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Sports fandom can be a male-dominated space. Her Game Too is working to make it safe, open and welcoming for anyone who loves the game.The idea was simple — a dozen women, wearing the shirts of their favorite soccer teams, holding up pieces of paper.But it was the words written on thos...

Prior to his trade from the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers, veteran starting pitcher Max Scherzer had a sit-down with GM Billy Eppler. Then, Scherzer decided to spill the beans to the media. Did he cross the line?Something has changed about Max Scherzer. Earlier this season, when he was caug...

Lauren James headed into this summer’s Women’s World Cup having emphasised her desire to make a name for herself – and she has certainly done so with the performances that have followed. There was already a considerable buzz around the 21-year-old forward – the younger sister of fellow England and Chelsea player Reece James – in the build-up to her first major tournament as a senior international. And during the Lionesses pre-tournament preparations she spoke about wanting to carve out her own name, saying: “I do feel like that, a lot. “Even just, ‘that’s Lauren James, that’s Reece’s sister’ – I want to carve that out and be known as, ‘this is Lauren James’.” James also said the advice she had received from Reece was to “just enjoy it, have fun, try and score goals”. And she looks to be having the time of her life so far at the global showpiece in Australia and New Zealand, having registered three superb goals in England’s group-stage matches, plus three assists, to truly announce herself. The early stages of James’ journey to this point saw her spend time in Chelsea’s academy before moving on to Arsenal and making her debut aged 16 in October 2017. After a handful of appearances for the Gunners, she left to join Manchester United in 2018 when they were relaunched as a professional outfit in the Championship. And she went on to play a major role as the Red Devils secured promotion to the Women’s Super League at the first attempt, scoring 14 goals in 18 league appearances in the 2018-19 season. She netted the club’s first ever WSL goal at the start of the following campaign, was nominated for the Professional Footballers’ Association young player of the year award after it finished and a year later a reunion came about as she rejoined Chelsea. James had had injury troubles at United, and had limited game time in her first season back with Chelsea. She then impressed as a regular in the team last term as the west Londoners once again won a WSL and FA Cup double, and reached the Champions League semi-finals. And she has paid tribute to Blues boss Emma Hayes for helping her get “back to being myself again”, adding: “I had two years of just like constant injuries. She managed me well and it’s allowed me to find my feet again.” As well as scoring eight goals in all competitions for Chelsea in 2022-23, she also made an England breakthrough, having already represented her country at under-17 and under-19 level and been part of a senior training camp in 2020. Boss Sarina Wiegman handed James a debut off the bench in England’s first match after winning the Euros, the 2-0 World Cup qualifying victory over Austria last September. She then took the player of the tournament of award when Wiegman’s side retained the Arnold Clark Cup in February, scoring her maiden England goal in the 4-0 victory over South Korea that kicked the campaign off. Inclusion in the World Cup squad – and being named young player of the year at the inaugural Women’s Football Awards – followed in May, and it would be fair to say that James has since lived up her billing as one to watch at the tournament. After coming on as a substitute when England beat Haiti 1-0 in their Group D opener, James then came into the starting line-up for the second pool match against Denmark and scored a delightful winner, curling in what proved the only goal of the game with a shot from outside the box in the sixth minute. She then produced an even more eye-catching display as China were thrashed 6-1 on Tuesday, notching a brace with two more wonderful strikes, seeing another ruled out for offside, and setting three goals up. The youngster labelled “cheat code” by her team-mates became the first England player of either gender to be directly involved in five or more goals in a World Cup match – a rising star shining brighter than ever, who after the China game said that “for sure, there is more to come from me”. Read More Charity boss speaks out over ‘traumatic’ encounter with royal aide Ukraine war’s heaviest fight rages in east - follow live Jose Maria Olazabal named as Luke Donald’s fourth vice-captain for Ryder Cup Jac Morgan leads Wales against England as Warren Gatland ponders captain options England docked 19 WTC points and players fined for slow over-rates during Ashes

Today's USMNT rumors include reports linking Haji Wright with Coventry City, Auston Trusty being set to join Sheffield United and Folarin Balogun could be on hisway to Monaco.USMNT rumors: Haji Wright to Coventry CityHaji Wright scored 15 goals in the Turkish Super Lig last season and this ...

MLB Rumors: Uncertainty around Eduardo Rodriguez contract extension with TigersThe Detroit Tigers agreed to trade Eduardo Rodriguez to the Los Angeles Dodgers ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline but were spurned not by the Dodgers, but by Rodriguez. He invoked the 10-team no-trade clause in his...

The Cardinals accomplished their to-do list for the MLB Trade Deadline Tuesday, but some moves weren't made that President of baseball operations John Mozeliak could soon regret.Mozeliak and the Cards went into this deadline to aim to improve their pitching for the future. The team made sev...

Frans Kratzig scored the winner for Bayern Munich against Liverpool in a thoroughly entertaining pre-season friendly in Singapore on Wednesday.

With the MLB trade deadline in the rearview mirror, this week's MLB power rankings focus on which teams are best suited for a deep postseason run, either this season or in the future.As expected, it was a wild MLB trade deadline with some surprising moves and a stunning rebuke of the Los An...

Wideout Jalen Hurd signed with the Patriots a week ago, but he recently changed his mind and decided to retire.A week is all it took for Patriots quarterback Mac Jones to run the newly signed Jalen Hurd out of town.Hurd, an ex-49ers draft pick, agreed to terms with New England on July 24, at...

The Rams suffered a brutal blow to their 2023 season following star wideout Cooper Kupp's injury in camp. Here's what we know.Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp exited training camp practice early on Tuesday with the team's athletic staff after presumably getting injured....

Xavi reveals Ousmane Dembele wants to leave Barcelona after agreeing personal terms with Paris Saint-Germain.

Manchester United are considering an offer from Real Sociedad to take Donny van de Beek on loan with an option to buy. The Red Devils are looking to free up room on their wage bill to sign Sofyan Amrabat from Fiorentina.