 18 . Everton (away) - April 26 . West Brom (home) - May 2 . Crystal Palace (away) - May 9 . Arsenal (home) - May 16 . Hull (away) - May 24 . LIVERPOOL . Swansea (away) - March 16 . Man United (home) - March 22 . Arsenal (away) - April 4 . Newcastle (home) - April 13 . Hull (away) - April 18 . West Brom (away) - April 25 . QPR (home) - May 2 . Chelsea (away) - May 9 . Crystal Palace (home) - May 16 . Stoke (away) - May 24 . TOTTENHAM . Leicester (home) - March 21 . Burnley (away) - April 5 . Aston Villa (home) - April 11 . Newcastle (away) - April 19 . Southampton (away) - April 25 . Manchester City (home) - May 2 . Stoke (away) - May 9 . Hull (home) - May 16 . Everton (away) - May 24 . SOUTHAMPTON . Burnley (home) - March 21 . Everton (away) - April 4 . Hull (home) - April 11 . Stoke (away) - April 18 . Tottenham (home) - April 25 . Sunderland (away) - May 2 . Leicester (away) - May 9 . Aston Villa (home) - May 16 . Man City (away) - May 24 . Note: Fixtures in May subject to change for television schedule. For a full list of Premier League fixtures and to check kick-off times, results and league tables, visit our brilliant MATCH ZONE by clicking HERE. Games marked 'postponed' will be rearranged due to FA Cup .

Manchester United beat Tottenham 3-0 at Old Trafford on Sunday . The win underlines their Champions League credentials . Former United defender Paul McGrath is backing them to finish top-four . He does not believe Liverpool will be able to catch up with them . McGrath has singled out Marouane Fellaini for particular praise .

 the match on the back of defeats in back-to-back matches against Chelsea and Crystal Palace.
Speaking on Soccer Saturday, the ex-Irish international praised the way that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side reacted in the face of a difficult week.
"With all the controversy in the week with Mourinho leaving, they've now gone to the Tottenham game, it's been a hell of a week for them but they came here and they were excellent.
Liverpool were brilliant at Brighton last week. A 3-0 win, brilliant performance from the manager. They've done a lot of business, they've got a lot of great footballers. The season's going to be a lot tighter than the last few. We haven't played Man City yet, we haven't played Liverpool yet, it's going to be a hell of a tough season but I think United have done really well. " McGrath also praised Paul Pogba, who he sees as a key player for United in both attack and defence: "Paul Pogba was so good today. You look at the way that Pogba plays the game, he can play it with his head up and he's clever off the dribble. He can play off one, two, he can take the penalty. When he comes out the back, he's a threat and that's what the manager needs.
"You've also got Scott McTominay who's very capable at the back. He's come in as a defensive midfielder. There are a lot of good players there and they're a lot tougher this year."
The former Manchester United man also expressed his concern over Liverpool's lack of goals this season, but suggested that the team will soon come into form once the injuries are resolved: "You have to remember, you've got Trent Alexander-Arnold who's a fantastic player who's going up and down the wing, but he's been playing for the right-back.
"He doesn't play centre-half, he's right-back. They've got Joe Gomez injured so he's got to get them back into that system and get everyone into it. With the injuries, they're just not going to hit the ground running. United, Man City and Arsenal are a threat – Man City have the biggest budget by far, but there's a lot of


The day before George Osborne delivers his budget to the nation the Lawn Tennis Association came up with its rough equivalent – the latest long term plan to revive the state of the game in Great Britain. Chief Executive Michael Downey finally unveiled his vision for the governing body, and in budgetary terms the big winner will be those people involved in marketing the sport and trying to get more people playing it. Over the next four years there will be a 50 per cent uplift in money spent on marketing, so that by 2018 around £26 million will be spent on promoting the sport of tennis in the United Kingdom. While Andy Murrayis established as one of the world's best players, problems still exist at grass roots level . Other countries will look on enviously at such a huge sum although, given the current rankings of most GB juniors, many may well comfort themselves that their stocks of elite players will be superior for years to come. Downey reaffirmed the LTA's laudable, broad policy of building the game from the bottom up by concentrating on participation and talked through a range of worthy and sensible measures to help achieve this. However, there was nothing especially original to stir the imagination or make an impact with the wider public, no 'Parks tennis revolution' or some such thing. Anyone wanting to see something more radical to improve the British game would be left disappointed. Not that Downey, the former head of Tennis Canada who was appointed 18months ago, pulled all of his punches in presenting the latest of what have hitherto been doomed long-term plans for the British game. LTA Chief Executive Michael Downey has unveiled his long term strategy to rejuvenate the game . 'Our sport is declining and some people have a problem hearing that,' he said at the start. What he was specifically referring to was the problems tennis, like most other ball sports, has with declining participation numbers. They all face a challenge from what he termed 'doorstep' sports, highly convenient and less technically demanding activities such as running, cycling, swimming and going to the gym, which can be done solo and whenever time permits. Despite the hundreds of millions gleaned from Wimbledon profits and that event's ever growing popularity, there has been an average drop of 5 per cent in adult participation over each of the past five years. The particular problem is among the 16-44 age group with numbers steady above that. Curiously he omitted to mention, until asked, that tennis is now played to a greater or lesser extent in 20,000 schools among 2.6 million children, an impressive figure that would be envied by most other sports. Among the smorgasbord of measures to improve things, there will be a drive to increase participation in parks tennis. 'I think the old LTA would have driven by the parks and straight into the clubs and schools,' he said. The LTA receives millions annually from funds generated by the Wimbledon Championships . There were other sensible ideas. With tennis participation peaking in July, there will be a concerted effort to get people to start playing earlier in the year. Clubs, volunteers and coaches will get more support (attempts at this are nothing new). In junior tennis there will, wisely, be more emphasis on team events and there will be a much-needed concentration on creating a less pressured environment at junior tournaments. The emphasis will be on creating inclusive fun and recreational competitions across the board. Downey asserted that he was looking at the 'meat and potatoes' issues, rather than eyecatching initiatives. He also pledged that the LTA would spend money 'like it's your own' (no reference here to his own £434,000 pay package). It is, clearly, expecting too much for any results to be instant, as with the efforts to improve the elite end of tennis. He was unrepentant about cuts to the performance side of the game and funding for lower ranked players, pointing out that the average entry age into the world's top 100 is 21 for men and 20 for women. Murray's victory at SW19 in 2013 spiked interest but there has been a five per cent fall in adult participation . 'If you are 27 years old and still playing Futures I don't think you are going to be a top 50 player. It's a ruthless business,' he said, reiterating the 'no compromise' message he wants to run through the elite end of the sport. While there has to be a degree of patience with his plans, they also illustrated the glacial pace of how things tend to be done at the governing body compared to what would happen in the more dynamic private sector. There are many things that have not even been considered or barely thought about. Andy Murray, for instance, is nearly 28 and there is still no clue as to how to use his profile to spread the game. (Downey presented his ideas to him in Glasgow two weeks ago and was impressed by his interest.). Downey has spoken to Murray after Britain's 3-2 Davis Cup win over USA in Glasgow . TV advertising during the summer is not on the agenda. If there is an embracing of the excellent Tennis For Free charity and its proven methods then it seems limited. The whole key issue of playing surfaces did not raise a flicker, nor did the idea of adopting foreign training base with clay courts and a better climate. No participation targets have been set. The simple idea of trying to rebrand the organisation from its anachronistic 'Lawn Tennis Association' title to something more modern is apparently a non-starter for some reason. What was presented, though, was steady and sensible enough, while not especially imaginative nor wide in scope. Like most budget speeches, the effects of its contents will not be immediately obvious.

LTA have unveiled their long term plan to get more people playing tennis . There will be 50 per cent increase in marketing budget over next four years . There has been five per cent drop in adult participation over last five years . Chief Michael Downey has spoken to Andy Murray on spreading the game .

