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Despite the US' early Women's World Cup exit, America's influence on other competing nations is clear, with dozens of players born or raised in the United States representing national teams including Haiti, Jamaica and more.

Nigeria forward Ifeoma Onumonu criticised a lack of support from the country’s football federation after the Super Falcons were knocked out of the Women’s World Cup by England on penalties, revealing that players sometimes have to share beds at their training base back home due to insufficient resources. Nigeria were eliminated from the World Cup after a heartbreaking penalty shoot-out defeat to the Lionesses but were the better team in large spells against the European champions, who held on to a goalless draw following Lauren James’ red card late in normal time. Nigeria’s build-up to the World Cup was disrupted by a pay dispute, with the team’s American manager Randy Waldrum revealing before the tournament that some players had not been paid in two years by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Onumonu went further after the defeat to the Lionesses and said that although Nigeria could take pride from competing against one of the best teams in the world, the Super Falcons were being held back by a lack of resources compared to their European counterparts. “I’ve seen what England have access to,” Onumonu said, as reported by the Guardian. “In Nigeria we don’t have access to much. Our training fields aren’t great. Where we sleep isn’t great. Sometimes we share beds. It’s not good enough. In terms of recovery, we don’t have much of any of that. We don’t have access to a gym in camp in Nigeria. “There’s a lot that needs to be done. Hopefully more people start to talk about it. Coming here it’s hard to adjust. We do what we can because we love playing for our country but hopefully they make it easier for us to do our best. “[Back home] the [pitches] aren’t great. The grass is rocky, bumps everywhere. The stadium we play on for qualifying… you’d be surprised, I was surprised. You don’t even know where the ball is going to jump at you. “Our under‑20s went far in their World Cup and when they were sent home they were sleeping in airports for 24 hours. That’s not acceptable. What we have to fight for is bigger for us.” The Women’s World Cup has been defined by shocks and countries such as Nigeria, Jamaica and South Africa have upset the odds to surprise teams who are backed by far bigger budgets. It has drawn attention to the lack of funding that teams have had to overcome, with Jamaica reaching the last-16 after having to rely on crowd-funding campaigns to make to travel to the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, while South Africa’s players only called off a strike after a billionaire made a donation to support the team. “We’re on the rise and it’s growing,” Onumonu said. “A lot of people don’t watch as much as they do in Europe and so underestimate who we are, what we are capable of. No one believed in us and now a lot of people are. “Other teams are catching up and growing, including us. There’s no longer going to be that one team that you are absolutely going to say they’re going to win. Every game will become a battle. Every game has become important. “As women start to play more internationals and at clubs, more and more teams are going to catch up. There’s a shift. A lot more are coming.” Read More Women’s World Cup TV schedule: How to watch every match today England’s heroic penalty takers saved Lauren James from sporting ignominy The Sam Kerr mystery is over and Australia are World Cup contenders again Chloe Kelly: England’s woman for the biggest occasion strikes again A timeline of Donald Trump’s spat with Megan Rapinoe

The Houston Astros are making a divisional push in August and they have a few players that may not survive the month on their active roster.The Astros made the biggest splash of the trade deadline when they dealt away top prospects in order to land the starting pitcher they desperately needed. T...

MLB Rumors: Trevor Story returning Tuesday for Red Sox, more on the wayFor as much as Boston Red Sox fans can rightfully criticize Chaim Bloom for his lack of action at the trade deadline and, even before, in the offseason, the club hasn't been done any favors when it comes to injuries this s...

FedEx St. Jude Championship picks and best bets at TPC Southwind this week with an outright, Top 10, One and Done, and more PGA Tour expert picks for golf.The start of the FedEx Cup Playoffs is here on the PGA Tour and the first stop is TPC Southwind in Memphis for the 2023 FedEx St. Jude Champi...

The Vikings gave Adrian Peterson's old number out for the first time since he left the team in 2016 and fans are not happy about who got it.Adrian Peterson is the best running back in Vikings history. He's also far and away the best No. 28 to wear Minnesota purple.No member of the ...

Bayern Munich are staging meetings to decide whether to make one last bid for Harry Kane or wait for his contract to run, as their latest offer was understood to be still at least £10m short of what Tottenham would accept. The England striker wants his immediate future settled before the Premier League starts this weekend, which puts another element of time pressure on the deal. Spurs chairman Daniel Levy did nevertheless delay a response to Bayern on their third offer earlier this week, and the feeling is that he was unimpressed by the German club's attempts to force the situation by setting a deadline of last Friday. All parties are now effectively conditioned by Kane's own deadline, although Bayern themselves want any deal in place before this weekend's German Super Cup against Leipzig. The Bundesliga champions have four options available to them, all of which will be discussed over Tuesday. One is another bid, although it remains to be seen whether they would go high enough to match Levy's demands. The second is waiting until January, when they could well get Kane for a knock-down price, in a similar manner to Christian Eriksen's exit for Internazionale in January 2020. A third is negotiating a pre-contract once Bosman rules allow at that point. A fourth, currently being mooted, is acting on longstanding interest in Eintracht Frankfurt's Randal Kolo Muani. Kane has entered the final 12 months of his contract at Tottenham, but ignored the noise around his future to score four goals in a 5-1 friendly win over Shakhtar Donetsk on Sunday. Dejan Kulusevski set up Kane’s hat-trick strike and hailed the professionalism of his team-mate. “He scored four goals, so very good,” Kulusevski exclaimed. “Nah, he’s unbelievable. Honestly, his mentality, I can learn from him like everybody. He just goes out and performs day in day out. “He’s a true professional. I’m happy I helped him score today but of course we want him to stay and we’ll do everything to make him stay.” Read More Tottenham respond to latest Bayern Munich bid for Harry Kane Ange Postecoglou aims ‘deadline’ dig at Bayern Munich over Harry Kane transfer saga Gary Lineker worried about Tottenham’s campaign with or without Harry Kane Tottenham respond to latest Bayern Munich bid for Harry Kane Dejan Kulusevski vows to ‘do everything’ to keep Harry Kane at Tottenham Postecoglou aims ‘deadline’ dig at Bayern over Kane transfer saga

The Pac-12 leftovers could reportedly be thrown a lifeline by the AAC of all conferences.While Cal, Oregon State, Stanford and Washington State are what is left of the dying Pac-12 conference, the AAC could be looking to swoop in and take advantage of the fortuitous situation.Eric Prisbell o...

Goncalo Ramos has joined Paris Saint-Germain on loan from Benfica with the option of a permanent transfer.

The Orioles suspended Kevin Brown for sharing facts about the team's record.

NFL Rumors: Cowboys cut Tristan Vizcaino, kicker woes still ongoingJerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys may have washed their hands of Brett Maher, but that doesn't mean that the team's kicking woes are going away. And as of now, it would appear that the club hasn't figured out an ans...

Jose Ramirez wasn't the first player to humiliate Tim Anderson this year. Yasmani Grandal allegedly slapped the shortstop like Will Smith at the Oscars.It turns out the Tim Anderson-Jose Ramirez fight wasn't even the wildest thing to happen to Anderson this summer. He got Chris Rocked ...