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2024: A landmark year for girls and women in sport

The momentum surrounding girls and women in sport is sustaining year-over-year which means this movement has staying power, and it has the power to lead to cultural and systemic change.

Allison Sandmeyer-Graves - CEO Canadian Women & Sport

NCAA

UConn's Sarah Strong is women's hoops' top freshman -- and a soon-to-be-star

Over the first six weeks of the season, Strong has lived up to the hype. She hasn't merely emerged as the comfortable front-runner in the freshman-of-the-year conversation, she's quickly establishing herself as one of the best players in the country.

Alexa Philippou

Soccer

FIFA signs Netflix to US broadcast deal for the Women's World Cup in 2027 and 2031

FIFA has signed Netflix to a United States broadcast deal for the Women's World Cup in 2027 plus the 2031 edition that could be played in the U.S.

Soccer

US women's team star Trinity Rodman says her relationship with father Dennis is strained

U.S. women's team forward Trinity Rodman has opened up about her strained relationship with father, Dennis Rodman, saying he is largely absent from her life.

Olympics

Three-time gold medallist McIntosh wins Northern Star Award

Summer McIntosh has won the Northern Star Award as Canada’s top athlete. McIntosh won three gold medals at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, becoming the first Canadian to win three gold medals at a single Summer Olympics.

WNBA

Report: WNBA star Wilson, Nike reach six-year extension

Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson -- a three-time WNBA MVP and two-time league champion -- is signing a six-year contract extension with Nike in one of the richest shoe deals for a women's basketball player, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.

- Shams Charania and Alexa Philippou

WNBA

From Clark and Biles to a new hockey league, women's sports had a pivotal year

Record numbers of basketball fans filled arenas to watch the rookie seasons of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese unfold. Simone Biles captivated the world at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Coco Gauff made women’s tennis history.

Indiana Fever

Iowa to retire former star Clark's jersey

Iowa will retire former star Caitlin Clark's No. 22 jersey on Feb. 2 at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, the school announced Wednesday.

- Michael Voepel

Soccer

Northern Super League signs multi-year deal with Hummel to provide team uniforms

The Northern Super League has signed a multi-year partnership with Hummel to become its official kit provider.

Skiing

Lindsey Vonn hits back at critics who think she's crazy to return to ski racing at age 40

Lindsey Vonn didn’t just pop into the hospital one day, get a new titanium knee and then decide on the way out that she wanted to return to downhill ski racing.

Soccer

USWNT defender Sauerbrunn retires from professional soccer

United States women's national team defender Becky Sauerbrunn has announced her retirement from professional soccer on Tuesday.

Soccer

Women's soccer players often have too many games or not enough, players' union says

Some elite-level women's soccer players are dealing with a packed schedule even as others don't have enough games to play, global players' union FIFPRO said Tuesday.

Golf

Lydia Ko never felt more proud of her climb back to the top

Lydia Ko had the Olympic gold medal virtually wrapped up when she had a conversation with herself walking up the 18th fairway at Le Golf National that surprised her.

Soccer

UEFA more than doubles team prize money for Women's Euro 2025 to $43M

Prize money for the 2025 Women’s European Championship will more than double, with the 16 teams sharing 41 million euros ($43 million).

Skiing

Vonn off has 'butterflies of excitement' for 1st WC race in nearly 6 years

Lindsey Vonn flew down the Birds of Prey course one last time as a forerunner Sunday before flying off to Switzerland. Next up, her first World Cup race in nearly six years as the 40-year-old makes her return to ski racing. She will take part in a pair of super-G races in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Skiing

Huetter wins first-ever women's World Cup downhill held on Birds of Prey course

Cornelia Huetter of Austria navigated the tricky and steep terrain Saturday to win the first-ever women's World Cup downhill held on the Birds of Prey course.

Other Sports

Glenn becomes first U.S. woman in 14 years to win figure skating Grand Prix Final

Amber Glenn has soared to the top of international figure skating and proved she belonged there Saturday with an historic victory in the Grand Prix Final.

Skiing

Vonn finishes 24th in first downhill race since announcing return at age 40

Lindsey Vonn finished 24th in a lower-level FIS downhill race on Saturday as she returned from retirement to compete for the first time in nearly six years.

Soccer

Former Canada captain Christine Sinclair retired but still making a difference

Christine Sinclair may be retired from playing soccer but she continues to make a difference in the game.

