{"id":71129,"date":"2026-05-23T16:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wnba-star-sabrina-ionescu-ready-to-return-from-injury-sunday\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T20:22:08","slug":"wnba-star-sabrina-ionescu-ready-to-return-from-injury-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wnba-star-sabrina-ionescu-ready-to-return-from-injury-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA Star Sabrina Ionescu Ready to Return from Injury Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu announced to media members that she intends to take the court Sunday when her team faces the Dallas Wings at home.<\/p>

The All-Star guard, who has earned four selections to the prestigious team, has been out of action due to an injury to her left foot that occurred during a May 3 preseason victory against Connecticut.<\/p>

Ionescu has been back in practice sessions since Monday and confirmed to reporters following Saturday’s practice that she expects to suit up for Sunday’s contest.<\/p>

Following Thursday’s 87-70 defeat to the Golden State Valkyries, Liberty head coach Chris DeMarco shared positive thoughts about getting his star player back on the court in the near future.<\/p>

“She looks good,” DeMarco said. “It’s really about the recovery and how she’s feeling later in the day and the next day. And so yeah, we’re really close there and we’re happy with her progress.”<\/p>

When speaking with reporters Saturday, Ionescu described her status as “day to day” and remained uncertain about her availability for Monday’s game against the Portland Fire.<\/p>

During the 2025 season, Ionescu put up averages of 18.2 points, 5.7 assists, 4.9 rebounds and 1.3 steals across 38 contests, starting in every game for the Liberty.<\/p>

Selected first overall in the 2020 WNBA Draft, she has compiled career averages of 16.7 points, 5.9 assists and 5.5 rebounds over 181 games with New York, starting 177 of those contests. She was instrumental in helping the Liberty capture the WNBA championship in 2024.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York Liberty’s four-time All-Star guard Sabrina Ionescu announced she plans to play Sunday against Dallas after missing time with a left foot injury. The star player has been recovering since suffering the injury during a May 3 preseason game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":71128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1779567728081.jpg?fit=450%2C299&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-ivf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77757,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/new-york-libertys-ionescu-sidelined-again-due-to-back-issues\/","url_meta":{"origin":71129,"position":0},"title":"New York Liberty’s Ionescu Sidelined Again Due to Back Issues","author":"Admin","date":"June 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Star guard Sabrina Ionescu will miss another game for the New York Liberty due to ongoing back problems. 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