Simone Biles’ latest Athleta GIRL collection, geared toward girls ages 6 to 12, features the tagline, “Because I can.”
Author: Nancy Armour, USA TODAY
How Simone Biles separated herself from the competition with mastery of one skill
Simone Biles is the only woman to even try the Yurchenko double pike in competition. Mastery of the skill has made her even more dominant.
Spain’s Luis Rubiales didn’t ‘do the right thing’ and resign when asked. Now what, FIFA?
Luis Rubiales’ boorish behavior, grabbing crotch after World Cup and kissing a player, is symptom of sport’s misogyny, columnist Nancy Armour writes
Simone Biles should be judged on what she can do, not what other gymnasts can’t
Simone Biles plans to do a Yurchenko double pike, a vault so difficult no other woman has done it and few men try. But judges won’t score it fairly.
Spain’s federation wastes no time giving its players the middle finger after World Cup win
A win on the field isn’t the end of the fight for Spain’s women’s soccer team. It has to be the beginning, or things will never change.
Spain captain who scored game-winning goal learns after World Cup final her father died
Spain captain Olga Carmona learned of her father’s death after winning the World Cup. She scored the lone goal that gave Spain the title over England.
Why USWNT’s absence from World Cup final is actually great for women’s soccer
For much of the women’s game’s infancy, the USWNT has been soccer’s equivalent of an eclipse blocking out the sun.
When is the World Cup final? Everything to know for England vs. Spain
The World Cup final is set! England will face Spain at 6 a.m. ET Sunday after dismantling host country Australia 3-1 in Wednesday’s semifinal.
USWNT doesn’t have four years to make fixes to flaws exposed at World Cup
USWNT’s Round of 16 loss was its earliest exit ever at a major international tournament, and first time it failed to reach the World Cup semifinals.
Vlatko Andonovski out as USWNT coach after World Cup failure. Twila Kilgore named interim
USWNT coach Vlatko Andonovski ‘mutually’ parts ways with US Soccer after 4 years and the earliest-ever World Cup exit, in the round of 16.