Turkish club Galatasaray followed its huge victory over Liverpool on Tuesday with a simple troll aimed at the English club.

Galatasaray stunned Liverpool with a 1-0 win in the UEFA Champions League league phase. Victor Osimhen netted home a first-half penalty in a matchup in which Liverpool dominated possession (67.1% to 32.9%) and shot attempts (16-9).

But Galatasaray was able to hold on, securing its first victory of the competition. The club then proceeded to relay a simple troll aimed at Liverpool, captioning its post: “You’ll never walk alone, but sometimes you walk out without points.”

You’ll never walk alone, but sometimes you walk out without points 🤷‍♂️#UCL pic.twitter.com/oFsyQ2xfSv

— Galatasaray EN (@Galatasaray) September 30, 2025

Since the 1960s, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” by Gerry and the Pacemakers has served as Liverpool’s famous anthem, sung by Kopites alike around the world. The motto appears on the top of the club’s badge.

The “Shankly Gates” — built in honor of legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly — also feature the phrase.

Tuesday’s defeat marked Liverpool’s second in a row, with the club set to face Chelsea in the Premier League on Saturday.

During her end-of-season media availability on Tuesday, Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier expressed her grievances with the WNBA’s leadership.

Collier criticized league Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, suggesting she had been “negligent” in her stewardship. “We have the best players in the world. We have the best fans in the world, but right now we have the worst leadership in the world,” Collier said in a prepared statement.

Commentator Stephen A. Smith backed Collier and urged Engelbert to resign from her leadership role. “I want to know how the hell somebody said something like that about you as the commissioner,” Smith said on the latest edition of ESPN’s “First Take.”

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“Whether it was David Stern or Adam Silver or Roger Goodell or Paul Tagliabue, could you imagine? Imagine a commissioner being called out like that directly, and that timid, tepid statement. She looks guilty as hell. And then I’m looking at it, I’m saying, Did you really say that? Did you really say that Caitlin Clark should thank the heavenly stars that she wouldn’t be worth anything if she wasn’t playing in the WNBA? Did you really say that? I’m sitting back on like this girl … I’m listening, because she got very, very specific.”

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Smith also suggested Engelbert had positioned herself in such a manner that she would be unable to negotiate in good faith going forward. The looming offseason will likely be defined by the outcome of collective bargaining agreement negotiations between the league and the players’ association.

“And for the commissioner to come back with that, you can’t have her at the negotiating table talking to players, basically Collier said she’s in the way of our growth and our development as a league, not just on the player side, but on the league side. She’s not good for basketball. Nobody questioned Cathy Engelbert’s business acumen now, because we know she knows business … At the end of the day, you have a star player in the league saying the commissioner, this individual, is in the way of all of us. And that was her statement. I believe she should hand in her resignation.”

Stephen A. Smith looks on before a game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics on Nov. 19, 2021, at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)

Collier, the vice president of the WNBPA, rebuked Engelbert on several fronts. She expressed frustration over WNBA officiating, citing the injury she suffered in the Lynx’s semifinal series against the Phoenix Mercury. Referees did not whistle Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas for a foul after she made contact with Collier. The non-call prompted a strong reaction from Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve.

After an on-court confrontation with officials, Reeve was ejected. She was later fined by the WNBA for criticizing referees and accusing leadership of committing “malpractice” for allowing the officials to call the playoff game.

Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve looks on in the third quarter of their game against the Las Vegas Aces at Michelob Ultra Arena on Aug. 2, 2025. (Candice Ward/ Imagn Images)

“If this is what the league wants, OK, but I want to call for a change of leadership at the league level when it comes to officiating,” Reeve said after the Lynx’s 84-76 loss last Friday. “The officiating crew that we had tonight, for the leadership to deem those three people semifinal-playoff worthy, it’s f—ing malpractice.”

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Engelbert has been commissioner since 2019.

On Tuesday, the WNBA announced it reached an 11-year media rights deal with USA Network. The agreement gives the cable network the broadcast rights to at least 50 games per season beginning in 2026. USA will also carry select playoff games and the WNBA Finals.

The WNBA and NBA previously announced an 11-year agreement with NBCUniversal, The Walt Disney Co. and Amazon.

“Partnering with VERSANT and USA Network marks another significant milestone for the WNBA’s continued growth,” Engelbert said in part in a statement. Earlier this year, NBC Universal unveiled plans to spin off USA Network and other cable assets into a new company, which is expected to be called Versant.

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EXCLUSIVE: Former San Jose State (SJSU) transgender volleyball player Blaire Fleming responded to Fox News Digital for the first time regarding allegations that emerged from the program’s 2024 scandal. 

