WWE’s tour through Europe rages on as the build up to WrestleMania 41 is heating up.

Raw last week in Belgium featured John Cena’s return and he addressed the shocking turn he had at the 2025 Elimination Chamber. His WrestleMania opponent, Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes faced him and delivered a strong message to his now enemy. Now with Raw in Scotland, the two big-time stars will meet again. What could happen this time around.

Action happening Monday includes both the men’s and women’s Intercontinental Championship on the line, CM Punk will speak and Jey Uso takes on A-Town Down Under with a mystery tag team partner.

With WWE still in Europe, it will air live earlier than usual, so here’s what to know for WWE Raw on Monday:

When time is WWE Raw today?

WWE Raw on March 24 begins at 4 p.m. ET.

Where is WWE Raw today?

WWE Raw will be taking place at OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.

How to watch Monday Night Raw

Monday Night Raw is available only on Netflix. Viewers will need a Netflix subscription to watch the event, and it’s available at no additional cost. Fans with any Netflix subscription tier will be able to watch.

Monday Night Raw match card, scheduled events

Cody Rhodes and John Cena meet face-to-face
Intercontinental Championship match: Bron Breakker (c) vs. Penta
Women’s Intercontinental Championship match: Lyra Valkyria (c) vs. Raquel Rodriguez
Jey Uso and mystery partner vs. Austin Theory and Grayson Waller
CM Punk speaks

Tiger Woods has been linked to a long list of women since his divorce from Elin Nordegren in 2010. However, Woods’ latest squeeze has drawn great interest. The 15-time major winner announced his relationship with Vanessa Trump, ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr., via a post to his Instagram account.

Woods and Vanessa Trump had been linked together for quite some time, but the rumors really gained traction after Woods showed up to the Genesis Open with Donald Trump’s granddaughter, Kai.

Since then, Vanessa and Kai were seen at Woods’ TGL event in Florida as well. Furthermore, Woods’ children, Charlie and Sam, attend the Benjamin School in Palm Beach, Florida achlongside Kai. Kai and Charlie actually both competed in the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley this weekend as well.

LOS ANGELES — Lauren Betts now ranks among the legendary UCLA centers, according to a former Los Angeles Laker and two-time NBA champion.

After Betts had 30 points and 14 rebounds to lead the UCLA past Richmond, 84-67, in the second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament, Betts had something else: a massive compliment from Mychal Thompson, who won two NBA championship rings with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1987 and 1988.

Yes, that’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton and Lauren Betts.

“That’s crazy,’’ she said.

Like Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor during his time at UCLA) and Walton before her, the 6-foot-7 Betts was a force for UCLA near the basket Sunday night at Pauley Pavilion. She was 14-for-17 from the floor. In addition to her 14 rebounds, she had four assists and showed why he’s a candidate for national Defensive Player of the Year.

And now trying to lead UCLA (32-2) — the top overall seed in the women’s tournament — to the school’s first NCAA title in women’s basketball.

‘She’s an absolute generational player,’ UCLA coach Cori Close said. ‘She is not…just a low-post player. I mean, watch her move out there. The way that she guarded and switched, and even when she made some mistakes, the way that she chased people at 6-7. And she’s really 6-8, by the way.

‘But she’s just an elite player. She has basketball IQ. She’s incredibly competitive. She affects the game in so many ways on offense and defense. The list goes on and on.’

Said Kiki Rice, UCLA’s star point guard, was more succinct when asked about playing with Betts. “It makes life easy.’’

Now Betts, a junior, is looking for something Abdul-Jabbar and the late Walton won — an NCAA championship.

For the third year in a row, UCLA has advanced to the Sweet 16, setting up a matchup with No. 5 seed Mississippi on Friday.

‘Now we’ve got to push the envelope,’ UCLA coach Cori Close said.

Betts figures to be at the center of it all.

