GLENEAGLES, Scotland – Who knew Suzann Pettersen was such a master architect?

It’s as if she had God’s ear Sunday at the Solheim Cup.

How else do you explain all the stars aligning to create one of the most spectacular endings in the history of women’s golf.

It’s not just the way Pettersen won the biennial international team event for Europe, with 12 matches coming down to her final putt in the event’s final match. It’s not just that it came in Scotland, the birthplace of golf, and it’s not just about the event.

After holing that 7-foot birdie putt to beat the Americans, and after being engulfed by jubilant teammates and adoring fans, Pettersen scooped and hugged her infant son, Herman . . .

And she figuratively rode off into the sunset.

She announced her retirement.

“I think this is the perfect closure,” she said after. “It doesn’t get any better.

“Yeah, this is it. I’m completely done.”

Really? Media dizzied by the news needed confirmation.

“I’m closing it down tomorrow, what more can I say,” Pettersen said. “I’m done.”

As endings go in sports go, that’s as fairytale as the real thing gets.

It ranks up there with Rocky Marciano knocking out Archie Moore in 1956 in Marciano’s last heavyweight fight . . .

With John Wooden retiring after cutting down the nets in 1975 after leading UCLA to its 10^th national championship in his final game as coach . . .

With John Elway winning the Super Bowl in 1999 with the Denver Broncos in his last NFL game.

“It's a dream come true to pull this off here in Scotland, in front of these crowds, for Beany, here at Gleneagles,” Pettersen said.

That’s another fantastic layer to the story.

Beany is Catriona Matthew, the European captain from Scotland, Pettersen’s friend and longtime teammate in these matches. Pettersen’s winning putt was a perfect ending for Matthew, too.

“A fantastic moment,” Matthew said.

As Matthew and Pettersen both explained, the ending was part of a remarkable team effort.

So much had to happen so quickly in the end, to give Pettersen that last putt to win, it left everyone’s head spinning.

The Americans looked like a sure bet to close out the victory after taking a 13½ to 11 ½ lead. They had the Europeans’ backs to the wall with just three matches left on the course. The Euros had to win them all outright. They couldn’t afford to give up even a half point because the Americans would retain the cup with that.

Seventeen minutes later, the comeback was complete.

Boom! Anna Nordqvist finished off Morgan Pressel, 4 and 3.

Boom! Bronte Law defeated Ally McDonald, 2 and 1, when McDonald’s final 5-foot putt at the 17^th hole to extend the match drifted away.

Boom! Pettersen holed her birdie to beat Marina Alex, 1 up.

The last two points came within minutes of each other.

Pettersen was taking her last practice swings before getting over that last putt when the last cheer for Law broke out in the distance, letting all those folks crowded around the 18^th know that everything rode on Pettersen’s putt.

A miss and Alex was assured a half point to retain the cup for the Americans.

“It was absolutely perfect that it came down to Suzann,” said Europe’s Jodi Ewart Shadoff, who was wedged among teammates along the 18^th green. “It was storybook. You couldn’t write it up any better.”

Pettersen, 38, has always been such a thorn in the side of the Americans.

She joined Matthew as heart and soul of the European Solheim Cup turnaround. With the rivalry sagging, with the Americans going for a fourth consecutive victory in Ireland in 2011, Pettersen and Matthew led the Euros to an upset. Pettersen was 3-1 that year. Matthew routed Paula Creamer, 6 and 5, to start the Sunday singles rally.

Pettersen was also a force in 2013, helping the Euros in a record 18-10 rout in Colorado.

“Simply the toughest competitor I’ve ever come up against,” said England’s Laura Davies, who has won more points than any European or American in Solheim Cup history.

But, really, this ending’s better because nobody really knew if Pettersen still had what it takes to be here this week, if she wasn’t too old and too rusty to contribute, or if she even deserved to be here.

Pettersen was one of Matthew’s four captain’s picks, a controversial one at that.

