Two -time Grand Slam finalist Jasmine Paolini leads Italy to its first title since 2013 .

Paolini defeats Rebecca Sramkova 6 -2, 6 -1 to seal a 2 -0 victory over Slovakia in the final of the women’s team competition.

The No. 4 -ranked Paolini was the runner-up at the French Open in June and at Wimbledon in July .

Italy eliminated No. 1 Iga Swiatek and Poland in the semifinals.

Gallaudet women's volleyball team is quietly winning and rolling into the NCAA Tournament.

The team is almost entirely deaf and hard of hearing players and led by a deaf coach.

The Bison have not even lost a set in a month on the way to the first back-to-back 30 -win seasons in coach Lynn Ray Boren 's nearly two decades in charge.

Bison leads Division III in team service aces and ranks second in aces per set and third in hitting percentage.

The Gallaudet women's deaf volleyball team has won the World Deaf Volleyball Championship .

A silver medal finish in Japan provided the team's foundation for this success.

Senior opposite hitter Cassidy Perry said she trusts where her teammates are going to be, knows she can gesture to make sure setters put the ball at the right height.

Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. pleads guilty to three counts of first -degree murder, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding.

Jones had been scheduled to stand trial on charges that included aggravated murder, which carries a mandatory sentence of life without parole.

Jones was a former member of the university's football team at the time of the shooting.

The LPGA Tour will play for $127.5 million in official prize money in 2025 .

The only bigger payoff in women's sport is the WTA Finals .

The tour also announced that Chicago -based CME Group has extended its sponsorship of the Race to CME Globe for two years through 2027 .

The Maui Invitational college basketball tournament returns to Lahaina , Hawaii , next week .

The fire killed at least 102 people and leveled thousands of homes in Lahaina .

Many residents are excited to have top-drawer basketball played in the town's humble arena.

But there's also a fear that travelers might show disrespect by wandering into the Lahaina burn zone.

Tickets to the games this year range from $56 to $ 236 depending on the game and seat location.

Local residents get about a 28% discount.

Tournament organizers and teams will hold basketball clinics for local students.

Organizers have reminded participating schools and their teams to be respectful.

Germany defeats Canada 2 -0 in Davis Cup quarterfinals.

Daniel Altmaier , Jan-Lennard Struff defeat Denis Shapovalov in second singles match.

Both teams were missing their highest-ranked singles players.

Germany will face the Netherlands in the semifinals while Canada looks ahead to next year's Davis Cup .

Geno Auriemma is trying to become NCAA all-time wins leader.

He is currently tied with Tara VanDerveer for the most wins in college basketball history with 1,216 .

UConn has reached the Final Four 23 times, including in 15 of the past 16 seasons .

The U.S. women's soccer team will play Colombia , Australia and Japan in the SheBelieves Cup .

This is the 10th edition of the tournament.

The USWNT is ranked first in FIFA 's women's world rankings.

The USA has won the tournament five times and seven overall.

Chris Sale , Tarik Skubal among Cy Young finalists after leading leagues in wins, strikeouts and ERA for qualifiers.

Sale is a finalist for the National League award after going 18-3 with a 2.38 ERA and 225 strikeouts for the Braves .

Cleveland closer Emmanuel Clase and Kansas City starter Seth Lugo also finalists.

Queen's University is the first post-secondary institution in North America to install carbon-sequestering field turf.

The innovative upgrade is part of a revitalization project for Nixon Field , which serves thousands of students, athletes and community members annually .

The current turf is being removed this week , with the replacement expected to be completed in the spring .