colm harrison has more. described as two countries are separated by a common language, england and the usa work, on this occasion, separated by a common cause trying to reach the world cup final. in the defending champion ‘s made the brightest star, with christen press headingly holders in front within ten minutes. but there lead didn't last too long. ellen white would home an equaliser from england at close range. by half—time, the usa were back in front. alex morgan with their second goal and herfirst front. alex morgan with their second goal and her first since scoring five in the thrashing of thailand. ina five in the thrashing of thailand. in a goalless but eventful second half, ellen white thought she'd scored a second equaliser for england, only for a va are review to rule the goal out for offside. they we re rule the goal out for offside. they were then awarded a debatable penalty following another review. but steph horton had a kick saved. ina but steph horton had a kick saved. in a ended the game w

colm harrison reports., england in the usa were on this occasion separated by a common cause, trying to reach the world cup final to cause, trying to reach the world cup finalto in cause, trying to reach the world cup final to in the defending champions made a bright start with a goal within ten minutes. their lead

colm harrison reports.mously described as two countries separated by a common language, england in the usa were on this occasion separated by a common cause, trying to reach the world cup final to cause, trying to reach the world cup finalto in cause, trying to reach the world cup final to in the defending champions made a bright start with a goal within ten minutes. their lead did not last for long. across from birth and ellen white prodded home an equaliser for and ellen white prodded home an equaliserfor england. and ellen white prodded home an equaliser for england. by halftime, the us were back in front. alex morgan got the second goal and her first since scoring five in their match against tylan. in a goalless eventful second half, ellen white thought she had a second only for a va are review to rule the goal out for offside. they were then awarded a debatable penalty following telling another review but the kick was saved by the goalkeeper. in a tense finish, england finished with tense finish, engla

colm harrison reports. 0pen championship is back in northern ireland for the first time since 1951, andtime since 1951, and localfavourite rory mcilroy went off as the tournament favourite, but he made a dreadful start to this

ko won by two shots, to claim her second major of the year, as colm harrison reports. days were replaced by overcast and thoroughly miserable conditions for the fourth round of the year's fourth major. the 2014 champion kim showed you began the day with lead -- kim showed you began the day with lead —— kim hyo—joo. she might have gone on to win if she had played more like this in the final round but a triple bogey on a 14 foot her chances away. kim ended up in a 3—way tie for second place. with shanshan feng and jennifer kupcho who shot the round of the day of five under power 66. —— five under par, 66. steven —— kim hyo—joo was on her third birdie of the day and was now within striking distance of her fellow south korean. was now within striking distance of herfellow south korean. a was now within striking distance of her fellow south korean. a further bertie took her to the top of the leaderboard and bertie took her to the top of the leaderboa rd and there bertie took her to the top of the leaderboard and there she stayed. the world number two went on to win by two s

colm harrison rounds up the day's action.t's five years since her last tournament victory anywhere, but she served notice that she's ready to end a long drought. on a baking hot day and everyone, creamer, who won this event in 2005, before it was elevated to major status, 17 underpar. she leads by one shot in a group of four letters that includes fellow american britney elsa murray, and three south koreans, among them park. she won this tournament also in its pre— major days, but needs to win again. the other plays in the logjam on six underpar are lee young and this woman codejin young, a winner of one major already in 2019, she'd love to follow up her victory by winning in europe for the first time. meanwhile, the leading player from europe is england's melissa reid, three bogeys on the front nine rather spoiled hearse for card does explore her scorecard, she isjust two short of the lead. colin harrison, bbc news. the week's event is the first of two majors being played back—to—back, with the women's british open starting a

colm harrison reports.in playing in a world cup semi—final, they were breaking new ground. for sweden, though, it isa new ground. for sweden, though, it is a fairly well worn path. this is their fourth is a fairly well worn path. this is theirfourth time in is a fairly well worn path. this is their fourth time in the last four, and they were run back into thousand three. a goalless first half maybe should have been expected between two sides who like to leave it

colm harrison reports.championship is back in northern ireland for the first time since 1951, and local favourite northern ireland for the first time since 1951, and localfavourite rory mcilroy went off as the tournament favourite, but he made a dreadful start to this latest bid for a first major in five years, and now faces an uphill battle just to make the cut. in front of a home crowd, mcenroe began with a quadruple bogey eight at the first, and it didn't get much better after that. there was a double—bogey at the 16th, a triple bogey at the last, before the world number three signed for an opening round of 79. the reigning masters champion, tiger woods, is only one shot better off. back—to—back bogeys for him at four and five were followed by a double—bogey here at the sixth. woods went on to shoot 78, and he might not be there for the weekend either. the county antrim crowd did have an irishman to cheer for most of the day. shane lowery opened up for a li—under par round of 67, which could put him on t

colm harrison reports.rlands may be european champions, but in playing in a world cup semi—final, they were breaking new ground. for sweden, though, it isa new ground. for sweden, though, it is a fairly well worn path. this is their fourth is a fairly well worn path. this is theirfourth time in is a fairly well worn path. this is their fourth time in the last four, and they were run back into thousand three. a goalless first half maybe should have been expected between two sides who like to leave it late to score, and so it came to pass. this goalmouth scramble was the nearest either side came to a goal in the opening 45 minutes. both teams went closer after the break, though, with fisher denied by sari van veenendaal and a post at one end, and vivianne miedema thwarted by the crossbar at the other. in truth, though, this was a poor game, and no neutral watching really deserved to sit through another minutes. yet extra time or the gold that won it for the dutch, jackie groenen the scorer, sending them into

colm harrison reports.ying in a world cup semi—final, they were breaking new ground. for sweden, though, it is a fairly well—worn path. this is their fourth time in the last four, and they were runner—up back in 2003. a goalless first half maybe should have been expected between two sides who like to leave it late to score, and so it came to pass. this goalmouth scramble was the nearest either side came to a goal in the opening 45 minutes. both teams went closer after the break, though, with nilla fischer denied by sari van veenendaal and a post at one end, and vivianne miedema thwarted by hedvig lindahl, and the crossbar, at the other. in truth, though, this was a poor game, and no neutral watching really deserved to sit through another 30 minutes. yet extra—time brought the goal that won it for the dutch, jackie groenen the scorer, sending them into sunday's final. sweden fall short once again, but the netherlands still have the chance to add the world title to their european crown. hundreds of people are