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On Sunday afternoon in Columbia, South Carolina, Indiana Hoosiers guard Chloe Moore-McNeil dribbled toward the sideline during the first half of a tight March Madness second-round matchup. South Carolina guard Raven Johnson, engaged on defense, closely tracked her every move. Moore-McNeil eventually trailed off, passing the ball to junior guard Shay Ciezki, who was waiting to set up a score.

Ciezki moved quickly and decisively toward the basket from the elbow, looking to extend No. 9 seed Indiana’s six-point lead on the No. 1 seed Gamecocks. As she approached the basket, senior guard Te-Hina Paopao was in lockstep until suddenly, she jumped up, still in stride and blocked Ciezki’s shot attempt.

There it is.

South Carolina’s typically stellar defense awakened from its unusual slumber.

Moments later, forward Sania Feagin added a layup, and Bree Hall quickly followed with a timely 3-point basket. Feagin unleashed another layup, and star freshman Joyce Edwards drained a pair of free throws. The Gamecocks were doing what they do best: using their defense to create offense. Still, they found themselves down 26-25 at halftime, an eerie too-close-for-comfort feeling that reeked of a similar 2024 NCAA tournament matchup with Indiana during the Sweet 16.

At the start of the third quarter in that game, then star center Kamilla Cardoso and Johnson danced to Macarena shortly before Indiana put up 43 points in the second half, including a 23-point third quarter that ate into a massive lead. The Hoosiers closed the gap, making South Carolina sweat until it walked away with a nail-biting 79-74 win to keep its undefeated season alive.

No one was dancing on Sunday.

Instead, head coach Dawn Staley implored her team to dig deeper at halftime. Indiana wouldn’t go quietly. “I’m proud of our team the way they gutted up and didn’t flinch,’ Staley said postgame. ‘It wasn’t pretty, but at this time, it doesn’t have to be. You just have to score more points.”

That’s the improbability of March Madness; it doesn’t make logical basketball sense. It just has to work. With help from Feagin, who dissected the Hoosiers’ defense during the third quarter, and a push from forward Chloe Kitts, South Carolina took over the game and extended its lead, once again reaching the Sweet 16 for the fifth consecutive season after a 64-53 win. The Gamecocks ended their day with 20 fastbreak points and 18 points from 16 Indiana turnovers.

The question remains: How does South Carolina not panic after an ugly game ahead of its Sweet 16 matchup?

‘We weren’t really panicked because we know our first half wasn’t very good,’ Kitts explained postgame to 107.5 The Game. ‘It wasn’t very good because we weren’t making our shots, our easy layups ― everything like that. So, we just know we need to calm down … ‘

That’s the key: The Gamecocks are calm in adversity.

It’s how they’ve learned what it takes to win a championship. As the competition gets more challenging, South Carolina can’t flinch. As teams throw more at them, the Gamecocks can’t be too small for the moment. However, the calm isn’t just the players from year to year or any speeches that may come when the Gamecocks need them the most. The calm is also Staley. It always has been during her tenure.

Three-time WNBA MVP and four-time Olympic teammate of Staley’s, Lisa Leslie, recently dove deeper into what Staley means to South Carolina’s program. “South Carolina has been able to see it was worth it to invest in Dawn Staley – and how she changed this program and the impact she’s had on these young women,’ Leslie explained. Staley’s impact on her players extends beyond the baskets that light up the court or the back-breaking transition steals that deflate opponents. She allows her players to be them in whatever form that may be.

‘It’s a daycare,’ Staley said Sunday. ‘Not a board meeting where one person is talking at a time.’

If South Carolina hoists another trophy in 2025, her players will likely remember when everything seemingly felt heavy and impossible. But there she was, calm amid unmistakable chaos, helping the daycare run without a hitch.

“I think we created a legacy already, whether we win this one or not,” Staley recently shared. “What we’ve done over the past eight years won’t be done again. If we win another one, it just adds to our legacy in the game.”

The first buzzer-beater of March Madness has happened, and it will send Maryland to the Sweet 16.

