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Whenever U.S. striker Abby Wambach finds the net for her 159th international goal and passes Mia Hamm for the all-time soccer scoring record, she'll be atop what is arguably the most significant leaderboard in women's international team sports.

Known more for his role as a support rider of BMC Racing Team, American Brent Bookwalter has made the most of his rare opportunities to shine with two runner-up finishes at the U.S. Championships.

The Women's World Cup field will expand from 16 to 24 teams in 2015. Will the growth help or hurt the women's game? Some believe it is a necessity.

When the 2015 Women's World Cup kicks off two years from this week in Canada, all 52 matches will be played on artificial turf, a development considered heresy by some and an inevitability by others.

U.S. forward Sydney Leroux, whose dual citizenship has made her a lightning rod for Canadian fans' previous abuse, said that she has been the target of racial taunts in the past but not at Sunday's match.

More than 22,000 fans attended, booing U.S. star Abby Wambach and hounding British Columbian-born Sydney Leroux.

In the two teams' first meeting since their epic clash in the Olympic semifinals last summer, the United States and Canada each have specific goals for Sunday's "friendly."

Robin Farina sits down with espnW to talk about this weekend's nationals and how to improve the exposure of women's cycling.

Tejay van Garderen's win at the Tour of California says a lot about the "Next Big American Stage Racer" label he's been wearing for quite some time. It also creates quite the dilemma for his BMC team heading into the Tour de France.

The women's one-off time trial at the Tour of California was sandwiched between a field of amateurs and the 112 men in the professional field, leaving women riders wondering when they'll get their own bigger stage.

Self-doubt and a destructive eating disorder sidelined Mara Abbott. But the yearlong hiatus was a blessing in disguise, as the talented cyclist has found her balance, and a newfound resolve, heading into Friday's Tour of California women's time trial.

Athletic trainers are first responders by profession, although never before have they been part of a traumatic event on the scale of the Boston Marathon bombings.

Some 35,000 people ran the London Marathon without incident Sunday. After a week of shock and sorrow over bombings at the Boston Marathon, the exuberance in London helps pave the way for the rest of the racing season.

Runners will observe 30 seconds of silence before the London Marathon. Many will wear a black ribbon in memory of those who died and in solidarity with the more than 170 wounded in the Boston Marathon bombings.

On the day after terror stuck the city's hallowed marathon, an uneasy calmness settled over Boston, writes Bonnie D. Ford.

The finish line at a marathon is typically one of communal support and celebration. That was reversed in Boston on Monday, with people running away from something terrible seconds after running toward something good, writes Bonnie D. Ford.