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EuroLeague Final Four: Sopron, Fenerbahce advance to final

Kahleah Copper (2), Emese Hof (21) of Perfumerias Avenida and Gabby Williams (3), Bernadett Hatar (14) of Sopron Basket during the FIBA EuroLeague Women Semi Final match in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Seskim Photo/MB Media/Getty Images)

The EuroLeague Final Four took place Friday, with Sopron Basket and Fenerbahce Safiport advancing to Sunday’s final.

Sopron Basket 74, Perfumerias Avenida 69

EuroLeague MVP Kahleah Copper showed up for Avenida, dropping 23 points, six rebounds and two assists, but that wasn’t enough to lift her team over Sopron Basket.

With the win, Sopron advances to its first EuroLeague final since 2018.

Sopron had three players in double-digits, including Jelena Brooks, who led all scorers with 27 points. Bernadett Hatar was right behind her with 15 points and 10 rebounds for the double-double. Seattle Storm forward Gabby Williams added 13 points, six rebounds and six assists.

Suiting up for the first time since February, the Los Angeles Sparks’ Katie Lou Samuelson had nine points and four rebounds in her team’s loss. The team’s leading scorer during the regular season, she played just under 20 minutes.

Avenida trailed 47-31 at the half. The club attempted a comeback but fell short despite outscoring Sopron by 11 points in the second half.

“Everyone really stepped up today, I’m really proud of my team,” Williams said following the win. “It feels really, really good. We’ve been playing so well together as a team. I feel like our dynamic right now is really, really good.

“I’m so excited to show what we can bring tomorrow.”

Fenerbahce Safisport 83, USK Praha 74

Home court advantage played a huge role in Fenerbahce’s comeback win. The club trailed 45-38 at halftime of Friday’s semifinal.

Alina Iagupova had a great game for the home team, leading all scorers with 24 points and seven assists. Amanda Zahui had 18 points while WNBA standouts Bria Hartley and Kayla McBride had 10 and 15 points respectively. Satou Sabally added nine points while Elizabeth Williams had 11 rebounds in the full-team effort.

The dynamic duo of Brionna Jones and Alyssa Thomas did show up for Praha, with 21 points from Jones and 12 points from Thomas, who added 14 rebounds. Teja Oblak led the team with 22 points. Maria Conde was the only other Praha player in double-digits with 11 points.

Shooting from beyond the arc proved the difference as Fenerbahce downed 11 3-pointers to Praha’s one.

Fenerbahce and Sopron will meet in the EuroLeague final on Sunday at 10 a.m. ET. The game will be streamed live and free of charge on the EuroLeague Women YouTube channel.

PWHL Breaks US Women’s Hockey Attendance Record in Washington DC

Fans hold signs and cheer during a 2025/26 PWHL Takeover Tour game in Washington, DC.
A record-breaking crowd of 17,228 PWHL fans saw the New York Sirens defeat the Montréal Victoire 2-1 at DC's Capital One Arena on Sunday. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

The PWHL is continuing to break records, as Sunday's 2025/26 Takeover Tour stop in Washington, DC, saw 17,228 fans pack into Capital One Arena to see the No. 2 New York Sirens top the No. 4 Montréal Victoire 2-1 — setting a new US women's hockey attendance record in the process.

The benchmark surpasses the previous US record set this past November, when the Seattle Torrent welcomed 16,014 fans to their inaugural home opener.

Sunday's DC crowd also sees the US mark inch closer to the overall professional women's hockey attendance record, set in April 2024 when 21,105 PWHL fans sold out Montréal's Bell Centre to watch the Victoire take on the Toronto Sceptres.

"Washington, DC, showed up in such a big way, and the energy our fans brought into the arena turned this game into something truly special," PWHL EVP of business operations Amy Scheer said of the first-ever PWHL game in the nation's capital. "Moments like this capture the joy of our sport and the momentum behind the league."

The third-year league is currently racing through its best-attended month on record, drawing more than 154,000 fans across the last 16 games while averaging crowds of 8,726 across all 49 games so far this season.

KC Current Coach Says Temwa Chawinga Injury Return Remains Unclear

Kansas City Current striker Temwa Chawinga looks across the pitch during a 2025 NWSL match.
Reigning back-to-back NWSL MVP Temwa Chawinga suffered an adductor injury on October 18th. (Amy Kontras/NWSL via Getty Images)

The Kansas City Current delivered some concerning news this week, with the NWSL club revealing that star striker Temwa Chawinga remains sidelined with an hip adductor injury while the league's 2026 preseason gets underway.