The No. 4 Terrapins were in a tough battle with No. 12 Colorado State and the Rams’ Jalen Lake hit a clutch go-ahead 3-pointer with six seconds left to give his team a 71-70 lead. Maryland brought the ball up and called a timeout with three seconds left.

On the final play, Derik Queen drove into the lane and did a running jumper as he shot the ball off the glass and it went in. The buzzer went off to cap the stunning 72-71 victory and avoid the upset from Colorado State.

Queen has been a leader for the Terps and he certainly carried his team back from a 12-point first half deficit. He had a team-high 17 points, and the last two were the ones that pushed Maryland to survive and advance.

Maryland head coach Kevin Willard said in the timeout huddle prior to the game-winner, he asked his team who wants the ball. Queen was the first to respond and said ‘I want the (expletive) ball.’ After that, Willard said it was a simple decision to get the ball to Queen.

‘That was my first, that was my first game-winner,’ Queen said. ‘When coach drew up the play, my teammates trusted me. He trusted me. I was a little bit nervous, but I knew I was due for one, and I had to make this.’

Maryland now heads to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2016. The Terrapins will play No. 1 Florida.

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Dan Hurley was heated following UConn men’s basketball’s 77-75 loss to Florida on Sunday.

Hurley and the Huskies’ quest for a three-peat ended with a loss to the No. 1 Gators in the 2025 men’s NCAA Tournament. Walking off the court, it was clear that Hurley was not thrilled with the referees and the calls against UConn throughout the game.

Hurley commented to Baylor coaches and players awaiting playing their game, ‘I hope they don’t [expletive] you like they [expletive] us, Baylor.’

After the game, Hurley addressed why he was heated when coming off the court. Specifically, he was heated about a no-call against Alex Karban when he drove to the hoop and had contact made with him.

The Huskies held a 61-59 lead with 3:05 left in the game. Following the no-call on the missed layup by Karaban, Walter Clayton Jr. hit a 3-pointer to give Florida the lead. A turnover led to a Will Richard dunk and the Gators had a 64-61 lead.

UConn tied the game at 64 following a timeout but never re-gained the lead again.

‘Part of (the emotion) is probably just the season, how tumultuous the season has been. The team battled and fought just to qualify for the tournament, and then how the game played out, up three at the last media (timeout) we have two free throw rebound mistakes,’ Hurley said in his media availability. ‘With past teams we’ve had issues like that occur but those games we were up 15-18 so they weren’t as magnified. And obviously the Karaban drive on the baseline, you know, there was a lot of contact there and we were up one I think at that point or two potentially. I thought that was a big play too.’

UConn was called for 21 personal fouls, while Florida was called for 17. The Gators were 22-of-34 from the free throw line, while the Huskies shot 19-of-22 from the charity stripe.

The Huskies’ season ended with a 24-11 record. It was the first time the Huskies lost double-digit games since the 2019-20 season.

‘I think when we go back and watch this film on the flight back today, I think it’s going to be crushing looking at those free throw rebound plays again, looking at the Karaban finish on the baseline with a no call on that,’ Hurley said.

Wisconsin won its eighth national championship in women’s hockey, defeating Ohio State 4-3 in overtime.
Junior forward Kirsten Simms scored the game-tying goal on a penalty shot with 18.9 seconds left in regulation and netted the game-winner in overtime.
This was the third consecutive national championship game between Wisconsin and Ohio State, with each team winning one of the previous matchups.

MINNEAPOLIS — Mark Johnson asked a three-word question, and Kirsten Simms’ hand shot up.

“Who wants it?”

With Wisconsin down a goal in the women’s national championship game and 18.9 seconds left in the third period, someone would have the opportunity to take a penalty shot that could send the game into overtime.

Simms, the junior who had the winning goal in Wisconsin’s 2023 championship victory, practically dislocated her shoulder volunteering.

She came through to send the game into overtime.

And then again in the extra period.

And finally Simms and her teammates were able to hoist UW’s eighth national championship trophy over their heads and skate around the Ridder Arena ice to celebrate a dramatic, 4-3 Frozen Four final victory over Ohio State.