Matthew chose her even though Pettersen took 19 months off around the birth of her child, even though Pettersen had played just three stroke-play events since returning from maternity leave, two of them missed cuts. Matthew chose her even though Pettersen seemed to lose an edge after becoming the focus of Europe’s loss in Germany in 2015, when Pettersen endured the scorn of so many American fans. That was the year Pettersen called out American Alison Lee for picking up a short putt that wasn’t conceded.

But with her clutch finish Sunday, that’s all ancient history.

Pettersen wrote a terrific new final chapter for herself.

It’s a story she can tell her little boy when he’s old enough to understand just how all the stars lined up for her.

“It’s just surreal,” Pettersen said.

Arsenal skipper Granit Xhaka accused his teammates of being scared after the Gunners threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at Watford in the Premier League on Sunday.

Victory would have put Arsenal in third place and they looked comfortable when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice in the first half at Vicarage Road.

But Arsenal lost control of the game in the second half as they gifted a goal to Tom Cleverley by trying to play out from the back before a rash challenge by Brazilian David Luiz allowed Roberto Pereyra to score from the spot.

- Champions League group stage: All you need to know
- ESPN Champions League fantasy: Sign up now!

Following the match, Switzerland international Xhaka did not hold back in his analysis.

"What went wrong? That's a good question," Xhaka said. "At half-time we went to the dressing room and everything was good. Everyone was happy but we came out and played such a bad second half. You have to say we are happy to take a point.

"We were scared in the second half. We knew they would come at us and push us hard but we have to show more character and not be scared. We have spoken about it. We cannot give a performance like this in the second half.

"We knew they had nothing to lose and they would come for us but we didn't show our game, we were too scared, nobody wanted the ball. You have to stay calm, be mentally strong and we weren't today."

Watford might have won as they spurned two golden late chances to seal a remarkable comeback victory and Unai Emery admitted their opponent's physical play caused them problems.

"They are more stronger than us so we want to break the lines from the goal kick and connect to Mesut Ozil, like we did with the first goal," he said.

"We have young players, we are working to improve and they will gain experience from matches like today. We can grow up and learn with these mistakes."

Arsenal have conceded nine goals in their last four Premier League games after opening the season with a 1-0 win at Newcastle United. They have also allowed 96 shots at their goal this season, more than any other team in Europe's top leagues.

Watford alone had 31 goal attempts, the most Arsenal have faced since Premier League stats partner Opta began collecting data in 2003-04.

Tim Paine says he has "unfinished business" as Australia's Test captain after defeat at The Oval allowed England to draw the Ashes series, and that he has "a little bit of cricket left" in his body.

Despite Matthew Wade's counter-attacking innings of 117 - which Paine surprisingly described as "one of the great Ashes hundreds" - Australia fell to a 135-run defeat after failing to chase 399 in their fourth innings, and their celebrations were notably muted.

While they celebrated as usual with champagne when the urn was presented, Justin Langer looked on with a scowl, and Paine admitted that defeat had put "a bit of a dampener" on their achievements in the series.

ALSO READ: Paine train's uncertain final destination

"There's some mixed emotions," Paine told Sky. "But I think from where this group has come from, to come to England and retain the Ashes is still a huge deal. It hasn't been done for 20 years, so we've got a lot to be proud of.

"I think we've got some improvement, some learning to do, and that's a great thing for us."

About his own future, Paine denied that there was a feeling that retaining the urn represented an "endgame" for him.

"I didn't see it as a beginning, or see it as an option all that long ago. As I said before this Test match, I'm loving the job I've got at the moment. I feel like there's a little bit of unfinished business with this team and where we're heading.

"I feel like I've got a little bit of cricket left in this old body, but I'm not looking too far down the track to when exactly that is."

Paine said that he had "a couple" of regrets about the Oval Test, but conceded that England had "outplayed" his side over the course of the four days.

