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June 23, 2022

Women’s PGA Championship raises prize purse to US$9m for 2022

The organisers of the Women’s PGA Championship have announced that the prize money for the golf major will rise to US$9 million for 2022, doubling the purse from last year. The latest prize pot marks a 300 per cent increase from what the tournament offered in 2014, when the total pool was...

June 23, 2022

USA Triathlon Celebrates Women’s Achievements in Multisport for 50th Anniversary of Title IX

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo./SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ –USA Triathlon both honors and celebrates the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark gender equity law that changed the landscape of what’s possible for girls and women in this country, and today kicks off a five-month celebration of the achievements women have accomplished in triathlon. USA...

June 22, 2022

Salomon to Host Inaugural Women’s Trail Half Marathon in San Francisco

OGDEN, Utah (June 22, 2022)/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Today, Salomon North America is excited to announce that it will host the first-annual Salomon WMN Trail Half Marathon, in partnership with Athletic Brewing Co., San Francisco Running Company and family support with guidance from &Mother. The event will take place in the Marin...

June 20, 2022

NBA announce first Academy Games for women’s international prospects

The National Basketball Association is set to host the inaugural Women’s NBA Academy Games in July. The event will be apart of the 2022 NBA Academy Games for top male and female prospects from outside the U.S. The Women’s NBA Academy Games will bring together more than 40 of the top...

June 19, 2022

40 year-old Mom of 3 Becomes First Female Olympian to Finish a Triathlon in Under 8 Hours – New Film Shows How 40 year

A 40 year-old mom has entered the history books by becoming the first female Olympian ever to complete a full triathlon in under 8 hours—smashing the world record by over 40 minutes. Two-time Olympic Nicola Spirig crossed the finish line in The unique Pho3nix Sub8 Project race in Germany on...

June 14, 2022

How to Build an Inclusive Running Group

More people are running than ever before—and as the sport grows, that means more and more runners are seeking their own communities within the running world. The percentage of athletes joining clubs on Strava grew by 37 percent in 2021, and more than 189,000 new Clubs were created on the...

June 6, 2022

Purse size at U.S. Open shows growth of women’s golf

The U.S. Women’s Open wrapped up Sunday in Southern Pines, N.C., with this year's $10M purse and winner Minjee Lee’s $1.8M payday the "largest in women’s golf history to date," according to Beth Ann Nichols of GOLFWEEK. When the USWO was held at Pine Needles in ’01, the "entire purse that...

June 2, 2022

Women’s Tour gets live TV for first time, Challenge by La Vuelta reveals new five-day route

The women’s peloton got a big boost this week with two major races announcing significant developments for 2022. The organizers of the Women’s Tour in the UK confirmed that it would have live television for the first time in its history, while the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta confirmed its...

May 31, 2022

Andrea Peet Becomes First Person Diagnosed With ALS To Finish 50 Marathons in 50 States

PRINCE OF WALES, Alaska /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ -  Andrea Peet has become the first person diagnosed with ALS to finish 50 marathons in 50 states, following her completion of the ​​Prince of Wales Island Marathon on Saturday. Peet’s journey began in 2016 at the Shamrock Marathon in Virginia Beach, Va., though...

May 26, 2022

Legacy Triathlon Women’s Training Program for Beginners

/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Elevate MultiSport Endurance Training 4 Women, Parathletes & Beginners (an affiliate of the LA Tri Club) is very excited to announce the inaugural Women’s only training program at the Toyota Legacy Triathlon and Paratriathlon National Championships in Long Beach, CA, July 15-17, 2022. The Elevate Women 4Tri...

May 26, 2022

Natural Grocers Grant Subsidizes Women’s Entries Fees for the Upcoming Jesse Blancarte Time Trial in Gardner, KS

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (May 26, 2022)/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – The Natural Grocers® Cycling Team (with the support of their title sponsor, Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc.) is proud to support women’s bike racing at the 2022 edition of the Jesse Blancarte Memorial 10k Time Trial on May 29th, 2022, near Gardner,...

May 25, 2022

Fugitive wanted in killing of elite cyclist traveled to New York City, authorities say

Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, the woman suspected of fatally shooting elite cyclist Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson in Texas, is believed to have traveled to New York City after the killing, authorities said Wednesday. Armstrong, 34, is accused in the May 11 shooting of Wilson -- who had previously dated Armstrong's boyfriend...