“I guess it’s just luck at some point, but yeah, it’s obviously super cool,” Simms said of her penchant for big goals in the biggest game. “But it’s just a testament to how great this group is as a whole. … We stuck through it all, all the way till the end here.

“It could have been anybody. It could have been on anybody’s stick. We have trust with everybody in this group, that could have honestly been anyone on the penalty shot, and it could have been anyone putting in that puck in the back of the net.”

Ohio State looked like the better team for much of the night

Wisconsin went 62 minutes and 48 seconds without leading until Simms’ winner.

Ohio State built a 3-1 lead on defender Emma Peschel’s goal 10 seconds into the second period, but Caroline Harvey kept UW in the game when she smacked home a pass from Simms at 5:27 of the second period.

Both teams had chances, but they went more than 24 minutes without scoring.

“In the middle of third period, it wasn’t looking very good,” Johnson said. “You know, is somebody going to make a play?  We were similar to last year. We didn’t make a play (then). And fortunate for us, I think our belief was stronger. I think our trust was deeper.

“We got to the end, and someone made a play, and then I liked the excitement that we created in the last 18 seconds and in the intermission.

“We went out on the ice, and we started to play a little bit more freer and a little bit more on their toes and … we ended the game not too far into that overtime.”

Despite setting a program record for victories in a season, Wisconsin (38-1-2) did have to play from behind in its final five games.

Kirsten  Simms had some help and some coaxing on her penalty shot

Although Simms’ tying goal came in a one-on-one situation, she can credit Edwards with an assist.

Edwards pointed out to the UW coaching staff that an Ohio State skater had covered the puck with her hand while in the crease.

UW asked for a review and got the call it needed, and Johnson asked who’d step up.

“I wanted to see who wanted to step up and own it and who felt comfortable in this setting,” Johnson said. “Because you can’t have one ounce of negativity in your mind as you pick the puck up. … You can’t get any more pressure than that, 3-2, you’re down, national championship game. If you miss, the game’s probably over.

“I don’t know if I was playing, if I would take the shot.”

Simms did, but she had considerable encouragement.

“I had everyone on the bench screaming, Simmsy, Simmsy, you do it, you do it,” she said. “So, yeah … after that, everyone just really instilled confidence within me.

“And I actually have to thank all my teammates for that, because I was super nervous going into that moment, but they all calmed me down and reminded me to just be confident in what I do and what I decided to do, and it worked out for us.”

Johnson and goaltender Ava McNaughton, who’d gone to the bench, turned away. They were too nervous to watch.

Simms looped in from the right, faked repeatedly with her backand and then crossed over to her right hand at the last second and put the shot behind sprawling Ohio State goaltender Amanda Thiele.

Ohio State coach Nadine Muzerall questioned whether the goal should have been allowed. On a penalty shot, the shooter isn’t permitted to move the puck away from the goal, and Simms was close as she crossed over from left to right.

OSU was already short-handed, serving a two-minute penalty for too many players on the ice, and she had spent her timeout. An unsuccessful challenge would have left the Buckeyes another player down.

Kirsten Simms’ winning shot came with a lot less planning

Although the momentum shifted late, Wisconsin still had to find a way to get one more puck across the line after watching Thiele stop 31 of their shots and plenty deflected by other Buckeyes.

Whereas Simms had plenty of time to ponder her penalty shot, the winner was all reaction on a rebound of a shot by junior left wing Lacey Eden.

“I couldn’t even tell you (what happened),” Simms said. “I haven’t seen (a replay) and don’t really remember it. I know Lacey just took a shot and the rebound came right at me, and I just kind of hit the puck and hoped that it went in the net. And lucky enough, it did.”

