As Solheim Cup rivalries were renewed for the 20th time, Carlota Ciganda once again stole the show after Europe's top pairing of Charley Hull and Lottie Woad failed to ignite against the United States at Bernardus Golf Club in the Netherlands
The 36-year-old Spaniard, who is the oldest player on show this weekend, let out a roar of pure emotion after holing a 15-foot putt to earn Europe what had seemed an unlikely half point in the final fourball match of the day to ensure honours are even at 4-4 heading into Saturday.
Ciganda's celebration evoked memories of the nerve-shredding finale at Finca Cortesin in 2023, when her putt allowed Europe to retain the trophy with a 14-14 tie.
And once again Nelly Korda was on the receiving end.
The world number one, and her playing partner Lauren Coughlin, both left match-winning putts short to allow Ciganda, who had crucially won the 16th hole with an eagle, to deliver a stunning reprieve for Anna Nordqvist's team.

#carlota #charley

Worthing have signed Southend United forward Charley Kendall for an undisclosed fee.
The 25-year-old has been at the Shrimpers since late 2024 where he played 55 National League games, scoring 13 goals.
He played a key role in Southend's FA Trophy triumph last season, scoring twice in the semi-final before playing in the final where they beat Wealdstone in a penalty shootout.
"Charley is a real threat with his pace in behind and has that all-important National League experience which we want to keep adding to the group," manager Adam Hinshelwood told the club website.
"His goal record speaks for itself and everyone is excited to have him through the door and see him represent our club."

#league

It's hard to imagine a better birthday call than the one Auston Kim of St. Augustine got from U.S. Solheim Cup captain Angela Stanford on Aug. 16.
Kim was whiling away a Sunday afternoon during a break from her LPGA schedule playing frisbee in the backyard of her St. Johns Golf and Country Club home with her sister, August. Kim then got the call from Stanford, who was at the site of the LPGA event in Portland, Ore., to let her know that she had qualified on points for the U.S. team that will play Europe Sept. 11-13 at the Bernardus Golf Club in Cromvoirt, Netherlands.
"It was a good birthday present," Kim said on Sept. 1 after a practice session at her home course. "Completely unexpected. If I had played a tournament that week, I would have been on-site, and it would have been a lot different. I wasn't in a golf mode."
More: These are the 12 members of the 2026 U.S. Solheim Cup team headlined by Nelly Korda
She will be in the Netherlands, where Kim will join U.S. teammates such as Nelly Korda, Jennifer Kupcho, Rose Zhang and Allisen Corpuz against Europe, led by Charley Hull, Lottie Woad, Celine Boutier and Leona Maguire.

#stanford #netherlands #korda

Klay Thompson's father has warned the critics of his son ahead of the new season.
Following a disappointing two-year stint with the Dallas Mavericks, Klay Thompson agreed to a contract buyout with the Western Conference side.
At 36, Thompson is undoubtedly out of his prime, but it didn't take long for the 4x NBA champion to find his next destination.
Thompson quickly agreed to a two-year deal with the Miami Heat as he is all set to become teammates with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bam Adebayo.
Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Opus Bank

#thompson #following #dallas

If you had the chance to ask your favorite celebrity any question, what would you ask? At Allrecipes, when we get that opportunity, it should come as no surprise that we're always wondering what's on their plates. We love to learn what actors, television hosts, and other professionally busy people eat on their days on, days off, and all other days in between.
Savannah Guthrie is no exception. The "Today" co-anchor, The New York Times best-selling author, and self-proclaimed "recovering attorney" is one busy woman. Her days start early—and we mean really early—and when she's not on duty at "Today", she's busy keeping up with her daughter, Vale (12), and son, Charley (9). So what's on her menu?
When we sat down with Guthrie for the Fall 2023 issue of Allrecipes magazine, she told us all about how she tends to mix it up at dinnertime. Living in New York City, she frequents Mediterranean, Thai, and Mexican restaurants in her neighborhood, but also still loves a good burger, fries, and milkshake ("I love a milkshake more than is reasonable for someone my age to love."). But when it comes to lunch, she keeps it simple.
"Embarrassingly, I eat [the same thing] for lunch every single day of the week." And she wasn't exaggerating—Guthrie even had it in her purse when we chatted. What's more—it's not a gourmet offering or one from a niche NYC deli. It's from a fast food chain we all frequent. So which sandwich secured the spot? None other than a breakfast offering from Starbucks.
Guthrie turns to the Bacon-Style Turkey, Cheddar & Egg White Sandwich from Starbucks every day at lunchtime. On first glance, it seems like the ideal grab-and-go lunch alongside a coffee in the morning. Since we at Allrecipes wholeheartedly believe anything good enough for Guthrie is good enough for us, I decided to give it a try.

