Katie Ledecky announced that she is leaving Stanford - where she has lived and trained since 2016 - and moving Florida to work with coach Anthony Nesty.

When five-time world champ Carissa Moore first started surfing at top competitions in 2010, women weren't always set up to succeed.

New York Liberty forward Michaela Onyenwere was named the WNBA's "Rookie of the Month" for September - her fourth straight month receiving the honor. 

As a marathoner, Tatyana McFadden is able to do something most Paralympians can't: compete at the same events as able-bodied athletes and Olympians.

The 2021 WNBA Playoffs begin on September 23. The Connecticut Sun have already locked up the No. 1 seed, thanks in part to MVP candidate Jonquel Jones. Here are other key storylines to watch heading into...

Simone Biles told Congress that lingering trauma from her abuse at the hands of Nassar played a factor in her decision to opt out of several Olympic events.

Less than two months after winning the inaugural Olympic gold medal in surfing, Hawaii's Carissa Moore won her fifth world title to conclude the 2021 CT.

The 2021 NFL season will feature a record 12 women coaches. How has the NFL gone from 0 to 12 in just 6 years? And can women's leagues learn from the NFL?

Alyssa Naeher, Sam Mewis, Julie Ertz, and Megan Rapinoe will not play due to injury, while Christen Press opted out to focus on her mental health.

The Tokyo gold medal match marked the fourth straight time the U.S. and China met in the women's sitting volleyball final at the Paralympics.

At the Tokyo Paralympics, the women of Team USA ed the way. Women won 61.5 percent of total US medals and 62 percent of US gold medals.

Swimmer Jessica Long won six medals (three gold) at the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics, but that isn't why she calls the Games a "total success."

Oksana Masters won two cycling gold medals at the Tokyo Paralympics. In May, the multi-sport star dealt with "the scariest experience of my life."

Heading into the final lap of the women's 4x100m medley relay (34 points) at the Tokyo Paralympics, the United States was in fourth place.

Growing up in Kent, Washington, Jaleen Roberts competed alongside able-bodied athletes. In her Paralympic debut, she won 2 silver medals (100m, long jump).

India (population 1.33 billion) achieved history in Tokyo when shooter Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to claim Paralympic (or Olympic) gold.

The U.S. women are the most decorated team in goalball history, having claimed six Paralympic and eight world championship medals in the sport.

At the Tokyo Paralympics, Oksana Masters claimed gold in women's H4-5 cycling time trial. She now owns Paralympic medals in four sports.

At the Tokyo Paralympics, Cheri Madsen won 100m bronze, her ninth medal. Madsen (then Cheri Becerra) made her Paralympic debut at the 1996 Atlanta Games.

At the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics, Great Britain's Kylie Grimes became the first woman to win Paralympic gold in wheelchair rugby, a mixed gender sport.

At the 2021 Paralympics, American Kendall Gretsch chased down Australian Lauren Parker to win gold in the Paralympic debut of the women's triathlon PTWC.

Zakia Khudadadi, who competes in taekwondo and was evacuated from Kabul this week, will become the 2nd woman to represent Afghanistan in Paralympic history.

At the Tokyo Paralympics, Susannah Scaroni won gold in the women's 5000m T54, while her training partner Tatyana McFadden claimed bronze (career medal #18).

On day four of the Tokyo Paralympics, American swimmer Jessica Long claimed her fourth straight gold medal in the women's SM8 200m IM.

U.S. sitting volleyball player Lora Webster is competing at the Tokyo Paralympics while 20 weeks pregnant with her fourth child. 

Paralympic gold medalists Anastasia Pagonis and Gia Pergolini, both of whom are visually impaired, met four years ago at a swim meet in Cincinnati.

A preview of the women's sitting volleyball tournament at the 2021 Paralympics, including the US roster, pool B schedule, and key storylines to watch.

On day two of the Tokyo Paralympics, American 17-year-old swimmers Anastasia Pagonis and Gia Pergolini both won gold and broke world records.

Table tennis player Lethicia Rodrigues Lacerda is joined in Tokyo by her mom: archer Jane Karla Gogel. They are the only mother-daughter duo at the Games.

The United States finished day one of the Tokyo Paralympics with two medals, both earned by women. Plus, the US women's goalball team started off with a win.

Women's wheelchair basketball debuted at the Paralympics in 1968. Here are some of the key storylines to watch at the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics.

Alia Issa, the first woman to compete for the Paralympic Refugee team, draws inspiration from a fellow Greek immigrant: NBA champ Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Elaine Thompson-Herah ran the second fastest 100m time ever at the 2021 Prefontaine Classic. After missing Tokyo, Sha'Carri Richardson finished last.

Paralympic swimmer Anastasia Pagonis uses her social media accounts to educate others about how Paralympic swimming works, technology that has made day-to-day tasks more accessible, and societal stigma that...

Players on Afghanistan's women’s national soccer team fear for their lives after the Taliban swept to regain control of the country.

Sha'Carri Richardson might not have competed at the Tokyo Olympics, but at the 2021 Prefontaine Classic, she will race all three 100m Olympic medalists.

Women playing sports on TV? That doesn’t just happen once every four years. Here’s how you can keep showing up for women’s sports beyond the Summer Games. 

While women may feel like their training or performance is impacted by their period, "they didn't communicate with their coaches" about it.

At age 33, middle blocker Foluke Akinradewo Gunderson is one of the elder stateswomen on the U.S. indoor volleyball team. In her third Olympics, Gunderson’s ambitions have changed. “Now it’s, ‘I want to...

On Her Turf's day-by-day guide includes key storylines, TV schedule info, and streaming links for the most anticipated women's events at the Tokyo Olympics.

Author’s note: The U.S. women’s water polo will compete in the gold medal game against Spain at 3:30am ET on Saturday, August 7, 2021. The game will air live on USA or can be live streamed via this link...

“People hire people who look like them.” Muffet McGraw and Noelle Quinn discuss the lack of women coaches during a segment of "On Her Turf at the Olympics."

American marathoner Aliphine Tuliamuk will compete at the Tokyo Olympics just seven months after giving birth to her daughter, Zoe.

Kawai Risako, who earned 2016 Olympic gold at 63kg, decided to make a run for the Olympics in a lower weight class to provide her sister Yukako with the best chance of qualifying for Japan’s Olympic team.

Women's canoeing will make its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Olympics, where Washington native Nevin Harrison is expected be a favorite in the C-1 200m.

Diver Delaney Schnell did not dive off the 10-meter platform for six months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. She got through by doing bodyweight exercises and and practicing on a three-meter springboard.

If the only storyline you know heading into the medal round of the women’s Olympic basketball tournament is that Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi are attempting to win a fifth gold medal, you are missing out.  ...