Month: June 2019

7:19 AM ET Associated Press VIRGINIA WATER, England — The executive who led the extraordinary growth of the English Premier League is joining a new Ryder Cup committee aimed at enhancing the commercial value of golf’s biggest team event. Richard Scudamore was chief executive then executive chairman of the Premier League from 1999 until last
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Fernando Torres, who won the World Cup with Spain in 2010, has announced his retirement. Spain’s World Cup winning striker Fernando Torres announced his retirement from football on Friday, bringing an end to a glittering 18-year career. Torres, who scored more than 100 goals across two spells at his boyhood club Atletico Madrid, also played
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2:00 PM ET Cameroon qualified for the women’s World Cup last 16 when Ajara Nchout earned them a 2-1 win over New Zealand with the last kick of their Group E match on Thursday. – FIFA Women’s World Cup: All you need to know– Full Women’s World Cup fixtures schedule Nchout, whose opener was cancelled
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3:15 PM ET The Netherlands’ Anouk Dekker and Lineth Beerensteyn breached Canada’s normally rock-solid defence with second-half goals to secure a 2-1 win that earned them top spot in Group E at the Women’s World Cup on Thursday. Dekker and Beerensteyn scored either side of Christine Sinclair’s goal to put the Dutch on a maximum
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