Women's Sports Articles - Page 54

An icon has waved their final goodbye to an amazing career. Megan Rapinoe has played her last game for the USWNT. Their match against South Africa happened on home soil and everyone was there to celebrate an all-time great for women’s sports and soccer. The legend got the opportunity to celebrate with the crowd after […]

Megan Rapinoe, a two-time World Cup winner with the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT), ended her illustrious international career on a high note with a 2-0 victory over South Africa, reported by ESPN. The 38-year-old veteran, known for her skill and advocacy for social issues, played a pivotal role in securing the win during her […]

Spanish football star Alexia Putellas has taken aim at the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for the mistreatment of national team players in recent years, reported by GOAL. Putellas highlighted various issues, including the Luis Rubiales kiss scandal after the Women’s World Cup and the arduous travel conditions faced by players. Speaking to reporters, Putellas […]

The 2023 Solheim Cup at Finca Cortesin in Spain is now over, and the European team has retained the trophy. The two teams tied, 14-14 on the final day, and as the Europeans have beaten the US in the last two Solheim Cups, they will keep the hardware. Despite not being able to lift the […]

Megan Rapinoe has been the USWNT player most synonymous with this team’s era of dominance. Throughout her international career, she helped lead the USWNT to two World Cup championships, one World Cup runner-up finish, the 2012 Olympic gold, and the Olympic bronze in 2021. Off the field, along with her teammates, she has been a […]

Prior to Megan Rapinoe’s final USWNT game Sunday, several of her teammates are celebrating her retirement by sharing touching messages with Rapinoe. The 2x World Cup champion and Olympic Gold Medalist is retiring after a 17-year career which featured four World Cup appearances. USWNT teammate Lynn Williams said the following to Rapinoe, “Thank you so […]

Two-time World Cup champion Megan Rapinoe is getting set to play in her last game Sunday, when the US takes on South Africa in another friendly. Just a few days after fellow USWNT star Julie Ertz played her final match, Rapinoe will join her in retirement. However, retirement for Rapinoe by no means will stop […]

Fame can be quite attainable, perhaps easier than ever depending on who you ask. Though, maintaining fame while finding the right balance in your personal life is a full-time commitment. Iga Swiatek has worked incredibly hard to ascend to the top of women’s tennis, but she admits that it is difficult to truly unwind in […]

The Solheim Cup kicked off on and has been a back-and-forth battle between the USA team and the European team. On Friday, Lexi Thompson made unfortunate headlines after a must-see-to-believe shank chip shot that had the entire golf world talking. Oh no Lexi Thompson #SolheimCup2023 pic.twitter.com/PQedImdbJO — Brendan (@McHugh) September 22, 2023   Juli Inkster, […]

One of the best players in recent memory for the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team will be playing her final game on September 21st. Julie Ertz is calling it a career. Her last match is an international friendly against South Africa on Thursday night at 4:30 p.m. (PT). It will be Ertz’s 123rd appearance for […]

As expected, the four top seeds in the WNBA Playoffs advanced from the first round of action. Only one of the four series in the first round went to game three, but things are bound to get more interesting in the semifinals. The Las Vegas Aces, Dallas Wings, New York Liberty, and Connecticut Sun have […]

Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian continues his crusade for women’s sports. Ohanian tweeted a fact about the recently-concluded Women’s US Open Final between Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka. He stated the Women’s US Open Final has consistently garnered a bigger viewership than its male counterpart. It comes as no surprise to me that, year after […]

LPGA Tour rookie Rose Zhang is a budding superstar who already has many accomplishments under her belt in her young golf career. She can add representing her country in women’s golf’s biggest international tournament to her resume. Zhang earned her spot on Team USA for this year’s Solheim Cup thanks to an impressive first three […]

Thursday will be a bittersweet day for USWNT star Julie Ertz, who will be in her last game before retiring from professional soccer. The U.S. will take on South Africa in a friendly. While Ertz is calling it quits in large part to focus on her family, including her one-year-son Madden, she also has made […]

The Spanish national women’s football team, including the Women’s World Cup-winning squad, has decided to end their boycott and represent Spain again following an agreement reached with the country’s football federation (RFEF), reported by ESPN. This decision comes after more than seven hours of meetings involving the players, RFEF officials, the National Sports Council (CSD), […]

Ireland made their first Women’s World Cup ever this past summer, crashing out in the group stages. However, defender Diane Caldwell believed they qualified despite poor preparation from their ex-boss, Vera Pauw. The 60-year-old Dutch manager has since been relieved of her duties after her contract expired at the end of August. The Football Association […]

Spain may have won the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, but the atmosphere around the country’s football federation has been anything but celebratory since. The Spanish Federation (RFEF) is still reeling from the Luis Rubiales scandal, and now the player at the center of it, Jenni Hermoso wasn’t called up for the national team’s UEFA […]

Alexis Ohanian, husband of 23x Grand Slam women’s singles title winner Serena Williams, is blasting women’s sports critics after the women’s US Open tennis final garnered significantly more US viewers than the men’s finals. Women’s sports have historically been put on the back-burner and received little media and television coverage in comparison to men’s sports. […]

Angel Reese and Flau’jae Johnson have become stars by capturing a national championship for LSU women’s basketball. Now, in the name, image, and likeness (NIL) era, they are parlaying their fame into other ventures. And they are using their status to bolser LSU’s program with even more on-court talent. In addition to becoming national champs, […]

