Brian Harman takes on different kind of pitch – Wednesday’s sporting social
Sports stars and clubs across the world continue to provide an insight into their lives on social media.
Here, the PA news agency looks at some of the best examples from August 23.
Football
Burnley continued to be the kings of the signing announcement.
He's Kenough 💖 pic.twitter.com/o4HEoYwHw5
— Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) August 22, 2023
The FA remembered a magical Glen Johnson moment on his birthday.
If you're only going to score one international goal, make it like this… 🤯
Happy birthday, @glen_johnson! 🎉 pic.twitter.com/IABHeaUQGt
— England (@England) August 23, 2023
Cricket
Kevin Pietersen was predicting a late change to England’s World Cup squad after Harry Brook’s stunning Hundred ton.
My view – Harry Brook will play in England’s first game at the CWC!
— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) August 23, 2023
Golf
Open champion Brian Harman swapped sports in an American sporting tradition.
The Champion Golfer of the Year brought the heat 🔥@HarmanBrian threw out the first pitch at tonight's Atlanta Braves game.@Braves | @MLB pic.twitter.com/GfFF1F1WT9
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) August 22, 2023
Tommy Fleetwood was also in attendance ahead of the Tour Championship.
Snooker
After initially losing his cue in transit, things didn’t get much better for Neil Robertson. He lost his match 5-3.
Sometimes you just have to laugh. My taxi driver taking me to the football stadium last night instead of the arena where I was playing! He couldn’t speak English so I had call the tournament office to tell him in German where to go. He still didn’t understand so I had to get maps…
— Neil Robertson (@nr147) August 23, 2023