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December 19, 2024

The Best Women’s Sports Moments Of 2024

Countless achievements made 2024 an unparalleled year for women athletes. However, the biggest shift of all was the widespread recognition and long-overdue attention that women’s sports finally received. Huff Post

December 19, 2024

Pickleball leads the way in women’s sports pro salaries as sport continues growth

In the year of the women's sports boom, the most lucrative sport for female athletes wasn't basketball or soccer, but pickleball. The pro pickleball tour paid out on average $269,000 to its female competitors. Awful Announcing

December 18, 2024

Double Bridge Run filling up quick!

Pensacola, FL (Dec. 18, 2024) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Runner registration is filling up fast for the 2025 Pensacola Double Bridge Run presented by Publix. The race, limited to 4,000 runners, is a local favorite that draws runners from all over the U.S. Dubbed “the race with a view,” the Pensacola...

December 16, 2024

Players Era NIL Tourney to Add Women’s Basketball in 2025

Players Era Festival, the weeklong Las Vegas basketball tournament that paid out more than $9 million in NIL (name, image, and likeness) money to participating players, is expanding to women’s basketball. It announced that in 2025 it will put on a four-team women’s round-robin tournament featuring No. 1 UCLA, No. 3 South...

December 14, 2024

Kat Matthews of Great Britain is Crowned Inaugural IRONMAN Pro Series Winner Following Historic Day of Racing at 2024 VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Taupo, New Zealand

TAUPŌ, New Zealand /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Kat Matthews of Great Britain has gone down in IRONMAN history as the first ever winner of the IRONMAN Pro Series™, taking home a bonus payout of $200,000 USD. Jackie Hering (USA) and Lotte Wilms (NLD) complete the IRONMAN Pro Series podium, receiving a...

December 14, 2024

Taylor Knibb Earns Third Straight Title in Yet Another Dominant Performance at The 2024 VinFast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Triathlon in Taupo, New Zealand

TAUPŌ, New Zealand (Dec. 14, 2024) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - American Taylor Knibb cemented her name in the history books yet again as she took her third consecutive title at the 2024 VinFast IRONMAN® 70.3® World Championship with an overall finish time of 3:57:34. Knibb swam 24:30 over the 1.9 km...

December 12, 2024

Course Records Shattered at 41st California International Marathon

SACRAMENTO, Calif. /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Both the men’s and women’s course records were shattered on Sunday at the 41st running of the California International Marathon (CIM). On the men’s side, Tsegay Weldlibanos, who is originally from Eritrea and now competes internationally as an asylum athlete, broke the tape in 2:07:35,...

December 3, 2024

Laura Beachy Joins Thermore as Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications

Milan, Italy (December 3, 2024) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ — Thermore, an Italian manufacturing firm and leader in sustainable synthetic insulation, welcomes Laura Beachy as Vice President of Global Marketing and Communications. Beachy joins Thermore from Hyla Strategies, a NYC-based boutique marketing firm, where she served as a Managing Partner since 2014. Over...

December 2, 2024

Marathoner Sara Hall Smashes Her Own American Masters Record

In her fourth marathon of 2024, Sara Hall finished 10th at the Valencia Marathon in Spain in 2:23:45. Hall, 41, shattered her own U.S. masters record, 2:26:06, which she set at the Olympic Marathon Trials in February. Runners World  

December 1, 2024

Moms Make History at Ultraman World Championship as Jen Annett and Michelle Vesterby Finish 1st and 2nd

This year’s Ultraman World Championship event turned out to be record-breaking in a number of ways as Canada’s Jen Annett and Denmark’s Michelle Vesterby finished first and second overall. Slowwitch

November 29, 2024

After Running a Women’s-Only Marathon, I’ll Never Want to Run a ‘Regular’ Race Ever Again

The difference between the Every Woman's Marathon and your typical race felt particularly stark compared to other marathons. The environment can feel cutthroat, and a participant was often elbowed, bumped, and clipped—always by men, nothing of the sort happens during the Every Woman's Marathon. At the expo, for instance, there...