Paine became only the second Australian captain to lose an Ashes Test in England after winning the toss and choosing to bowl, after Ricky Ponting did so at Edgbaston in 2005, and joked that he is "always 50:50" before the toss.

"I can't read a pitch that well," he said. "We're trying to get to the stage where the toss isn't that important to us. You've got to win games of cricket when you lose a toss, and whether you bat or bowl first is a bit irrelevant."

The stats do not particularly back Paine's claims up. Since 1997, Australia have lost the toss 16 times in Tests in England, and won only three of those games, drawing three more and losing ten; out of the 20 games in which they have won the toss, they have won ten, drawn five and lost five.

Paine also bemoaned Australia's inability to take their chances on the first day.

"I feel a bit sorry for our bowlers," he said. "They were fantastic all series, created plenty of chances on day one and we just didn't back them up. England got ahead of the game, and then they took it away from us."

Trevor Bayliss says that his proudest achievement as England coach was to over-see the "change of attitude" in England's white-ball cricket that laid the groundwork for this summer's maiden World Cup victory, as his four-year tenure ended with a 135-run win in the fifth and final Test against Australia at The Oval.

Bayliss's appointment by Andrew Strauss, back in 2015, came off the back of England's dismal showing in that year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, with the express remit of delivering a side that could win the next tournament, in four years' time, on home soil.

That goal was achieved in spectacular fashion in a final for the ages against New Zealand at Lord's in July, a result that Bayliss described as the "cherry on the top" of his time in charge of England's various squads.

"A change of attitude [was required]," Bayliss told Sky Sports at the end of the Oval Test. "A change of the way we played the game. Looking back to the 2015 World Cup, England probably played the game in a little bit of an old-fashioned way, and [my role] was about bringing in players that were more attuned to playing the more modern style of game.

"But it was about attitude as well, about the knowledge that whoever won that World Cup was going to have to play some bold cricket, and we stuck to our guns through those four years, and through some tough periods as well.

"That allowed us to have some tough conversations with the boys, but they stuck to what they believed in and in the way they played, even though over a period of time thet learned how to adapt to situations."

In Test cricket, Bayliss's record was more hit and miss - as an overall record of 27 victories and 25 losses in 59 matches shows. However, that same character that carried England to World Cup glory was evident at key moments of the Ashes - not least at Headingley, where Ben Stokes produced a performance for the ages to keep the series alive.

ALSO READ 'I want to be the man to bring back the Ashes' - Joe Root

Bayliss's role in helping Stokes to achieve his potential was lauded by Joe Root at the end of the contest - he was a key influence both in the wake of Stokes' non-selection for the 2015 World Cup and subsequently in his rehabilitation after the Bristol incident in September 2017. But Bayliss insisted that the credit for his rise belonged to the player himself.

"Look, I think Ben's his own greatest success," he said. "Coaches can only lead a team or players in in a certain direction but, in the end, it's up to that player or those players to actually grab hold of that situation and be the ones to improve. And I think Ben, on and off the field, is growing unbelievably well."

One of the key selections of England's summer was Jofra Archer, who bowled the decisive Super Over in the World Cup final, and also picked up 22 wickets in a stellar Ashes campaign, one that included the savage blow to the head that left Steve Smith with concussion in the Lord's Test.

Asked how England should seek to manage Archer, whose skills make him an automatic pick in all formats, Bayliss warned that it would be a "difficult and delicate" balance to protect him against burn-out, particularly given what an incisive and hard-working option he had been to Root throughout the Ashes.

"I think maybe in Test cricket, I know Joe had relied on him to go with some longer spells this series, but I think looking forward it might be a case that he comes in a little bit shorter spells," he said. "Four or five overs. Come on, bowl a few thunderbolts, and have a rest and then come back on a little bit later."

Reflecting on the final Ashes scoreline of 2-2, Bayliss said that pride had been at stake in the final Test even though the urn was out of reach, and the team had been motivated to end the summer on a high.