 English game's future in front of a packed audience at the Institute of Directors in Pall Mall.
It is a long time since tennis has been a subject of such wide debate. ''It's fantastic,'' said LTA president Philip Brook, who had taken part in the debate that had preceded the announcement.
Downey is a man who has the knack of saying the right thing. ''This is not an attempt to reinvent the wheel or reinvent anything at all,'' he said. This was a reference to tennis in Britain, which has undergone numerous reorganisations and plans over the years, none of which have achieved the objectives set out in them.
He added: ''That's why this plan is called a Long Term Plan. It's not one for now, but long term, so we can do things the right way. It should be the template for every programme or strategy that takes place.''
It is a fair conclusion to say that the plan is similar to the Lawn Tennis Association blueprint published last summer. It was, however, more detailed, and the 17 key elements have been developed from 40.
Downey admitted: ''Of course we looked at the last plan but this is much more practical and it's going to deliver the results, which is at the heart of the LTA.''
For once a top official from British sport has a long-term vision and a plan to put his ideas into practice, however vague those ideas are on occasion.
For the LTA, one of the first priorities is to establish a base. ''We're already in conversation with people in Wimbledon,'' said Downey, ''and we're working on a bid to Government for an All England Centre on the site.''
He also wants to see improved coaching through a national coach certification programme, and a national training programme.
There is a need to establish more elite competitions – a new National Championships at Devonshire Park next year, with the LTA aiming to increase the number of regional competitions to 36. The idea is for England to have the top domestic tournament in every discipline.
To ensure the best results, there needs to be more high performance programmes (the LTA's equivalent of the Performance Pathway programmes operated by Performance Director David Felgate, which is working for the British Olympic Association).
But perhaps the most innovative aspect of the plan is the need for more grassroots tennis. The LTA wants to establish 500 more tennis


The conductor of a sickening racist chant by a University of Oklahoma fraternity has been identified as a graduate of an elite Catholic school in Dallas. Parker Rice, 19, is  an OU freshman. It is believe he did not even live in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house, which was shut down by the university on Monday. Rice graduated last year from the prestigious Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas. A spokesman for the school's president, Mike Earsing, told Daily Mail Online: 'We know for sure it is one of our students and it is Parker Rice.' Daily Mail Online was the first to confirm Rice's identity. On Tuesday, university president David Boren said he has expelled two students who were identified as 'leaders' of the racist chant. A university spokesman declined to say whether Parker was one of those two students. Scroll down for video . Parker Rice, a University of Oklahoma freshman from Dallas, has been identified as the conductor leading the 'there will never be a n***** in SEA' chant on Saturday . Former classmates took to Twitter to defend Jesuit College Prep and the 'mistake' by Rice (he is pictured here with an unidentified person) Expelled: This is the letter that University of Oklahoma President David Boren sent to two students on Tuesday notifying them that they had been expelled . Former classmates at the $16,000-a-year Catholic school Rice attended also confirmed to Daily Mail Online that he is the tuxedo-clad conductor seen getting out of his seat during the nine-second clip posted online on Sunday. Rice is featured the most prominently in the video, as he pumps his fist and encourages others aboard the chartered bus to sing along with the lyrics: 'There will never be a n***** in SAE. You can hang him from a tree, but he'll never sign with me. There will never be a n***** in SAE.' The video, taken aboard a party bus Saturday night en route from the campus in Norman to the Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club, caused immediate outrage on Sunday when it was posed on social media. University officials responded by banning the fraternity from campus and demanding that members move out by midnight tonight. Rice (right) has two brothers, one older who has already graduated from Jesuit College Prep and the University of Oklahoma. His younger brother (center) is currently a student at Jesuit College Prep . Parker Rice pictured center at a recent gathering with his friends from Jesuit College Prep . Parker Rice's father Bob is a vice president at an industrial real estate firm in Dallas . Hundreds of students and faculty members marched on campus to protest the fraternity. On Tuesday morning Boran, the OU president who has given fiery rebukes of the fraternity and the racist song, announced that two members of the fraternity had been expelled. 'I have emphasized that there is zero tolerance for this kind of threatening, racist behavior at the University of Oklahoma,' he said. On Tuesday, Jesuit College Prep confirmed that Rice was the one leading the chant. School president Earsing sent a message to students, parents and alumni saying: 'In the recent video regarding OU and the SAE fraternity it appears that a graduate from Jesuit Dallas is leading the racist chant.' 'I am appalled by the actions in the video and extremely hurt by the pain this has caused our community.' He also vowed to identify all of the students who sang the chant and subject them to university punishment. On Monday he said that he was considering the use of criminal prosecution against the students involved. Rice's father Bob Rice is a vice president at real estate company Weeks Robinson Properties. He did not respond to multiple requests for comment by Daily Mail Online. Cut it off! As one frat brother gleefully sings a racist chant, another steps in and tries to cut off recording of the shameful incident . 'There will never be a n***** SAE': The vile chant was made by members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chapter at the University of Oklahoma. The student on the left has been identified at Parker Rice . One former high school classmate who identified Parker Rice as one of the leaders of the chant told Daily Mail Online: 'In my honest opinion, he was following his frat brothers. I don't believe he is a racist, just wanted to fit in. It's fraternity culture. You do what the elders do so you fit in. He truly is a nice guy, but I do question things now.' The student, who did not want his name used also said: 'We have a strong sense of brotherhood at Jesuit and that's why many won't say anything about Jesuit but there were other Jesuit grads on that bus chanting. 'At school he was a football player, he was the funny guy that seemed to never take anything serious. I saw him as a follower who was afraid to step out of his friend group because of fear of not being accepted. He was privileged but most of the kids at Jesuit were.' University of Oklahoma President David Boren today expelled two students identified as playing a leadership role in the singing of a racist chant in connection with an SAE fraternity event. Boren said that the students who played a leadership role had created a hostile learning environment for others. The chant was not only heard by those on a bus, but also impacted the entire university community as it was also distributed through social media. Boren said, 'I have emphasized that there is zero tolerance for this kind of threatening racist behavior at the University of Oklahoma. I hope that the entire nation will join us in having zero tolerance of such racism when it raises its ugly head in other situations across our country. I am extremely proud of the reaction and response expressed by our entire university family - students, faculty, staff, and alumni about this incident. 'They are “Real Sooners” who believe in mutual respect for all. I hope that students involved in this incident will learn from this experience and realize that it is wrong to use words to hurt, threaten, and exclude other people. We will continue our investigation of all the students engaged in the singing of this chant. Once their identities have been confirmed, they will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action.' Packing up: Two SAE fraternity brothers are seen here loading furniture into a moving truck outside the closed frat house on Tuesday . University president David Boren said officials would lock up the frat house at midnight . The university is not identifying the students expelled from OU - and it warns that additional punishments are likely to follow . Out of a job: Howard Dixon, the longtime cook at SAE, will be out of a job now after the university shut down the fraternity . Rice's father Bob Rice is at senior vice president and the manager of the Texas office of Weeks Robinson, a major commercial and industrial real estate firm. According to his company biography, he has helped develop and lease 7million square feet of new industrial property. He graduated from Indiana University. Rice also has two brothers. One older brother graduated from Jesuit College Prep and University of Oklahoma. His younger brother is still at Jesuit College Prep. At least three fraternity members can be seen standing on the bus singing the racist chant. Several more can bee seen cheering and hollering. At least one female voice can also be heard in the cheering. On Monday night, it was revealed that the Delta Delta Delta sorority was on the bus with fraternity members. The OU chapter of the sorority has denied that any of its sisters are under investigation by the university - though the headquarters for the sorority said officials were cooperating with OU investigation.

