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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

December 6, 2021

Girls Gone Gravel and Feisty Media launch the Gone Graveling Festival, the first Women’s Gravel Festival in Bentonville, AR

Victoria, B.C. - December 6, 2021 /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Girls Gone Gravel and Feisty Media are proud to announce the first of its kind women’s gravel festival, the Gone Graveling Festival. The event will take place April 28 - May 1, 2022, in Bentonville, Arkansas, and is open to any...

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

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...

November 16, 2021

Mindfulness and Well-Being a Focus for 2022 Industry Conference

(Nov. 16, 2022) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - If you’ve ever touted your stress and anxiety levels as a badge of accomplishment, a keynote speaker at the 2022 Running USA Industry Conference presented by Race Roster may make you think twice. Internationally recognized mindfulness and meditation speaker Lee Papa will take the...

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

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...

November 11, 2021

“The Last Best Ride” Gravel Race Transitions to 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Status and Announces 2022 Event Registration Opening Veteran’s Day

Whitefish, Montana — November 11, 2021 /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Montana Native and professional gravel cyclist Jess Cerra, and her partner Sam Boardman, announced today that they have transformed “The Last Best Ride” (TLBR) into a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting scholarships for local, financially-qualified high school women seeking post-secondary education. At the...

November 4, 2021

InsideTracker Presents Shalane Flanagan, Emily Abbate in Live-Streamed Hurdle Podcast Event

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— Nov. 4, 2021— InsideTracker, the leading truly personalized performance and nutrition system, presents a live, virtual event featuring endurance legend Shalane Flanagan in conversation with acclaimed journalist Emily Abbate on the eve of the 2021 New York City Marathon, a race Flanagan won in 2017. The interview will...

November 2, 2021

Japan’s new women’s pro soccer league aims to attract players from U.S., France and more

The sporting landscape in Japan is showing no sign of slowing down as the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games drift into distant memories. In September, more sporting history was made with the launch of the Women’s Empowerment League, or the WE League, which brings a new professional tier to women’s...

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...

October 29, 2021

Sun Belt Conference Basketball Tournament Ticket Books on Sale November 1

NEW ORLEANS /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ — Ticket books for the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments will go on sale Monday, November 1 at 10 a.m. CT. In partnership with Pensacola Sports and Visit Pensacola, the tournaments will be played March 2-7, 2022 at the Pensacola Bay Center...

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...

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...

October 28, 2021

SoCal Challenge Launches NCAA Women’s Beach Volleyball Event

Manhattan Beach, CA, Oct. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SoCal Challenge announced today that it will hold its inaugural beach volleyball event featuring six of the top ten ranking NCAA teams at the sport’s most celebrated stretch of sand, the Manhattan Beach Pier. Games will be held on November 13th and 14th...

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

October 20, 2021

National Champions, World Champions and Olympians Will Be Competing at The Into The Lion’s Den Powered By SRAM Women’s Race

SACRAMENTO, CA (October 20, 2021) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ — Into the Lion’s Den powered by SRAM announced the women’s teams racing in Sacramento, CA on October 30th. The women’s race will feature top U.S. trade teams, including L39ION of Los Angeles, Rally Pro Cycling and Twenty-24 Cycling Team, plus international powerhouse Team...

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...

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...

October 11, 2021

CampoVelo Creates Women’s Only Cycling Weekend in Napa Valley

CALISTOGA, Calif. (Oct. 11, 2021) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ —  CampoVelo, wine country’s premier cycling event, today announced its inaugural women’s only weekend lineup for Friday, October 22 through Sunday, October 24, 2021. Limited to 50 participants, the curated event combines cycling, skills clinics, cuisine, wine and beer tasting, and wellness for...

October 8, 2021

US Trail Running Conference announces Clare Gallagher as Keynote Speaker for 2021 event

Estes Park, CO /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ — Active at Altitude, organizers of the US Trail Running Conference, announces Clare Gallagher as the keynote speaker for this year’s edition of the industry-leading event. Gallagher is an ultrarunner and environmental advocate living in Boulder, CO. After studying impacts of climate change on coral reefs...

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

October 6, 2021

Texas Rangers Reporter Emily Jones Will Be The ‘Last Woman Running’ At This Year’s BMW Dallas Marathon Festival

(DALLAS) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ — Texas Rangers reporter Emily Jones has taken on the challenge of being this year’s ‘Last Woman Running’ at the 2021 BMW Dallas Marathon Festival weekend, where she will be the very last person to cross the starting line of the half marathon on Sunday, Dec. 12....

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...

October 4, 2021

DAZN And YouTube Launch UEFA Women’s Champions League Coverage Live Around The World

  LONDON, Oct. 4, 2021 - With the group stage of the UEFA Women's Champions League officially kicking off, global sports streaming platform and host broadcaster DAZN together with partner YouTube are thrilled to begin live broadcast coverage for fans around the world, marking the official start to the landmark multi-year...