"It was a fantastic effort," he said. "Obviously we weren't able to win it, but the boys had some pride at stake, and this new Test Championship [was added motivation]. It was a great effort and I thought we showed a lot of character.

"I think 2-2 was a fair reflection," he added. "We certainly didn't play as well in the very first Test at Edgbaston when we had them 8 for 120, and Steve Smith played a wonderful innings, as good as Stokes in the third Test. So it's a bit hard to be too disappointed."

Jamaica Tallawahs 145 for 6 (Walton 51*, Holder 2-21, Walsh 2-32) beat Barbados Tridents 140 for 9 (Nurse 37, Duminy 31, Zahir 3-20, Worker 2-16) by four wickets

An unbeaten half-century by newly appointed captain Chadwick Walton and a strong show by the spinners gave Jamaica Tallawahs their first win in five matches in CPL 2019.

Chasing 141, Walton, who became Tallawahs' third captain after Chris Gayle and Rovman Powell, saw wickets tumble around him but kept his calm and struck five sixes and a four in his 42-ball 51 not out and took his side over the line with nine balls to spare.

Earlier, Barbados Tridents could manage only 140 for 9 after being put in as the Tallawahs spinners strangled them right from the start. George Worker started by dismissing Alex Hales and Johnson Charles, Ramaal Lewis restricted the middle order and Zahir Khan's variations proved too much for the lower order as the three combined to 7 for 59 from ten overs. It would have been even worse had Nurse not scored an 18-ball 37 from No. 7.

Tallawahs spinners weave a web

Opening the bowling with two left-arm spinners seemed backfiring when Hales smashed Worker for two sixes in the second over. But Worker had his man in the same over when Hales cut him straight to Lewis. Charles, the other opener, too fell in the same way in Worker's next over. A short and wide delivery was asking to be cut but extra bounce did Charles in as Lewis took his second catch at backward point.

Lewis then himself accounted for Leniko Boucher as the batsman handed him a simple return catch. Jason Holder failed to read a wrong'un from left-arm wristspinner Zahir and was caught at slip. Jonathan Carter became Lewis' second victim when he ended up slicing a lofted hit to long-off.

Nurse tries to stop the bleeding

Despite coming in at 70 for 5, Nurse straightaway took to attack, hitting Christopher Lamont for a sequence of 6, 4 and 4. Two overs later, he muscled Zahir for back-to-back sixes as he and JP Duminy added 49 in just 27 balls for the sixth wicket. Derval Green broke the stand with Duminy's wicket - who made 31 off 35 - off the last ball of the 16th over. On the first ball of the next, Nurse was dismissed by a slower one from Jade Dernbach, leaving the side 119 for 7. The lower order had no answer to Zahir's googlies and as a result, Tridents could muster only 23 from the last four overs.

Holder, Walsh peg Tridents back

Gayle teed off with a couple of sixes off Nurse in the second over of the chase, the first of which took him to 13,000 T20 runs. At the other end, Glenn Phillips got stuck in Josh Lalor and took Tallawahs to 48 in just 5.1 overs. But Holder pegged them by getting rid of the duo in the same over. But it wasn't until Hayden Walsh dismissed Worker and Dwayne Smith off successive balls that Tridents had any real hope of victory.

Walton, Glen lead the way

Javelle Glen then joined Walton and hit Sandeep Lamichhane for two sixes to relieve some pressure. In the next over, Walton too smashed Walsh over long-on for a six. Lamichhane created a stumping chance against Walton in the 13th over but Boucher failed to collect the ball. To add insult to the injury, Walton and Glen belted a six each in the bowler's next three balls. The two brought down the equation to 28 needed from 44 balls before Glen fell to Lamichhane while attempting another six.

