Ryder Cup 2014: Europeans Make Easy Work of U.S. for Third Straight Victory
By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY
Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell quickly erased any hope the Americans had of making a comeback in singles play.
Rory McIlroy spraying Europe’s captain, Paul McGinley, with champagne.
The Americans’ eighth loss in the last 10 Ryder Cups led to an icy exchange between Phil Mickelson and Tom Watson, the team’s captain.
Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell quickly erased any hope the Americans had of making a comeback in singles play.
Barcelona has had plenty of scoring, but Luis Enrique has the club's defense clicking as well.
Spain, the dominant force in Europe last season, is warming up for the Champions League as Barcelona, Real and Atlético flex their muscles in La Liga.
For the sixth time in 11 years, a world record was set on the Berlin course, this one in 2 hours 2 minutes 57 seconds.
Second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain rallied from a set down to defeat fourth-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain, 5-7, 7-6 (9), 6-1, to win the Shenzhen Open in China.
Saido Berahino scored two goals to lead host West Bromwich Albion past Burnley, 4-0, in the Premier League to seal its third win in a week.
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot of France won at the road cycling world championships in Ponferrada, Spain.
The Ryder Cup began Friday at the revered Gleneagles golf resort in Scotland, but San Francisco hosts a distant relative: a city-owned namesake that is a gem in its own way.
Blatter, the president of FIFA, soccer’s world governing body, said no member had requested that the executive committee make the report public.
Teeing off at the Ryder Cup, where the players compete for country not cash, is turned into a unique experience by the vocal fans.
Sunil Gulati and Michael Garcia lobbied for the public release of an investigative report into the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
The advanced case of C.T.E. in Bellini, a Brazilian who died in March, indicated again to researchers that the brain disease is not connected merely to boxers and American football players.
Li insisted that she had no regrets about retiring and said in an interview that after relaxing for a while, she wants to open a tennis academy.
But the Swiss winner of the Australian Open, Stan Wawrinka, may be the man to save it.