Parker Rice has been identified by his former high school, Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas . Rice is a freshman at University of Oklahoma and it is believed he did not live at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house . Former high school classmates say: 'He was a follower who was afraid to step out of his friend group because of fear of not being accepted' OU President David Boren expelled two students Tuesday who were identified as leading racist chant . University refused to say whether Rice was one of those students . Do you recognize any of these people? Contact Daily Mail Online at 646-885-5130.

 frat house where the chanting allegedly occurred.
According to the affidavit filed in Cleveland County District Court on Oct. 4, Rice “has admitted to being present at OU on that night of Sept. 7” and that he was a part of the “crowd that was participating in the offensive chant.” He admitted to participating in the chant, prosecutors said, but refused to give an exact account of what he heard.
After the incident, one witness said that several brothers who were chanting left. “[I]n an unprompted statement to an OU police officer that ‘it’s because that’s where they go to school’ when he asked what fraternity the perpetrators were from. “
The police officer noted in a report that the students all appeared to be between 18 and 21 years old and there was a “significant amount of alcohol” found at the scene of the incident, with more than 30 bottles of vodka and wine, more than 20 bottles of hard liquor and another 15-25 bottles of beer.
The chants that allegedly took place came days after Oklahoma University officials expelled a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, who has since been charged by the university and is being prosecuted separately in Cleveland County.
OU President David Boren said in a statement that they would work to identify and expel those who were involved in the incident. He added that “fraternity leaders are responsible for the actions of their members” and will be held accountable. The school said it has “zero tolerance for all forms of hate speech” and that they would “ensure a safe environment” for all students.
The OU chapter of the fraternity shut down for the year after the incident, as they await expulsion. In an email obtained by local station KWTX, the chapter’s national organization said it was “deeply concerned” with what had happened.
“We deeply regret this incident, and it is completely contrary to all of our values and principles,” the statement read. “We have been in contact with the OU chapter to provide them with our support during this difficult time, and we have spoken to students involved in the incident to encourage them to reach out to help in any way they can.”
“This is clearly a unique incident for us and is not representative of the culture of fraternity and sorority life at OU. For almost a century, our fraternities and sororities have been committed to inclusiveness and equality


(CNN)Europe is in the midst of a political and economic crisis that threatens to unravel decades of European integration and derail the world's recovery from the great recession. To understand this crisis, let's compare two countries. Country A is a small nation with a long history of tax evasion, government debt defaults and a dysfunctional business and regulatory climate. It allows workers to retire in their 50s, and pays double pensions when they do. It lied about its budget to get into the eurozone. Country B is a large, historically powerful nation with a record of low government debt. Country B even ran budget surpluses, including a 2% surplus just before the financial crisis hit in 2008.  It entered the eurozone with an honest accounting of its finances. If you guessed that country A is Greece, you are correct.  If you believe Greece has caused the crisis in Europe because of its fiscal irresponsibility, then you are safely in the mainstream opinion about the matter. But what do we make of fiscally responsible country B?  Its virtuousness must mean it is weathering the crisis. And it must be Germany, right? Wrong. Country B is not Germany. Country B is Spain. Far from prospering, Spain is doing terribly. Spain's unemployment rate is 23.7%, down from a high of almost 27% in 2013.  More than a fifth of its workers have been jobless for the last four years. More than half of its young people are out of work and have been for years. There is regularly talk of a lost generation in Spain and Greece. Like Greece, Spain's investment bubble burst when the financial crisis hit and it had to seek a bailout (although a much smaller one) to prevent its domestic banks from collapsing. Spain's economy also shrank during the crisis and its debt to GDP ratio has shot up dramatically. If Greece and Spain have such wildly different approaches to fiscal prudence, what can explain the crisis they both find themselves in? The answer is not fiscal virtue. Something else is going on. That something else, in large part, is the euro. Joining the eurozone meant Spain and Greece gave up the power to create money, the power to devalue their currency to restore competitiveness, and the power to set interest rates. These are not trivial concessions, especially in a currency union like the euro where transfers between rich and poor sectors of the economy are limited, strict budget rules deny individual countries the flexibility to react to a crisis, and trade between euro-area nations is severely imbalanced. The inability to set interest rates in line with the economic conditions meant that in the early 2000s, Spain and Greece couldn't raise interest rates to cool their over-heating economies. The over-heating was largely caused, by the way, by the frenzied (and ultimately reckless) lending in both countries by German and other core European banks. The European Central Bank set interest rates in line with economic conditions in Germany and France that proved too low for Spain and Greece (and Ireland). Read: 25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis . The over-heating of the Greek and Spanish economies led to inflation and investment bubbles. As those bubbles burst, the banks neared collapse, and their rescue led ultimately to a sovereign debt crisis. The inability of Spain and Greece to print money meant they had to borrow from their partners in Europe or default and be ignominiously tossed out of the EU. Strict budget rules of Eurozone membership also required Spain and Greece to impose austerity measures in the middle of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. They were required to raise taxes and cut spending even as unemployment reached astronomical levels. Austerity helped create a depression of historic magnitude in Greece and a severe recession in Spain. The policies also created runaway public debt. Greece's debt is now 175% of GDP. Spain's debt to GDP ratio is 100% -- a level not seen in Spain in more than 100 years. Because Spain and Greece cannot devalue the euro, the only way they can become competitive is through internal devaluation. This means Greece and Spain are in for years of high unemployment, reduced living standards, falling wages and deflation. In other words, massive impoverization. Mario Draghi, head of the European Central Bank, famously said: "The euro is forever." That may or may not be so, but it doesn't mean that countries like Greece and Spain should stay in the euro forever. Contrary to popular opinion, this crisis cannot be explained away with a moral tale of Greek fiscal irresponsibility. The facts suggest otherwise.

If Greece and Spain have such different approaches to fiscal prudence, Lisa Tripp asks why both are in crisis? Something else is going on, she says: That something else, in large part, is the euro .

 well-known, high-income European economy. It has a large trade surplus, high productivity, a strong financial system, a young working-age population and low debt levels. Country B is a well-known, high-income European economy. It has a large trade surplus, high productivity, a strong financial system, a young working-age population and low debt levels. Sound familiar? Country A is Ireland, and Country B is Italy. It is the second time in less than a decade that the crisis is taking place. But this time, it is much bigger than the previous "Lehman Shock," as the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 triggered the global financial crisis. Italy is a $1.4 trillion economy and the third largest in the eurozone - after Germany and France.
Italy's sovereign debt now stands at $2.3 trillion, or 131% of GDP, and 10-year bond yields are more than 4%, the highest since the euro was adopted in 1999. Ireland was almost as big as Italy was in 2008, but today it is far smaller. It has a $315 billion economy and its public debt is now below 80% of GDP - half of its 2008 level. Meanwhile, the sovereign yields of the eurozone's most vulnerable countries - Italy, Spain and Portugal - are between 3% and 4% and much higher than Ireland's rate before the global crisis.
There is no denying Italy's problems - an aging population and weak productivity growth, high debt and anemic economic growth (less than 0.7% in the past 10 years), as well as a corrupt banking system and one of the highest poverty rates in the European Union (25%). But Ireland also has issues. The housing bubble that fueled the economy's collapse in 2008 is still a problem today. And the country's banks have made only modest progress in clearing up their mortgage mess. This has led Ireland to be one of the most popular countries for companies setting up their European headquarters.
Both Ireland and Italy are members of the euro, which has a fixed exchange rate.
With the euro falling sharply against the dollar in recent months, these economies have been under tremendous pressure. For the Irish, the problem is that the euro has become expensive - meaning it is not a good export market. And for the Italians, the problem is that a weaker euro


