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Report: NCAA women’s tourney to move to straight seeding of top 16
The 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...
Degree finished, golf is Rose Zhang’s focus entering U.S. Women's Open
Although Rose Zhang has been on the scene now for the better part of a decade, golf never has been her primary focus.,She always balanced school with competing in LPGA events -- before and after she turned pro in 2023.,But after wrapping her coursework in March, she's set to walk in her Stanford gra...
Teagan Kavan, Texas shut out Tennessee, advance to WCWS finals
Teagan Kavan threw a two-hit complete-game shutout to lift Texas to a 4-0 win over Tennessee in the Women's College World Series semifinals on Monday in Oklahoma City.,The Longhorns (51-12) will take on Alabama or Texas Tech in the best-of-three championship series beginning Wednesday.,Texas is in t...
Texas powers past Tennessee to force winner-take-all WCWS semifinal
Citlaly Gutierrez worked into the seventh inning and Texas had 13 hits, lifting the Longhorns to a 5-2 win over Tennessee in the Women's College World Series in Oklahoma City.,Texas' win forces the "if necessary" game between the two teams later Monday afternoon for a berth in the WCWS Championship ...
Jocelyn Briski shuts down Nebraska, leads Alabama to WCWS semifinals
Marlie Giles set the tone with a three-run homer to lift Alabama into the Women's College World Series semifinals with a 5-1 defeat of Nebraska Saturday night in Oklahoma City.,That alone proved to be enough for Alabama pitcher Jocelyn Briski, who threw a complete-game one-hitter to move the Crimson...
Spain women remain No. 1 ahead of U.S. in FIFA rankings
Spain remained No. 1 with the United States still at No. 2 on Tuesday in the first FIFA Women's World Ranking published since December.,Making up the rest of the top 10 in the new rankings are England, Germany, Japan, Brazil, France, Sweden, Canada and the Netherlands.,A total of 276 relevant intern...
Iranian soccer players in Australia thankful for 'safe haven'
Two members of the Iranian women's soccer team who were granted asylum in Australia last month, released a joint statement Friday thanking the Australian government for assistance with "the process of rebuilding our lives.",Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh were the only two of seven membe...
Report: Big 12 explores adding flag football as women's sport
The Big 12 is considering becoming the first FBS conference to sponsor women's flag football, Sports Business Journal reported Tuesday.,Play could begin as soon as 2028 with a minimum of six schools participating, per the report.,The exploratory efforts are being led by Big 12 commissioner Brett Yor...
Fifth asylum-seeking women's soccer player decides to return to Iran
A fifth member of the Iranian women's national soccer team who originally decided to remain in Australia on a refugee visa had a chance of heart and decided to return home Sunday evening, the Australian government announced.,The team arrived in Melbourne to compete in the 2026 Asian Women's Cup shor...
UConn, UCLA remain atop Top 25 entering NCAA Tournament
UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina remain the top four teams in Monday's updated Associated Press Top 25 poll after a week with minimal women's college basketball action.,These four are the No. 1 seeds in the 2026 NCAA Tournament, which had its 68-team field announced Sunday evening before the to...
UConn, UCLA, Texas, South Carolina lead women's NCAA field
UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina are the four No. 1 seeds for the women's 2026 NCAA Tournament, as revealed Sunday night.,Undefeated UConn got the nod over one-loss UCLA as the top overall seed despite some conversation over whether the Bruins deserved the spot. UCLA had a tougher strength of s...
Report: Three asylum seekers choose to leave Australia, return to Iran
Three of the five players from the Iran women's soccer team, who had attempted to seek asylum earlier this week while the team was in Australia, have elected to return home, The Australian newspaper reported Saturday.,The Iranian team was in Australia for the Women's Asian Cup when the war between I...
Report: Five defect with Iran's women's soccer team in limbo in Australia
Amid the war in the Middle East involving the United States, Israel and Iran, five members of the Iranian women's soccer team reportedly defected after Sunday's game during the Women's Asian Cup in Australia.,The Iranian team has been in Australia since the U.S. and Israel began attacking Iran on Fe...
US women's hockey team won't commit to White House visit
The gold medal-winning U.S. women's hockey team remained noncommittal on Wednesday to a White House visit following President Donald Trump's comment that it will be happening "soon.",Trump noted the women's team's accomplishment while paying tribute on Tuesday night at the State of the Union to the ...