Fleming addressed recent allegations made by former assistant coach Melissa Batie-Smoose, who filed a lawsuit in September against the California State University (CSU) system, as SJSU is one of 23 California-based schools that are part of the system. Batie-Smoose told Fox News Digital that SJSU accommodated Fleming with special exceptions that were not granted to female athletes.

“Not showing up to practice with no excuses, sitting in the stands eating while practice was going on, those kind of things,” Batie-Smoose said of the special exceptions reserved exclusively for Fleming. 

SJSU and CSU declined to respond to those allegations.

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But Fleming responded to Batie-Smoose’s claim and addressed former teammate and co-captain Brooke Slusser. 

“The only times I showed up to practice with ‘no excuse’ and sat in the stands was when I was injured and couldn’t play. Brooke Slusser and Melissa need to get a life,” Fleming told Fox News Digital. 

Slusser, who played alongside Fleming for two seasons at SJSU from 2023-24, has joined a lawsuit and filed another citing her experience with the trans athlete. Slusser has also joined a lawsuit against the NCAA and filed her own against the Mountain West Conference and representatives of SJSU. 

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Slusser’s lawsuits brought national attention to the program last year, as the team saw multiple opponents forfeit while her and Fleming were pitted as opposing figures in a major American culture war flashpoint. 

The situation even garnered a response from President Donald Trump when he was on the campaign trail last October, calling out a moment when one of Fleming’s spikes hit an opposing San Diego State player during a game, during a Fox News Channel town hall with Harris Faulkner. Regular police protection was assigned to the team in September, and persisted throughout the season.

In addition to Slusser and Batie-Smoose’s lawsuit, SJSU is also currently under a federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for its handling of the situation last year. The investigation was launched in early February after Trump signed the “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order.

The team saw a mass exodus of its players after the controversial season ended last December. At least seven of the team’s players with remaining eligibility entered the transfer portal. 

This season, SJSU is off to a 6-7 start without Fleming, Slusser and those other transferred players. 

Fleming’s college career ended on the final day of November last season, when SJSU lost to Colorado State in the Mountain West Tournament final in Las Vegas. SJSU was playing in the final because the opponent they were meant to face in the semi-final, Boise State, forfeited. Boise State had forfeited two regular season matchups to SJSU that season amid the controversy. 

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Fleming and Slusser were both named 2024 all-conference honorable mentions, as they anchored one of the best offenses in the Mountain West amid the controversy last year. 

The team finished the regular season with the third-best hitting percentage in the conference. Slusser finished with a top 10 individual hitting percentage in the conference, while Fleming was second in the conference in kills per set with a .386. 

Brooke Slusser #10 and Blaire Fleming #3 of the San Jose State Spartans call a play during the first set against the Air Force Falcons at Falcon Court at East Gym on October 19, 2024 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Andrew Wevers/Getty Images)

Both players came to SJSU as transfers years earlier. Slusser transferred from the University of Alabama in 2023, while Fleming transferred from Coastal Carolina a year earlier. 

Fleming was previously the centerpiece of the best volleyball team in John Champe High School (in Virginia) history with a historic 19-win season in 2019 – Fleming’s senior year. That year, Fleming was named first-team all-district and set the school’s single-season record for kills in a season with 266. Fleming set the school’s single-game record for kills with 30 against Battlefield High School in September of that year. 

Meanwhile, Slusser, a Texas native and devout life-long Christian, earned the 2023 Prep Volleyball All-American honors, 2020 Under Armor All-American honors and All-Region, 2019 District Hitter of the Year honors and was named to the 2019 AVCA Phenom List for Denton Guyer High School and the Texas Advantage Volleyball club team. 

Slusser alleged in her lawsuits that SJSU officials hid knowledge of Fleming’s birth sex from her while allegedly frequently pairing the two in the same bedroom on overnight trips. Slusser also alleged Fleming admitted to being a biological male in a conversation with Slusser over ice cream in April 2024. 

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“Slusser asked why Fleming had not shared this information with her before, particularly as they had been living together. Fleming responded that there never seemed to be a good time to bring it up, and that he had been afraid that Slusser might not be his friend if Slusser knew the truth. Fleming also said that if Slusser was uncomfortable with it that Fleming would leave the volleyball team,” Slusser’s party wrote in court documents obtained by Fox News Digital. 

After the 2024 volleyball season, Slusser fled SJSU campus after frequent alleged harassment and threats by other students in response to her speaking out against Fleming and the program the previous Fall. She returned to her parents’ home in Texas to finish the school year remotely, and is now working as a youth volleyball coach in North Carolina. 

Fleming celebrated graduation from SJSU in a social media post back in May. In a New York Times story in April, Fleming claimed to have been suicidal during the 2024 season. 

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