Soccer

New coach, widening player pool should be priorities for women’s national team in 2025

Although Canada’s women’s soccer team ended the year with an emphatic 5-1 win in a friendly against Korea Republic on Tuesday, no one may be more eager to flip the calendar to 2025 than the national team’s players.

Meaghen Johnson

Soccer

Northern Super League players to get helping hand in building their new home

Stephanie Labbe remembers arriving at a new club abroad and having to start from the ground up in building a home. Canadian Tire is giving players in the new NSL a helping hand on that score.

MLB

Top female pitcher Sato signs with IBL's Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs of the Intercountry Baseball League made history on Tuesday with the signing of elite pitcher Ayami Sato.

Soccer

Carli Lloyd, Mary Harvey elected to U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame

Lloyd, who scored a hat trick that boosted the U.S. over Japan in the 2015 World Cup final, was on the ballot for the first time and received 47 of 48 votes for 97.9% from the player selection committee.

Soccer

Women's World Cup-winning coach Ellis takes full-time leadership job at FIFA

Two-time Women’s World Cup-winning coach Jill Ellis took a full-time job with FIFA as its chief football officer on Tuesday.

Golf

Marcoux Samaan stepping down as LPGA commissioner after years of record prize money

Mollie Marcoux Samaan is stepping down in January as LPGA commissioner, a surprise announcement Monday after record growth in prize money along with criticism women's golf wasn't gaining in popularity.

Soccer

Alidou takes unconventional path back to women’s national team

Benfica striker refuses to let past snubs stop her from chasing dream of representing Canada on soccer’s biggest stage, Meaghen Johnson writes.

- Meaghen Johnson

PWHL

PWHL opens 2nd season looking to build on 1st-year success with new faces, logos and expansion plans

Welcome to PWHL Season 2, which opens Saturday and features all six teams in action this weekend. There will be more games — 30 per team, up from 24 last year. There will be more talent, with an influx of both college graduates and European veterans.

Golf

Weeks catches up with new CPKC Women’s Open tournament director Claire Welsh

Golf Talk Canada's Bob Weeks catches up with new CPKC Women’s Open tournament director Claire Welsh.

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Soccer

Ottawa Rapid coach Katrine Pedersen has high hopes for new Northern Super League

The chance to help grow a new team and league from the ground up attracted Katrine Pedersen and her family to Canada.

Indiana Fever

Clark to join Cincinnati bid for 16th NWSL team

WNBA star Caitlin Clark has joined Cincinnati's bid for a National Women's Soccer League expansion team.

Soccer

Another Rose looks to blossom with Canadian women's soccer team in camp in Spain

Jade Rose's job for Canada is to prevent goals. Younger sister Nyah Rose is looking to score them.

PWHL

PWHL announces 'Takeover Tour' with stops in Vancouver, Quebec City

The PWHL is taking women’s pro hockey to places from Raleigh, North Carolina, to the Pacific Northwest in releasing its nine-date schedule of neutral site games on Monday.

Soccer

Women's pro soccer is thriving in Mexico seven years after top league started

The Liga MX Femenil launched in 2017 and features two competitions each year — the Clausura tournament from January to May and the Apertura tournament from late summer to late autumn.

Cleveland Guardians

Alyssa Nakken leaving Giants to join Guardians

Alyssa Nakken, the first woman to coach in a Major League Baseball game, is leaving the San Francisco Giants to join the Cleveland Guardians.

Soccer

Spirit owner Kang pledges $30 million to US Soccer for women's and girl's programs

Washington Spirit owner Michele Kang has pledged $30 million to U.S. Soccer over the next five years for programs aimed at women and girls.

PWHL

TSN among Canadian broadcast partners for 2024-25 PWHL season

PWHL coverage on TSN and RDS begins on Saturday, Nov. 30 when the Montréal Victoire host the Ottawa Charge at 5pm et live on TSN and RDS. The game is the first of 57 to be carried by TSN throughout the League’s second season.

Golf

Canada's Grewal eager to improve after re-earning LPGA Tour card

Canada's Savannah Grewal has re-earned her LPGA Tour card for 2025 and will take plenty of lessons into her second season as a pro.

