{"id":3288,"date":"2026-04-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2026-04-28T23:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:08:19","slug":"mcilroy-and-norris-honoured-at-laureus-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=3288","title":{"rendered":"McIlroy and Norris honoured at Laureus awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rory McIlroy and Lando Norris have both been rewarded for their respective successes in 2025 at the Laureus awards in Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Northern Ireland&#8217;s McIlroy won the Comeback of the Year award after winning his first Masters golf title last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ayra Starr - Goodbye (Warm Up) ft. 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