The European Tour and Ladies European Tour have combined to make history as they both stage events at the Royal Golf Dar Es Salam this week in Morocco. The men will tee off on the Red Course in the Trophee Hassan II - live on Sky Sports 4 HD from 11.30am on Thursday - while over on the Blue Course, the women will be competing in the Lalla Meryem Cup.For the first time, the two organisations are running concurrent events in a bid to encourage participation and attract fans to the sport and organisers have said this will not be a one-off. With less than 100 days to go until golf returns to the Olympics for the first time in 112 years, the two Tour chief executives are hopeful this can act as a show-piece for Rio. Past European Solheim Cup team members Laura Davies (left) and Melissa Reid will be heading up the female field in Morocco Its terrific to be here alongside the LET to stage the mens and womens tournaments just three months prior to the Olympics, Keith Pelley, the European Tour chief executive, said.There are many Olympic hopefuls competing in both tournaments, so its a great opportunity to showcase the strength of the mens and the womens games. Ladies European Tour CEO Ivan Khodabakhsh looks ahead to the Lalla Meryem Cup where women and men from the European Tour are playing at the same time on di I hope its the start of an increased collaboration to come between the two Tours. We can grow and get stronger together.The inclusion of golf in the Olympics has been met with varying degrees of support and while the men and women will play in different weeks in Brazil, there is a positivity about having events that run at the same time. Hopefully in the future we will have more events like this one, and maybe one day we might have a mixed event because it would be fun, Alexander Levy, a two-time winner on the European Tour, told the organisation. I think its pretty special to have both events in the same week at the same club, and Im really grateful to the people who had this amazing idea. Gwladys Nocera, defending champion The tours are hopeful that the innovation will allow golf to follow other successful concurrent male and female tours such as tennis. We need to look beyond the borders of golf and in other sports we can see the best practices, Ivan Khodabakhsh, of the Ladies European Tour, said. We can see in tennis and in other sports, actually having both genders side by side in a great event competing gives so much more colour, provides so much more for the fans and hopefully we can gain new fans coming to the sport.Another event has been confirmed to combine the two tours when the inaugural European Championships are held at Gleneagles in 2018. May is National Golf Month. SportsWomen visited a club in Cheshire which launched a campaign to introduce 100 girls to the game by 2020 Watch live coverage of the Trophee Hassan II on Sky Sports 4 HD on Thursday (11.30am to 1.30pm and 3.30pm to 6.30pm). Also See: Relive Rorys Wells Fargo win Cink takes break to assist wife Stuard claims Louisiana title Li storms through for home win Nick Bosa Youth Jersey . Supported by three-run homers from Jayson Werth and Wilson Ramos, the young right-hander went seven strong innings in the Washington Nationals 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night. 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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Raul Mondesi had a bunt single for his first big league hit, with two runs scoring on the play on pitcher Matt Shoemakers throwing error, as the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 7-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.Shoemaker, who did not allow a base runner until the fifth inning, yielded singles to Alex Gordon and Paulo Orlando to start the seventh. Mondesi, who was called up Tuesday, put down a bunt and beat the throw to first as the throw by Shoemaker (5-11) sailed into right field.Both runners scored and Mondesi wound up on third.Angels manager Mike Scioscia came out claiming interference, and after a 6 minute, 15 second review the call on the field was not changed. Scioscia officially protested the game.Mondesi added a run-scoring infield single in a two-run eighth. The second run scored on pitcher Jose Alvarerzs throwing error. Jarrod Dyson rifled a triple to right, scoring Mondesi and making all the runs earned. Dyson scored on Alcides Escobars sacrifice fly.Joakim Soria (4-4) pitched a scoreless inning for the win after replacing left-hander Danny Duffy in the seventh. Duffy allowed three runs on seven hits, while walking two and striking out five.Shoemaker was charged with five runs on eight hits in six-plus innings.Albert Pujols walked with the bases loaded with one out in the ninth and Andrelton Simmons singled in another run before Wade Davis struck out Jett Bandy to end the game.Alex Gordon and Paulo Orlando each contributed three hits. Orlando had two doubles and a fifth-inning RBI.Jefry Marte had two doubles and a RBI for the Anggels, while Johnny Giavotella had his second consecutive three-hit game.ddddddddddddROYALS MEETINGWith several Royals names surfacing in trade rumors, manager Ned Yost addressed it in a team meeting. These guys are a real, real close group, Yost said. They know that this trade deadline (Monday) is bearing down on them. They dont want to see anybody leave that room. They want to see us all continue to stay together. Thats adding a little bit of anxiety and urgency to their game. But sometimes it can be a little too much. Theyre trying to make things happen, instead of letting things develop. Just catch your breath.OUTFIELD DEBUTGregorio Petit, who had only played the infield professionally, started in left field for the Angels. Were trying to get another right-handed bat in there and get Greg some at-bats, Scioscia said. Hes been working out there for the last two months.TRAINERS ROOMAngels: OF Shane Robinson (sprained right ankle) will begin a rehab assignment Thursday with Class-A Inland Empire in the California League.Royals: OF Lorenzo Cain (strained left hamstring) went 1 for 4 with a single and a strikeout while playing seven innings in right field.UP NEXTAngels: RHP Jered Weaver will start Thursday at Anaheim against the Red Sox, who will counter with LHP David Price.Royals: RHP Yordano Ventura, who lost to the Rangers on Saturday, will face them again Thursday in the opener of a four-game series at Arlington. LHP Cole Hamels will be the Texas starter. ' ' '