May 23, 2022

Semenya says she offered to show track officials her body

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya said she offered to show her vagina to athletics officials when she was just 18 years old to prove she was a female. In an interview with HBO Real Sports, she also accused track and field’s world governing body of making her take medication if...

May 20, 2022

Austin police issue arrest warrant in Moriah Wilson murder case

Austin city police issued a warrant Thursday for first-degree murder in the case of gravel racer Moriah “Mo” Wilson. The warrant named Kaitlin Marie Armstrong, 34, in the warrant for first-degree murder felony charges. Wilson, 25, was found shot dead in an Austin apartment on May 11. Armstrong is listed as...

May 20, 2022

Celebrating Sisterhood on Bikes

Washington, D.C. /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Major Knox Adventures is pleased to announce the launch of the 1928 Legacy Tour and Virtual Endurance Challenge, set to take place this Memorial Day weekend. This 250 mile endurance ride follows in the tracks of 5 Black female cycling pioneers, who blazed a trail from...

May 17, 2022

Amundi Evian Championship announces $2 million purse increase

The Amundi Evian Championship has announced their own support of the  the U.S. Women’s Open by increasing their purse from $4.5 million to $6.5 million in 2022. Golf Digest

May 17, 2022

Ukrainian Woman to Run Her First Race, the Life Time Chicago Spring Half Marathon, on May 22; “Every step will be a prayer and an act of support”

CHICAGO (May 17, 2022) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - 32-year-old Oksana Skrynyk will toe the line at the 13th annual Life Time Chicago Spring Half Marathon at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 22 for the first time ever. In her initial registration, Skrynyk left race organizers a brief declaration: I will run...

May 5, 2022

NHL’s Female Viewership Up 61% This Season

Their faith in the sports’ appeal is borne out by intriguing new TV data from the National Hockey League. The NHL’s female cable TV viewership across ESPN and TNT in the U.S. rose a whopping 61% during the 2021-2022 regular season, according to league spokeswoman Jennifer Neziol. On ESPN alone,...

April 29, 2022

Australian Open to make golf history with equal billing and prize money for men and women

Golf history will be made when players tee off on the opening hole of this year’s Australian Open with the men’s and women’s events to be played at the same time and at the same venue. They will be the first recognised national Opens to feature the women’s and men’s tournaments...

April 26, 2022

UCI President: The women’s peloton at the highest level is not yet big enough

There is an imbalance between the number of riders or teams and the current competition calendar, and soon, the UCI will have to say 'no' to major organizers when they sign up for the WorldTour for women. Cycling News

April 25, 2022

Women in distance running: is the gender gap closing?

or generations, men have been faster than women in races of all distances, but over the last couple of decades, we’ve begun to see a shift. More and more women’s names are showing up at the tops of leader boards in ultra-endurance events, and the number of female participants in...

April 25, 2022

Aging Up, Not Out

Charleston, South Carolina (April 25, 2022)/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Most of the time people hear the word triathlon and think, “WHY?”. Most of the time they also equate any triathlon with an Ironman distance - the longest distance of triathlons (until you get into ultra distances and we’re not going there...

April 24, 2022

Names You Should Know: The Greatest Historical Rivalries in Women’s Cycling

From Six-Day stars to record-breaking world champions, the stories of these women and their rivalries deserve to be told. Cycling Tips

April 24, 2022

Soccer legend Mia Hamm’s greatest win might be the debut of Angel City FC

For years Hamm waged a tireless, lonely crusade for the return of women’s professional soccer to Southern California, a hotbed for the sport. That work eventually paid off when entrepreneur Julie Uhrman, venture capitalist Kara Nortman and actress Natalie Portman — backed by a celebrity-driven investor group that has grown to...

April 21, 2022

Para Surfing World Champ Liv Stone Was Once Inspired to Surf; Now She Inspires Others

In only her second attempt at catching a wave and on the first ride of her life, Liv Stone immediately knew that surfing would become just that – the ride of her life. Stone, 19, grew up in a small town in the Amish country of Pennsylvania. Born with a congenital limb...