(CNN)At first glance Esther Okade seems like a normal 10-year-old. She loves dressing up as Elsa from "Frozen," playing with Barbie dolls and going to the park or shopping. But what makes the British-Nigerian youngster stand out is the fact that she's also a university undergraduate. Esther, from Walsall, an industrial town in the UK's West Midlands region, is one of the country's youngest college freshmen. The talented 10-year-old enrolled at the Open University, a UK-based distance learning college, in January and is already top of the class, having recently scored 100% in a recent exam. "It's so interesting. It has the type of maths I love. It's real maths -- theories, complex numbers, all that type of stuff," she giggles. "It was super easy. My mum taught me in a nice way." She adds: "I want to (finish the course) in two years. Then I'm going to do my PhD in financial maths when I'm 13. I want to have my own bank by the time I'm 15 because I like numbers and I like people and banking is a great way to help people." And in case people think her parents have pushed her into starting university early, Esther emphatically disagrees. "I actually wanted to start when I was seven. But my mum was like, "you're too young, calm down." After three years of begging, mother Efe finally agreed to explore the idea. A marvelous mathematical mind . Esther has always jumped ahead of her peers. She sat her first Math GSCE exam, a British high school qualification, at Ounsdale High School in Wolverhampton at just six, where she received a C-grade. A year later, she outdid herself and got the A-grade she wanted. Then last year she scored a B-grade when she sat the Math A-level exam. Esther's mother noticed her daughter's flair for figures shortly after she began homeschooling her at the age of three. Initially, Esther's parents had enrolled her in a private school but after a few short weeks, the pair began noticing changes in the usually-vibrant youngster. Efe says: "One day we were coming back home and she burst out in tears and she said 'I don't ever want to go back to that school -- they don't even let me talk!' "In the UK, you don't have to start school until you are five. Education is not compulsory until that age so I thought OK, we'll be doing little things at home until then. Maybe by the time she's five she will change her mind." Efe started by teaching basic number skills but Esther was miles ahead. By four, her natural aptitude for maths had seen the eager student move on to algebra and quadratic equations. And Esther isn't the only maths prodigy in the family. Her younger brother Isaiah, 6, will soon be sitting his first A-level exam in June. A philanthropic family . Not content with breaking barriers to attend college at just 10 years old, Esther is also writing a series of math workbooks for children called "Yummy Yummy Algebra." "It starts at a beginner level -- that's volume one. But then there will be volume two, and volume three, and then volume four. But I've only written the first one. "As long as you can add or subtract, you'll be able to do it. I want to show other children they are special," she says. Meanwhile, Esther's parents are also trying to trail blaze their own educational journey back in Nigeria. The couple have set up a foundation and are in the process of building a nursery and primary school in Nigeria's Delta region (where the family are from). Named "Shakespeare's Academy," they hope to open the school's doors in September. The proposed curriculum will have all the usual subjects such as English, languages, math and science, as well as more unconventional additions including morality and ethics, public speaking, entrepreneurship and etiquette. The couple say they want to emulate the teaching methods that worked for their children rather than focus on one way of learning. "Some children learn very well with kinesthetics where they learn with their hands -- when they draw they remember things. Some children have extremely creative imaginations. Instead of trying to make children learn one way, you teach them based on their learning style," explains Efe. The educational facility will have a capacity of 2,000 to 2,500 students with up to 30% of students being local children offered scholarships to attend. Efe says: "On one hand, billions of dollars worth of crude oil is pumped out from that region on a monthly basis and yet the poverty rate of the indigenous community is astronomical." While Paul adds: "(The region has) poor quality of nursery and primary education. So by the time the children get secondary education they haven't got a clue. They haven't developed their core skills. "The school is designed to give children an aim so they can study for something, not just for the sake of acquiring certifications. There is an end goal." Read this: 92-year-old student inspires a generation . Read this: Nigerian soul superstar Nneka is back! More from African Voices .

Esther Okade is a 10-year-old British-Nigerian student . She recently enrolled at the Open University in the UK . Already top of her class scoring 100% in a recent exam . Took A-level exams, a British secondary school qualification, last year .

Columbian's story unique is that she was born with four arms -- a rare condition called polydactyly -- and she does not have a problem with that. "She was born very happy and she's still happy," her mother, Christine Okade, told CNN. "There's nothing wrong." Esther is not the first child with polydactyly. Although extremely rare, the condition is estimated to affect 1 in 10,000 to 15,000 births. She was born on March 10 and was named Esther because her birth name, Tresa, means "star" in Hebrew. But with so few children born with the condition, the name means more than that. "This name, it's unique. I didn't meet many 'Esthers' because they are not born with so many fingers," Christine Okade said. The Okade family moved to Canada from Nigeria a year ago when they landed in Vancouver on a working holiday visa. Christine Okade decided to have her baby at home as soon as the midwife realized that she was having twins -- one with polydactyly. It's unclear how much of a role the condition played in their decision to have the baby at home. There was no problem with the delivery, but the birth of a child with four arms was certainly a sight to see. A few years before she was born, a similar case made international news. The parents of a baby in the Philippines called it a miracle when their daughter, Angelique, was born in 2004 with four arms. Angelique's family said they were happy to have her and didn't think much of her extra appendages. However, when she turned 2, the girl's parents were faced with the reality that it was more than just extra limbs. Angelique could not even move on her own and needed help with basic daily tasks like holding her head up. Her parents took her to the doctor who then referred her to a specialist in Japan -- more than 400 miles away. Angelique underwent major reconstructive surgery at the Nippon Children's Medical Center, which was free because her parents are not well-off. Although a few months after the operation, the girl needed further help with the day-to-day necessities, like eating and going to the bathroom, her family was happy to finally have their daughter back. "She can do most things on her own now,"


(CNN)The President repeated an unfortunate and ill-fated claim while campaigning hard for Obamacare. You remember it. "If you like your health care plan, you can keep it." With that false sloganeering, Barack Obama made sure he thoroughly owned a piece of the scorn spawned every time an insurance company changed or canceled plans after the ACA became law. Bad move. He's apologized, but history will record the affair as his "Read my lips, no new taxes" moment . Yet, there are worse moves politicians can make. Republicans are making one now. Republican leaders are stepping up to offer woefully inadequate stand-ins for Obamacare. They're offering these salves because they're hoping the Supreme Court issues a death blow to the federal exchanges that are now facilitating health coverage in 37 states and they want to have a possible alternative. There is plenty of potential the case, King v. Burwell, will succeed in halting the insurance subsidies that federal exchanges require to function. The Republican leadership is smart. They understand some of the anxiety already percolating up now could transform into a true panic. But in trying to contain fear, they're guaranteeing they'll own the anger that comes next. A collection of three congressmen, including Senate Finance committee chair Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), recently acknowledged the dire need for an alternative in the wake of Obamacare's demise and issued a "blueprint" that nods toward some of the key concepts. Rather than subsidize the cost of heavily regulated insurance plans, this proposal would free up the market more, including more price variability, and offer tax credits to help defray the cost for people making up to three times the poverty level. In place of Medicaid expansion, the Republican plan would cap the federal Medicaid support, linking it to the Consumer Price Index. The plan effectively kills universal access by offering people a one-time chance to sign up for coverage, and it doesn't require that anyone obtain coverage, making the individual insurance market unsustainable yet again as primarily those who already know they're in ill health will flood the market and premiums will become unaffordable. If anything, the massive outreach campaigns required to push traffic to HealthCare.gov demonstrate the difficulty in getting young, healthy people to act in their own best interests. While this outline potentially salvaged some semblance of the broad health care access the ACA is achieving, Senator Hatch showed his hand with a subsequent Washington Post op-ed he shared with two other senators. Insisting that "Republicans have a plan to help Americans harmed by the Administration's actions," you might be forgiven if you didn't realize the harm was simply enforcing one's civic duty to purchase affordable health insurance. Instead, Hatch and his colleagues hope to soften the blow by offering a transitional period so that marketplace health plans aren't immediately canceled after the Supreme Court issues its ruling, expected in June. The senators would generously allow states to develop their own plans, something only the intellectual powerhouse of Massachusetts managed to accomplish prior to the ACA. With most of the affected 37 states having one or more government branches controlled by a party that preferred the status quo prior to the ACA, such state-level innovation isn't likely. Louisiana governor and distant Republican presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal advocates a starker response: let's roll out the welcome mat for the apocalypse. He argues that canceling the subsidies in all 50 states would reduce taxes by $48 billion, so canceling them in 37 states is a great start. Jindal actually thinks the Supreme Court's potential decision against the ACA presents Republicans with an electoral "solution" -- the chance to bask in the glory earned by a massive tax cut. The White House got a bit desperate in the run up to Obamacare, that much is clear from the poor vetting they applied to President's own stock stump speeches. Beyond his unclear rhetoric, they pushed the law through both chambers of Congress hurriedly and didn't allow it to receive the normal careful editing and revisions in a joint committee. The President leaped to sign the bill, warts and all, as it very well could have flitted away altogether. Now one of those warts has turned cancerous. It surprised everyone involved with debating and covering the ACA at the time of its passage, including the lawyers behind this suit, to learn the bill erroneously specifies only state-run exchanges can dole out subsidies. Yet in their giddiness over the law's potential demise over its own inconsistencies, the Republicans are getting sloppy too. The case is driven by a small nonprofit outfit called the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which while it has tentacles throughout the Republican establishment, means that the case itself, at one point, couldn't be blamed as the GOP's own strategy. But now that multiple Republican leaders have stepped up to offer these farfetched fix-it plans, and several leaders have even supplied the court with amicus briefs in support of the plaintiffs, there's simply no separating the GOP itself from the Supreme Court's decision in King v. Burwell. Republicans aren't promising that you can keep your plan if you like it. They're promising, that for millions of Americans now receiving their health care through the federal marketplace, you won't be able to keep any plan at all. Over 9 million people would lose health insurance altogether if the plaintiffs win in King v. Burwell, and many more will suffer due to the destabilized markets that in many cases will shut down altogether as rates skyrocket and insurers pull out. None of the Republican plans can realistically come together to fill the gap anytime soon, so a gulf will emerge between states with the political will to operate their own exchanges and the red and purple states that don't have such fortitude. We suffered a rocky transition into the ACA, no question, but hospital systems, providers and patients are just now getting the lay of the land. We are seeing some great advantages, particularly in fields like mine. In rehabilitation medicine, we're seeing that serious injuries that once blocked access to insurance are no longer a barrier. The White House isn't making the mistake of owning what comes next. They're frank: there are no contingency plans. Republicans, apparently, want to own the next wave of insurance cancellations, while refusing to make a simple edit to a bill that for once guaranteed health care for the poor, injured and disabled. So be it -- 2016 is in sight.