#guthrie #good #lunch

Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Charley Steiner, who has been in the business for 59 years, called Saturday night's broadcast of the Dodgers-Milwaukee Brewers game "the most meaningful game of my career."
It was the first time that Steiner called all nine innings of a game since Oct. 11, 2023 when the Diamondbacks were the last team to beat the Dodgers in a postseason.
Steiner, who has been battling cancer, began the season broadcasting just three innings in the first game of a home series this season, gradually building up to six innings, and now his first complete game.
"It means the world to me," Steiner told USA TODAY Sports.
Steiner was diagnosed with multiple myeloma blood cancer in January 2024 and was unable to work any games that season, but returned to the booth in 2025.

#steiner #Dodgers #cancer

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England — Europe captain Anna Nordqvist finalized her Solheim Cup team Monday by adding veteran Leona Maguire and three rookies as her picks for the Sept. 11-13 matches in The Netherlands.
Charley Hull of England easily earned one of the two automatic spots from the Ladies European Tour points list. The other went to Esther Henseleit of Germany, who surged to No. 2 in the final two events.
Henseleit finished fourth in the Women's Scottish Open and then lost in a playoff at the Women's British Open (points are double in a major) to narrowly beat Chiara Tamburlini of Switzerland for the second spot.
Henseleit's 40-foot birdie putt to force a playoff with AIG Women's Open winner Shiho Kuwaki wound up costing Tamburlini a spot. Even without making it on points, Henseleit would have made her second straight team as one of the leading six players in the world ranking.
Those six spots instead fell to Solheim rookie Lottie Woad of England, Maja Stark and Linn Grant of Sweden, Carlota Ciganda of Spain, Celine Boutier of France and Nanna Koertz Madsen of Denmark.

#points

AIG Women's Open - round three
-7 Y Noh (US); -4 E Henseleit (Ger), L Li (US), J Thitikul (Tha), Ryu (Kor), S Kuwaki (Jap); -3 L Woad (Eng)
Selected others: -2 C Hull (Eng); -1 L Ko (Nz); +1 N Korda (US), L Coughlin (US); +2 C Boutier (Fra), M Rhodes (Eng)
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England's Lottie Woad and Charley Hull are both in contention heading into the final round of the AIG Women's Open at Royal Lytham and St Annes.

#open #kuwaki #korda

Golfer Charley Hull has told critics to "lighten up" after receiving backlash for a scratchcard prank she played on her caddie.
In the lead up to the ongoing Women's Open at Royal Lytham & St Annes, Hull revealed she had purchased the ticket in a Blackpool joke shop and used it to trick caddie Adam Woodward into believing he had won £100,000 – a moment she caught on camera.
While many people have seen the funny side of the incident, Hull has faced criticism both on social media and from figures within golf, including four-time major winner Dame Laura Davies, who described the stunt as "extremely cruel" when asked about it on commentary.
However, Hull has refused to apologise for her actions, with the 30-year-old stating she would "100%" do it again.
Thitikul leads Open as Ryu and Kuwaki chase

#hull #caddie #golfer

LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England – Charley Hull admits she never watches YouTube golf but nevertheless has decided to launch her own YouTube channel.
"Sweet Spot Golf" makes its debut this week with a tour 'round Royal Lytham and St. Annes, site of this week's AIG Women's British Open. Hull hosts the channel alongside good friend Ryan Evans, the guy she bet 10,000 pounds that she could quit smoking.
"Ryan is one of my very good friends, my best friends, and he's played golf with me since I was 10, 11 years old," she said during a pre-tournament press conference. "We was just playing loads of golf rounds last year, and like some of the rounds I was – I think one of the rounds I was 8 under through nine holes and then he birdied six of last seven holes to then be all square.
"I turned around to him I was like, oh, my gosh, like we have like played so well and like had so much banter in this round. Imagine someone recording this. It would be hilarious. He was like, yeah, and I was like, maybe we should start our own YouTube channel like joking around.
"I actually never watched YouTube golf, just to let you guys know. So then we've just thought, screw this, go ahead with it, and, yeah, launched it the other day."

