Golf: US names Ryder Cup captain

Former PGA Championship winner Davis Love has been appointed US captain for the 2012 Ryder Cup.

The 46-year-old American, a veteran of six Ryder Cups as a player, will lead the US team at the 39th edition of the biennial competition, to be held at Medinah Country Club near Chicago.

Love, who won his only major title in the 1997 PGA Championship at Winged Foot, has long expressed his desire to captain his country against Europe.