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May 5, 2025

Mount to Coast Athlete Megan Eckert sets new women’s 6-Day world record with 603 miles (970 KM) at GOMU World Championship

May 5, 2025 /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Eckert’s extraordinary performance surpasses the previous record of 560.33 miles (901.764 km), set in 2024 by Camille Herron . Her achievement is now pending official ratification*. Demonstrating exceptional consistency and resilience, Eckert endures 144 continuous hours of effort, a true test of both physical...

April 30, 2025

Movemint Partners with For All Mothers+ to Launch the MomForward Movement Series and Introduce New Event Tags to Indicate Family-Friendly Features

BERKELEY, CA [4/30/2025] /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Movemint, a modern technology platform for endurance events, is proud to announce its partnership with For All Mothers+, an impact nonprofit breaking barriers for mothers through the lens of sport. As part of this collaboration, Movemint is powering the MomForward Movement Series, a month-long...

April 30, 2025

Unbridled Women Go a Little Wild in Parklands

Louisville, KY (April 29, 2025) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - The Unbridled Women Adventure Race is returning to the Parklands of Floyds Fork on Saturday, June 14, 2025. The 6-hour event will be staged out of the Woodland Pavilion in Broad Run Park. Participants will race in teams of 2 or 3,...

April 29, 2025

Annual Mother’s Day Bee-utiful Sunflower Run Returns to Gilcrease Orchard

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – April 29, 2025 /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Beyond Limits Running today announced Ed Robichaud has been named the Honorary Race Starter for the annual Mother’s Day Bee-utiful Sunflower Run. A field of 1,000 will join Ed on Mother’s Day as they run or leisurely walk a 5K,...

April 28, 2025

WNBA Preseason Goes Legit After 2M Fans Sought Out Pirated Stream

A year after a fan’s livestream of an otherwise inaccessible WNBA preseason game scared up more than two million views, the league has taken steps to ensure that all 15 of its spring scrimmages will be made available through its media partners. The first four preseason outings will be televised, with the...

April 23, 2025

Fake tan, fancy nails: How marathons became a catwalk for beauty

You wouldn’t go to work without looking kind-of presentable. So, when you’re on the world stage — if you’re running a major marathon, you could be on TV — you just want to look good. CNN Style

April 23, 2025

Nike announces first women’s sub-4 mile attempt in June

Nike Breaking4 is set to take place at Paris’s Stade Sébastien Charléty–site of the Paris Diamond League, where Kipyegon ran both her 1,500m world record and her fastest-ever 5,000m race (also a world record at the time) in 2023–a little over nine weeks from now. Running Magazine

April 21, 2025

She Sends Foundation Enters New Era with Courtney and Hauswald

SAN RAFAEL, California (April 21, 2025) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Kate Courtney, 2018 cross-country mountain bike world champion and one of the sport’s most recognizable athletes, is entering a new chapter in 2025 — both on and off the bike. Racing as a privateer for the first time in her professional...

April 17, 2025

The 8 New Sports Leagues Worth Watching in 2025

Explore the future of sports in 2025: discover new leagues, emerging technologies, and innovative strategies transforming the fan experience and athlete performance. ADWEEK

April 16, 2025

The Uninvited Invitational Gathers 75 Female Snowboarders From 20 Countries At Woodward Park City To Close Out The Season With $60,000 in Prize Money

Woodward Park City, Utah /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - This year’s Invitational welcomed 75 competitors from 20 countries who threw down technical rail tricks for a share of the $60,000 prize purse—and the opportunity to stake their claim and legacy in the sport of snowboarding forever. Born from a grassroots movement and...

April 16, 2025

The Curve Foundation Launches First Queer Women in Sports Day – April  26, 2025 – During Lesbian Visibility Week 2025

San Francisco, CA (April 16, 2025) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ — Breaking new ground during Lesbian Visibility Week (April 21-27, 2025), The Curve Foundation proudly unveils the first-ever Queer Women in Sports Day on Saturday, April 26, 2025. This historic nationwide celebration shines a spotlight on the extraordinary achievements, often-overlooked contributions, and...

April 16, 2025

Future of Triathlon Showing Positive Signs: IRONMAN Releases Data Highlighting Areas of Growth Globally, Survey Results Revealing Areas of Opportunity, and a Vision for Growing the Sport of Triathlon

TAMPA, Fla. (April 15, 2025) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – IRONMAN today released new participation data and research that provides insights into global athlete trends for the IRONMAN® and IRONMAN® 70.3® Triathlon Series over the past five years, including the areas of opportunity believed to be most impactful to grow the sport...

