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June 27, 2025
VC Firm Launches $16M Fund To Back Wellbeing Tech Startups
The San Francisco-based VC firm has locked in $16 million for the first close of its second fund, aiming to scale startups that put emotional intelligence and human resilience at the core of their tech. Athletech NEWS
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June 27, 2025
Olympic Runner Faith Kipyegon Misses 4-Minute Mile Record by Mere Seconds
Faith Kipyegon nearly ran a mile in less than four minutes — coming oh-so-close to breaking the threshold which no female athlete has ever achieved on Thursday, June 26. People
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June 26, 2025
The stunning photos chosen as finalists for Women in Sport Photo Action Awards
Finalists for the 2025 Women in Sport Photo Action Awards (WISPAA) have been announced, after close to 500 powerful images of women in sport were submitted. Women's AGENDA
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June 26, 2025
Tennis Star Aryna Sabalenka Takes Stake in David Beckham’s IM8
IM8, the supplement brand co-founded by David Beckham and health sciences company Prenetics, has signed female tennis star Aryna Sabalenka as a global ambassador in a deal that also sees Sabalenka become a shareholder of IM8, the sides announced during Wimbledon 2025. Athletech NEWS
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June 25, 2025
ESPN bets big on women’s sports with Women’s Lacrosse League media deal
ESPN and the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) have announced a new five-year media rights agreement that will begin in 2026 and includes a three percent investment stake in the PLL for ESPN. CLUTCH POINTS
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June 25, 2025
Toronto Waterfront Marathon’s bold initiative to get more women racing
At the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon, race director Charlotte Brookes has noticed a concerning trend: fewer women are signing up, even as total race participation climbs. CANADIAN Running Magazine
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June 25, 2025
How Should Sports Journalism Adapt To The Women’s Sports Boom?
You might already know this, but women’s sports are kind of a big deal these days. Whether we’re talking media rights deals, or ratings, or advertising, or even new leagues, the sports landscape has shifted significantly since 2024, when the Caitlyn Clark effect plus the Paris Olympics shifted the landscape....
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June 24, 2025
ESPN Reaches Agreement with UEFA for Exclusive Rights to the 2025 UEFA European Women’s Championship Across Spanish-Speaking Latin America
ESPN has acquired exclusive media rights to the 2025 UEFA European Women’s Championship across Spanish-speaking Latin America as part of a new agreement with UEFA. The deal also includes rights to UEFA’s men’s and women’s youth and futsal competitions through 2028. ESPN Press Room
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June 24, 2025
Langkawi International Ultra Run: Hong Kong’s Wong is fastest woman and beats the men too
It was meant to be her husband’s big day, but instead it was Wong Mei-yan who stole the show at the Langkawi International Ultra Run, becoming the fastest overall finisher in the 100km Round Island Ultra-Road. myNEWS
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June 24, 2025
Maven Clinic Partners With Oura to Make Women’s Healthcare More Personalized Than Ever
Maven Clinic, the world’s largest virtual clinic for women’s and family health, has announced a new partnership with Oura, the maker of the popular Oura Ring, to bring continuous biometric data into Maven’s expert-led care model. Athletec News
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June 23, 2025
Lululemon Lays Off 150, Plans ‘Modest’ Price Increases
Lululemon is tightening its operations by eliminating roughly 150 corporate roles, a move the company says is part of an effort to operate with greater agility. The layoffs, which impact employees across Lululemon’s global store support centers, come as the popular brand prepares to implement strategic price increases, described by executives...
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June 19, 2025
Report: Nike to Delay Launch of NikeSkims
The eagerly anticipated collaboration between Kim Kardashian and Nike has delayed its launch. NikeSkims, which was announced in February for a spring release, is pushing back its launch date because of production delays, according to a source familiar with the situation. A new date hasn’t been revealed. The collection is an extension...
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June 18, 2025
KPMG Women’s PGA ups purse by $1.6 million, matching largest on LPGA
The KPMG Women’s PGA is now on equal terms with the U.S. Women’s Open when it comes to prize money. KPMG announced Tuesday its total purse is now $12 million, up from $10.4 million a year ago. The winner will earn $1.8 million. KPMG took over as title sponsor in...
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June 18, 2025
Gambling and social media abuse of women in sport – what is going on?
According to Signify, which has been working with tennis authorities on detecting abuse through an artificial intelligence-led detection system called Threat Matrix, a significant proportion of abuse sent to tennis players stems from gamblers who have lost bets. Across the year, a category they call 'angry gamblers' sent 40% of...
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June 18, 2025
This Simple Fitness Test Could Predict How Long You’ll Live, Study Finds
A new study published in theEuropean Journal of Preventive Cardiology followed 4,282 adults between the ages of 46 and 75 to assess how well they could lower themselves to the floor from a standing position-and then rise back up-using as little assistance as possible from their hands, knees, furniture, or...
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June 18, 2025
Gambling and social media abuse of women in sport – what is going on?
When tennis player Katie Boulter revealed to the BBC the shocking scale of abuse she receives on social media, she emphasised that many angry messages feature references to gambling. BBC SPORT
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June 18, 2025
This Simple Fitness Test Could Predict How Long You’ll Live, Study Finds
If you want to get an idea of your longevity without stepping foot in a doctor's office, try the sit-rise test. THE KANSAS CITY STAR
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June 18, 2025
WNBA Star Angel Reese and Cash App Transform Chicago With New Basketball Court for Female Athletes
Following their powerful partnership in 2024 to champion the future of fandom in women's sports, Cash App and WNBA All-Star Angel Reese have teamed up again, this time to make a lasting impact in Chicago. STOCK TITAN
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June 17, 2025
Allyson Felix: Beauty Brands Are Dropping the Ball on Women’s Sports
Women’s sports are undeniably on the rise. But according to Olympic track and field athlete and entrepreneur Allyson Felix, women’s sports marketing is still virtually nonexistent. ADWEEK
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June 17, 2025
Tubi Acquires Naomi Osaka Tennis Doc ‘The Second Set’ (Exclusive)
Naomi Osaka‘s return to pro tennis after a break to give birth to her child will be captured in The Second Set, a documentary picked up by Tubi. THE Hollywood REPORTER
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June 16, 2025
First official female Boston Marathon champion dies at 86
Nina Kuscsik, the first woman to officially win the Boston Marathon, died Sunday morning in Huntington, N.Y., after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 86. Kuscsik was a two-time New York City Marathon champion and made history in 1972 by becoming the first woman to win the Boston Marathon...
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June 16, 2025
Kate Kelleghan and Laura Pineau Became the First Women to Complete the Yosemite Triple Crown
Climbers Kate Kelleghan and Laura Pineau climbed El Capitan, Mount Watkins, and Half Dome in 23 hours and 36 minutes, becoming the first women to complete the historic linkup. Outside
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June 16, 2025
Take Up Cycling as a Hobby. It Might Literally Save Your Brain.
A gigantic study of nearly half a million people living in the UK, published in JAMA Network Open, by researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the University of Sydney found that riding a bike might be doing a lot more than making your legs look shredded. It could be protecting...
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June 16, 2025
Next Is Now Gives Women’s Basketball Docuseries a Date and Brand Backers
The first Next Is Now project, the Fastest Six Weeks in Sports docuseries—which examines the span between the end of NCAA Women’s March Madness and the beginning of the WNBA Season. ADWEEK
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June 16, 2025
Nina Kuscsik, marathon pioneer and first (official) winner of Boston women’s race, has died
Nina Kuscsik, who campaigned for women's inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon the first year that they were officially allowed to enter into the race, has died. She was 86. yahoo! sports
