EVENT NEWS
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May 4, 2025
48-year-old wins women’s title at 2025 Toronto Marathon
New Tecumseth, Ont.’s Ana Laura Fray delivered one of the most impressive performances of all. On Sunday, the 48-year-old made a powerful statement at the Toronto Marathon, blazing to an overall women’s victory in 2:50:40 and proving that age is no barrier to excellence. Running Mag
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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...
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March 27, 2025
Money Is Finally on the Line at the Women’s NCAA Tournament
After years of those conversations, NCAA membership voted unanimously in January to establish a payment structure for women’s basketball, starting with the tournament this March. SI
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March 21, 2025
Caitlin Clark, Fever will have 41 of 44 games nationally broadcast or streamed in 2025
Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever will be featured on 41 nationally televised or streamed games in the upcoming WNBA season, the most of any franchise. The WNBA set several other viewership records a season ago. ESPN’s WNBA broadcasts increased 170 percent compared to 2023, making it the network’s most-viewed...
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March 20, 2025
Unrivaled basketball league is eyeing a long future in women’s sports
Unrivaled, the 3-on-3 women’s basketball league founded by WNBA stars Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, is eyeing a sustained future in women’s sports after concluding its inaugural season in Miami. Chicago Sun Times
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March 20, 2025
Caitlin Clark, Fever will have 41 of 44 games nationally broadcast or streamed in 2025
Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever will be featured on 41 nationally televised or streamed games in the upcoming WNBA season, the most of any franchise. Yahoo Sports
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March 18, 2025
In March Madness, the women still have more stars and perhaps more people watching too
The two biggest names in college basketball these days will be playing in the women’s tournament when March Madness goes into full swing later this week. abc 10
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March 17, 2025
What’s next for Unrivaled? Year 2 will include visits to other markets, more players
As the inaugural Unrivaled season ends with Monday night’s championship game between the Rose and Vinyl, the women’s basketball league is already looking forward to Year 2 and beyond. USA Today
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March 17, 2025
Women’s March Madness Enters Year 1 of Polarizing Rights Deal
The 2025 Women’s March Madness tournament is a historic one: It’s the first under the eight-year, $920 million contract extension between ESPN and the NCAA. Front Office Sports
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March 12, 2025
ATHLOS Returns to New York City in 2025 With Oct. 10th Meet
ATHLOS, the women’s-only track and field meet, will return to Icahn Stadium in New York City on October 10, 2025. The event has received early commitments from Olympic gold medalists like Gabby Thomas and more. Citius
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March 11, 2025
Virginia high school runner hit in head with baton during race
The Virginia High School League is investigating after one runner hit another in the head with a baton during a track and field relay race. abc7
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February 26, 2025
Could a woman break the four-minute mile? Scientists say yes
For nearly 70 years, the sub-four-minute mile has remained an exclusive club—one that no woman has yet entered. But a recent study published in Royal Society Open Science suggests that could soon change. As reported in The New York Times, researchers believe that, with strategic drafting and under ideal race conditions, Faith Kipyegon(the...