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Women's boxing continued its rapid growth in 2025, fueled not only by high-quality matchups but also by an increasing number of cards headlined by the sport's elite fighters. Since our last top 30 list in 2022, the landscape has shifted considerably. New faces have emerged, while several fighters who once dominated the rankings have slipped down the list or fallen out altogether.

After an offseason filled with transfers, coaching changes and rule alterations, NCAA gymnastics officially makes its triumphant return. And, of course, there are so many questions and storylines heading into the 2026 season. Will Oklahoma continue its dominance and win the national championship yet again? Can LSU, Florida, UCLA, Utah or anyone else challenge the Sooners in April? What rule changes will be felt the most?

I think for me it's just about stacking the good days, said Raducanu on her hopes for 2026. I've been putting in some good practices. Even if each practice isn't as perfect as you want it to be, I think just the consistency of it is the most important thing. That's what really helped me last year. So I just hope to carry that on and enjoy the tennis, enjoy the process of what I'm doing, which right now I am.

Indya Nivar had 16 points and six assists, Nyla Harris had 13 points, 10 rebounds and five steals as No. 16 North Carolina beat California 71-55 on Sunday. Ciera Toomey also scored 13 and finished with nine rebounds and three blocks for North Carolina (13-3, 2-1 ACC). The Tar Heels have won four in a row. Cal led 17-14 after one quarter and 34-32 at halftime, but North Carolina went ahead for good in the third quarter.

For it to be a real Battle of the Sexes, the court dimensions have to be the same and it has to be tennis. It could be one set, but it has to be two serves. The court size has to be the same because that's the way tennis is played. Is this more of an exhibition and is Kyrgios going to take her along or is it going to be a real battle out there where they go toe-to-toe properly? We don't know.

The 2026 winter transfer window for the Women's Super League (WSL) begins on Jan. 2 and ends on Feb. 3, but what do teams need to do? Manchester City have set the pace and lead the table by six points as we head into the winter break, with action set to resume on Jan. 10, while Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United have work to do to catch them.

CEO exits and chief executive contenders not getting the top job are normal machinations of corporate C-Suites, but this year they've added up to a stark trend: the number of female CEOs in the Fortune 500, long on a steady climb, has plateaued, underscoring a broader trend in which corporate workplaces seem to be pushing women to the margins once again.

even when women are the primary breadwinners, they perform two to four times more housework than men. Their research explores how households could benefit if lower-income men adjusted their schedules to take on more domestic tasks and allowed higher-income women to work longer hours outside the home. Their analysis revealed that the time women spend on housework decreases after divorce, while men's time increases.

A few days before the NCAA women's volleyball national championship, Texas A&M opposite hitter Logan Lednicky posted an old family video on her Instagram account. Lednicky is maybe 5 or 6 years old in the video, wearing a maroon A&M shirt, and doing cartwheels on the grass at Kyle Field, A&M's football stadium. "Say 'Gig 'Em, Aggies,'" her mom, Leigh Lednicky, implores her, and little Logan walks up to the camera, smiles and gives a thumbs-up.

Your support makes all the difference. More than 40,000 women and girls go missing every year because of violence in a hidden crisis that must be tackled now, a leading charity has warned. Missing People said women and girls are then at extremely high risk of harm if they are missing, with an estimated 27,000 being victims of sexual assault, harassment or exploitation.

Strong, the sensational sophomore, dominated the first half with 20 points and five steals as UConn led 42-31. UConn was up 22-12 after one quarter before Iowa was able to get within six in the second. Strong wouldn't let the Hawkeyes get closer as she scored seven points, including the first five, in a 10-2 run that gave the Huskies a 35-20 advantage midway through the quarter.

The USC women's basketball team took care of Cal Poly on Thursday night at the Galen Center with an 86-39 win. The Trojans were led by Londynn Jones, who finished the game with a career-high of 28 points while making 11 out of 16 field goals, and Jazzy Davidson, who scored 17 points and had nine rebounds. The Trojans (8-3) looked sluggish in the first half, with Davidson making only three of 11 field goals, and the Mustangs (2-9) grabbing 15 rebounds.

When I was younger, they thought I was a mute, Beau Greaves says with a wry smile, thinking about all the ways darts has changed her. Never said owt in school, really shy. Didn't really know what to say half the time. I suppose playing darts just brought me out of my shell. When you get popular, people want to meet you and talk. It's matured me.

On this Thursday night, that is distant history. As fog rolls in over the Venice Pier, Sarah skates alongside dozens of women on the coastal path. They belt out the lyrics to "Hey Jude" as singer Chloe Kat serenades them with a guitar in hand. Curious fishermen eye them, their fishing lines cast into the black ocean. But they pay no attention. Twirling under the moonlight, the women resemble a witch's coven - their spells are good vibes, California weather and the boards beneath their feet.

We've heard it all before: Women do more in the home. They spend more time cooking, cleaning, planning, and caring for children.

About one in three Australians are time-poor with the majority working unpaid hours, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. But women are bearing the brunt with more than 36 per cent always feeling rushed or pressed for time, compared with about 30 per cent of men. The most common reason for feeling rushed was trying to balance work and family. It comes as the bureau issues its key takeaways on how we spent our time in 2024. It categorised the way Australians spend their time in four ways: personal care for self, employment and education, unpaid work and free time. The survey found most people had done unpaid work but fewer people reported doing unpaid work on days they did paid work.

For all of the professional gains women have made over the past several decades, one stubborn measure of inequality-the gender wage gap-has been especially difficult to stamp out. And it's a disparity that can be traced in large part to parenthood. In nearly every country on Earth, the arrival of children tends to coincide with a lasting drop in employment and earnings for moms but not dads.

Feminist activist Brisa Batista took part last Sunday in one of the largest demonstrations held in Brazil against femicide the daily drip of violence that kills four Brazilian women every day. This time, the sociologist felt supported alongside the thousands of women who took to the streets of Sao Paulo, Rio, Brasilia, and dozens of other cities to express their outrage at sexist murders and the normalization of misogyny shouting, Stop killing us. It was a massive protest, nothing like her lonely protest in 2019.