#lytham

We continue the countdown to the start of the Arizona Cardinals' regular season. Today, Tuesday, July 28, is 47 days away from the Arizona Cardinals' regular-season opener on Sept. 13 on the road against the Los Angeles Chargers.
With 47 days until Week 1, let's look back at the 1947 season for the Cardinals.
The Cardinals have never won a Super Bowl, but they won the NFL Championship in 1947. They went 9-3 in the regular season and then beat the Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in the championship game.
Running back Elmer Angsman had two 70-yard touchdown runs, running back Charley Trippi had a 44-yard touchdown run and a 75-yard punt return for a touchdown. Paul Christman only completed three passes in 14 attempts and was picked off twice, but the Cardinals rushed for 282 yards to be crowned champions.
Receiver Mal Kutner and guard Buster Ramsey were both second-team All-Pros in 1947.

#running #days

Charlotte Naughton's golfing career was already on an upward trajectory, but the teenager will hit fast forward.
That is because she is preparing to tee up in the AIG Women's Open - the first major of her career.
Still 18, Naughton only secured her spot at Royal Lytham & St Annes this week by virtue of winning the European Ladies Amateur Championship in Sweden on Sunday.
Now the young amateur heads to Lancashire to take her place alongside Charley Hull, Nelly Korda and the other star names of women's golf when the tournament begins on Thursday.
"I've always dreamed about it," Naughton told BBC Radio Newcastle. "I never really knew it would come this quick but I'm so happy and so proud to be able to play."

#Career #open

MANCHESTER – The Portsmouth Little League 10-12 all-star team will play for the District II championship on Saturday, July 25, after a 7-4 win over top-seeded North Manchester/Hooksett on Wednesday, July 22.
"The boys stayed composed and strung together good at-bats when we needed them most," Portsmouth manager Charley Raizes said. "Dreyton (Srimouksavanh) continued to battle on the mound when faced with some adversity and was able to help prevent a comeback. We're excited for the opportunity to compete for a district championship."
Portsmouth will face the winner of Thursday's game between North Manchester/Hooksett and Concord in the championship. The championship game will be played at Charles Dwinell Park in Tilton at 10 a.m.
After a scoreless first inning, Portsmouth broke through in the second when Sam Carter and Ryder Raizes each singled, and Joey Coakley added a third single to right field to score the game's first two runs.
Portsmouth erupted for five runs on four hits in the fourth inning. Srimouksavanh led off with a single, and two walks loaded the bases for Carter, who delivered an RBI infield single. Ryder Raizes followed with a two-run single to left field, and Bennett Smith added a two-run hit of his own to extend Portsmouth's lead to 7-0.

#hooksett

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — Aki Iwai shot an 8-under 63 for a two-stroke lead on Thursday in the first round of the Evian Championship, the fourth women's golf major of the season, as top-ranked Nelly Korda struggled.
The 24th-ranked Iwai had eight birdies and no dropped shots in the sun-splashed lakeside town that three weeks ago hosted the G7 summit of world leaders.
Japan's Iwai made birdies at three of the last four holes, including the par-5 18th, and led by two shots from Perrine Delacour, whose 6-under 65 included an eagle at the par-5 15th and a pair of bogeys toward the end of her round.
A group of five players with 5-under 66s included the winner of the Women's PGA Championship two weeks ago, Haeran Ryu, and world No. 5 Charley Hull, who started the week as a guest in the Royal Box at Wimbledon.
Hull had two early bogeys before making the turn at level par, then came home in just 31 shots capped by an eagle at the par-5 18th. Also on 5 under were Mao Saigo, Maja Stark and Jin Hee Im.

We continue the countdown to the start of the Arizona Cardinals' regular season. Today, Thursday, July 9, is 66 days away from the Arizona Cardinals' regular-season opener on Sept. 13 on the road against the Los Angeles Chargers.
With 66 days until Week 1, let's look back at the 1966 season for the Cardinals.
1966 was the first year for Charley Winner as head coach, replacing Wally Lemm after four seasons. Winner led the Cardinals to an 8-5-1 record, but it wasn't good enough to make the postseason. They scored and allowed 18.9 points per game, which was bad offensively but pretty good defensively.
They started the season 5-0 but lost 4 of their final 5 games of the year.
The Cardinals had eight players in the Pro Bowl:

The 12U Alto Lady Jackets softball team earned the ***** le of state runner-ups in the Diamond Youth Softball State Championship. The tournament was conducted July 2 and 3 in Lear Park in Longview.
The Lady Jackets won their first state tournament game against Blanco 15-1. The win was followed by losses to Atlanta, 6-1 and 12-0, earning Alto the state runner-up spot.
Members of the team are Kamora Elam, Abbie Griffin, TeAsia Griffin, Macee Low, Kyndall Lucas, Cambrie Reagans, Amaya Reescano, Marlee Reid, Remi Reid, Emma Rowley and Journi Skinner.
The team was led by coaches Charley Reid, Lauren Reid and Cord Lucas.
The 12Y Alto Lady Jackets became the undefeated South Region Champions after defeating four competitors: Splendora, 2-1; Dayton, 7-1; Shelby County, 6-2; and Hemphill, 7-4.

