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December 7, 2021
UPenn Transgender Athlete Dominates Women’s Swimming, Sparks Outrage After Destroying Records
A transgender swimmer who previously competed as a man at the University of Pennsylvania has sparked new outrage about fairness in women's sports after destroying women's swim records at the school and the Ivy League. CBN News
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November 24, 2021
Nokere Koerse triples women’s prize money to match men
The one-day semi-classic Nokere Koerse announced it will triple the prize money for its women’s race in 2022, bringing it in line with the men’s event. That means the women’s winner will receive €18,800, more than three times what has previously been handed out. Velo News
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November 17, 2021
IOC Abandons Testosterone Rules for Transgender Athletes
On Tuesday the International Olympic Committee published a groundbreaking document titled “Framework on Fairness, Inclusion, and Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations.” The ten-point guide advises individual Olympic sports on how best to create new rules governing such athletes. Under the new guidelines, the IOC forbids governing...
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November 15, 2021
Flobikes will broadcast first Tour de France Femmes in Canada
FloBikes, a part of FloSports, announced it has secured the exclusive Canadian broadcaster rights for Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift for 2022 and 2023. Coverage of the eight-day women’s professional stage race starts on July 24, 2022. Canadian Cycling Mag
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November 14, 2021
Saudi Arabia launches first women’s soccer league
Saudi soccer officials on Saturday said they will launch the first edition of a women’s league later this month. Women’s sports have long frowned upon in conservative Saudi Arabia. But the Nov. 22 launch is part of a program set up by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation in 2017 to support...
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October 29, 2021
For women’s sports coverage, the landscape is shifting
In a new global research report, The Coverage Gap: A Step Towards Leveling Visibility and Viewership Disparity in Women’s Sports. The survey’s bottom line: There is still a massive disparity in the amount of coverage women’s sports receive in broadcasted games and media, but the landscape is shifting and there are...
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October 28, 2021
WNBA Star Alana Beard Leads Effort For Oakland Team
A WNBA expansion team could be coming to Oakland through an investor group led by retired player Alana Beard. The WNBA champion is partnering with the African American Sports and Entertainment Group, an organization reportedly seeking a 50% stake in the Oakland Coliseum Complex. Oakland’s Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan has been supportive of the...
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October 28, 2021
Beijing Winter Olympics: The top storylines in women’s sports
Over 45 percent of the athletes at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be women, a record for the Winter Olympic Games. With the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics set to begin in 100 days, – the Opening Ceremony is scheduled for Friday, February 4, 2022 – here are a few of the...
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October 22, 2021
WNBA finals TV ratings up 42% on 2019 season
The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) scored its most viewed finals since 2017 via domestic broadcast partner Disney, with an average 548,000 viewers tuning in across the four games on ESPN and ABC. SP
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October 19, 2021
Are you ready for some volleyball? A new women’s pro league hopes the answer is yes
U.S. women's volleyball is second to none, sitting atop the world rankings. The game is thriving from the youth level up to the Olympics. But every year, the top U.S. women head to international leagues after college. That's because the rest of the world has something the U.S. does not: dozens...
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October 14, 2021
Tour de France 2022: women’s race reborn as eight-stage route unveiled
The women’s Tour de France was reborn as the 2022 race route was unveiled in the Palais des Congrès in Paris by the newly appointed race director Marion Rousse. The eight-stage race, which begins on July 24 next year, signifies a long-awaited quantum leap in the profile of women’s racing. The...
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October 7, 2021
Women’s Tour wants live TV in 2022, but it’s not going to compromise elsewhere
Race organizer, SweetSpot announced earlier this year that it would have — for the first time — live coverage of the race. However, it went back on that promise last week, saying that it would only have a highlights package in 2021. VeloNews
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October 4, 2021
WBSC cancels Women’s Baseball World Cup in Mexico over COVID-19 issues
The Women’s Baseball World Cup and boys' Under-15 Baseball World Cup were both due to be played in the country later this year, but have now been axed. COVID-19 and travel restrictions related to the pandemic have been blamed for the cancellations, although the WBSC insisted in a statement that...
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October 2, 2021
Unstoppable Lizzie Deignan solos to history at Paris-Roubaix Femmes
Lizzie Deignan (Trek-Segafredo) stormed into the history books Saturday with a picture-perfect race to win the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes. The British star attacked on the first cobbles, and never looked back. The 2015 world champion dropped the hammer with more than 80km to go, stayed upright, and avoided traffic to finish...
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October 1, 2021
Nagoya Women’s Marathon now offers the most prize money of any race
he Nagoya Women’s Marathon announced it would be increasing the prize money for its race scheduled to take place on Mar. 13, 2022. This year’s winner will take home USD $250,000, which makes the Nagoya Women’s Marathon the highest-prize paying race in the world. Canadian Running
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September 22, 2021
Asma Jan, Kanza Malik making history for Pakistani women at world championships
Asma Jan and Kanza Malik made history at the world championships. The two riders became the first women from Pakistan to compete at an international cycling event when they took on the women’s individual time trial Monday. They are part of a four-rider team, along with two men, that is competing in...
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September 20, 2021
BSN SPORTS And Under Armour Recognize 50th Anniversary Of Title IX With Complementary “Women Of Will” Coaches’ Webinar
BSN SPORTS, the nation's largest direct marketer and distributor of sporting goods to the school and league markets and a division of Varsity Brands, and Under Armour today announced co-sponsorship of a complementary coaches' webinar, "Empowering Coaches to Inspire The Next Generation" on behalf of their joint Women of Will Program...
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September 16, 2021
14-Year-Old Maya Merhige Becomes Youngest Woman to Swim Across Catalina Channel
Fourteen-year-old Maya Merhige of The Streamliners in Berkeley, California swam 20.1 miles across the Catalina Channel on September 7, becoming the youngest female swimmer ever to cross it and doing so in record time. She finished the route from Catalina Island to Palos Verdes, California with a time of 10 hours and...
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September 15, 2021
More people watched the U.S Open women’s match than the men’s
An average of 2.44 million viewers tuned into the U.S. Open women’s championships on Saturday featuring a historic battle between victor Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez, beating the viewership of the men’s match, new ESPN data reports. The broadcast featuring the two teenage athletes peaked at 3.4 million viewers between 6...
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August 30, 2021
All-Women Broadcast Team to Call NBC Sports’ Coverage of ShopRite LPGA Classic
NBC Sports will utilize an all-women broadcast team to call the ShopRite LPGA Classic at the Bay Course at Seaview in Galloway, N.J., on October 1-3 on GOLF Channel, marking the first-ever all-women golf broadcast team in U.S. television history. The commentary team will feature Cara Banks handling play-by-play duties,...
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August 18, 2021
AIG Women’s Open becomes richest event in women’s golf with $1.3 million purse increase
Setting a new benchmark for women’s golf, the prize money payout at this week’s AIG Women’s Open will total $5.8 million, that largest of any LPGA major and an increase of $1.3 million from what it was a year ago at Royal Troon. On Sunday evening, the new champion at...
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