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An expanded field of 32 teams at the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand means that more players and teams will see the international spotlight and they no doubt want to prove they belong.

Austin Eckroat and Pierceson Coody got the United States off to a fast start, and Cole Hammer and Stewart Hagestad finished off Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup.

The college football season opener between Notre Dame and Navy has been moved out of Ireland will be played at the Naval Academy during the Labor Day weekend.

During Saturday night's Mariners game against the Toronto Blue Jays, an Irish national living in Canada decided to streak the field.

NEWCASTLE, Northern Ireland (AP) — Scotland's Richie Ramsay and Austria's Bernd Wiesberger shared the early second-round lead Friday at the Irish Open, while Rory McIlroy faced an uphill struggle to make the cut. Ramsay was on target to match the club record of 66 at Royal County Down but narrowly bogeyed his final hole to finish 4 under for the day, and 3 under overall, just like Wiesberger... Re