We continue the countdown to the start of the Arizona Cardinals' regular season. Today, Sunday, July 5, is 70 days away from the Arizona Cardinals' regular-season opener on Sept. 13 on the road against the Los Angeles Chargers.
With 70 days until Week 1, let's look back at the 1970 season for the Cardinals.
The Cardinals went 8-5-1 in 1970. It was the final season for Charley Winner as head coach. They started the year 7-2 but went 1-3-1 over their final five games.
They ranked fourth in the league in scoring at 23.2 points per game. They were fifth in points allowed, giving up 16.3 per game.
The Cardinals had five players receive Pro Bowl or All-Pro honors.

Saw a tweet on Sunday regarding the Washington Commanders' career receiving leaders in yards.
Here it is, if you didn't happen to see it.
Stat lines such as this are great discussion starters. Many fans get so agitated because they think it 'proves' who the best players are. But actually, it raises all sorts of great topics for discussion because it prompts a look at the many variables present in such a 'debate'.
For instance, did you know Charley Taylor was first an NFL running back before being moved to receiver? That's right, in 1964, they traded their quarterback, Norm Snead, for an Eagles quarterback named Sonny Jurgensen. The Redskins also drafted Taylor in the first round that year.
How good an athlete was Charley Taylor? Well, in his rookie 1964 season, he rushed for 755 yards and had 814 receiving yards out of the backfield. By the way, that was in a 14-game regular-season schedule. The Redskins then drafted tight end Jerry Smith in 1965. Following the 1965 season, Washington's head coach thought that moving Charley Taylor to receiver might really pay off, as it would create a starting group of receivers that included Taylor, Bobby Mitchell, and tight end Jerry Smith. Otto Graham, a former Cleveland Browns quarterback, believed that Jurgensen's development would boost their offense. Smith retired with a then record for NFL tight ends of 60 touchdown receptions, which wasn't broken until Shannon Sharpe.

US Women's Open final leaderboard
-8 N Korda (US); -7 C Hull (Eng), G Lopez (Mex); -6 I-G Chun (Kor); -5 S-Y Kim (Kor)
Selected others: -3 K Romero (US), N Hataoka; -2 M Stark (Swe), J Kupcho (US), +7 L Woad (Eng)
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World number one Nelly Korda won her first US Women's Open **** le, pipping England's Charley Hull to victory by a single shot.

England’s Charley Hull suffered more major heartbreak as world number one Nelly Korda claimed her first Women’s US Open ***** le.
Hull moved to the top of the leaderboard early in the final round at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, but finished one shot behind Korda on seven under par – her fifth runner-up spot in major championships.
Mexico’s Gaby Lopez finished alongside Hull in second, with South Korea duo In Gee Chun and Sei Young Kim a shot further back.
“It’s just frustrating,” said Hull. “Another second place, I think that’s five second-place finishes I’ve had in majors now.
“It’s pretty annoying, but I played really well the last day. Obviously missed a couple putts on the back nine, but it was quite windy and I hit the ball fantastic, so fair play to Nelly Korda for back-to-back wins.

Nelly Korda made a late birdie in the final round at to edge Charley Hull and Gaby Lopez and win the 81st U.S. Women's Open.
It was Korda's first USWO ******* le and her fourth major victory, overall.
Here's a look at the final results from Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, California:
Nelly Korda wins U.S. Women’s Open with late birdie Sunday at Riviera
Korda birdied the par-5 17th hole at Riviera Country Club to break from a four-way tie for the lead to earn her fourth career major ******* le.

England's Charley Hull suffered more major heartbreak as world number one Nelly Korda claimed her first US Women's Open ****** le.
Hull moved to the top of the leaderboard early in the final round at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, but finished one shot behind Korda on seven under par – her fifth runner-up spot in major championships.
Mexico's Gaby Lopez finished alongside Hull in second, with South Korea duo In Gee Chun and Sei Young Kim a shot further back.
Hull, who was seven strokes off the pace at halfway, started the day three shots off the lead but got off to a lightning start with an eagle three at the first hole.
She added two more birdies before dropping a shot at the ninth, with back-to-back birdies to start the back nine putting her back in pole position.