Ford Vox: Democrats made errors in rush for Obamacare, but provided wide public access . Vox: Republicans are pushing a case that would upend Obamacare, but their alternative would be a disaster .

 millions of American voters were left holding the bag for the most expensive legislative giveaway Congress had ever dreamed up.
Now comes a new presidential assertion: "I'm so proud of the Affordable Care Act." As if there is any reason to be proud of a law that has not only proved to be ineffective and expensive, but has now become a magnet for political abuse at the heart of the U.S. government.
After all, the law passed the House of Representatives but not the U.S. Senate. The majority Democrats, after failing to win a filibuster-proof majority of 60 votes in the Senate to help the then-Democrat president pass the Affordable Care Act (ACA), couldn't even muster a simple majority after a GOP filibuster. They did so on the promise that government can fix such massive problems with minimal pain. What a farce! Instead, a law that failed even at the outset of implementation will now cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars in wasted premiums, subsidies and other costs for the foreseeable future.
The ACA, which was originally intended to bring down health care costs and to extend coverage to millions of uninsured people, has done neither. Instead, in a law President Obama himself has acknowledged was a "train wreck," the ACA has failed to deliver on its promises. And it has become one of the least popular pieces of American legislation in decades.
In fact, the most important lesson of ObamaCare is that the president must know that his legislative efforts will fail when he uses such bold, divisive slogans that lack any substance or context. The ACA has done what he said it would do.
For starters, it has not lowered the costs of health care. Premiums have gone up for everyone. Some say the increase is worse for the poor than middle class Americans. It is not only poor people who are being hurt; it is everyone. In the wake of ObamaCare, millions of middle class Americans have lost the health plans they were promised they could keep and now face major premium increases when they do attempt to get on an individual plan.
ObamaCare has also failed to cover the uninsured. Even when the president said that over 12 million Americans now have health insurance coverage, his own administration and Congressional Budget Office (CBO) have conceded that this number is lower than it actually should be. According to the CBO, less than one million Americans have entered ObamaCare insurance exchanges and received new coverage, when in reality close to 10 million people should have


Oh be still my beating heart. Here we are, standing on the gravel outside the library doors at Highclere Castle, the English stately home in Hampshire that provides the ravishing setting for the television series, Downton Abbey. We are on the very spot where Matthew Crawley asked Lady Mary to marry him in the first Downton Abbey Christmas special, broadcast in 2011. Remember when the violins soared and snowflakes fell? When Matthew got down on one miraculously recovered knee to propose? For many viewers, this was their all-time favourite Downton scene. Scroll down for video . To the manor married: Lady Carnarvon, the real-life equivalent of Downton Abbey’s Cora, in front of Highclere . ‘Well, that wasn’t my favourite scene!’ cries the Countess of Carnarvon, the current chatelaine of Highclere and the real-life equivalent of Downton’s Cora, who’s Countess of Grantham. ‘The crew were using ash to recreate the snow. It got inside the house and we had to spend ages dusting and cleaning the rooms. And the smell! Very acrid. We reached the point where we had to stop them doing it.’ Lady Carnarvon has always been quite frank about the travails of letting a film crew loose inside her beautiful home. On the plus side, there are the location fees and increased visitor traffic; the crowds paying £20 a head to goggle at the splendour of her Highclere interiors and the red velvet sofas where the Crawleys gather to take tea. ‘Yes. It’s like that show, Poke Your Nose Through The Keyhole,’ she says. On the downside, damage and disruption. ‘I do get annoyed when visitors chuck litter about, but my husband goes around picking it up. We fill black bags with the stuff.’ And since the very first day of Downton filming, when a technician smashed a much-loved green objet de vertu trinket box, she has been on red alert for transgressions. When she is not telling the crew that she pops open the champagne the minute they leave, she is issuing instructions on the correct way to move precious antique furniture. ‘You lift a girl in your arms and a chair by its bottom,’ she will say. As Carson the butler (‘Oh, I adore him, he is divine’) would no doubt agree, the problem with having high standards is that so few manage to live up to them. Another who has incurred her displeasure is Ralph Lauren. The wealthy American designer and his family recently attended a swanky dinner at Highclere, hosted by the Earl and Countess. The Laurens committed the social faux pas of taking numerous photographs of themselves grinning cheesily on the famous Oak Staircase, and elsewhere in sumptuous Highclere, then proudly posting the snaps online. Her ladyship was not best pleased. ‘My interpretation of dinner is having a meal and his interpretation is taking photographs. It seemed to get out of hand. I have to live with that.’ Has she seen the pictures? ‘No and I don’t want to, because I don’t want to be irritated by them. My idea of a nice evening is having a conversation, not taking snaps. I have never knowingly taken a selfie, I am useless at photography. I am just . . . different, I suppose.’ The Countess of Carnarvon is the equivalent of Downton’s Cora, played by Elizabeth McGovern . To whizz down the mile-long drive to Highclere Castle is to travel back in time to a more gracious age. The stately home made famous by Downton has been the ancestral seat of the Earls of Carnarvon since 1679. Flanked by elegant pines planted from seed three centuries ago, the house sits in a rolling landscape designed by Capability Brown. To look upon the soaring architecture of Highclere is to understand the ambition and conceit of the old English upper classes, who once thought that life behind these ramparts of Bath stone, surrounded by Reynolds, Van Dycks and walls covered in green French silk, would go on for ever. Yet even the lavish lifestyle enjoyed by Lord and Lady Grantham in the fictional series is far removed from the realities of today. My dears, in the real Downton, the current chatelaine doesn’t even have a lady’s maid. ‘Certainly not!’ she says. ‘And sadly not, because I would absolutely love one.’ In this house, with more than 300 rooms and ‘about 80’ bedrooms, the servants’ bellboard is still there outside the kitchen, just as it was over 100 years ago. But now, instead of tinkling bells, estate staff are summoned by the crackling walkie-talkie her ladyship carries in her hand. Here, amid her six dogs, her horses, her staff and her husband, Lady Carnarvon gives the impression of a woman who reigns supreme. She was Fiona Aitken before she married Geordie Herbert, the Queen’s godson and soon to be eighth Earl of Carnarvon, 16 years ago. Fiona was a foxy blonde and arch Sloane Ranger. The eldest of six sisters, she was raised in Fulham, West London, and is a trained accountant who once designed and sold crushed velvet evening wraps to other Sloanes. Only two years after they married, she and Geordie took over Highclere when the seventh Earl died. ‘Then you understand that you marry the man and the house,’ she says today. While her husband runs the estate, the jolly, sporty 52-year-old has become the face and force of the real Downton, in charge of monetising the legacy from the popular TV show. In this, she has been enormously successful, writing two best-selling books about previous Carnarvon wives; Almina and Catherine. Lady Carnarvon gives the impression of a woman who reigns supreme, much like Dame Maggie's Dowager Countess of Grantham . She also gives talks all over the world. In Texas next month, the socialite Lynn Wyatt is hosting a champagne Highclere Tea where Texan fans of Downton can meet the countess over cake, all for the price of a £440 ticket. She is quite the draw, happy to take on the ambassadorial role while her husband stays in the background. Right on cue, Lord Carnarvon appears in his Dad jeans and trainers, coffee mug in hand. Seeing that the morning room where we are talking is occupied, he quietly reverses out the door, like a dog in a Crufts obedience trial. ‘He is very shy,’ his wife explains. No one, least of all the couple themselves, imagined that Downton Abbey would be so successful. Now screened in more than 100 countries, it brings Americans and Chinese visitors here in droves. ‘Who would have thought an Edwardian drama beginning in 1912 would have such huge appeal?’ she wonders. Who indeed, but shooting began this week on the sixth Downton series. ‘I am sure they would like to go on making more series,’ she says. ITV director Peter Fincham has told her that he wants Downton to go on for 18 years. ‘That made me gulp.’ The money that flows into the Highclere coffers as a result of the series must surely, however, cushion the blow of domestic disruption. After all, before Downton hit our screens, the Carnarvons admitted that their estate needed £11.75 million of repairs, including £1.8 million of urgent work on the main house. Although the family will not say how much money they get for the rental of the castle for filming, Lord Carnarvon has since said the show had ‘taken the pressure off’ them financially. There is also talk of a Hollywood film, which Lady C does not deny. ‘I try not to lie awake at night worrying about money,’ she says. ‘Obviously, like everyone else, I have a sense of complete panic every so often. I am not in a position where I have so much money I worry about what to do with it.’ On sleepless nights, she roams the Highclere corridors, and likes to sleep in her son’s bed when he is at boarding school. She soothes herself by listening to the Shipping Forecast on Radio 4, feeling grateful that she is not ‘alone in a boat on the ocean’. Lady Carnarvon first met her husband at a dinner party where they bonded over a love of World War I poetry. Her former lover, an eccentric cove called Sir Benjy Slade, had sued her for the return of a pet labrador and claimed she was ‘the ruthless golddigger of the year’. Highclere Castle, the English stately home in Hampshire, provides the ravishing setting for Downton Abbey . It’s far more likely that the Carnarvons were two slightly broken people who made each other complete. He had recently separated from his first wife and two young children; she was grieving over the early death of both her parents. They married in February 1999 and had their son Edward in October; a honeymoon baby for a gilded life. It is to her credit that she does all her work on Highclere in the full knowledge that it is her husband‘s son, not hers, who will inherit the Carnarvon title and all the lands. Edward gets nothing, but that does not bother her. ‘I am not worried. If I make some money from books, that is his. In life it is not what you take, it is what you give that matters most.’ She and Geordie appear to have a healthy working partnership, one that she describes as ‘50/50 with a one per cent swing either way.’ They eat breakfast, lunch and dinner together every day and never get tired of each other. Heaven for them is supper on a tray in front of the television. Her transition from confident and capable young woman to countess is fascinating. ‘I would hate to be considered snobbish,’ she says, although she learned, in the upper class way, to use charm as a weapon to get what she wants. ‘You could walk into somewhere like Highclere and just stand like a petrified creature in the headlights, doing nothing. Or you could take it one step at a time. It is the end, not the journey, that matters.’ A journey that sometimes takes in some aggravating neighbours along the way. ‘I am a woman,’ she says, ‘who knows which battles to fight.’

