The U.S. women’s national team announced its 24-player roster Thursday for its January friendlies against 2023 World Cup co-host New Zealand.

Lynn Williams returns for the first time since February 2022. The 29-year-old forward tore her hamstring in the NWSL preseason, which sidelined her for the rest of the year, though she did train with the Kansas City Current ahead of the NWSL championship match.

Emily Sonnett also makes her comeback. The 29-year-old defender injured her foot during the USWNT’s Concacaf W Championship title run in July.

Midge Purce did not make the cut for the last two USWNT camps in October and November due to what coach Vlatko Andonovski called a “dip in form.” But the 27-year-old will make the trip to New Zealand, perhaps helped by the absence of fellow forwards Megan Rapinoe (ankle) and Sophia Smith (foot), who will miss the camp with nagging injuries.

Teenage sensation Alyssa Thompson is the odd player out. She earned her first senior call-up in October and remained on the roster for the November friendlies against Germany, but she will not join the squad this month.

The USWNT will travel to New Zealand for a six-day training camp, then will play two matches against the Football Ferns, both set to air on HBO Max.

The first will kick off at 10 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Sky Stadium in Wellington, and the second at 10 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 20, at Eden Park in Auckland. These venues will play host to the USWNT’s three group-stage matches at the World Cup.

“To get to bring the team to New Zealand in January and play in our World Cup venues has so many benefits so we are going to make sure we maximize our time together,” Andonovski said in a statement.

The USWNT holds the No. 1 spot in the FIFA world rankings, even after dropping three straight matches against England, Spain and Germany late in 2022. New Zealand is ranked No. 24, while their World Cup co-host Australia is ranked No. 12.

The Ferns have a 1-1-17 all-time record against the USWNT, with their one win coming in 1987. The most recent meeting between the teams came last February at the SheBelieves Cup in California, which ended in a 5-0 win for the home team.

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— U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (@USWNT) January 5, 2023

USWNT January Roster

Goalkeepers

• Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars)
• Casey Murphy (North Carolina Courage)
• A.D. Franch (Kansas City Current)

Defenders

• Alana Cook (OL Reign)
• Crystal Dunn (Portland Thorns FC)
• Emily Fox (Racing Louisville FC)
• Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave FC)
• Sofia Huerta (OL Reign)
• Hailie Mace (Kansas City Current)
• Becky Sauerbrunn (Portland Thorns FC)
• Emily Sonnett (Washington Spirit)

Midfielders

• Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns FC)
• Lindsey Horan (Olympique Lyonnais)
• Taylor Kornieck (San Diego Wave FC)
• Rose Lavelle (OL Reign)
• Kristie Mewis (NJ/NY Gotham FC)
• Ashley Sanchez (Washington Spirit)
• Andi Sullivan (Washington Spirit)

Forwards

• Ashley Hatch (Washington Spirit)
• Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave)
• Midge Purce (NJ/NY Gotham FC)
• Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit)
• Mallory Pugh Swanson (Chicago Red Stars)
• Lynn Williams (Kansas City Current)

The LPGA is hitting the green in teams on Wednesday night, as some of the top golfers on Tour link up to represent their countries at the 2025 International Crown in South Korea.

This fifth edition of the match-play tournament will see seven teams from the USA, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Sweden, and China, as well as a mixed World Team taking on the reigning champion squad out of Thailand this week.

Comprised of the four top-ranked LPGA players from each nation, countries earn a team spot in the biennial International Crown based on the combined rankings of their best quartet of golfers — with those overall aggregates also determining tournament seeding.

The US topped all teams to snag this year's No. 1 seed, though the squad suffered a significant availability blow earlier this month when world No. 2 Nelly Korda withdrew from the 2025 International Crown due to injury.

No. 28 Yealimi Noh will compete in Korda's place, with the 24-year-old joining No. 10 Angel Yin, No. 16 Lauren Coughlin, and No. 33 Lilia Vu on Team USA.

