The U.S. youth national team got off to a strong start Thursday at the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica, taking down Ghana to open the tournament.

Ally Sentnor, Alyssa Thompson and Michelle Cooper all scored in the team’s 3-0 win. Cooper, who is captain of the USYNT for the tournament, scored the squad’s first goal of the World Cup in the game’s 12th minute.

THERE IT IS! 🇺🇸🤩

Michelle Cooper scores the first goal for the @USYNT in the U-20 FIFA Women's World Cup! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/Jc85BtShs6

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) August 11, 2022

Ghana had no answer for the United States, which moves to the top of Group D with three points. The team also will face the Netherlands on Aug. 14 and Japan on Aug. 17, with both games set to air at 7 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 2.

The tournament started Wednesday with some highlight-reel goals and continues through Aug. 28.

Full Schedule

Wednesday, Aug. 10:

• Group A
  • Spain 0, Brazil 0
  • Australia 3, Costa Rica 1
• Group B
  • Colombia 1, Germany 0
  • New Zealand 1, Mexico 1

Thursday, Aug. 11:

• Group C
  • Nigeria 1, France 0
  • South Korea 2, Canada 0
• Group D
  • United States 3, Ghana 0
  • Japan 1, Netherlands 0

Saturday, Aug. 13:

• Group A
  • Spain 5, Costa Rica 0
  • Brazil 2, Australia 0
• Group B
  • Mexico 0, Colombia 0
  • Germany 3, New Zealand 0

Sunday, Aug. 14:

• Group C
  • France 3, Canada 1
  • Nigeria 1, South Korea 0
• Group D
  • Netherlands 3, United States 0
  • Japan 2, Ghana 0

Tuesday, Aug. 16:

• Group A
  • Brazil vs. Costa Rica, 10 p.m. ET
  • Australia vs. Spain, 10 p.m. ET
• Group B
  • Colombia vs. New Zealand, 7 p.m. ET
  • Mexico vs. Germany, 7 p.m. ET

Wednesday, Aug. 17:

• Group C
  • South Korea vs. France, 10 p.m. ET
  • Nigeria vs. Canada, 10 p.m. ET
• Group D
  • USA vs. Japan, 7 p.m. ET
  • Netherlands vs. Ghana, 7 p.m. ET

Saturday, Aug. 20:

• Quarterfinal #1: 1st place Group A vs. 2nd place Group B
• Quarterfinal #2: 1st place Group B vs. 2nd place Group A

Sunday, Aug. 21:

• Quarterfinal #3: 1st place Group C vs. 2nd place Group D
• Quarterfinal #4: 1st place Group D vs. 2nd place Group C

Thursday, Aug. 25:

• Semifinal #1: Winner of QF #1 vs. Winner of QF #3, 6:30 p.m. ET
• Semifinal #2: Winner of QF #2 vs. Winner of QF #4, 10 p.m. ET

Sunday, Aug. 28:

• Third-place match, 6:30 p.m. ET
• Championship match, 10 p.m. ET

Unrivaled Basketball and trading card manufacturer Panini America are teaming up, bringing the 3×3 league's first officially licensed trading cards to market on Friday.

As part of a multi-year agreement between the two parties, Panini will debut the Instant Cards just hours before the first full weekend of play in the 2026 Unrivaled season tips off on Friday.

Panini also plans to launch a Rewind set of trading cards celebrating the 2025 inaugural Unrivaled season, among other future drops.

"Our partnership with Unrivaled is a great way to reinforce and showcase our support of the women's game and female athletes," said Panini America SVP of marketing Jason Howarth in the pair's Thursday announcement. "Unrivaled's 3-on-3 format makes for exciting and compelling game play and continuing to work with the best players in the world in this format made this partnership make perfect sense."

Following Monday's Season 2 tip-off, Unrivaled is continuing to form strategic partnerships as the offseason pro league grows in popularity.

"We want to meet fans where they are, and Panini's history in this space makes them an ideal partner to highlight the biggest moments for women's basketball's biggest stars," said Unrivaled president Alex Bazzell.

How to purchase Unrivaled Instant Cards

The full Unrivaled Instant Card set will release online at 3:08 PM ET on Friday at PaniniAmerica.net.

