Debinha helps Brazil to eighth Copa America Femenina title
Brazil’s players celebrate with the trophy after winning the Conmebol 2022 women’s Copa America football tournament final match against Colombia at the Alfonso Lopez stadium in Bucaramanga, Colombia, on July 30, 2022. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP) (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images)
Brazil won its fourth straight Copa America Femenina title Saturday, downing Colombia 1-0 to clinch the team’s eighth championship.
Debinha scored Brazil’s lone goal, burying a penalty kick after drawing a foul in the game’s 37th minute.
Brazil maintained the tournament clean sheet, finishing the competition with 20 goals scored and none conceded.
With the victory, Brazil coach Pia Sundhage becomes the first female coach to lift the Copa America trophy. Brazil walks away with $1.5 million in prize money, while Colombia will take home $500,000.
Brazil and Colombia both clinched World Cup and Olympic berths after finishing in the top three in Bucaramanga.
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USA Rugby Takes the Turf for Eagles Friendly and Sevens World Championship
Rugby star Ilona Maher and the USA 15s are competing simultaneously with the USA Sevens this weekend. (Alex Ho/ISI Photos/Getty Images)
Two top-flight USA Rugby teams are hitting the turf this weekend, as the Eagles Sevens lands in LA for the 2025 HSBC SVNS World Championship while the Eagles 15s continue their friendly series in Kansas City.
Over 7,500 fans snapped up tickets to catch superstar Ilona Maher and the rest of USA Rugby's world No. 9 ranked 15s squad take on No. 2 Canada at Kansas City's CPKC Stadium on Friday, less than a week after suffering a narrow loss to No. 11 Japan in LA last Saturday.
This Saturday, however, is all about the No. 6-ranked Eagles Sevens squad, as the US team joins seven other elite rugby nations hunting a 2025 world title in LA.
Saturday's slate of pool play games will see Team USA facing off against No. 2 Australia, No. 3 France, and No. 7 Fiji, with No. 1 New Zealand, No. 4 Canada, No. 5 Japan, and No. 8 Great Britain also battling for one of four spots in Sunday's semifinals.
Sammy Sullivan and five other Eagles Sevens players this weekend won bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics. (Hannah Peters/Getty Images)
USA Rugby drops 2025 HSBC SVNS World Championship roster
After finalizing the lineup, USA Rugby revealed its 12-player Eagles Sevens roster on Wednesday, naming six Olympians and six new faces to the 2025 HSBC SVNS World Championship team.
Leading the US this weekend is captain Kristi Kirshe and vice captain Kayla Canett, with the 2024 Olympians joined by four other teammates from the bronze medal-winning squad in Paris — Ariana Ramsey, Alena Olsen, Sarah Levy, and Sammy Sullivan.
After suffering a knee injury in the team's last tour in Hong Kong, star Alex "Spiff" Sedrick — who scored the game-winning try in last summer's bronze-medal game — will miss this weekend's World Championship.
In her stead, fresh faces like national team debutant Ashley Cowdrey earned a nod, joining a US roster with six athletes who've played no more than six HSBC SVNS events.
One of those six new stars is Nia Toliver, who caps her breakout sevens season as one of the 2025 HSBC SVNS Rookie of the Year and Try of the Year nominees.
Rounding out the team are Jess Lu, Autumn LoCicero, Su Adegoke, and Tessa Hann.
How to watch USA Rugby this weekend
The Eagles 15s will contend with Canada at 8:30 PM ET on Friday, before the Eagles Sevens kick off their 2025 HSBC SVNS World Championship run against France at 2:28 PM ET.
All matches throughout the weekend will be available to stream live via RugbyPass TV.
Claire Watkins
Apr 30, 2025
Caitlin Clark, Revamped Indiana Fever Gear Up for 2025 WNBA Season
Caitlin Clark returned to camp with the Indiana Fever this week. (Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Last season's WNBA Rookie of the Year Caitlin Clark returned to the public eye this week, as the 23-year-old rejoined a new-look Indiana Fever roster for training camp following a purposefully restful offseason stretch.
"I'm so used to playing basketball," Clark told reporters inside the Fever's Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Monday. "For basically a year of my life, that's all I did. So the rest was certainly great, and I thought it was going to feel long, it really didn't."
Free from basketball's daily grind, Clark used the down time to focus on strength and conditioning.
