Holmes, a first-team All-American from Gorham, will get a homecoming trip as part of her final basketball season with the Hoosiers.

The reigning Olympic champions can’t break through against Nigeria keeper Chiamaka Nnadozie in the opening match for both teams.

The Americans, who haven’t lost a World Cup game since the 2011 final, begin this tournament with a huge target on their backs.

Matthew Polk and Logan Poteet spark Sanford’s offense in support of starting pitcher Justin Honeycutt.

Christo Lamprecht, an amateur from South Africa, is joined at the top of the leaderboard by Tommy Fleetwood and Emiliano Grillo.

As player Ashley Sanchez says, ‘It is a big deal. But I hope that this won’t be a conversation at some point. It just will be the usual.’

Is Rory McIlroy like others who collected all their trophies in a short period of time, or is his nine-year drought is a long aberration?

The World Cup brings to light the realities of sexual, verbal and emotional abuse in women’s soccer and what is being done about it on a global stage.