Elton John delays European tour due to hip pain

LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Elton John has delayed his European "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour until 2023 due to hip problems.

The 74-year-old British singer said he had been advised to have an operation as soon as possible.

"At the end of my summer break I fell awkwardly on a hard surface and have been in considerable pain and discomfort in my hip ever since," John said in a statement on Twitter.

"Despite intensive physio and specialist treatment, the pain has continued to get worse and is leading to increasing difficulties moving."

John, who has reigned over pop music with piano-led rockers and ballads for five decades, said the 2021 dates of his European tour would be rescheduled for 2023. His tour will get back on the road in January 2022 in New Orleans.

Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; Editing by Susan Fenton

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Golf: Putt the question! Player proposes to girlfriend on course

COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Danish golfer Andreas Harto missed the cut at the Made in Denmark tournament Friday, but was still celebrating after proposing to his girlfriend on the 16th green.

The 27-year-old made a birdie, then gestured to his stunned girlfriend, Louise, who was watching from the sidelines and got down on one knee before plucking a jewellery box from his pocket.

The couple embraced on the green much to the delight of the packed gallery, estimated at around 3,000 people watching from the course’s Himmerland Hill.

“Her favorite number is seven, and one plus six is seven.” Harto, a three-time winner on the Challenge Tour, told europeantour.com.

“I couldn’t say any words and I didn’t hear her say ‘yes,’ so I had to ask her afterwards and luckily she did want to marry me so I’m a lucky man.”

He added: “It came into my mind that I could do it here, but it took some convincing myself and some courage. I was very nervous when it happened, but I couldn’t have written it any better.

“It was crazy and I was almost crying when I hit the putt because I knew what was about to happen.”

Harto was not able to tempt Lady Luck to also smile on him as he finished two rounds on five over par and missed the cut.

source: sports.inquirer.net