by admin | Jul 26, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Alexia Putellas started her first competitive game in 431 days as Spain hammered Zambia 5-0 at Eden Park to book their place in the round of 16, along with Japan who also won their opening two games in Group C. Putellas, the back-to-back Ballon d’Or winner, tore...
by admin | Jul 25, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Texas A&M women’s basketball coach Joni Taylor was tasked with leading the USA U19 FIBA World Cup Team this season, and that decision has paid off in the form of a gold medal. Team USA beat host country Spain on Sunday 69-66 to claim gold. Taylor wins her...
by admin | Jul 25, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner are getting married! The Connecticut Sun teammates announced their engagement over the weekend with a joint Instagram post showing Thomas, 31, bending down on one knee to propose to Bonner, 35, who held her face in excitement....
by admin | Jul 24, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The curious email slid unannounced into Seble Demissie’s inbox on her final weekend of innocence. She opened it on a Sunday morning in August 2014, with her soccer world still small and her daughter, Naomi Girma, still asleep. “Dear Athlete,” it began....
by admin | Jul 24, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The World Cup is the perfect stage for an introduction. Like Brandi Chastain in 1999, Carli Lloyd in 2015 or Megan Rapinoe in 2019, a soccer player here has the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to catapult her career with the right performance. Rose Lavelle knows that....
by admin | Jul 24, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women’s national team got the result it expected, though perhaps not the margin of victory it anticipated going in, defeating Vietnam 3-0 in the teams’ 2023 FIFA World Cup opener. Sophia Smith scored two first-half goals and Lindsey Horan added a...
by admin | Jul 21, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Spain showed precisely why it’s such a popular pick to win the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in its group stage opener against Costa Rica, beating Las Ticas 3-0 at Wellington Regional Stadium. Canada, on the other hand, did nothing to prove its many skeptics...
by admin | Jul 21, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
You can’t talk about the United States Women’s National Team without mentioning Mia Hamm. The legacy of the former standout star for the red, white and blue is well known: She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women’s World Cup...
by admin | Jul 20, 2023 | Representation, SEW
With the second half of the 2023 WNBA season underway, it’s time to update ESPN’s ranking of the top 25 players in the league. The list’s top five features three players from the league-leading Las Vegas Aces: A’ja Wilson, Jackie Young and...
by admin | Jul 20, 2023 | Representation, SEW
In a tournament that promised to deliver surprises, it did just that in the very first match as New Zealand, after 15 failed attempts, won a World Cup game. It was a moment they’d been dreaming of ever since they first stepped onto the pitch against Denmark in...
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