Women's Sports Articles - Page 62

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 […]

In light of all her recent success, American teenage sensation Coco Gauff is under great pressure to win the US Open Women’s Championship. With those high stakes can come plenty of frustration, which is only exacerbated by an experienced and resilient opponent, and an outspoken coach. Before eventually pulling out a three-set victory against the […]

Iga Swiatek wants to follow the example of the Big Three after losing her No. 1 ranking. Swiatek suffered yet another setback to Jelena Ostapenko after a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 defeat in their round of 16 clash at the US Open on Sunday evening. She is now 0-4 against the Latvian who has turned out […]

Coc0 Gauff completed the first week of the U.S. Open in successful fashion as she defeated Caroline Wozniacki in a grueling three-set match Sunday. Gauff became the first American teenager since Serena Williams to reach the quarterfinals. Coco Gauff is HYPED after moving on to the US Open quarterfinals 😤 (via @usopen)pic.twitter.com/smkgDPIVJC — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) […]

Former Spanish Football Federation President Luis Rubiales continues to double down on the “manufactured campaign” against him after his unsolicited kiss to Spain’s star Jenni Hermoso following the historic FIFA Women’s World Cup win over England. Though Rubiales has already resigned after initially refusing to do so, he is still making it clear he feels […]

The historic FIFA Women’s World Cup win for the Spanish Women’s team continues to be marred by the unsolicited kiss from Spain’s former Football Federation President Luis Rubiales to star Jenni Hermoso. After Spain’s 1-0 win over England to win the World Cup finals, Rubiales went and kissed Hermoso allegedly without her consent, causing an […]

Spanish football star Aitana Bonmati took the opportunity of winning the 2022-23 UEFA Women’s Player of the Year award to voice her criticism of Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish Football Federation, reported by goal.com. Rubiales has faced controversy for his actions during the awards ceremony of the FIFA Women’s World Cup final, where […]

Rose Namajunas acknowledges her rematch with Carla Esparza was boring to say the least. Namajunas last competed in May 2022 at UFC 274 when she looked to defend her women’s strawweight title against Esparza in a rematch. However, it turned out to be one of the most boring title fights in UFC history with both […]

Another member of the United States Women’s National Soccer Team is calling it a career. USWNT star Julie Ertz announced her retirement from the sport on social media Thursday. Julie Ertz’s retirement decision comes nearly two months after USWNT star Megan Rapinoe announced that 2023 would be her final year playing professional soccer. “With immense […]

Caroline Wozniacki is back. After nearly four years away from professional tennis, the former world No. 1 made a statement on Arthur Ashe Stadium Wednesday night, defeating two-time Grand Slam champion Petra Kvitova in straight sets to advance to Round 3 at the US Open. “Obviously we knew each other’s game very well,” Wozniacki said […]

Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales is facing harsh criticism from an unexpected source – his own uncle. In a scathing assessment, Juan Rubiales, who previously served as his nephew’s chief of staff at the RFEF, has branded him “a cowardly man” obsessed with power, luxury, money, and women, reported by goal.com. This blistering critique comes […]