Jamie Chadwick made up a two-place grid penalty Saturday to clinch her seventh-straight W Series win in Le Castellet.

After starting on the second row, Chadwick surged into the lead in the race’s opening lap following an impressive start.

Chadwick’s victory in France marks her fifth of the season, extending the Jenner Racing driver’s points lead. With 125 points, Chadwick sits atop the driver standings, well in front of Abbi Pulling and Beitske Visser, who have 55 and 53 points, respectively.

“I feel like it makes up a bit for yesterday,” Chadwick said after the race. “I felt like I needed to make amends for yesterday. Beitske kept me honest initially, but after that I just kept my head down and I’m happy to get the win.”

What a move from @JamieChadwick, round the outside of @beitskevisser, and it's up to P1 for Chadwick. 💪#WSeriesFrance 🇫🇷 #WSeries #F1 pic.twitter.com/sOLTGh3skN

— W Series (@WSeriesRacing) July 23, 2022

Behind Chadwick, the race featured plenty of drama, with Marta Garcia and Abbie Eaton involved in an incident at lights out, triggering an early safety car. Chloe Chambers and Emely De Heus also made contact during the race, earning the Sirin Racing driver a 10-second stop-and-go penalty and instigating another safety car.

Chadwick, however, held on during the second restart to charge to a convincing win.

The 24-year-old finished ahead of second-placed Belen Garcia, who secured her first W Series podium, and Nerea Marti, who took third.

The latest FIFA women's soccer rankings dropped on Thursday, with Spain widening their lead at No. 1 after winning a second consecutive UEFA Nations League title earlier this month.

The USWNT held steady at No. 2, ceding 7.48 points after losing an October friendly to No. 22 Portugal before going on to secure four straight wins over Portugal, No. 35 New Zealand, and No. 13 Italy to close out 2025.

Elsewhere in the FIFA Top 10, No. 3 Germany and No. 6 Brazil both saw boosts after successful fall runs, while Canada skidded to No. 10 amid a recent five-match winless streak, with Les Rouges's last victory coming against No. 43 Costa Rica last June.

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The biggest changes, however, occurred outside the top ranks, as No. 96 Nicaragua, No. 118 Burkina Faso, and No. 137 American Samoa all rose by 16 spots.

Notably, upcoming USWNT opponent Paraguay saw the largest drop in this month's Top 50, sliding five spots to No. 46.

Ultimately, as the USWNT battled to keep pace in a year of roster experimentation — and without a major competition on the team's 2025 docket — the many international competitions in Europe benefitted victors and challenged losers in this week's FIFA rankings update.

The No. 16 USC Trojans are gearing up for another top-ranked test, hosting the reigning national champion No. 1 UConn Huskies in the weekend's flashiest NCAA women's basketball matchup on Saturday.

Coming off their second ranked win of the season, USC topped No. 20 Washington 59-50 last Sunday, with 22 points and 12 rebounds from freshman Jazzy Davidson helping pull the Trojans to a 7-2 record.

"I saw a resolve in our team," said head coach Lindsay Gottlieb afterwards. "I knew we could get the next stop, I knew we could get the next play."

USC will face a particularly familiar foe against the Huskies — this time without sidelined star junior JuJu Watkins — after UConn knocked the Trojans out of the NCAA tournament two years in a row.

Notably, sophomore guard Kayleigh Heckel departed USC over the summer for the Huskies, with the former Trojan averaging 7.7 points per game entering Saturday's clash with her old team.

"I just try to take one game at a time, but I'm excited to go back," Heckel said ahead of her first trip back to LA since transferring. "I had a great freshman year there, and I learned a lot, and it was a great experience, a lot of fond memories. So I'm looking forward to it."

How to watch No. 1 UConn vs. No. 16 USC on Saturday

The Trojans will host the Huskies with tip-off set for 5:30 PM ET on Saturday.

Live coverage of the clash will air on FOX.

The Washington Spirit are one step closer to securing Trinity Rodman, with ESPN reporting late Thursday that the NWSL Board of Governors approved a new "High Impact Player" roster mechanism which will allow teams to exceed the current salary cap in order to retain stars.

Designed for use on players crucial to a team's competitive and commercial bottom line, the rule would permit clubs to spend up to $1 million over the cap with a limited hit.

The change will still need approval from the NWSL Players Association, with the union maintaining the ability to negotiate any deviations from the league's compensation structure under the current CBA.

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The 11th-hour move could help the Spirit put together a more lucrative contract to re-sign USWNT forward Trinity Rodman, though the team's previous offer remains under arbitration after the league office vetoed the deal.

The new roster mechanism will likely come with individual restrictions, with sources telling ESPN that the NWSL "refined and updated" the "exact qualifications for players eligible for the new funds" prior to Thursday's board approval.

Notably, this is not the first time the league has made such a move to blur the salary cap line in order to keep star talent on its rosters.

The NWSL made similar salary cap concessions in 2020, introducing extra allocation money for certain top-line players before deciding to discontinue the rule by the end of 2026.

While the NWSL remains committed to the established salary cap, the league is also coming up with loopholes to compete in the growing global market — but only the future can tell whether the move is too little, too late to keep Rodman in DC.

PWHL fans can now own a piece of hockey history, as the third-year league unveiled a new memorabilia collection with auction site The Realest on Thursday morning.

According to a release, the partnership creates "the first-ever witness-based, fully-authenticated collection of game-used and player-sourced PWHL hockey jerseys, equipment, and one-of-a-kind artifacts."

"As we enter our third season of unprecedented growth and record-shattering fan support, it was important to preserve our league's history and share those moments with our fans," PWHL VP of merchandising Kate Boyce also added.

The debut collection features memorabilia from all six original franchises as well as the two new 2025/26 expansion teams, with fans able to bid on game-used collectables like Montréal Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin's game-worn 2025 PWHL Playoffs jersey, a stick from then-Boston Fleet star and now-Seattle Torrent captain Hilary Knight, and Minnesota Frost defender Natalie Buchbinder's helmet.

Additional items include 2025 PWHL Draft selection cards as well as autographed posters and pucks, among other exclusives.

"From day one, we set out to make women's sports memorabilia a true category, not an afterthought, and our record-setting work across women's leagues proves the demand," said The Realest CEO Scott Keeney.

How to score PWHL memorabilia

The PWHL collection is now open for bidding via The Realest, with all items in the league's debut auction set to close on Sunday, December 28th.