Rachel Bachman

The defending champion Gamecocks could face challenges from fellow No. 1 seeds Indiana, Stanford and Virginia Tech.

FIFA is increasing the prize money for the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand to $110 million, more than triple what it was in 2019, and says it could award equal prize money with the Men’s World Cup by 2027 if broadcasters increase their bids for the women’s event.

Indiana is having its best-ever season. It comes after donors invested millions in a program long overshadowed by the iconic men’s program.

The eighth-seed Rebels suffocated the Cardinal, who became the first No. 1 seed since 2009 to fall short of the Sweet 16.

Ole Miss women’s basketball coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin scrapped to get her job. This week, her team upset No. 1 seed Stanford to reach the Sweet 16.

The 24-year-old forward has been the top U.S. scorer this year. The Women’s World Cup is 3½ months away.

Mallory Swanson, the hottest scorer this year for the world No.1-ranked U.S. women’s soccer team, suffered a serious injury to her left knee in a friendly against Ireland on Saturday, a potentially devastating setback that comes a little more than three months ahead of this summer’s Women’s World Cup.

Just weeks before the Women’s World Cup kicks off in July, the U.S. women’s soccer team lost another key player to injury, as Catarina Macario said that a torn ACL suffered last year will prevent her from being physically ready for the tournament.

A college career used to be the lone route to the U.S. national team. But when the NWSL dropped its age minimum, young teenagers followed.

Nike co-founder Phil Knight and Dodgers minority owner Alan Smolinisky have offered repeatedly to buy the NBA team. Paul Allen’s heir is obligated to sell it. She says no.