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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,...

April 14, 2025

Milk Brings Every Woman’s Marathon to Scottsdale in 2025!

Washington, D.C., April 14, 2025 /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/- Milk, the original performance beverage, is thrilled to announce the highly anticipated return of Every Woman’s Marathon—the only U.S. marathon built exclusively for women, by women. After an unforgettable debut in Savannah, GA, this one-of-a-kind event is hitting the road, bringing its electric...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

April 5, 2025

Elite NCAA Tournament Final Four Viewership Can’t Compete With Caitlin Clark

While the women's basketball Final Four of the 2025 NCAA Tournament contained four elite women's basketball teams, neither of the two games delivered in terms of being closely contested. The 2025 NCAA women's basketball Final Four produced great viewership that still pales in comparison to last season. SI  

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

March 6, 2025

SBT GRVL presented by Wahoo Announces First of its Kind GRVL® Femmes Team Challenge and Opens Additional Spots to Amateur Women Cyclists for Sold Out June 29th Event

Steamboat Springs, Colo., (March 6, 2025) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – SBT GRVL presented by Wahoo, the premier gravel cycling event, today announced a first of its kind GRVL® Femmes Team Challenge and is opening additional spots for amateur female gravel racers to register for the sold out event on June 29,...

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...

February 25, 2025

62-year-old Olympian breaks American record in first race in 25 years

Four-time Olympian Joetta Clark Diggs, mother of professional Adidas sprinter and world champion Talitha Diggs, made a remarkable comeback at the USATF Masters Indoor Championships in Gainesville, Fla., over the weekend, racing for the first time in a quarter of a century. The 62-year-old clocked 28.62s over 200m, smashing the American record...

February 24, 2025

USA Cycling Olympic Women’s Team Pursuit Strategy…

INFORMS, the world’s largest association for professionals and students in operations research, AI, analytics, and data science, has unveiled six finalists for the prestigious 2025 Franz Edelman Award, including USA Cycling as one of the finalists. USA Cycling is honored to be among the finalists for the 2025 Edelman Award for its groundbreaking...