Sam Kerr’s Gotham FC raises $100 million at record NWSL valuation of $350 million
The price tag nearly doubles Forbes’ valuation of Gotham FC from just a few months ago, accelerating the financial momentum of the already fast-growing NWSL.
women in sport
Why none of 2026’s 50 highest-paid athletes are women
The business of women’s sports is growing fast, but media rights revenues still pale in comparison with major men’s leagues, holding back salaries.
The world’s highest-paid female athletes 2024
Explore the 2024 Forbes ranking, spotlighting the top-earning female athletes and featuring influential women in tennis, soccer, basketball and more.
Tesla chair teams up with billionaire NBL owner to buy Australia’s women’s basketball league
Tesla chair Robyn Denholm has teamed up with the owner of the National Basketball League, Larry Kestelman, to take a controlling stake in the Women’s National Basketball League.
Fatima Yousufi’s harrowing journey from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to Australia
Fatima Yousufi, captain of Afghanistan’s women’s national football team, reveals the huge traumas suffered by her team when the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021 and their subsequent rescue and relocation to Australia.