November 26, 2024

Babsi Zangerl – The First to Flash Big Wall on El Capitan’s Freerider

Babsi Zangerl just ‘Flashed’ Freerider (VI, 5.13a) on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. The 36-year-old Austrian reached the top of the 3,000-foot granite wall without falling on the first attempt. On Si

November 20, 2024

LPGA Tour sets another record with $127.5M in prize money for 2025

The LPGA Tour will play for $127.5 million in official prize money in 2025, another record for the circuit that has worked independently of the PGA Tour for 75 years. The Detroit News

November 19, 2024

LPGA’s Richest Season Ever Set to Crown a Record-Breaker

The LPGA Tour’s richest season yet is set to conclude this week with someone finally breaking Lorena Ochoa’s 17-year-old record for prize money won in a single season. Whoever wins this week’s CME Group Tour Championship will surpass the $4,364,994 that Ochoa earned in 2007 when she won eight tournaments,...

November 19, 2024

Caitlin Clark announced as featured speaker at Women’s Sports Awards in Kansas City

Basketball star Caitlin Clark will make a visit to Kansas City in February to celebrate the accomplishments of women and girls in sports. Amid a women's sports boost in Kansas City, the Women's Intersport Network for Kansas City, or WIN for KC, announced Tuesday that Clark will be honored as the...

November 17, 2024

7,000 runners conquer Every Woman’s Marathon

The streets of Savannah, Ga., came alive on Saturday as more than 7,000 runners from all 50 states and 12 countries took on the Every Woman’s Marathon, a race designed to highlight and support women in running. Running Magazine

November 15, 2024

Women’s Health & Longevity Summit Speakers Announced

The Women's Health and Longevity Summit, Luminescence, is set for February 1, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. The one-day event will include insight from experts and fitness and wellness luminaries Dr. Casey Means, Marianne Williamson, Jillian Michaels, Dr. Sara Gottfried, Kimberly Snyder, JJ Virgin, Dr. Mindy Pelz, Kayla Barnes, and Dr. Robin...

November 13, 2024

WNBA’s Valkyries Hit 20K Season Ticket Deposits Ahead of Debut

The Golden State Valkyries have surpassed 20,000 season ticket deposits, according to a press release. The new total builds upon their initial record in late July, when the WNBA expansion franchise took in more than 15,000 deposits, the most for a women’s sports team in the U.S. before its first season. Sportico

November 13, 2024

Every Woman’s Marathon: Why Women’s-Only Races Are Still Crucial to Progress in Female Equality

Women’s-only races emphasize empowerment, safety, and community in a world where female runners still face unique challenges. run

November 11, 2024

The Caitlin Clark Show Is Hitting the LPGA Tour in a Big Way

Caitlin Clark joked she would spend her WNBA offseason trying to become a professional golfer after the former Iowa women’s basketball star won Rookie of the Year, made the All-WNBA First Team, and helped set numerous attendance and viewership records across the league. Front Office Sports

November 8, 2024

Coco Gauff’s WTA Finals title ends her season with a $4.8 million check and a big turnaround

Coco Gauff took to social media to post a message after wrapping up 2024 by winning the WTA Finals and the $4.8 million check that came with it. “I beat the bad season allegations,” Gauff wrote. After defeating the women ranked Nos. 1 and 2 — Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek — earlier...

November 7, 2024

Shop Women-Led Wednesday To Support Women In Business This Spending Season

Sun Valley, ID (Nov. 7, 2024) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Women-Led Wednesday, the annual purpose-driven holiday that urges the public to shop women-led businesses, returns for the seventh year, calling on consumers to be mindful of their purchasing power leading up to popular eCommerce holidays like Black Friday and Cyber Monday....

November 6, 2024

ESPN Events to Host First-Ever Women’s College Basketball Matchup in Peraton Armed Forces Classic – Louisville and UConn to Play at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, Nov. 4, 2025

ESPN Events will host the first-ever women’s college basketball matchup in the Peraton Armed Forces Classic to tip off the 2025-26 season when perennial powers Louisville and UConn play at Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. The game will be televised on ESPN. Ramstein – site...

October 29, 2024

Women’s Pro Baseball League Launching in America in 2026

/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ The Women's Pro Baseball League (WPBL) is launching in the summer of 2026 with six teams and is the only professional women's baseball league in America. The League is Co-Founded by baseball pioneer, Justine Siegal, the first woman to coach a professional men's baseball team and to pitch...

October 29, 2024

Tough Women’s 2025 Tour De France Route Reflects Rising Level

A tough nine-stage route for the fourth edition of the women's Tour de France was revealed on Tuesday, with organisers saying the route reflects growing standards in the women's event. "The level in women's cycling is rising and that's why we have nine stages instead of eight. And nine hard...