Led by another 24-year-old, LPGA Tour debutant No. 6 Miyu Yamashita, No. 2 seed Japan appears to be the team to beat, with the World Team's fourth-ranked Lydia Ko (New Zeland) and fifth-ranked Charley Hull (England) upping the stakes for the No. 7 seed squad.

How to watch the 2025 International Crown

The four-day 2025 International Crown will tee off at 10 PM ET on Wednesday night, with live coverage of each day of competition airing on the Golf Channel.

With the first-ever eight-team PWHL season fast approaching next month, the pro women’s hockey league unveiled the inaugural jerseys for incoming 2025/26 expansion sides Seattle and Vancouver on Tuesday.

The new teams will wear jerseys displaying their city names across the front, following suit after the six founding PWHL franchises debuted without original names or branding during their inaugural 2023/24 campaign.

Per this week's press release, Seattle's colors are "deep slate green and cream with a river blue accent," while Vancouver will sport "pacific blue and cream with an earthy bronze accent."

In addition to "allowing fans to immediately identify with their hometown's newest professional team," PWHL EVP of business operations Amy Scheer explained in a Tuesday statement that "These designs also connect our expansion teams to the league's foundation while they continue building their own traditions and ties to the community."

While the PWHL will reveal the full team identities — complete with names and logos — before the puck drops on the 2025/26 season on November 21st, Seattle and Vancouver will play in their generic branding until next season.

How to purchase PWHL Seattle and Vancouver jerseys

The dark-colored replica home jerseys for both Seattle and Vancouver are currently available for purchase alongside all PWHL merch at the league's online shop.

Women's professional baseball will soon be a reality, with the incoming WPBL announcing its four inaugural teams on Tuesday ahead of the league's November draft.

Kicking off with a coast-to-coast imprint, major sports hubs Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco will house the founding WPBL teams, with the quartet of cities tapped "because of their fan support, market size, media presence, and rich baseball histories."

"We are so excited to finally announce the WPBL's first four teams," WPBL co-founder Justine Siegal said in the league's Tuesday press release. "Each of these cities are storied sports cities and we can't wait to connect with the fans who live there and baseball fans across the country."

Originally developed as a six-team venture, the 2026 debut of the WPBL will mark the first pro women's league in the US since the legendary World War II-era All-American Girls Professional Baseball League folded in 1954.

Each of the four inaugural team will feature 15 players, with next month's WPBL draft drawing from the top 100 players coming out of August's open tryouts.

The league's first competitive cycle will include a regular season, a postseason, and an all-star competition held at a neutral venue.

Adam Silver is back in the headlines, with the NBA commissioner speaking out on the increasingly fraught WNBA CBA negotiations on Tuesday — and pushing for controlled salary increases rather than the revenue sharing model that players overwhelmingly want.

"I think [revenue] share isn't the right way to look at it because there's so much more revenue in the NBA," Silver told the Today Show. "I think you should look at absolute numbers. In terms of what they are making, they are going to get a big increase in this cycle of collective bargaining, and they deserve it."

In response, the WNBPA posted a clip of Silver's interview to Instagram Stories, captioning it with "Don't want to share, @adamsilvernba?"

Tuesday's back-and-forth emphasizes a significant wedge issue within the CBA talks, as WNBA players argue for a salary cap determined by the total revenue generated from all basketball-related activities like ticket sales, media deals, sponsorships, and merchandise — the same model currently used in the NBA.

The WNBA — like Silver — wants salary cap growth to continue on a fixed scale, raising player salaries in the upcoming CBA while controlling revenue distribution at the stakeholder level.

"I think we all agree we're trying to return every dollar we possibly can to the players, but we also want to incentivize investment from owners," WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said when addressing the issue earlier this month.

With less than 10 days remaining before the CBA's October 31st deadline, differences continue to outweigh common ground en route to an unlikely deal.