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United States midfielder Rose Lavelle, right, dribbles past Colombia midfielder Marcela Restrepo during a CONCACAF Gold Cup game in March in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

2024 Paris Olympics Will be Historic for Women’s Sports

One of the main talking points ahead of the 2024 Olympic Summer Games has been numerical gender parity on the field of play with equal representation of male and female athletes. Within the U.S. Olympic movement, that milestone has been the norm for multiple Games. The infrastructure around women’s sports has grown dramatically since the […]

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2024 Billie Jean King Cup Moves to Malaga From Sevilla

The 2024 Billie Jean King Cup Finals will move to Malaga, Spain, from Sevilla and be paired with the Davis Cup Final 8 men’s competition in November. The BJK Cup Finals dates and match schedule will remain November 13–20. The Davis Cup Final 8 match schedule and dates will take place November 19–24 with both […]

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With the skyline of Kansas City behind them, both teams line up before the start of an NWSL match between the Kansas City Current and the Portland Thorns FC at the new CPKC Stadium March 16, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)

2024 NWSL Championship Heads to CPKC Stadium in Kansas City

CPKC Stadium, home of the current league leaders Kansas City Current and the first soccer-specific stadium built for a women’s club, will host the NWSL 2024 championship game on November 23. Opened in March of 2024 near downtown Kansas City, CPKC Stadium has a capacity of 11,500 fans and no seat more than 100 feet […]

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Kim Ng Hired as Senior Advisor of Athletes Unlimited Softball League

Kim Ng, the first woman to serve as general manager of a major American men’s professional sports team, has joined Athletes Unlimited as a senior advisor, focusing on the new AU Softball League. Ng will oversee the development of the AUSL as it prepares for its launch in the spring of 2025, working with Chief […]

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Simone Biles is one of the top athletes that other Olympic athletes would like to see in action at the 2024 Games in Paris. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

What Olympic Events Do Olympians Want to Attend?

Some of the best athletes in the world in their respective sports will be in the spotlight during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games — but what events or things would they like to see and do when in Paris? SportsTravel has canvassed opinions from dozens of athletes between the Team USA Media Summit […]

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Players from the United States react after defeating Brazil to win the gold medal in women's volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. USA Volleyball won gold medals at the Games in indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and para volleyball. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Volleyball’s Popularity Continues to Rise

The growing momentum around women’s sports as a whole is exemplified within volleyball. Who can forget the scene in September, when 92,003 people packed Memorial Stadium to watch Nebraska volleyball sweep in-state rival Omaha? Or the gigantic numbers of those waiting outside Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay ahead of the NCAA championship between the Cornhuskers […]

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The Las Vegas Aces played host to a sellout crowd earlier this season when beating the Indiana Fever at Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Photo by Matt Traub/SportsTravel

WNBA to Interview LVCVA Leadership Regarding Aces Sponsorship

Steve Hill, chief executive officer and president of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, will interview Tuesday with the lead investigator who is examining whether WNBA rules were broken when sponsorship deals were offered last month to players of the two-time defending league champion Las Vegas Aces. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority […]

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New York's Breanna Stewart drives to the basket as Chicago's Angel Reese defends during the second half of a WNBA game in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

WNBA Commissioner’s Cup Final Moved to UBS Arena

The WNBA Commissioner’s Cup championship game between the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx on June 25 will be at UBS Arena in Long Island because the NBA Draft makes the Barclays Center unavailable, the league announced. The draft is the next night and there wouldn’t be enough time to change over the arena. The […]

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Arsenal Women to Make Inaugural United States Trip

The Arsenal FC Women will play two matches in the United States this summer against the Washington Spirit and Chelsea in a rematch of the women’s FA Cup final, the first time the women’s side has traveled to North America for preseason. The Arsenal women will play August 18 at Audi Field against National Women’s […]

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Madison to Host Inaugural Rocket City Softball Showcase

Madison, Alabama, and its Minor League Baseball stadium will host the Rocket City Softball Showcase over a week in February 2025. The event at Toyota Field, home of the Southern League’s Rocket City Trash Pandas — the Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels — will begin February 19 and feature four softball programs from […]

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