"Just getting my body where it needed to be, and really working on things that I needed to work on was super important," Clark said, responding to a recent viral photo of her defined arm muscles.
"It's going to help me offensively, it's going to help me defensively, it's going to help me not get as tired throughout games," she continued. "Even through these two practices, I can certainly feel it."
Deepened Fever roster hunts first WNBA title in 13 years
Clark enters her sophomore season with a refreshed Fever roster surrounding her — and a marked expectation to build on last year's first-round playoff run.
Now helmed by ex-Connecticut Sun head coach Stephanie White, Indiana's incoming roster highlights include veterans DeWanna Bonner, Natasha Howard, Sydney Colson, and Sophie Cunningham alongside a returning core of Clark, Aliyah Boston, and Kelsey Mitchell.
That new-look lineup, led by Clark, could be a winning formula for the Fever to bring a title back to Indy for the first time since 2012 — a goal that White feels is well within reach.
"As far as teams that I've coached in the W, it's the deepest, most talented roster that I've really been a part of," said White.
Claire Watkins
Apr 30, 2025
PWHL Taps Seattle for 2nd Expansion Franchise
Seattle will be home to the newest PWHL team. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)
The PWHL officially announced Seattle as the league's newest expansion franchise early Wednesday morning, bringing the total number of teams taking the 2025/26 season's ice to eight.
The move comes exactly one week after the second-year league tapped Vancouver as its seventh market, capitalizing on the natural rivalry between the cross-border Pacific Northwest neighbors.
While Seattle's bid was led by Climate Pledge Arena's Oak View Group alongside the NHL's Seattle Kraken, both new teams will fall under the league's single-entity structure, with the Walter Group continuing to operate as the PWHL's sole owner.
Rising hockey fervor set up Seattle for PWHL bid success
The West Coast ice hockey hubs join the league's original six teams, as demand for women’s hockey continues to escalate throughout North America following the PWHL's 2024 launch.
Minnesota, Toronto, Ottawa, Boston, New York, and Montreal have all seen fanbases grow over the PWHL's first two seasons, in which the league tested interest in additional markets via very successful Takeover Tours across North America.
As for the factors that tipped the scales in the Seattle's favor, the PWHL cites both the city's enthusiastic Takeover Tour turnout — 12,608 fans showed up for this year's January 5th matchup — as well as its long history as a hub for pro women's sports.
"We are looking forward to returning the love, energy, and excitement the Seattle sports community shared with us during the PWHL Takeover Tour," said PWHL EVP of business operations Amy Scheer in the league's announcement.
"It's a joy to have PWHL Seattle join the WNBA's Storm and the NWSL's Reign, who are skyscrapers in the city's towering sports landscape."
With two new teams officially on board, the league next plans to release details regarding both an expansion draft and the roles Seattle and Vancouver will play in June 24th's PWHL Draft in the coming weeks.
JWS Staff
Apr 30, 2025
NCAA Basketball Stars Take Center Court at 3X Nationals
South Carolina’s Joyce Edwards and Tessa Johnson will feature at this weekend’s 3X Nationals basketball tournament. (Eakin Howard/Getty Images)
Some of the biggest NCAA stars are heading to Arizona to participate in this weekend's 3X Nationals, a three-day tournament to determine USA Basketball's 2025 3×3 champion.
Sixteen four-player women's squads will take the court when the competition tips off on Friday, with top college programs like South Carolina, TCU, Vanderbilt, Oklahoma State, Florida, Richmond, and South Dakota State fielding 3×3 teams alongside pro clubs and other organizations.
"With the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 on the horizon, we are looking forward to welcoming 3×3 players, both veterans and those new to the game, to Mesa to compete in this exciting event that features a unique style of basketball," said USA Basketball CEO Jim Tooley.
Played in the FIBA half-court style, the tournament also serves as an evaluation tool for USA Basketball's 3×3 rosters, including the group tapped to represent the US at June's 3×3 World Cup in Mongolia.
While pro players are eligible for roster spots, college talents have often dominated international 3×3 teams, including TCU alum and new Chicago Sky rookie Hailey Van Lith, who earned bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The 3X Nationals tip off at 6 PM ET on Friday, with the first two days consisting of pool play.
The top two teams in each of the four groups will advance to Sunday's championship bracket, where the quarterfinal round will begin at 1:20 PM ET and the tournament final is expected to take the court at 5:20 PM ET.
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