Wisconsin takes “Game 3” against its latest rival

Ohio State (29-8-3) was the only team to beat Wisconsin, earning a 3-2 victory in Columbus on Nov. 16. The Buckeyes also earned a WCHA point for winning a shootout after a 3-3 tie at Wrigley Field in Chicago in January,

UW and OSU have combined to win the past six national championships. They played each other in the past two title games, splitting 1-0 decisions, so Johnson considered this the rubber game in a best-of-three.

The outcome was a fitting cap to a season Badgers graduate student center Casey O’Brien suggested a day earlier – after she’d been awarded the Patty Kazmaier Award as the player of the year – might have been the best in the history of women’s college hockey.

UW set program highs for wins and goals (221) in a season, individually O’Brien broke scoring records for points in a season (88) and career (278), Johnson was named coach of the year and McNaughton goaltender of the year, and Simms, O’Brien, Edwards and Harvey were all first-team All-Americans.

“You start with this blank canvas at the beginning of the year, and then you start to paint this picture, what the year is going to look like and what’s going to transpire,” Johnson said. “And then we get to the end, and you’re playing the national championship game. And here’s this picture, man. It’s looking really good. It’s not quite complete yet. And (when) it’s complete, you get to sign it.

“And so today, we got a masterpiece.”

Kyle Larson overcame plenty on Sunday to win for the 30th time in his distinguished NASCAR Cup Series career.

Larson passed Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman with seven laps to go, capturing the Straight Talk Wireless 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida.

Restarting fourth with 55 laps to go following the race’s final caution period, Bowman worked his way by Larson and Denny Hamlin and eventually put his No. 48 Chevrolet around Bubba Wallace’s No. 23 Toyota with 33 laps left.

But with Larson charging hard in his No. 5 Chevrolet, Bowman banged the wall hard in Turn 4, allowing Larson to move by and motor away by 1.205 seconds for his 30th career victory and Chevrolet’s third in five Homestead races.

Larson, who led 19 laps, is the third-winningest driver in the Hendrick organization’s history, trailing Jeff Gordon (93 wins) and Jimmie Johnson (83), but he had extra work to do at Homestead.

His car was struck by Josh Berry in a pit-road incident, and his Chevrolet smacked the outside wall numerous times blazing around the 1.5-mile speedway.

‘It was far from perfect,’ said Larson, a two-time Homestead victor who qualified 14th. ‘I got into the wall too many times … I had just had to keep plugging away with what I know and what’s good for me.

‘Just a lot of gritty, hard work there today between damage on pit road, qualifying bad, bad restarts, all of that stuff. … Just to keep my head down and keep digging felt good.’

After his season-best runner-up outing, Bowman said he felt he let his first 2025 win slip away.

‘Yeah, I guess I choked that one away, for sure,’ said Bowman, who held the point for 43 laps. ‘I just kind of burned my stuff up. … I pulled it off the wall too far (in Turn 4) and hit the fence pretty bad. (My team) deserved better than that.’

Wallace, Chase Briscoe and Hamlin rounded out the top five.

In the 27th Cup race in the South Florida track’s history, Bowman led 36 other cars to the green flag, but he eventually watched Ryan Blaney, Berry and Larson take the point through a caution-free start to the 267-lap race, the series’ sixth of the season.

However, with 10 laps to go in Stage 1 and Blaney’s No. 12 Ford out front, three-time 2025 winner Christopher Bell spun by himself while tight against the Turn 4 wall.

Blaney held the lead on the ensuing restart and won his second stage this season. Bowman, Briscoe, Larson and Austin Cindric grabbed the top-five bonus points in the 80-lap segment.

As the field immediately pitted after the stage, Joey Logano exited his pit and made it four-wide, wrecking with Berry under Larson and Hamlin on the crowded, narrow pit road.

Hamlin pitted his No. 11 Toyota on Lap 126 but regained the lead with four laps to go and was victorious in Stage 2 by nipping Larson, who was on the same strategy with fresher tires. Blaney, William Byron and Wallace followed.

Running third with 60 circuits left, Blaney had his engine expire in a plume of smoke off Turn 4. The 2023 Cup champion led 124 laps.