Tridents though didn't help their cause with fielding lapses. With 18 required from 23 balls, substitute fielder Raymon Reifer put down Green off Walsh. For the second time in the match, Walton hit the next ball after a reprieve for six and eventually saw his side home with yet another six, off Carter.

The NBA is looking to further crack down on tampering, proposing a new top fine of $10 million for teams conducting the practice, according to a league memo obtained by ESPN.

Other maximum-fine levels could be raised significantly as well, provided the league's board of governors approves the measures Sept. 20.

The league sent a memo to teams Friday detailing the proposed fines. The memo addresses what the league called a "widespread perception that many of the league's rules are being broken on a frequent basis" when it comes to tampering, salary-cap matters and the timing of free-agency discussions.

So the league wants to hit rule breakers where it hurts most: the checkbook. The league wants fines raised in part to reflect the 600% increase in league revenue and the 1,100% increase in franchise value since the fine ceilings were last touched in 1996.

Other proposals that the board of governors will consider:

• A requirement that a team report, within 24 hours, any instance of an agent or player representative asking for a benefit that is not allowed under the salary cap or collective bargaining agreement ("unauthorized benefits")

• A requirement that teams preserve communications with players and their agents for one year

• New channels for teams and team employees to anonymously report rules violations or tampering

• Prohibiting players from inducing players under contract to request trades

In addition, teams will have to require its governor, top basketball operations executive and negotiators to certify annually that they did not talk to free agents or their representatives before the league rules allow. And with every player contract signed, each team's governor will have to certify that no unauthorized benefits were offered and no rules were broken.

"It's pointless, at the end of the day, to have rules that we can't enforce," NBA commissioner Adam Silver said in July after the board of governors met and talked about ways to adjust that process in an effort to ensure fairness across the league.

Fines for tampering with players or team personnel could go as high as $10 million, double the current limit. If a team enters into an unauthorized deal with a player, it can be fined up to $6 million -- and the player can get hit with a $250,000 fine as well.

Statements or conduct detrimental to the NBA could come with a $5 million fine now, up from the previous ceiling of $1 million. And a rule violation with no specific penalty could merit a $10 million fine, up from $2.5 million -- the amount that Silver fined former LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling while banning him for life from the NBA in 2014 after he was found to have made racist remarks.

The league also has other penalties within its reach, such as forfeiture or transfer of draft picks, suspensions, voiding of contracts and prohibiting teams from hiring the person they tampered with.

Silver said in July that changes have to be made to the free-agency process after several deals were clearly struck before the negotiating period started. In theory, teams couldn't talk to free agents before 6 p.m. ET on June 30, which should mean that actually striking deals before then would be impossible.

The NBA has been largely powerless to stop the practice, which has gone on for years and seemed to be particularly out of control this summer. In the first 90 minutes of free agency this summer, at least $1.4 billion in contracts were committed to across the league.

Information from ESPN's Zach Lowe and The Associated Press was used in this report.

Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo had to be helped off the field after turning his ankle while fielding a sacrifice bunt.

The team announced that he has a sprained ankle and will undergo an MRI Monday. X-rays did not reveal a fracture.

Rizzo, who is known for charging hard on bunt attempts, broke toward the plate in the top of third inning when Pirates pitcher Trevor Williams squared to bunt. As he neared the ball, Rizzo's foot appeared to dig into the turf and his right ankle turned. He still made the play for the out but then collapsed.

After being tended to by a Cubs trainer and manager Joe Maddon, Rizzo was helped to the dugout, not putting much weight on the right foot. He was replaced at first base by Ian Happ.

The Cubs had been ahead 3-0 after the first inning but promptly gave up the lead after Rizzo went down. Batting leadoff, Rizzo walked in the first inning and came around to score on Kris Bryant's three-run homer.R

Rizzo is batting .289 with 26 homers and a team-high 93 RBIs.

In other moves, the Cubs put shortstop Addison Russell on the seven-day concussion list. He had been hit in the head by a pitch last week and was in the concussion protocol.