April 15, 2025

WNBA Draft 2025 Headlined by Paige Bueckers Saw Second-Highest Viewership Numbers

The 2025 WNBA draft on Monday night saw the second-highest viewership numbers in league history. The ESPN broadcast averaged 1.25 million viewers and peaked at 1.46 million. This is an 119% increase from the 2023 WNBA draft. It's only the second time in WNBA draft history when the viewership numbers...

April 14, 2025

WNBA Draft winners and losers: Wings hit big with Paige Bueckers, Sedona Prince surprisingly goes undrafted

The 2025 WNBA Draft is in the books. Former UConn star Paige Bueckers went No. 1 to the Dallas Wings, and the rest of the lottery also went as expected. The Seattle Storm added Dominique Malonga at No. 2, while the Washington Mystics picked Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen at Nos. 3 and 4,...

April 14, 2025

Milk Brings Every Woman’s Marathon to Scottsdale in 2025!

Washington, D.C., April 14, 2025 /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/- Milk, the original performance beverage, is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated return of Every Woman’s Marathon—the only U.S. marathon built exclusively for women, by women. After an unforgettable debut in Savannah, GA, this one-of-a-kind event is hitting the road, bringing its electric...

April 10, 2025

Female athletes to be in the majority at 2028 Los Angeles Olympics after big win for women’s soccer

Female athletes will be in the majority at an Olympics for the first time at the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games thanks to a big win for women’s soccer. The Olympic women’s soccer tournament will be bigger than the men’s edition for the first time in 2028, the International Olympic...

April 10, 2025

LA 2028 Olympics adds swimming sprints and mixed-gender gymnastics

Sprint-distance swimming races and mixed-gender events in artistic gymnastics and golf are among the additions to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, after the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) approval of a record 351 medal events on Wednesday. The additions are part of a broader push by the IOC to modernize the...

April 9, 2025

Sports Illustrated (SI) Announces Inaugural ‘SI Women’s Games’, Slated for Fall of 2025

Today Sports Illustrated®, the leader in sports journalism, announced an all-new, biennial all-star competition featuring elite athletes across six sports. businesswire

April 8, 2025

Brooke Raboutou Is First Woman to Climb 5.15c

Brooke Raboutou just announced that she climbed Excalibur 5.15c (9b+) in Drena, near Arco, Italy. The ascent is historic – the first female ascent of a route graded 5.15c. Several women have climbed 5.15b in the past, including Angela Eiter, Laura Rogora, Julia Chanourdie, and Anak Verhoeven. Excalibur is the...

April 7, 2025

UConn-South Carolina the third-most watched women’s national championship game of all time

The 2025 women’s NCAA championship game between UConn and South Carolina drew 8.5 million viewers on Sunday, which was the third-most in the tournament’s history, per ESPN, but it was a steep decline from last year’s game and a slight drop from 2023’s matchup. New York Post

April 5, 2025

Elite NCAA Tournament Final Four Viewership Can’t Compete With Caitlin Clark

While the women's basketball Final Four of the 2025 NCAA Tournament contained four elite women's basketball teams, neither of the two games delivered in terms of being closely contested. The 2025 NCAA women's basketball Final Four produced great viewership that still pales in comparison to last season. SI  

April 3, 2025

New rule bans cross-category drafting to ensure fair competition in the Life Time Grand Prix

Riders in this year's Life Time Grand Prix series will not be permitted to draft off those who aren't competing in the same category, organisers informed the series’ contestants this week. Cycling Weekly

April 2, 2025

WNBA Champion Missing Season Shows Risks and Kinks of Unrivaled

The new player-founded, player-owned domestic 3-on-3 women’s basketball league broke major ground with its average salary of $200,000—near the WNBA max—and several other player amenities a number of WNBA teams have yet to establish. Front Office Sports

March 30, 2025

Caitlin Clark Makes Impressive Women’s Sports Card History

Caitlin Clark has been setting records throughout her basketball career, from high school to college to the WNBA. Clark has broken standards on the court, at the box office and in television ratings. Another area she is setting the pace is memorabilia, more specifically trading cards. On Saturday night, a...

March 28, 2025

Alysa Liu is first U.S. woman to win figure skating world title in 19 years

Alysa Liu is the first U.S. women’s singles figure skater to win a world title in 19 years, capping a comeback season after a two-year retirement. Liu, 19, had the top short program and free skate scores for 222.97 total points. She prevailed over three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto of...