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23 Aug

Women’s World Cup final was most watched in US that did not include American team

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Spain's 1-0 victory over England on Sunday was the most-watched Women's World Cup final on American television that did not include the United States.La Roja's 1-0 victory had a combined English- and Spanish-language audience of 2,059,000 on Fox and Telemundo. While that was a sizable increase over the last time a final did not feature the U.S. — the 2007 final between Germany and Brazil in China averaged 664,000 on ESPN2 — it wasn't close to the last three finals, which exceeded 13 million.The 2019 final between the U.S. and the Netherlands in France had a…

09 Aug

Round of 8: Women’s World Cup is wide open after so many heavyweights eliminated

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By Jenna Fryer/The Associated Press AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — The United States' hold on the Women's World Cup is over, and two-time champion Germany also exited the tournament. Olympic gold medalist Canada was bounced, and Marta and her Brazil team were knocked out before she had a chance to become the first player to score in six World Cups. Yes, the heavyweights of women's soccer have all been eliminated, and yes, it has created a wide-open World Cup. The eight teams that advanced to the quarterfinals represent some traditional powers, one previous World Cup winner and two teams making…

22 Nov

Spend the night at one of these gorgeous church hotels

Jim Grandy0 CommentsOpinions, PoliticsEngland, Golf, Hotels

With their feet dangling, and amusing themselves–until I stopped them–by throwing stones at the giant mass. After I had spoken to them about it, they began playing at “touch” in and out of the group of bystanders. Among these were a couple of cyclists, a jobbing gardener I employed sometimes, a girl carrying a baby, Gregg the butcher and his little boy, and two or three loafers and golf caddies who were accustomed to hang about the railway station. There was very little talking. Few of the common people in England had anything but the vaguest astronomical ideas in those…