Quotes of the week

= "It was the proudest moment of my career. I have won many great tournaments around the world, I have won five majors but nothing like this. This is very special" - Seve Ballesteros after the European team he captained had retained the Ryder Cup against the United States.

= "I would really like to play in the 1999 match" - Ballesteros, announcing hours after the match that he did not wish to be captain again next time.

= "He [Seve] was not a captain, he was like a father for us. We put our hands on the clubs but he was the one who played the shots" - Ignacio Garrido, a European Ryder Cup rookie.

= "I stalled it [the car] in the pits, which is just pathetic" - Damon Hill, blaming himself for not finishing in the points in the Luxembourg Grand Prix.

= "Rugby union is a man's game played by men - it is not a sport for cissies and I suggest that every club comes to terms with that" - Alex Evans, Cardiff's coaching director, after Tony Rees was suspended for 90 days for kicking an opponent.