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• YONGCHUAN, China -- Adriana Leon scored her first international goal Saturday to lead Canadas womens soccer team to a 1-0 victory over China to open the Four Nations Cup. Wholesale NFL Jerseys Free Shipping . Canada held off early pressure from China and was rewarded when Leon, who was making her debut with the team, scored in the 75th minute. The forward from Maple, Ont., intercepted a stray pass and charged to the edge of the penalty area before firing a hard shot past the Chinese goalkeeper. Canadian head coach John Herdman said he was surprised by his team, who he expected to struggle after a layoff following the London Games. "I didnt think we would come this far today," said Herdman. "China could have scored a couple goals in the first half if were honest, but in the second half we took the performance. "There was some really good football played in the style weve been working on. It was a good step forward." Canada is playing without star striker Christine Sinclair, who is serving the first three games of a four-game suspension. The Burnaby, B.C., native was penalized following Canadas heartbreaking 4-3 semifinal loss to the United States at the Olympics when FIFA ruled she showed "unsporting behaviour towards match officials after the match." In other action Saturday, Norway defeated South Korea 2-0 in the other game. Canada next plays South Korea on Monday. Wholesale NFL Jerseys . IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard said Sunday that hes happy with the growth of open-wheel racing in Canada and will consider adding another race as the series works on next seasons schedule. Wholesale NFL Jerseys From China . Manship joined the team in time for Sundays game against the Detroit Tigers. The Twins designed reserve outfielder Erik Komatsu for release or assignment to make room on the roster. http://herownblog.com/wholesale-nfl-jerseys-china/ . He held his composure and the Brewers hung on, too. Aramis Ramirez drove in two runs in his return to Wrigley Field, Ryan Braun got booed relentlessly and Milwaukee walked off with a 7-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Monday night. Wholesale NFL Jerseys China . Theres only one achievement he wants to talk about, though, and thats a spot in the playoffs for the White Sox. Sale threw six scoreless innings to notch his 17th victory after being rained out the night before, helping the White Sox keep their one-game AL Central lead by beating the Minnesota Twins 6-0 on Friday. Wholesale NFL Authentic Jerseys . Rafael Nadal wont be ready to return from injury. David Ferrer is skipping the tie after a long run at the Australian Open.MEDINAH, Ill. -- The Ryder Cup is so hotly contested that even its humble beginning is the subject of debate. One side has the president of Inverness Club in Ohio as the first to raise the idea of a match between professionals from America and Britain. Most historians lean toward Samuel Ryder, the wealthy English seed merchant, as helping to organize matches at Wentworth in 1926 at a time when Americans were coming over for British Open qualifying. As the story goes, Ryder promised a cup to the winner -- even though a cup was never awarded. The Ryder Cup began a year later in 1927, and the fact it was named after the Englishman would have to give his side a 1-up lead. There truly was a home field advantage, for it wasnt until the sixth Ryder Cup in 1937 that the visiting team won. World War II came along, and it took Britain years to recover. But ever since continental Europe was added in 1979, the Ryder Cup mostly has lived up to its growing reputation as the biggest spectacle in golf. No other list in golf is more subjective, but heres one take on the five most relevant Ryder Cup matches in history: ------ 5. EUROPEAN STATEMENT, AMERICAN WIN (1983) It was Jack Nicklaus who in 1977 made the recommendation that all of continental Europe be included in the Ryder Cup, and in his first year as captain, it almost came back to haunt him. The opposing captain was Tony Jacklin, and just like the time Nicklaus and Jacklin first squared off as players in the Ryder Cup, the matches were tied at 8 going into the Sunday singles. The first singles match produced what many consider to be the greatest shot ever hit in the Ryder Cup. Seve Ballesteros played his first two shots so poorly on the par-5 18th at PGA National that he was in the bunker, near a lip, and still had 245 yards to clear the water. Amazingly, he pulled out a 3-wood and hit it so flush that it narrowly cleared the lip and came just short of the green, allowing him to halve the match. "The greatest shot I ever saw," Nicklaus said, high praise coming from him. The matches remained at 13 with two matches on the course. Jose Maria Canizares had a 1-up lead on Lanny Wadkins playing the 18th, while Tom Watson was 1 up on Bernard Gallacher on the 17th. Wadkins hit a wedge to a foot for birdie to win the hole and earn a half-point, such a quality shot that Nicklaus kissed the divot. Watson only had to halve the 17th to assure the Americans keeping the cup, but Gallacher made double bogey and Watson won outright. The United States won, 14 1/2-13 1/2, but it was a sign that Europe finally was on equal footing with the Americans. Two years later, Europe would win for the first time in 28 years. ------ 4. THE CONCESSION (1969) The United States owned the Ryder Cup in this era, winning the previous five matches by at least five points, so not much was expected of Great Britain & Ireland in 1969 at Royal Birkdale. It turned out to be as close as a match could be -- and the tie resulted in a putt tsport. ' ' '

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