Updated: 12:37 PM EST Jan 30, 2021 WXII12.com Web Staff Professional tennis player Naomi Osaka invested in the North Carolina Courage, a women s professional soccer team, Thursday.Osaka was named the highest-paid female athlete of 2020 by Forbes, and is now giving back to other women in professional sports by becoming an owner. Click the video player above for the video story from WXII 12 News.Osaka is working with the team to change the lives of young women with The Naomi Osaka Play Academy, which aims to change girls lives through play and sport, according to NC Courage. It is a part of the largest youth to professional soccer club in the country.“The women who have invested in me growing up made me who I am today and I cannot think of where my life would be without them,” Osaka said in a statement. “My investment in the North Carolina Courage is far beyond just being a team owner, it’s an investment in amazing women who are role models and leade
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