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October 8, 2025

Athlos NYC track meet hits grand slam with new payment sponsor

Heading into its second year, the women-only track meet Athlos has secured a major sponsor to ensure athletes get paid—fast. On Thursday, co-founder Alexis Ohanian announced that Cash App will be the official payments sponsor, promising what he calls “a faster future.” Last year’s payouts took three business days, which Ohanian says wasn’t good...

October 7, 2025

Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i Welcomes the World’s Best Female Triathletes to the 2025 IRONMAN World Championship

KAILUA-KONA, Hawai`i (October 7, 2025) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – More than 1,600 registered female triathletes from around the world will gather in Kailua-Kona Hawai`i for the 2025 IRONMAN® World Championship® triathlon. Age-group and professional athletes from 78 regions, countries, and territories will tackle the legendary course as they race for world...

October 2, 2025

Women’s basketball headed to Philly in 2026 with new Unrivaled league

After a breakout first year, the women's basketball league, Unrivaled, is taking games on the road. The first stop? Right here in Philadelphia. "This will be the first time since 1998 since professional women's basketball is back in Philadelphia," said Mayor Cherelle Parker, referencing the Philadelphia Rage, the women's team that...

October 2, 2025

Cherie Gruenfeld Selected as 2025 Inductee into IRONMAN Hall of Fame

KONA, Hawai`i / TAMPA, Fla. (October 2, 2025) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – IRONMAN is pleased to announce that an icon of the sport and one of the most highly decorated IRONMAN® age-group athletes, Cherie Gruenfeld, will be inducted into the IRONMAN Hall of Fame this year. An induction ceremony is planned...

September 30, 2025

Local NCAA Moving 2028 Women’s Final Four to Lucas Oil Stadium

The 2028 Women’s Basketball Final Four will be held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. The NCAA’s Division I women’s basketball committee says moving the Final Four from Gainbridge Fieldhouse to Lucas Oil is being done to accommodate the growing fan interest. 93.1FMWIBC

September 23, 2025

Historic Kona Showdown Awaits as 2025 IRONMAN World Championship Women’s Professional Start List Revealed

KONA, Hawai`i / TAMPA, Fla. (Sept. 23, 2025) /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ - Triathlon’s most anticipated race of the year is set to arrive in Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i on Saturday, October 11 as nearly 60 of the world’s best professional female triathletes prepare to swim, bike, and run for the coveted 2025 IRONMAN World...

September 22, 2025

SEC Soccer Tournament Heads to Pensacola November 2-9, 2025

PENSACOLA, Florida (September 22, 2025) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Get ready for a week of top-flight college soccer: Twelve Southeastern Conference women’s teams will clash for the 2025 SEC Championship from Sunday, November 2 through Sunday, November 9, at Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex in Pensacola, Fla. All-tournament passes are on sale...

September 22, 2025

Historic Weekend Underscores Celebration of Women in Cycling During Maryland Cycling Classic Race Week

BALTIMORE (September 22, 2025) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Race week for the Maryland Cycling Classic truly celebrated women’s cycling at the grandest scale and presented a once-in-a-lifetime platform. The entire weekend was built around women in cycling accentuating the past, present and future in historic fashion. The race week started with a...

September 22, 2025

Paige Bueckers among the first players unveiled by Unrivaled for 2026 season

WNBA Rookie of the Year Paige Bueckers was among the player announcements made by Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 women's professional league, on Monday, Sept. 22.The news isn't a surprise, as Bueckers signed a three-year deal with Unrivaled back in April. She also has invested in the league. USA TODAY

September 20, 2025

Women’s sports are growing in popularity. For Calgary Wild FC, it’s unlocking a new kind of fanbase

Playing in the inaugural season of the Northern Super League, Calgary Wild FC — Alberta's only pro women's soccer team — says it's attracting a new kind of audience to the sport. "Going into it with the research we had done, we were expecting 50 per cent men, 50 per...

September 18, 2025

Professional Women’s Sports are on the Rise. When Will High School Teams Catch Up?

The growth of women’s sports in the past year is undeniable—not just globally, but also within the Bay Area. The region known best as a hub for technology creation is thriving in a new type of innovation—women’s sports franchises. In the past 18 months, two new teams have launched, including...

September 16, 2025

Girl Winter Film Tour Returns, Celebrating Women’s Ski Culture With Double The Stops and New Films

PARK CITY, UTAH (Sept. 16, 2025) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Building on the success of last year’s debut, the Girl Winter Film Tour, presented by Stio, returns to theatres across North America with an expanded program celebrating women and non-binary voices in snowsports. The 2025 lineup delivers six films from diverse...

