Tiger Woods holds the winner's trophy after the final round of The Players Championship (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Who needs friends when you have an enemy like Sergio Garcia? Tiger Woods did not so much win the Players Championship as fish it out of the water after Garcia’s challenge drowned at the penultimate hole.

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Sergio Garcia, left, and Tiger Woods, right, had another frosty round

Tiger Woods wins Players Championship after Sergio Garcia hits water

Who needs friends when you have an enemy like Sergio Garcia? Tiger Woods did not so much win the Players Championship as fish it out of the water after Garcia’s challenge drowned at the penultimate hole.

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Anthony Hilton: A question of trust which banks don’t blooming get

City UK which is the promotional body for the financial services industry has a project aimed at restoring customers' trust. But progress is slow because you don't get results by standing on a soap box and saying, "Trust me I am a reformed character." You gain trust by doing the right thing, over and over again, one customer at a time. You do it, you live it, and eventually you get the credit.

'Fred Goodwin Law' to ban disgraced bankers for life

A "Fred Goodwin Law" making it easier to ban the bosses of failed banks from the City could be on the statute books by January.

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A "Fred Goodwin Law" making it easier to ban the bosses of failed banks from the City could be on the statute books by January.

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