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Arsenal 5-1 West Ham (Sep 12, 2025) Game Analysis – ESPN
Alessia Russo scored twice as Arsenal came from behind to make it two wins from two Women’s Super League matches with a thumping 5-1 victory at West Ham.
The Champions League winners trailed to a comical own goal from goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar.
But goals from Frida Maanum, Stina Blackstenius, Caitlin Foord and Russo’s late double ensured Arsenal backed up last week’s 4-1 win over London City Lionesses with another statement three points.
Arsenal were missing England hero Chloe Kelly due to a slight knock, so fellow Lioness Beth Mead made her first start of the season.
But it was West Ham — beaten 1-0 at Tottenham in their opener last weekend — who took a shock lead after just five minutes in bizarre fashion with what was a horrible moment for Van Domselaar.
The Dutch keeper went to make a straightforward catch from a deep Shekiera Martinez cross, only to let it slip through her fingers.
The ball hit the far post, bounced back off Van Domselaar and dropped into the net.
The driving rain in east London may well have played a part but it was still a dreadful error from the 25-year-old.
However, Arsenal hit back in the 21st minute with Russo spearheading their first meaningful attack down the right.
Russo played in England teammate Mead, whose clever pass teed up Maanum to turn and slot home past Megan Walsh from 10 yards out.
Russo almost created a second with a neat spin in the penalty area but Mariona Caldentey’s drive was a long way off target.
Moments before half-time Foord’s low cross found Russo eight yards out but she was unable to get her shot away.
After the break Caldentey’s cross towards the near post was met by Russo, who planted her header narrowly wide.
But seven minutes into the second half Blackstenius, on at half-time for Maanum, burst into the box, collected Russo’s backheel and bent the ball past Walsh.
West Ham were still in the match until just after the hour mark when Foord got in front of her marker to nod home Caldentey’s cross.
Arsenal were so comfortable boss Renee Slegers could even afford to leave £1 million ($1.36m) winger Olivia Smith on the bench until the closing stages.
But when the Canadian did come on she set up Russo for a spectacular fourth from 20 yards, and then won the penalty which the Euro 2025 final goalscorer tucked in for number five in stoppage time.
SIOUX CITY, S.D. — John Daly made it into the PGA Tour Champions record book Friday for the wrong reason. He took a 19 on the par-5 12th hole at the Sanford International.
He also broke his personal record by one shot. Daly took an 18 on the par-5 sixth hole in the 1998 Bay Hill Invitational when he hit 3-wood into the water six straight times.
Details were a little unclear from Minnehaha Country Club, where the PGA Tour Champions does not have a laser system to record shots.
Daly did not immediately respond to a phone call and text from the AP.
According to the shot-by-shot details, he hit his tee shot into the rough, and then hit the next seven shots into the hazard. He finally cleared the water into more rough, his 17th shot on the collar of the green and got up-and-down for his 19.
It broke by three shots the previous high score for a hole on the PGA Tour Champions by three players, most recently Bruce Crampton in 1996 at the Greater Grand Rapids Open.
Unlike his previous high score at Bay Hill — Daly made a birdie 2 on his next hole — he had to settle for a par on his 13th hole at Minnehaha.
Daly wound up with an 88.
His high score on the PGA Tour was a 90 in the second round of the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook in 2014, when he was battling the yips and had a 12 on the 16th hole when he hit three in the water, shanked a 7-iron and took three chips to reach the green.
Daly was playing with Stephen Ames and double major winner Ángel Cabrera. The Argentine was 24 shots better and leading the tournament with a 64 while celebrating his 56th birthday.
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Cubs fly flag at half-staff at Wrigley Field in honor of Charlie Kirk following Trump’s proclamation
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The Chicago Cubs flew the American flag at half-staff for Friday’s home game against the Tampa Bay Rays in honor of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated during a campus event in Utah on Wednesday.
The flag at Wrigley Field appeared to be flown at half-staff in accordance with MLB’s request that teams follow President Donald Trump’s presidential proclamation.
President Donald Trump ordered flags lowered to half-mast on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, hours after the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. (Peter Pinedo/Fox News Digital)
In a statement to Fox News Digital on Thursday, the league confirmed that it “asked all of the Clubs to follow the direction of the White House Presidential Proclamation and fly flags at half-staff in their ballparks.”
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The proclamation from the White House ordered that flags be flown at half-staff until sunset on Sunday. In addition to the flag, Tyler Bowyer, the Chief Operating Officer of Turning Point USA, reported on “The Charlie Kirk Show” that the Cubs would be “recognizing” Kirk in some way during the game.
Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk is seen onstage at the Fiserv Forum during preparations for the Republican National Convention on July 14, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“He loved the Cubs,” Andrew Kolvet, Turning Point USA spokesman, added. “His grandma was a lifelong Cubs fan and she got to see the Cubs win the World Series and then passed away.”
“She lived to see the greatest thing as a sports fan for her and that meant a lot to him.”
The Cubs broke a 108-year drought when they defeated Cleveland in seven games to win the 2016 World Series. Kirk shared a photo on X of him and his grandmother celebrating the team’s victory at the time.
Charile Kirk and his wife, Erika Lane Frantzve and their two children, prior to his assassination on Sept. 10, 2025. (Erika Kirk via Instagram)
“We are thankful that after 108 years the CUBS ARE WORLD CHAMPS,” he wrote in a post on Thanksgiving Day.
In March, Kirk shared another photo of his family at a Cubs game.
The Cubs flew the flag at half-staff, but did not hold a moment of silence as the New York Yankees did for Kirk on Wednesday night.
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Police confirmed Friday that a suspect in Kirk’s killing was arrested. He was identified as Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old Utah resident. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox stated that a family member of Robinson’s contacted a family friend who then reached out to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office “with information that Robinson had confessed to them or implied that he had committed the incident.”
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