US women are lighting up the ice, performing record-breaking short programs at the US Figure Skating Championships on Wednesday as the nation's top skaters compete to represent Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympics in February.

Currently atop the field is 26-year-old Amber Glenn, with the reigning back-to-back national champion posting the highest short program score in event history on Wednesday.

Glenn's 83.05-point performance surpassed the 81.11-point previous record set just minutes before by her 20-year-old teammate, reigning world champion Alysa Liu.

"I think that was one of my most enjoyable experiences competing ever," Glenn said afterwards.

With Liu and Glenn leading the charge, the US is aiming to end a 20-year Olympic medal drought in women's singles figure skating in Milan, Italy, this winter — and Team USA has even more depth on their side.

A full six of the world's Top-17 skaters hail from the US, with 18-year-old Isabeau Levito — who claimed third in Wednesday's short program competition — joining Glenn and Liu in the Top 5.

Team USA can send only three singles skaters to next month's Winter Games, with the national selection committee assessing each athlete's full season — not just their performances at this week's championships — before announcing the Olympic-bound trio on Sunday.

How to watch the 2026 US Figure Skating Championships

The women's singles competition will conclude with Friday's free skate, which kicks off at 3 PM ET before the top skaters in the standings take the ice at 8 PM ET on NBC and Peacock.

The 2026 US Olympic Figure Skating Team will then be announced at 2 PM ET on Sunday, live on NBC.

This month's USWNT roster featured one notable gap, as the absence of Portland Thorns midfielder Sam Coffey stirred up rumors that the 27-year-old is finalizing a move to the WSL to join the top-tier UK league's frontrunners, Manchester City.

First reported by The Guardian, ESPN added on Thursday that Manchester City will ante up a base transfer fee around $800,000 to add Coffey to the Citizens' roster — though the number could rise as negotiations continue and parties finalize a deal.

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The national team stalwart will reportedly travel to Manchester in the near future to ink a potential contract, but Coffey currently remains under contract with Portland until 2027, having signed an extension with the Thorns in 2024.

Coffey has been a mainstay for her NWSL club since Portland drafted the Penn State alum in 2021, but the UK league's pull could persuade her to join her USWNT teammates Alyssa Thompson (Chelsea), Emily Fox (Arsenal), Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United), and Naomi Girma (Chelsea) in making the leap to the WSL.

Currently sitting six points clear of six-time reigning champion Chelsea atop the 2025/26 WSL table, Manchester City has reportedly been searching for "the right defensive midfield option" as they pursue their first league title since 2016.

This weekend's SEC slate brings the heat, as the stacked NCAA basketball conference gears up for more than one high-profile ranked matchup on Sunday.

Undefeated No. 2 Texas will visit Baton Rouge to take on No. 12 LSU, with the Tigers looking to add to their 80-59 Thursday win over unranked Georgia as they continue battling back from a dismal 0-2 start in 2025/26 conference play.

"We think we're just going to go in there and out-jump, out-leap somebody," said LSU boss Kim Mulkey following last Sunday's loss to No. 7 Vanderbilt. "You're not going to do that in this league."

"This year, the [SEC] is every bit as good as last year — when you really think about it, it's probably way better," Longhorns head coach Vic Schaefer told the Austin American-Statesman on Thursday. "The big thing right now is we've got to get better."

Texas's clash with LSU opens a tough stretch for the Longhorns, as they face AP Poll headliners No. 3 South Carolina, No. 5 Oklahoma, No. 6 Kentucky, and No. 7 Vanderbilt in the coming weeks.

Sunday's other SEC blockbuster between the Sooners and the Wildcats is all about redemption, as Oklahoma aims to bounce back from their 74-69 upset loss to No. 18 Ole Miss on Thursday while Kentucky looks to put their 64-51 Thursday loss to unranked Alabama in the rearview mirror.

How to watch ranked SEC basketball on Sunday

No. 2 Texas will tip off Sunday's ranked SEC slate against No. 12 LSU at 3 PM ET, airing live on ESPN.

Then at 4 PM ET, No. 5 Oklahoma will visit No. 6 Kentucky, with live coverage on the SEC Network.