SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Gabby Williams hit two key 3-pointers over the final six minutes and finished with 18 points, Veronica Burton had 11 points, 11 assists and five rebounds, and the Golden State Valkyries held off the Washington Mystics 74-69 on Saturday night for their ninth straight win.
Kayla Thornton connected on a go-ahead 3-pointer with 4:14 remaining and finished with 11 points. Williams' 3 with 5:55 left cut the Washington lead to 65-62, and then Kiah Stokes hit from deep to tie the game. Burton's 3 with 2:14 remaining made it 71-65 as the Valkyries ended on a 15-4 run.
Washington guard Sonia Citron went down on her backside beneath the Valkyries basket with 7:19 left in the third quarter after a hard collision with Cecilia Zandalasini as they fought for a rebound. Citron returned and had 12 points.
The Valkyries have won 13 of 15 — with 11 wins at home, where the team has sold out every game at Chase Center since the start of its inaugural season last year.
Shakira Austin had 18 points and matched her career high with 16 rebounds for the Mystics, who had 45 boards in a 75-56 loss to Portland on Thursday, including 19 on the offensive glass to equal the most in the WNBA this season. Washington leads the league in rebounding and had 37 Saturday.
The Valkyries came in allowing a WNBA-low 76.1 points and 69.2 over the previous five with a Western Conference-leading defensive rating. Coach Natalie Nakase said before the game her team still must do a better job of being the aggressor.
Golden State certainly delivered on both ends down the stretch.
After falling behind 18-10 on Michaela Onyenwere's 3 with 33 seconds left in the first, the Valkyries responded with a 23-6 run on the way to a 33-28 halftime lead.
The teams meet again at Chase Center on Monday night in their final game before the All-Star break.
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The Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Williams (1) drives down the court against Washington Mystics guard Sonia Citron (22) in the first half of a WNBA basketball game in San Francisco on Saturday, July 18, 2026. (Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
The Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase low fives her players as they exit the court before competing against the Washington Mystics during a WNBA basketball game in San Francisco on Saturday, July 18, 2026. (Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
The Golden State Valkyries forward Cecilia Zandalasini (24) defends the ball against Washington Mystics guard Sonia Citron (22) during a WNBA basketball game in San Francisco on Saturday, July 18, 2026. (Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
LONDON (AP) — Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday in Miami after U.K. prosecutors said they brought further rape and sex trafficking charges against them.
Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said the new charges relate to four further victims and were brought after authorities received evidence from Bedfordshire Police in southeastern England. The charges include rape, assault, trafficking and offenses relating to “indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.”
The charges announced Saturday, which bring the total number of alleged victims in the U.K. to seven, are the latest in a long-running international legal saga involving the brothers that has spanned the U.S., Britain and Romania. The brothers have denied wrongdoing.
Here are some things to know about the Tate brothers:
Andrew Tate, 39, and Tristan Tate, 38, are dual U.S.-British citizens known for their social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny.
Andrew Tate is a former professional kickboxer and self-described misogynist who has amassed more than 10 million followers, most of them boys and young men, on X. He has been banned from platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Instagram for violating hate speech guidelines.
He also runs an online academy where he says he teaches young men how to get rich and attract women. Tristan Tate is also a former kickboxer.
The brothers are avid supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Andrew Tate and his brother have faced multiple charges in the U.K. and Romania, where they moved to in 2016.
British prosecutors said the new charges relate to alleged offenses that took place between 2010 and 2017. They said Andrew Tate was charged with seven further counts of rape, three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation, three counts of assault and 19 charges for offenses relating to indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.
Tristan Tate was charged with one count of sexual assault, two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating sex trafficking.
The Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement it “has requested the extradition of the Tates from the U.S. They have been arrested and await extradition proceedings to the U.K.”
The Tates already face previous charges of rape, bodily harm, human trafficking and controlling prostitution for gain relating to three other alleged victims in the U.K. between 2012 and 2015.
In June, a U.K. High Court judge threw out a legal bid by the Tates to be told the names of their accusers.
In Romania, the siblings were arrested in late 2022 along with two Romanian women. The four were accused of participating in criminal schemes to lure women for sexual exploitation. They denied those allegations and the Romanian case hasn’t gone forward because of legal and procedural problems.
The case hasn’t been closed, and there is also a separate legal case against the brothers in Romania.
Andrew Tate has repeatedly claimed that prosecutors in Romania have no evidence against him and that there is a political conspiracy to silence him.
British police previously sought the Tates' extradition to the U.K. once their legal proceedings in Romania concluded.
But in February 2025 they were allowed to leave Romania after authorities lifted travel restrictions, and they flew to Florida on a private jet.
Romania's foreign minister said at the time that a U.S. official in the Trump administration had expressed interest in the brothers’ legal case in Romania.
Trump said he knew “nothing about” the case when asked if his administration pressured the Romania government to release the Tates.
FILE - Andrew Tate, left, watches his brother Tristan speak, outside a police station in Voluntari, Romania, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