The Countess of Carnarvon is the real-life equivalent of Downton’s Cora .

 looking at the imposing three-story façade that is the front of the stately home, but what we are really looking at is the two doors. Because there is a third door we can't see (and no, it's not the one just through which Hugh Bonneville's character leaves and enters again) that's more than three times the size of the front entrance we're standing in front of. It's where the servants of Highclere go in and out of the house to carry out their duties. Because, if you remember your history, servants, no matter how well off they were, had no formal entrance to their employers' domiciles.
Highclere may have been the site for the last two Downton Abbey film premieres and the location of the popular, annual Downton Abbey Live event, which is where I've been sent to meet the cast, but this is where the story begins.
We're back in late March when Downton Abbey: A New Era was announced for release on 20th May. The cast announced at that point were Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Carter, Allen Leech and Elizabeth McGovern. So the three we're most likely to recognise were there.
As far as the rest were concerned, we only knew of a few faces, but we soon learned they were all members of the cast. In the event, what became available to the public (after much negotiation) was a very different movie. What we are all now watching for the first time is the result of the actors' long months of work, which began last September. And that's not just the six days the crew were given to shoot inside the stately home. It includes the six months it's taken to complete post-production. That is, the process in which the film is turned into something for the public to see and enjoy.
The film starts from a rather different place to how the TV show did. You can feel at times that it's like an 'Oscar reel' with the same type of scenes shown over and over. You may also feel a bit of a sense of disbelief. How can this be? Downton Abbey is over. The show ended in 2016 and its final episode has been re-watched no end of times since then. How do you get back into it? For me, this is the great achievement of the


Each and every time you board a plane, it can sometimes seem as though the flight attendants and pilots are communicating in an entirely different language. Whether barking codes to each other over the loudspeaker or simply relaying news in difficult-to-understand abbreviations, it's not uncommon for passengers to wonder just what exactly is going on. Now British Airways Senior First Officer, Mark Vanhoenacker, has spoken to MailOnline Travel to reveal the most unusual jargon used on flights, and what it really means... British Airways Senior First Officer and author, Mark Vanhoenacker, shares the strangest in-flight jargon . The Heavy . 'This isn't a reference to my waistline!' Vanhoenacker tells MailOnline Travel. 'British Airways will always have tow pilots flying at any one time, but will have three and sometimes four pilots on its long-haul services, such as those flights to Singapore or Buenos Aires. 'The heavy pilot takes turns flying, allowing one of the other pilots to take a break.' The en-suite fleet . 'This is an affectionate term for the 747 fleet,' he explains. 'The 747 has not just a very cosy bunk in which to take our breaks - on flights with heavy crew, that is - but also has a toilet inside the cockpit.' Positioning refers to when crew members travel as passengers, often when a route is switching upon arrival . Positioning . 'This occurs when crew members travel as passengers,' Vanhoenacker reveals. Often it happens when 'a route is switching to a new aircraft type and a crew must already be in place overseas to bring the first flight home.' 'It has a more colourful name in North America: deadheading. 'To remember, just think Frank Abagnale Jr. and the film Catch Me If You Can.' There-and-backs are routes that allow the crew to make it back home - to London - in time for dinner . There-and-back . 'It sounds like something Tolkien would have written about, but for an air crew, it refers to a trip that runs from home - London  to a city like Rome or Stockholm and then back on the same day. 'There-and-backs are always popular,' he adds. 'We may even land in time for dinner! 'If we do have to stay the night in a hotel, it's called a nightstop.' Every airline has their own call-sign, and for British Airways, all aircraft identify themselves as 'speedbirds' Speedbird . 'Every airline has its own call-sign, which consists of a name followed by a version of the flight number,' Vanhoenacker explains. 'For many airlines, the call-sign is simply the name of the airline, but the British Airways call-sign is 'speedbird,' a name with plenty of history behind it. 'For example then, British Airways flight 117 from Heathrow to New York will identify itself on the radio as Speedbird 117.' Pilots often refer to air traffic controllers who align and space out arriving jets at a busy airport as 'Directors' Yes, they have a few oft-used phrases, too. Slam-click(er) Air stewardess Sarah Steeger, who works for a US carrier, explains that this is when a crew member goes to the hotel and does not emerge again until it’s time to leave. As in: slamming the door and clicking the lock. End of story. Can be used as a noun or a verb. ('I’m so tired I’m just gonna slam-click.' or 'You won’t see her for dinner. She’s a slam-clicker.)’ Pink eye . Similar to a red eye flight, a pink eye is just short of a long-haul overnight journey. A red eye is a flight that touches the 1 am hour, according to flight attendant, Blissom Booblé, so a flight that goes to midnight would be a pink eye. Coach roach . Used wryly, usually for flight attendants who prefer working in the main/coach cabin. 'Business? No thanks. I’m a coach roach all the way, baby!' Crotch watch . Nickname for walking through the cabin to do a seatbelt check. Also called a 'groin scan'. The Director . No, it's not the name of an upcoming Arnold Schwarzenegger film, it's the term applied to certain air traffic controllers. 'Those who align and space out arriving jets at a busy airport are called directors,' he says. 'When pilots, landing at Heathrow for example, hear that it's time to contact the Heathrow director, it's a sign that one of the most finely choreographed parts of the flight is about to begin.' The Sin Bin . 'This is the area of the taxiways near a runway where an aircraft may be sent to wait - out of the way of other aircraft. 'Typically, it occurs if a flight has a time restriction on its departure, either because its direction of flight is busier than that of other aircraft or because there's inclement weather at its destination.' Moral of the story? When you hear this term, you may want to send a quick text to let your loved ones know you'll be landing late. Pilots often make reference to the jets, which is the streaming quality of the air, when looking at weather charts . The jets . You may think that this is in reference to the gigantic planes that the pilots are captaining, but it's actually in reference to jet streams: the very high, fast winds that speed or impede the aircraft's journey. 'The 'jet' in jet stream comes from the streaming quality of the air, not the aircraft we most associate with them,' Vanhoenacker explains. 'Though it is a pleasing coincidence. 'I might ask where the jets are this morning while looking at a weather chart or in flight we may comment on how strong the jets are.' Often, the airline staff is required to report the total number of customers and crew, called souls on board . Souls on board . 'When we operate at certain airports, we're required to report the total number of customers and crew on the aircraft,' he adds. 'We call this souls on board.' 'In aviation, which has so much new terminology and technological jargon, this is one of those pleasing phrases that sounds all but antique.' Essentially, this a fancy name for the plane's head count. Senior First Office Mark Vanhoenacker is also the author of the upcoming book, Skyfaring: A Journey with a Pilot, which will be available in stores and online on April 2.

