This years British Open Golf Tournament kicks off on Thursday at the Royal St George's Course in Sandwich, south-east of London.  Hot favourite Rory McIlroy will be hoping to repeat his record breaking performance at this years U.S. Open when he tees off with Rickie Fowler and Ernie Els at 9:09am (GMT).

Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa, who won the British Open last year, will be in an afternoon group along with America’s Phil Mickelson and Germany's Martin Kaymer. Also teeing off in the afternoon will be US Masters champion Charl Schwartzel.

Two notable absent players from this years British Golf Open will be Tiger Woods who is still recovering from a knee injury and Colin Montgomerie who failed to qualify for the British golf major.

The British Golf Open Championship 2011 will be broadcast in the U.S. on ESPN and on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.  If you do not have a subscription to either of these sports channels you can still watch the British Open Golf tournament on your iPhone or iPad for free.  We put together some simple instructions below on how to watch free live streams of this great sporting event.

Royal Ascot is a British institution and a focal point of the British social and racing calendar. This year will be even more special as the race meeting celebrates it 300th year offering 5 days of fantastic racing, beginning this year on June 14th 2011.

With over £3,500,000 in prize money, we can expect the quality of racing to be outstanding, encompassing 18 group races over the 4 day race meeting.  Each day will follow the same format, whit the first race of the day kicking off at 2.30 and the last race at 5.35.  The Royal Procession takes place every afternoon at 2.00.

Many of the big races will be broadcast live in the UK on terrestrial TV channels, BBC and Channel 4.  If you are at work or out of the country and would like to watch all the racing action on your iPhone or iPad, you can now do so thanks to some free live horse racing streams.

HOW TO WATCH ROYAL ASCOT RACING ON THE IPHONE & IPAD
Live horse racing streams are broadcast using Flash video.  As you are probably aware, neither the iPhone or iPad support Flash.  To get around this issue you will first need to install the Skyfire web-browser for iPhones and iPads.  The Skyfire app allows you to view flash videos and streams on the iPhone and iPad.  You can find it in the iTunes App Store by searching for "Skyfire" - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skyfire-web-browser-for-ipad/id409153623?mt=8

1. Once the Skyfire app has been installed, launch it and browse to www.fromsportcom.com .  From the top menu select “Other”
   
   
2. When you scroll down the page you should see a number of Royal Ascot racing streams.  Select the “Royal Ascot” stream (not the Bet365 or Bet at Home Video streams)
   
   
3. Once the Skyfire browser detects the flash video it should automatically open a smaller video player at the bottom of the screen.  Select the “Play” button.  Close any pop-ups that may open.
   
   
4. It may take about 20 – 30 seconds for the stream to buffer before it begins playing.
   

HOW TO WATCH ROYAL ASCOT RACING ONLINE
If you have access to a PC or Mac then it may be easier watch the racing by signing up for a FREE account at Bet365.  Bet365 will be broadcasting every race from Royal Ascot live on their website and to celebrate Royal Ascot by giving away £200 in FREE BETS to new customers.  Click on the banner below to find out more.

HOW TO LISTEN TO ROYAL ASCOT RACING
If you’d prefer to listen to the racing commentary then we would recommend you tune into BBC Radio Five - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_five_live

You can now watch horse racing live from UK, Irish, Australian, Canadian & US race courses on the your iPhone and iPad for FREE.  A number of websites now offer free live streams of many subscription TV horse racing channels such as Racing UK. 

You can now watch every race from the following UK horse racing courses - Aintree, Ayr, Bangor, Beverley, Carlisle, Cartmel, Catterick Bridge, Cheltenham, Chester, Epsom Downs, Goodwood, Hamilton Park, Haydock Park, Huntingdon, Kempton Park, Ludlow, Market Rasen, Musselburgh, Newbury, Newmarket, Nottingham, Pontefract, Redcar, Salisbury, Sandown Park, Thirsk, Warwick, Wetherby, Wincanton and York.

Most PC's and Macs support Flash so the live stream should play on those without any problems once you’ve got past the pop-up ads.  However, since the iPhone does not currently support Flash, you will need to use the following workaround before you can watch live racing on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

To easiest way to play Flash videos on the iPhone or iPad is to use a handy app called Skyfire that can be downloaded from the Apple App store for just $2.99 / £1.79 / €2.39 - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skyfire-web-browser/id384941497

The Skyfire web browser converts Flash videos into an iPhone friendly format making it possible to watch videos and live streams that would otherwise not work on the iPhone or iPad.