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Senate adjourns without vote on college sports billThe U.S. Senate took no action on the Protect College Sports Act, adjourning for summer recess early Saturday with a promise the Senate will consider the bill next month.,Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) have been leading the bipartisan move in Washington, D.C., to try to rein i...

Report: NCAA women’s tourney to move to straight seeding of top 16The NCAA women's tournament is introducing a change in how the top 16 seeds will be positioned in the bracket.,The chair of the NCAA women's basketball committee said they will no longer make tweaks to the order of those top 16 teams that they used to make to avoid putting conference rivals in the s...

USWNT to face No. 1 Spain in two U.S. friendlies in October The U.S. Women's National Team will host World No. 1 Spain in two friendlies this October, U.S. Soccer announced on Monday.,The Americans are the defending Olympic champions and the Spaniards are the defending FIFA Women's World Cup champions.,The teams will tangle on Oct. 10 at Audi Field in Washin...

Karolina Muchova edges Coco Gauff to set up all-Czech Wimbledon final

Karolina Muchova outlasted Coco Gauff 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (10) on Thursday to reach her first career Wimbledon final.,It will be an all-Czech final after Linda Noskova rolled to a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in the other semifinal at the All England Club.,Muchova, the No. 10 seed, won th...

Karolina Muchova outs Coco Gauff, will play for Wimbledon title

Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic outlasted Coco Gauff 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (10) to reach her first career Wimbledon final on Friday in London.,Gauff, a two-time Grand Slam champion, also was attempting to earn her first shot at a Wimbledon championship round.,Muchova, the No. 10 seed, won the grass-c...

KPMG Women's PGA Championship gets record $13M purse

Set to run Thursday through Sunday at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minn., the 2026 KPMG Women's PGA Championship will feature a record-setting purse of $13 million, the largest purse in women's golf history.,The 156-player field boasts each of the top 100 players in the current Race to th...

USWNT use own goal to earn friendly split in Brazil

Sophia Wilson was involved again in her team's goal and the visiting United States women's national team survived a physical encounter in Tuesday night's 1-0 friendly victory over host Brazil in Fortaleza.,Wilson's match-winning shot was ultimately credited as an own goal after it deflected off defe...

Nelly Korda (67) moves up to share US Women's Open lead

Nelly Korda finished in style with three consecutive birdies on Saturday and is tied with South Korea's Sei Young Kim for the lead at 6-under 207 after three rounds of the U.S. Women's Open in Los Angeles.,Korda fired a 4-under 67 for the second straight day as she takes aim at winning her first U.S...