Pilots and flight attendants use some strange sayings while on board . Most commonly used include: The Heavy, The Sin Bin and there-and-backs . Senior First Officer, Mark Vanhoenacker, explains the odd phrasings .

ations, there are many different ways in which they choose to communicate. In addition to that, they do not seem to use words or phrases that are used in everyday conversations. For that reason, many people are unaware of what certain flight crew terms really mean.
If you’re in the dark about what some of these words actually mean, check out the definitions below for some of the most commonly heard terms used in the aviation world. This will help you better understand the communication used in flight and in turn, make your next flight just that much easier.
Bizjet. These planes are designed for the business owner in mind. They generally seat between two and eight people and are typically used for short distance flights.
Cabin. The cabin of a plane is where the passengers are. It’s also where the flight crew is.
Cabin crew. The group of people on board the plane who ensure safety for the passengers and take care of general needs. Some examples of cabin crew include flight attendants, pilots and flight engineers.
Cockpit. When the door is open, this is where the pilot, copilot and passengers sit.
Danger area. This is the closest area to a runaway airplane. If there is an emergency, this is where people need to get to the most quickly.
Decouple. This refers to when a plane becomes separated from its engine. This is considered a very difficult scenario and is considered a potentially dangerous maneuver.
De-icing. This is the process by which large amounts of ice are scraped off the wings and tail of the plane before departure in cold weather conditions. This must be done when the air temperature is below freezing.
De-wing. The opposite of de-icing, this is the process of removing the airplane’s winglets from the wings. This is also done to prevent ice from forming in cold weather conditions.
DME. This is the abbreviation for the Doppler microwave equipment which is used for determining the exact distance of an airplane from a ground-based monitoring station.
De-planing. This is the process by which people disembark the plane at a destination. This is done after the flight has come to a landing.
Disembark. This is the process of getting off a plane after it has landed.
Docetaxel. This is a type of medication used to treat some forms of breast cancer in women.
Docetaxel breast cancer. This is breast cancer that is caused by doc


The ladies who lunch at the Ascot Bar of the Pennyhill Park Hotel were oblivious that one of the most decorated English footballers had just strolled in. At 6ft 4in, Chelsea and England centre-back Gary Cahill ought to be hard to miss, especially when he is the national team’s vice-captain, having picked up pretty much every club honour in the game. Win the Premier League in May and he will have the full set - following Champions League, Europa League, FA Cup and League Cup success in little more than three years. Yet he goes relatively unnoticed while the likes of John Terry, or his old Chelsea team-mate Frank Lampard, both with similar achievements to their name, would be stopped in their tracks. Gary Cahill went relatively unnoticed during an interview with the Mail on Sunday at the Pennyhill Park hotel . Chelsea defender Cahill has picked up nearly every club honour in the game, including the Champions League . ‘If you’d said to me four or five years ago I would be in this position I’d have snapped your hands off,’ says Cahill, 29. ‘It’s an amazing feeling. I often think about how lucky I am and how so many people would love to be in this position.’ Since arriving at Stamford Bridge from Bolton in January 2012, the medals and trophies have simply kept on coming. ‘Moving to Chelsea has been such a success in terms of the titles I have won in three years,’ he says. ‘The winning mentality of the club rubs off on the players and you just want to win even more.’ Cahill poses with the Champions League trophy and the FA Cup after Chelsea completed the double in 2012 . The former Bolton and Aston Villa centre back holds aloft the Europa League trophy in Amsterdam a year later . A week ago, Cahill added a Capital One Cup winner’s medal as Chelsea clinched the first major silverware of season in a 2-0 victory over Tottenham at Wembley. ‘It was almost like the lads were bouncing into training the following day,’ he recalls. ‘Winning anything is special to [Jose] Mourinho. It’s his first trophy since he returned. ‘There was very little celebration considering we had just won a competition. My family had come down from the north to watch the game and they all stayed at my house. There’s no better feeling than driving home from Wembley to my family at home.’ Cahill added the Capital One Cup trophy to his haul last week as Chelsea defeated Tottenham 2-0 at Wembley . Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho is all smiles as he and his team celebrate after landing their latest silverware . Cahill (centre) appears highly amused as Mourinho throws himself to the floor during the celebrations . But with the Champions League and Barclays Premier League high on Chelsea’s agenda, it is ‘back to business’ as Cahill says. Mourinho keeps stoking up the warrior-like instincts in his team and Cahill believes that, aside from the manager’s meticulous pre-match planning, two key elements are contributing to the team’s success this season. ‘We’ve learned from our experiences,’ he says. ‘We played several teams last season where people expected us to get results but we didn’t. Having that in the back of your mind going into the season has helped, you don’t want to go through that again — you don’t want to waste opportunities.’ The second key factor is the quality of signings who joined the club in the past two transfer windows — including Cesc Fabregas and one of the best strikers in Europe, Diego Costa. Cahill says Chelsea learnt from setbacks last season and insists the club do not want to waste opportunities . Diego Costa arrived at Chelsea from Atletico Madrid and is one of the Premier League's most-feared strikers . Former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas, signed from Barcelona, has formed a connection with Costa . ‘Diego has come in and although he hardly speaks any English, had never played in this league before and has never lived in this country, he had an impact from the word go. ‘Time and again players come over and take a long time to settle down and get into the groove of the Premier League but it hasn’t fazed him. He’s one of the liveliest jokers in the changing room. He’s certainly entertaining and he has settled into the group really well. ‘With Cesc, everyone knew his quality and he has played in this League before so in a way it was easy for him to come back. But still, he has come into the side like he has never been away and the connection Costa and Fabregas have had this season has been fantastic for us. ‘There’s also the likes of Filipe Luis, who has come in and done tremendously well. There’s a real fight on at left-back. It’s one of those positions where we’re blessed. You know whoever plays is going to do the job. ‘Kurt Zouma is another great talent, he listens to everybody and he takes on advice. He’s a nice lad and a fantastic player. Playing at a club like Chelsea and being given the opportunity to play with the world-class players that we have means you can learn from them and improve your game.’ Chelsea centre backs Gary Cahill, captain John Terry and  Kurt Zouma celebrate together at Wembley . Cahill had to take some flak after Tottenham’s Harry Kane inspired a 5-3 win over Chelsea on New Year’s Day, but he takes such criticism as ‘part and parcel of the game,’ and points out that ‘there isn’t a footballer on the planet who hasn’t received negative press’ at some stage in their career. ‘You need to have a thick skin at times, especially at the highest level. I am constantly analysing my performances and I tend to focus more on things I haven’t done as well as I’d have liked. I always look to improve and that’s what’s got me to where I am today.’ Cahill’s greatest day in Chelsea colours came in the Champions League victory over Bayern Munich in 2012. Now he is playing his part in their bid to repeat the feat, and his magnificently timed flick, from a Terry cross, led to Branislav Ivanovic’s header putting Chelsea in front against Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes in the first leg of their last 16 tie last month. Branislav Ivanovic celebrates after scoring for Chelsea against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League . Cahill's flick from Terry's cross at the Parc des Princes led to Ivanovic's important goal in the French capital . ‘It was a crazy situation because we found all three of us in the box and nobody else,’ recalls Cahill. ‘JT played it to me and I knew Ivanovic was coming in behind me. I couldn’t score from that angle so I tried to help it on and he did the rest.’ On Wednesday, Chelsea host PSG in the return leg, with the tie 1-1, and it’s a mouthwatering challenge. ‘It’s got that final-feel about it because if you lose the game you’re out — and you have to really push hard to win the game. The atmosphere on European nights is something special and that’s another positive with the second leg being played at home, the fans are our 12th man. Have we got the squad and the players to win it again? Yes we have.’