The team currently lists the reigning back-to-back NWSL MVP under a season-ending injury (SEI) designation, a category earned after Chawinga picked up the injury in mid-October, leaving the Kansas City attacker benched for the Current's quarterfinal loss to eventual 2025 NWSL champions Gotham FC.

"It's hard because of the nature of the injury," incoming Kansas City head coach Chris Armas told The Athletic last week. "With Temwa, we've got to be very careful, but she's looking great and doing lots of good work on the return to play."

Also on the Current's SEI list is standout winger Michelle Cooper, with the 23-year-old rising USWNT star suffering a foot injury in Kansas City's final regular-season match of 2025.

"It was a little bit of a tough ending here after, honestly, an amazing historic season," said Armas. "Hopefully they are back as soon as possible, but it's still unclear."

Both Chawinga and Cooper will have some time to recover before Kansas City kicks off their 2026 NWSL regular season against the Utah Royals on March 14th — with teams allowed to lift a player's SEI status any time once the season begins.

Top Women’s Tennis Stars Advance to 2nd Round at 2026 Australian Open

US tennis star Coco Gauff reaches for a backhand volley during her opening match at the 2026 Australian Open.
US tennis star Coco Gauff advanced from 2026 Australian Open first round with a straight-set win over Kamilla Rakhimova on Sunday. (Daniel Kopatsch/Getty Images)

The world's top tennis stars are rolling in Melbourne, as the first round of the 2026 Australian Open wrapped early Tuesday morning with only a few ranked seeds suffering early defeats.

World No. 15 Emma Navarro was the highest-ranked US player to fall in the first round, with the 24-year-old exiting the season's first Grand Slam in a 6-3, 3-6, 3-6 loss to Poland's No. 50 Magda Linette on Sunday.

No. 11 Ekaterina Alexandrova also stumbled in the first round, with her Melbourne run ending in a three-set loss to Turkey's No. 112 Zeynep Sönmez on Saturday before No. 68 Peyton Stearns ousted fellow US star and 2020 Australian Open champion No. 30 Sofia Kenin in straight sets on Sunday.

Many contenders still remain in the hunt, however, as the entire WTA Top 10 cruised through their opening matchups to advance to the Slam's second round.

That said, fans will miss out on one highly anticipated showdown, as wild card entry Venus Williams's first-round loss ended the 45-year-old tennis icon's path to a second-round clash with US favorite No. 3 Coco Gauff.

How to watch the second round of the 2026 Australian Open

The 2026 Australian Open continues when the Slam's second round kicks off with a Tuesday night slate that features stars like No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, No. 3 Coco Gauff, and No. 7 Jasmine Paolini.

Tuesday's action begins at 7 PM ET, with all Melbourne matches airing live across ESPN platforms.

UConn Women’s Basketball Claims Historic Victory Over Rival Notre Dame

UConn junior guard KK Arnold reacts to a play during a 2025/26 NCAA basketball game against Notre Dame.
The No. 1 UConn Huskies thrashed Notre Dame by 38 points on Monday. (Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)

The ongoing dominance of UConn basketball has started to break records, as the top-ranked Huskies humbled unranked Notre Dame 85-47 on Monday — keeping their perfect 2025/26 NCAA season intact.

Monday's 38-point margin of victory marked the largest in the teams' 20-year rivalry, with the win also snapping the Huskies' three-game head-to-head losing streak against the Fighting Irish.

"UConn showed why they're the best team in the country," Notre Dame head coach Niele Ivey said postgame.

Even more, UConn sophomore forward Sarah Strong added her own individual history to Monday's tally, becoming the third-fastest Husky to reach 1,000 career points, with the 19-year-old trailing only program legends Maya Moore and Paige Bueckers — who each did so in 55 games to Strong's 59 — in the race to reach that stat.

"I would love to see if anybody has scored 1,000 points by taking less shots than she's taking," said UConn head coach Geno Auriemma. "She's so efficient."

"It means a lot to me I guess, but I wouldn't be able to do it without my teammates," Strong said after leading the Huskies with an 18-point, 11-rebound double-double on Monday night.

How to watch UConn basketball this week

UConn now returns to Big East play, with the No. 1 Huskies taking on unranked Georgetown at 7:30 PM ET on Thursday, airing live on TNT.