Valentina Shevchenko has a “no mercy” mindset going into Noche UFC. Shevchenko will look to regain her women’s flyweight title when she faces current champion Alexa Grasso in a rematch in the Noche UFC headliner taking place Saturday night in Las Vegas, Nevada. Grasso pulled off the upset in March earlier this year when she […]

Coco Gauff’s US Open final win was historic in more ways than one. Gauff won her first-ever Grand Slam title following a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over current No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka this past weekend. In the process, she became the youngest American to become a US Open champion since a certain 17-year-old Serena Williams […]

After a disappointing stretch in North America in which Iga Swiatek lost in the semifinals of the Canadian and Cincinnati Open, followed by a shocking fourth-round loss in the US Open last week, the former World No. 1 is pulling out of Guadalajara. “Unfortunately I need to withdraw from the tournament in Guadalajara due to […]

Serena Williams appeared to throw some major shade at Simona Halep. On Tuesday, Halep was served with a four-year ban by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) for anti-doping violations stemming from her positive test for the banned substance Roxadustat during the 2022 US Open. Halep has since been provisionally suspended as she maintained her […]

WNBA playoff action is right around the corner. Playoff seeds weren’t decided until the final day of the regular season, but now we know what teams will be facing each other in the first round. With that said, below is everything you need to know in regard to the WNBA playoffs in 2023. WNBA playoffs: […]

Coco Gauff’s US Open win over Aryna Sabalenka drew massive praise from tennis legend Roger Federer. Gauff, 19, won her first-ever Grand Slam at the US Open final on Saturday following an impressive 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 comeback win over the red-hot Sabalenka. As a result, she became the youngest American to become a US Open […]

Coco Gauff and an electric crowd at Arthur Ashe Stadium shared a moment for the ages when the American teenager came back to beat the No.2-seeded Aryna Sabalenka in the US Open Final. This coronation was always going to evoke a big reaction within the tennis world, but legendary athletes and well-known pundits also took […]

A new queen of tennis might have just been crowned in Flushing, New York on Saturday, Sept. 9. Coco Gauff broke through for her first career Grand Slam, defeating new world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in three sets (2-6, 6-3, 6-2) to claim the US Open Women’s Championship. A packed Arthur Ashe Stadium celebrated as […]

Saturday afternoon figures to be a tense and grueling war to determine the 2023 US Open women’s champion. The two remaining competitors have endured a suffocating heat wave, gritty and seasoned challengers and mounting pressure that comes with occupying a top spot in a global sport. Emotions can only be high when the stakes are […]

After the first set of the second semifinal in the women’s draw of the US Open, it appeared an All-American final was in the works. Madison Keys, the 17th-ranked player and third-highest-ranked American woman on tour, cruised through an opening set win over soon-to-be World No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka without dropping a game. A pair […]

Although talent has been surging in recent years, one of the biggest problems facing American tennis has been a lack of star power. Not since Serena Williams has there been a player who has been able to transcend the court and resonate with celebrities, public figures and athletes across other sports. Coco Gauff seems on […]

In what is undoubtedly one of the biggest moments of their respective careers, Coco Gauff and Karolina Muchova had their highly-anticipated US Open women’s semifinal showdown delayed because of climate protestors, per Evening Standard’s Matt Majendie. Early in the second set, screams could be heard from the upper deck of Arthur Ashe Stadium, which forced […]

LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey is set to become the highest-paid coach in women’s college basketball history. After leading LSU to its first national title in the sport, Mulkey is signing a 10-year contract worth $32 million, according to M.A. Voepel. Legendary college basketball broadcaster Dick Vitale said that Mulkey is worth every dollar […]

Winning the national championship pays serious dividends, as Kim Mulkey found out after bringing home her fourth ring last spring. It was her first title with the LSU women’s basketball team, after collecting three in her two decade tenure with the Baylor Lady Bears. After transforming the LSU Tigers roster, she was able to cook […]

Aryna Sabalenka is having a quite the couple days. The Belarusian tennis star is through to the last four of the US Open following a relatively straight forward 6-0, 6-4 quarterfinal win over China’s Zheng Qinwen in a contest that lasted just 73 minutes. She remarkably won 37 of 46 points and didn’t face a […]

Real Madrid defender Dani Carvajal has joined the chorus of criticism against Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales for his inappropriate kiss on Jenni Hermoso at the Women’s World Cup, reported by GOAL. Carvajal, who is currently on international duty with the Spanish national team for Euro 2024 qualifiers, expressed his disapproval of Rubiales’ behavior during […]

At least one American woman will be in the 2023 US Open semifinals. Coco Gauff continued her impressive form on Tuesday, taking down Latvian Jelena Ostapenko in the quarterfinals, 6-0, 6-2. Dominant, to say the least. Gauff already became the first American teenager to make back-to-back US Open quarters since Serena Williams and after this […]

Spain won their first-ever Women’s World Cup last month, but their celebrations quickly came to a halt after Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the medal ceremony. That’s caused some serious controversy and manager Jorge Vilda appeared to show support for Rubiales, which resulted in him losing his […]

Spain’s victorious Women’s World Cup-winning coach, Jorge Vilda, has been removed from his position by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), reported by ESPN. This move comes amidst the controversy surrounding Luis Rubiales, the suspended president of the Spanish FA, who was banned by FIFA for 90 days following an unsolicited kiss he planted on […]

World No. 3 Jessica Pegula was looking to ride the momentum at the 2023 US Open after her title in Montreal, but she came up against a determined Madison Keys on Monday in the Big Apple, who knocked her out in the Round of 16, 6-1, 6-3. Considering they’re both American, Pegula and Keys are […]