National Womens Soccer League

Naomi Osaka credits Serena Williams, Billie Jean King for inspiring her to invest in US soccer team North Carolina Courage

Osaka, who is in Melbourne ahead of the Australian Open, said she had noticed other sportspeople making similar commitments and "I always thought it was really cool".

Naomi Osaka becomes part owner of National Women's Soccer League team North Carolina Courage

Osaka, the reigning US Open champion, was introduced in a video showing highlights of her tennis career and the team's history, which includes 2018 and 2019 league titles, under the motto: Courage Unites Us.

NWSL footballers Julie Ertz, Casey Short open up on vulnerable moment while kneeling during national anthem

Short sobbed as she was held by Ertz before Chicago's match against the Washington Spirit on Saturday night, the second game of the NWSL tournament in Utah.

Players in USA's National Women's Soccer League kneel during the national anthem, don Black Lives Matter T-shirts

National Women's Soccer League is the first professional team sport in the United States to return amid the coronavirus outbreak. The month long Challenge Cup is being played without fans at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Football returns to USA with National Women's Soccer League matches in empty stadiums

Players from the nine teams will train and live at two Salt Lake City-area hotels, the league announced Wednesday

Amanda Duffy to step down from role as National Women's Soccer League boss to become Orlando Pride vice president

Duffy will take over the front office and technical duties for the Pride and represent the team on the NWSL board

Sam Kerr names captain of Australian women's football team by new coach Ante Milicic ahead of Cup of Nations

Kerr, the Perth Glory captain in Australia's W-League and who also plays for Chicago Red Stars in the National Women's Soccer League, said she was surprised to be taking over from former co-captains Clare Polkinghorne and Lisa De Vanna

Spanish giants FC Barcelona in talks to field team in American National Women's Soccer League

FC Barcelona's women's team will consider playing in the United States from next year, as a part of the immensely successful NSWL, and are expected to compete out of Los Angeles.

United States Soccer Federation to vote for new president months after failure to qualify for 2018 FIFA World Cup

Four months after the United States' shock failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup, the inquest into what went wrong continues to dog American soccer.