Month: March 2023

8:15 PM ET Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — Veterans Padraig Harrington and Matt Kuchar each shot a 4-under 68 on Thursday to share the early lead with MJ Daffue and Roberto Díaz in the weather-delayed first round of the Valero Texas Open. Daffue eagled the par-5 18th hole at TPC San Antonio and Díaz made
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6:18 PM ET Associated Press AUGUSTA, Ga. — Already the best amateur in women’s golf, Rose Zhang set another record Thursday to take a five-shot lead in the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, leaving her one round away at the home of the Masters from another big title. Zhang opened with a 6-under 66 at Champions
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6:48 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin continued his tour of Washington D.C. this week, meeting with President Joe Biden on Thursday. Biden tweeted a photo of the meeting, along with the caption, “Damar Hamlin’s courage, resilience, and spirit inspired the American people. And what’s more: he turned recovery into action —
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1:22 PM ET Herve Renard has been named France women‘s coach until 2024 and will lead the team at this year’s World Cup, the French federation (FFF) said on Thursday. The 54-year-old Frenchman resigned as coach of the Saudi Arabia men’s team this week after leading them to last year’s World Cup in Qatar where
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6:08 PM ET Former Canada Soccer president Nick Bontis does not remember using insulting language towards Christine Sinclair when she brought the women’s soccer team’s concerns to him but has apologised for the incident, he said on Thursday. Sinclair, the world’s all-time leading international goal scorer, appeared before a parliamentary committee three weeks ago to
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1:44 PM ET FIFA President Gianni Infantino looks on during a meeting ahead of the opening of the 76th CONMEBOL Ordinary Congress on Thursday. Christian Alvarenga/Getty Images Argentina has submitted a formal bid to host this year’s Under-20 World Cup in place of Indonesia, which was stripped of its rights to stage the tournament, FIFA president
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6:23 PM ET Sophie Lawson Chelsea knocked out holders Lyon in a penalty shootout to reach the semifinals of the Women’s Champions League after a thrilling second leg at Stamford Bridge on Thursday. Maren Mjelde’s VAR-awarded penalty with the final kick of extra time cancelled out goals from Lyon’s Vanessa Gilles’ and Sara Däbritz’ to
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11:13 AM ET Associated Press Owners and directors of English Premier League clubs can be disqualified for human rights abuses, the organisation said Thursday. The league announced changes to its owners’ and directors’ test (OADT), which include new rules that will give it power to remove leading officials who contravene them. As well as human
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