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It was a second half that summed up Liverpool's season. For a spell, it looked as if Gareth Taylor's side was on course for the unlikeliest of Anfield victories against the manager's former club, Manchester City. For an even longer period, it seemed like Liverpool's defensive doggedness might earn them a precious point to kick-start their stuttering season.

It was a run chase set up by an Alyssa Healy century and sealed with an Ellyse Perry six as Australia beat India by three wickets to remain undefeated in the ICC Women's World Cup 2025. Facing a record run-chase target of 331, Australia's captain took on the Indian bowlers from the start to build the perfect foundation for her team , and an injured Perry returned to bat to complete the task

Chelsea stretched their unbeaten streak in the Women's Super League to 31 matches as they beat Tottenham 1-0 on Sunday. Featuring in one of four early kick-offs in a busy day of WSL action, the Blues claimed three points courtesy of Keira Walsh's effort just after the hour. The England midfielder created space 25 yards out and drilled a crisp strike into the bottom-left corner.

Villasana says she is in awe of the strong spirit of the girls she's encountered. "I've met girls and women who have been kidnapped by militants or faced gender-based violence when migrating, who have camped in vans going across hundreds of miles. It's just amazing that the women and girls can keep pushing forward despite these incredible, really unthinkable challenges." "I think when given opportunity and support and education and resources," she says, "women and girls are unstoppable."

In the current climate, generic and expensive programs to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion-for example, trainings-are increasingly falling out of favor. In fact, most of the existing research suggests that trainings have not been effective at changing people's behaviors or measurable organizational outcomes, such as who gets hired. Yet, what hasn't changed is companies' need to tap into the broadest possible talent pool to hire the best person for the right role at the right time.

"After an incredible 27 years, with a fair few injuries along the way, the time has come to hang up the boots and step away from playing the game I have loved since I was six years old," she told Saracens' website, external. "To finish my career by running out at the StoneX one last time, in a final against Harlequins no less, could not have been scripted any better. And to have found my way home to the club makes it even more special."

Some argue that commonplace stereotypes accurately capture observable aspects of social groups; otherwise, they would not gain such widespread adoption. Yet, others argue that stereotypes are often exaggerated or illusory. Assessing stereotype accuracy is challenging because stereotypes involve not only statistical associations (such as expected correlations among the features of a social group) but also normative judgements (such as that one group is superior to another) for which there is no well-defined ground truth.

Lisa, Jennie, Rosé, and Jisoo have broken numerous records since their debut in 2016: the first to sell one million, then two million, album copies in South Korea; the first Korean group to top the Billboard 200 album chart; the highest-grossing concert tour by a female artist. Blackpink, and K-pop and K-culture more broadly, are now a source of South Korean "soft power," expanding the country's cultural influence across Asia and beyond.

In 2017, The New York Times investigative journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey co-authored a bombshell story on sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein. Their Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage spawned a book, 2019's She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement (Kantor's second, following 2012's The Obamas). More recently, Kantor investigated the Supreme Court's decision to eliminate the right to an abortion.

A listless Emma Raducanu retired from her first-round match at the Wuhan Open against Ann Li after struggling throughout the match on a stiflingly hot and humid day. Raducanu had won the pair's only previous encounter on the Eastbourne grass in June and she began with a break of serve in the Chinese city, but that was as good as it got for the world No30.

You can see it in every tackle, every gut-busting run and in the frustrated body language when a pass doesn't quite come off. That energy is matched on the sideline, Rehanne Skinner animated throughout their 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa hold the line, come closer, talk to her and Fion can't get out are among the many commands from the technical area, with those behind the dugout treated to the thoughts of the manager while the action is under way.

The seam bowler Kranti Goud and the spinner Deepti Sharma took three wickets each as India routed Pakistan by 88 runs in their Women's World Cup match, which began like recent ones between the countries men's teams without a handshake from the captains and then featured a disputed run-out of a Pakistan opener. India's captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, did not shake hands with Pakistan's Fatima Sana during the toss and the teams walked off without greeting each other after the match amid political tensions.

(Image credit: Getty Images) Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal) soloed to the top of the San Luca climb in Bologna to win the Giro dell'Emilia Donne, her sixth victory of the 2025 season. The Mauritian champion led home Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek) and Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) at the end of the 126.7km semi-Classic, going clear on the final ascent to the finish line.

Because at its core, growth isn't just about KPIs or quarterly results. Every success story begins with people. Building long-term impact in any industry requires investing in individuals both as professionals and as human beings. That is why the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion, alongside gender equality and personal development, must sit at the heart of ad tech's future.

Midi, which provides virtual care for perimenopause, menopause, and other midlife women's health conditions, has raised $50 million in a Series C round led by Advance Venture Partners. The raise brings its total funding to about $150 million.Cofounder and CEO Joanna Strober confirmed the raise in an interview with BI. Midi has a $150 million revenue run rate, Strober said, up from about $60 million at the end of 2024.

Caitlin Clark and her army of fans are the WNBA's most valuable business asset. Not the most valuable player (at least not yet) ... but business asset. Clark's arrival in the spring of 2024 sent the league's television ratings, attendance, media rights, sponsorships and franchise evaluations soaring. Overnight, billionaires were fighting to pay $250 million for teams of their own. Clark offered more than just logo-3 highlights. She gave the league hope.