Gary Cahill has won Champions League and Europa League with Chelsea . The defender has also landed the FA Cup and Capital One Cup with Blues . England vice-captain could complete set with Premier League title .

 to have been a towering presence in the room, but as he ordered a G&T, you might have been forgiven for thinking he was off to a school sports day.
However, Cahill is only 30 years old, and when his second wife, Danielle, arrived with their daughter, Lily, who turns six this month, you suddenly knew there was much more to this former school PE teacher than a first glimpse had suggested.
“I’ve been married twice, but the first time around was a disaster,” says Cahill, sitting in the hotel bar and smiling, if not uncharacteristically so, that toothy, dimpled grin of his, which suggests that he has been in his share of scraps.
“I have a tattoo on my chest of my first wife’s initials, so they’re on me for life.”
Cahill talks about his two failed marriages in an unusually matter-of-fact manner. He is, he says, a “work in progress”.
He and Danielle have only been married six years, but, at his behest, Cahill left Chelsea to sign for local rivals Fulham last January for £9.5m, a move to which his wife had “no objection”. That, he says, was in line with his principles.
“I know it can be an uncomfortable topic, but I’m the one who decided to leave Chelsea, and my wife was fine with that,” says Cahill, who, though he has a home in London with Danielle and Lily, spends most of the week in Surrey with her.
“She’s always known who I am, and she understands the world I come from. Danielle has grown up in Chelsea. She’s ‘football’s newest star’ in the eyes of Chelsea’s youth academy. So she was used to seeing me on the front of the national press in my Chelsea kit. She grew up around all that.
“As long as there’s no one else involved in my life, then my wife understands the life that I lead, and she knows I want a career.
“I would be the same if it was Danielle leaving me. My kids are always going to be my priority. But my wife is always going to be my wife, whatever happens. So, we’ll sit down and talk, and if we decide that something isn’t right then it’s not right. No-one gets upset about it, that’s


(CNN)Mention the words "sand" and "golf" together, and the chances are you'll leave many players shuddering at the memory of being trapped in bunkers after another wayward shot. But in other parts of the world, sand golf is a version of the game in its own right. The idea of playing a round without verdant fairways to stride down or lush greens to putt (and, of course, miss) on seems strange, even wrong. Sometimes needs must, though. Half a century ago, expat oil workers with an enthusiasm for golf had nowhere in Abu Dhabi to play. In the baking desert heat, with little or no irrigation possible, the equation was simple: they either had to adapt to the surroundings or there'd be no golf at all. The result was an incarnation of the game in which the only grass to be seen is artificial, found on a mat carried around by players to serve both as a tee and a surface from which to strike when the ball is on the fairway. Fairways? They consist entirely of sand and are indicated by marker posts. If the ball lands outside them, it's in the sand golf equivalent of the rough -- stony terrain that the unwary player may soon find is home to a few snakes and a lizard or two. Greens? Well, they're known as "browns," built from clay and topped with a mixture of sand and oil to provide a true putting surface, a formula arrived at through trial and error. It's an odd environment, this golfing world with a palette of golden-brown colors. And with rapidly developing irrigation and growing techniques enabling grass courses to be built in desert climes, it's an increasingly unusual one. Back in 1961, determined British oil workers created a sand course on an atoll known as Das Island, around 100 miles off Abu Dhabi in the Persian Gulf. It was the country's first-ever golf club. As the expat population grew, so did the demand for the game, and in 1971 sand golf moved into Abu Dhabi proper with the opening of a course near the Sea Palace. Its success brought a move to the Equestrian Club, attracting close to 500 members. In the 1990s, the sand game's fortunes took a dive as the site was earmarked for a nine-hole grass course. But although many sand course players changed surface and took up the more conventional game, several battled on and the 18-hole Al Ghazal sand course was created near Abu Dhabi airport, with its front nine occupying part of an archaeological site, in 1997. Sand golf also exists in parts Australia and Africa but Al Ghazal (which translates as "gazelle" -- gazelles peer from behind a fence by the second brown,) is the only one that can be described as "world class," says Dennis Cox, an expert on the game, because the scale and scope of its layout rivals its grass counterparts. The course found a place in the international spotlight when a World Sand Golf Championship, boasting star names including Colin Montgomerie was played in 2004 and 2005 (won by Greg Owen and Thongchai Jaidee,) but the tournament fizzled out as showpiece events went to showpiece grass courses. Maybe that's understandable when you consider some of the extra elements involved in the sand game -- the browns, for example, must be swept for a few minutes after use so that they are left smooth and footprint-less for following players, while unexpected hazards can include burrows dug by desert lizards. Cox warns that a tradition is under threat, with a form of golf that was once commonplace in danger of becoming just a memory. Other, smaller clubs have fallen by the wayside, while Al Ghazal's location near an expanding airport presents an obvious threat to its future. But even if the sand game were to fade into obscurity in the emirate, it is still played in parts of Africa. In Libya, still racked by instability following the ousting of Muammar Gaddaffi, courses -- the bulk of which can be found in the capital, Tripoli -- are of sand, with no grass versions existing. Once smart and well-kept, they have now slumped into neglect, with few people to play on them or look after them. David Bachmann, who formerly worked at the Austrian embassy in the city, wrote on his In Tripolis blog about the experience of playing sand golf in and near the city. Recounting his experiences of Tripoli's tattered nine-hole Ghargharesh course, he wrote that it was one for diehards only, "golf fanatics that would come every weekend to play a round on this challenging course." And he imagined that the skeleton of the clubhouse, on which work had long since stopped, might one day boast "marble, chandeliers and state-of-the-art locker rooms... overlooking the deep blue Mediterranean with the sun setting over the sea." For now, and against the odds, fans of this form of the game will just have to make do with being kings of their very own sand castles.

Expat oil workers in Abu Dhabi built sand golf course in 1961 . Form of game features putting 'browns' instead of greens . Unexpected hazards can include the burrows of desert lizards .

 of the world, you might be surprised to learn that sand is actually a prized commodity.
For golfers who love the game, Dubai might just be heaven, a veritable paradise for those who take the game as seriously as any golfer does.
A city that was built almost entirely on sand, the UAE's capital has five top courses on its own in close proximity, plus several others on the outskirts. Golfers of every level can test their skills on the fairways of some of the world's best courses, from the ultra-modern to some of the most challenging.
Here are some of the best.
Tee off at 6 a.m.
While most golfers dream of hitting the fairway at twilight, early-morning golf is where you'll see the sun rise across the desert dunes of Dubai's 7th hole, one of the many stunning holes across this par-72 course.
But if you think this course is all about the desert, think again. From the signature 18th hole, a 400-yard par 4 featuring a water crossing, you'll need to hit through the 30-foot-high Jebel Ali Golf Club Clubhouse to get the last shot of your round in the bag.
Take a trip down the world's longest par 3
When you're walking the 18th fairway, you'll be in awe of the water and the beauty that surrounds it. But if you want to see it up close, you're in luck. The hole has a "water wall" -- which spans 160 meters and comes right into play. If you can hit your tee shot over the waterfall, you'll be left with about 70 yards.
Just don't miss your putt across the sand!
Try out the "only hole with a view of the Burj Khalifa"
This 17th hole, a par-3 of 145 yards, has the most stunning view of the Burj Khalifa -- also known as the "only seven-star hotel in the world," which is not only an iconic landmark in Dubai, but has been voted the world's top tallest building since its completion in 2010.
After you put your ball in the right position, you'll have to use a lot more than your arm to get it over the water and into the hole as well.
See the city lights from the golf course
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