Women's World Cup prize money gets big FIFA boost for 2023
The Women’s World Cup is getting an increase in prize money of more than 300% for this year’s tournament6 DAYS AGO • ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Canadian women soccer players testify to distrust of leaders
Canadian women’s soccer players testified during a government hearing on they don’t trust the sport’s national governing body to negotiate a fair labor agreement, remarks made afte...MARCH 9 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
First-ever CONCACAF W Gold Cup kicks off next year in US
The first CONCACAF W Gold Cup, a women’s edition of the long-running men’s tournament, will be played in the United States early next yearMARCH 8 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Canada Soccer, women's team reach interim funding agreement
Canada Soccer and the women’s national team have agreed on an interim funding agreement that is retroactive to 2022 after players threatened to boycott team activities at last mont...MARCH 2 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
FIFA faces questions for supermodel role before Women's WCup
FIFA’s choice of Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima as its first global fan ambassador is not popular with a leading advocate for women's soccerFEBRUARY 28 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Canada soccer head quits, unable to settle labor disputes
Nick Bontis has resigned as president of the Canadian Soccer AssociationFEBRUARY 27 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Georgia loses game, and wins a FIBA World Cup berth anyway
Georgia lost, and then celebratedFEBRUARY 26 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia wins Women's T20 World Cup for 3rd straight title
Australia has won the Women’s T20 World Cup by beating host South Africa by a comfortable 19 runs to underline its status as the best team in the world with a third straight titleFEBRUARY 26 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Iran clinch final World Cup berth in Asian playoffs
Iran has clinched Asia’s final qualifying spot for the basketball World Cup despite losing its final playoff game 86-74 to ChinaFEBRUARY 26 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
World Cup qualifying enters final days, with 10 spots left
There are still 10 spots left unclaimed for this summer’s Basketball World Cup, with all but one of them expected to be decided on SundayFEBRUARY 25 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Panama edges Paraguay 1-0 to qualify for Women's World Cup
Panama has claimed the 32nd and final place at this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand with a 1-0 playoff win over ParaguayFEBRUARY 22 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia wins Cup of Nations women's soccer tournament
Australia has defeated Jamaica 3-0 to finish the Cup of Nations women’s soccer tournament unbeaten in three matches to clinch the trophyFEBRUARY 22 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
FIFA reserves at $4BN after World Cup; more to come in 2026
FIFA has revealed reserves of almost $4 billion after a financially successful 2022 World Cup in QatarFEBRUARY 15 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Canada women resume training after federation meeting
The Canadian Women’s national team said Saturday night that players would return to team activities after Canada Soccer threatened legal action because of their protest over cuts t...FEBRUARY 11 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Canada's women take job action over cuts ahead of World Cup
The Canadian women’s national team says they’re outraged by cuts to the women’s program and won’t participate in team activitiesFEBRUARY 10 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Diana Taurasi has sights set on playing at Paris Olympics
Diana Taurasi hopes to be healthy and potentially play for the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics next yearFEBRUARY 7 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Women's soccer pushes All Blacks out of New Zealand rugby HQ
The All Blacks will play Australia and South Africa at home before this year’s Rugby World Cup but have had to make way for women’s soccer to confirm dates and venuesFEBRUARY 7 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Women's World Cup hosts urge FIFA not to sign Saudi sponsor
Women’s World Cup co-hosts Australia and New Zealand have urged FIFA not to sign a sponsor deal with the tourism authority of Saudi ArabiaFEBRUARY 1 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fernandez signing caps big-spending Chelsea's latest spree
Chelsea completed another staggering spending spree by its new American ownership by signing Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez for a British-record fee on the final day of the Ja...JANUARY 31 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Breanna Stewart headlines WNBA free agency list
Breanna Stewart is the biggest WNBA free agent on the market this offseason and the former MVP has a host of teams courting her, including the Seattle Storm where she’s spent her e...JANUARY 21 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Swanson scores 2 and US women down New Zealand 4-0
Mallory Swanson scored twice and the U.S. women’s national team opened the year with a 4-0 victory over host New Zealand on WednesdayJANUARY 18 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
History-making Frappart on Women's World Cup referees list
The six female match officials who worked at the men’s World Cup in Qatar have also been selected by FIFA for the 2023 Women’s World CupJANUARY 9 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ronaldo the latest star to end career in soccer outpost
Cristiano Ronaldo is not the first soccer superstar to head off to one of the world’s supposed minor leagues in the latter years of his careerJANUARY 6 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lynn Williams returns to US women's team after injury
Forward Lynn Williams and defender Emily Sonnett have returned to the U.S. women’s national soccer team for a training camp in New Zealand in preparation for this summer’s World Cu...JANUARY 5 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
Bayern signs Daley Blind to cover for injured Hernandez
Bayern Munich has signed veteran Dutch defender Daley Blind to cover for the injured Lucas HernandezJANUARY 5 • ASSOCIATED PRESS
