Rory McIlroy is targeting a Dubai Desert Classic hat-trick and a third consecutive win in Dubai as he returns to a familiar hunting ground this week. Julian Brandt Jersey . The world No 2 heads to Emirates GC as defending champion after his three-shot win last year, following on from a maiden professional victory at the same venue in 2009.McIlroy is also a two-time winner in Dubai at the DP World Tour Championship, most recently in November to end the year as Race to Dubai champion for the third time in four years, with the Northern Irishman previously referring to the city as being like a second home. The four-time major winner suffered another near-miss at the Desert Swing opener in Abu Dhabi last month, where a tie for third was his fourth top-three finish at the event in the past five years, but feels his game is in better shape heading in to this week. Rory McIlroy returns to Dubai this week as the defending champion Theres a couple little things that I took from Abu Dhabi and worked on last week, McIlroy told a pre-tournament press conference. Hopefully youll see my game just a little bit sharper.Ive just been trying to work a little bit on my putting, trying to get a little more consistent with that.But the ball-strikings right there. With those slight adjustments, another weeks practise, hopefully I can play a bit better than what I did in Abu Dhabi.The game feels good and Im looking forward to getting started. It (Dubai) seems to bring out my best golf. McIlroy king of Dubai? A look back at McIlroys wins in Dubai I guess the last couple of times Ive played here Ive done pretty well, so Im sort of going for three in a row in Dubai with winning here last year.McIlroy begins his title defence alongside Louis Oosthuizen and former Dubai champion Henrik Stenson, who returns to action having pulled out of the Qatar Masters.Stenson underwent knee surgery in December and missed last weeks event to continue his recovery, but features in the event he last won in 2007. Stenson finished in a tie for third at the Desert Swing opener in Abu Dhabi I dont expect to be 100 per cent this week, either, but it should be good enough once again, Stenson said. Its going to be that way for the next couple of months I guess.Its just finding that balance, how much you can do, and just keep on icing it and keep on doing the exercises and eventually youll be out of trouble.It was hard to miss Doha last week. I was ashamed to miss it, but felt like I had to give it a rest last week. I couldnt go straight back into playing 11 days of golf more or less coming out of surgery, so it was the wise decision. Hopefully Im good to go this week and its great to be back.Watch the Dubai Desert Classic throughout the week live on Sky Sports 4 - your home of golf. Live coverage gets underway on Thursday from 4am. Or watch without a contract, from £6.99 with NOW TV Also See: McIlroys record in Dubai Desert Classic Power Rankings Recap: Rorys R2D victory Golf live on Sky Sports 4 Germany Jerseys . But now that hes in the NHL, the Calgary Flames centre showed big improvement in that department by scoring the winner in the eighth round of a 5-4 shootout victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday. Leon Goretzka Jersey . -- Its been a long road back for Sean Bergenheim. http://www.germanysoccerpro.com/Toni-Kroos-Germany-Jersey/ . -- Arizona raced out to a big lead and did not back off, hitting the accelerator instead. OAKLAND, Calif. -- Lakers point guard DAngelo Russell will be out for at least two more weeks after getting a platelet-rich plasma injection in his sore left knee Wednesday.Russell has missed two of the Lakers last three games with soreness in his knee, but the second-year point guard had thought it wasnt a serious injury. He will be re-evaluated next week before the Lakers decide how long he will sit.Russell only missed two games last season as a rookie. He is second on the revitalized Lakers with 16.1 points per game, and he leads the team with 4.8 assists.Disappointing because well definitely miss that but more as we continue to try to build something and now hes not out there being part of that, hes not learning and building the trust that youre trying to get when players are together for a long time, first-year coach Luke Walton said before his team faced the familiar Golden State Warriors. He misses a couple weeks of that, but yeah well definitely miss what hes been doing for us so far this year.Walton said he is unsure how long Russell has been in pain, but it did get worse. Russells injury caught the coach off guard because he was limping at practice and not running well, so he was taken out. Julian Draxler Jersey. alton said he likes to keep it pretty positive, and isnt yet concerned about Russell potentially needing surgery.They tell me they think this is going to help get him to get him back out there, then Im going with the belief that in two weeks hell be ready to play again, Walton said.Jose Calderon moved into the starting lineup against the Warriors in Waltons return to Oracle Arena to face the team he helped coach to a runner-up finish in the NBA Finals last season. Calderon also started the two previous games Russell missed. The veteran Spanish guard scored a season-high 12 points in the Lakers 111-109 victory over Oklahoma City on Tuesday night.In addition, forward Julius Randle was out with a hip pointer. He tried to play through it Tuesday.Obviously he didnt look like the same that hes been the last couple games before that, Walton said. Pretty painful every time he cuts or tries to make a basketball move, so were going to sit him out tonight and try to get him back soon, too.---AP Sports Writer Greg Beacham in Los Angeles contributed to this report. Wholesale NFL Jerseys Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys NFL Jerseys From China Cheap Nike Basketball Jerseys Wholesale Hockey Jerseys China Nike Baseball Jerseys Cheap College Jerseys China Cheap Football Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Canada Wholesale NHL Jerseys Canada Wholesale Nike MLB Jerseys Canada Cheap NBA Jerseys Authentic Canada Stitched Soccer Jerseys Canada Cheap Jerseys Canada NFL ' ' '