Golf

LPGA Tour sets another record with $127.5M in prize money for 2025

The LPGA Tour will play for $127.5 million in official prize money in 2025, another record for the circuit that has worked independently of the PGA Tour for 75 years.

WNBA

Bird, Fowles lead women's hoops HOF class

Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles, Cappie Pondexter and Alana Beard will headline the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2025.

- Alexa Philippou

Soccer

Thank You Sinc

From helping Canada upgrade their Olympic Bronze to Olympic Gold to becoming the face of women's soccer in the Country. We can only say Thank You to the one who has delivered so many memorable moments on and off the pitch for Canada.

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Olympics

Vonn ending her retirement at age 40 to make a skiing comeback

Lindsey Vonn is coming out of retirement to rejoin the U.S. Ski Team, she announced Thursday, intending to race again at age 40 — and six years after her last Olympics.

OverDrive

Lalonde on becoming TSN’s first female play-by-play announcer

Bryan Hayes, Jeff O’Neill and Jamie McLennan are joined by TSN Montreal Canadiens reporter and play-by-play announcer Kenzie Lalonde to discuss calling her first NHL game, the different adjustments for her debut, working side-by-side with Noodles and more.

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Women in Sport | TSN

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2024: A landmark year for girls and women in sport

NCAA

UConn's Sarah Strong is women's hoops' top freshman -- and a soon-to-be-star

Soccer

FIFA signs Netflix to US broadcast deal for the Women's World Cup in 2027 and 2031

Soccer

US women's team star Trinity Rodman says her relationship with father Dennis is strained

Olympics

Three-time gold medallist McIntosh wins Northern Star Award

WNBA

Report: WNBA star Wilson, Nike reach six-year extension

WNBA

From Clark and Biles to a new hockey league, women's sports had a pivotal year

Indiana Fever

Iowa to retire former star Clark's jersey

Soccer

Northern Super League signs multi-year deal with Hummel to provide team uniforms

Skiing

Lindsey Vonn hits back at critics who think she's crazy to return to ski racing at age 40

Soccer

USWNT defender Sauerbrunn retires from professional soccer

Soccer

Women's soccer players often have too many games or not enough, players' union says

Golf

Lydia Ko never felt more proud of her climb back to the top

Soccer

UEFA more than doubles team prize money for Women's Euro 2025 to $43M

Skiing

Vonn off has 'butterflies of excitement' for 1st WC race in nearly 6 years

Skiing

Huetter wins first-ever women's World Cup downhill held on Birds of Prey course

Other Sports

Glenn becomes first U.S. woman in 14 years to win figure skating Grand Prix Final

Skiing

Vonn finishes 24th in first downhill race since announcing return at age 40

Soccer

Former Canada captain Christine Sinclair retired but still making a difference

Soccer

New coach, widening player pool should be priorities for women’s national team in 2025

Soccer

Northern Super League players to get helping hand in building their new home

MLB

Top female pitcher Sato signs with IBL's Toronto Maple Leafs

Soccer

Carli Lloyd, Mary Harvey elected to U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame

Soccer

Women's World Cup-winning coach Ellis takes full-time leadership job at FIFA

Golf

Marcoux Samaan stepping down as LPGA commissioner after years of record prize money

Soccer

Alidou takes unconventional path back to women’s national team

PWHL

PWHL opens 2nd season looking to build on 1st-year success with new faces, logos and expansion plans

Golf

Weeks catches up with new CPKC Women’s Open tournament director Claire Welsh

Soccer

Ottawa Rapid coach Katrine Pedersen has high hopes for new Northern Super League

Indiana Fever

Clark to join Cincinnati bid for 16th NWSL team

Soccer

Another Rose looks to blossom with Canadian women's soccer team in camp in Spain

PWHL

PWHL announces 'Takeover Tour' with stops in Vancouver, Quebec City

Soccer

Women's pro soccer is thriving in Mexico seven years after top league started

Cleveland Guardians

Alyssa Nakken leaving Giants to join Guardians

Soccer

Spirit owner Kang pledges $30 million to US Soccer for women's and girl's programs

PWHL

TSN among Canadian broadcast partners for 2024-25 PWHL season

Golf

Canada's Grewal eager to improve after re-earning LPGA Tour card

Golf

LPGA Tour sets another record with $127.5M in prize money for 2025

WNBA

Bird, Fowles lead women's hoops HOF class