September 7, 2025

Valkyries Set WNBA Attendance Record in Inaugural Season

The Golden State Valkyries have set the standard for the five WNBA expansion teams entering the league from 2026 to 2030. The Valkyries announced that they sold out all 22 games at the Chase Center following their final home game Saturday against the Minnesota Lynx. FRONT OFFICE SPORTS

September 5, 2025

Chelsea launches groundbreaking British Sign Language initiative for deaf fans

In an effort to make matches more accessible and reduce this gap, Chelsea have teamed up with Cadbury to provide BSL interpreters on-screen at all home games during the 2025/26 Premier League and Women’s Super League season. This step is a first for both the Premier League and the WSL. ONEFOOTBALL

September 4, 2025

London City to make ‘powerful statement’ with shirt

London City Lionesses will make history on Saturday when they wear the slogan 'Everyone Watches Women's Sports' on the front of their shirts for their opening match in the Women's Super League against Arsenal. BBC SPORT

September 3, 2025

For decades, US Open women’s champs got a smaller replica trophy than the men. Now they’re equal

Coco Gauff was surprised at how much tinier the replica trophy she got to keep after winning this year's French Open was than the trophy she posed with on court at Roland-Garros for all the world to see. She even did a TikTok about the discrepancy, drawing more than 2 million views. yahoo! sports

September 2, 2025

77-year-old runner wins Sydney Marathon division by insane margin

Sunday’s Sydney Marathon marked seven-for-seven for American masters superstar Jeannie Rice. The 77-year-old crossed the finish line in an impressive 3:37:48 during the event’s first year as an Abbott World Marathon Major, completing all seven marathon majors and winning her W75-79 category by a astonishing one hour and 21 minutes. Remarkably, she also outpaced...

September 1, 2025

Fourfold increase in prize money for women’s ODI Cricket World Cup

Cricketers at the Women's World Cup in India and Sri Lanka will play for $13.8 million in prize money from this month, two years after the men played for $10 million. The 2022 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand had an overall purse of $3.5 million. “This four-fold increase in...

August 26, 2025

Wiley X Donates Premium Eyewear to Support A Girl & A Gun Sniper School Event

Frisco, TX (August 26, 2025) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Wiley X, a proud supporter of A Girl & A Gun, recently donated eyewear for the organization’s Sniper School event in Grand Junction, Colorado. A Girl & A Gun is a national women’s shooting league that brings together thousands of members across...

August 26, 2025

Startup women’s leagues on the rise, fueled by popularity of women’s sports. But will they last?

At least eight women’s pro leagues have launched in the past three years, including the WPBL, Unrivaled — a fast-paced 3-on-3 women’s basketball league that debuted this year — and the Professional Women’s Hockey League, seizing on rising viewership, bigger sponsorship deals and a fan base more eager than ever to...

August 25, 2025

Maryland Cycling Classic Unveils Preliminary Rosters for Inaugural Women’s Race

BALTIMORE (August 25, 2025) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - The 2025 Maryland Cycling Classic, which will debut the inaugural women’s race in Baltimore on Saturday, Sept. 6, announced the preliminary rosters for the event. Featuring 15 elite, professional teams from five countries, the world-class field will feature notable cyclists from the European...

August 25, 2025

Bay FC sets women’s soccer attendance record at Oracle Park

Bay FC and the Washington Spirit drew 40,091 fans to Oracle Park on Saturday, setting a National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) attendance record. That's also the highest attendance in U.S. women's pro sports history — further proof that San Francisco is part of a women's sports surge as fandom, teams and leagues are booming. AXIOS San Francisco

August 24, 2025

History at the plate: Women’s Pro Baseball League holds tryouts ahead of inaugural season

The Women’s Pro Baseball League is officially up and running, and D.C. is playing a major role in its early development. More than 600 athletes from across the world flocked to the Nationals Youth Baseball Academy in Southeast DC for open tryouts, hoping to earn a spot in this brand-new...

August 20, 2025

WNBA breaks regular-season attendance record despite key player absences

The WNBA is growing like never before. It was already common knowledge that the W is enjoying great television and streaming ratings. But the league is also packing stadiums around the country, despite injuries to a handful of star players. yahoo! sports

August 19, 2025

Tara Dower Sets New Overall Supported Fastest Known Time on Vermont’s Long Trail

Before dawn on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, Tara Dower reached the southern terminus of the 272-mile Long Trail at the Vermont-Massachusetts border, setting a new overall supported fastest known time (FKT) on the route with a time of 3 days, 18 hours, and 29 minutes. I RUN FAR