EVENT NEWS
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January 26, 2025
Woman runs 226 miles to set new world record
Sophie Power completed more than 226 miles (365km) in 48 hours to set the new record, which is subject to official confirmation. BBC
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January 18, 2025
Unrivaled’s first night was a thrilling success. Can new league keep the momentum rolling?
Unrivaled – the new 3-on-3 women’s basketball league started by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart – may be on to something with its target score rule to decide winners in the fourth quarter. If Unrivaled games are close, like Friday’s league opener where Diggins-Smith scored two 3s late to help...
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January 8, 2025
Nike Announces the 2025 After Dark Tour, a Women’s Race Series — NIKE, Inc.
As a continuation of Nike’s mission to invite more women into sport, the brand is announcing the 2025 After Dark Tour, a global women’s race series designed to be the ultimate girls’ weekend. This unique series of nighttime running events is crafted to bring women runners together, fostering a sense of...
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January 7, 2025
Buccaneers Launch Women’s Sports Leadership Event in March 2025
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will host up-and-coming sports professionals at their first "She is Football" Weekend at Raymond James Stadium next March. The two-day event looks to create opportunities for women pursuing careers in sports. A Women's Summit kicks off the event with practical training and insights from industry experts. espn
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December 23, 2024
Lindsay Vonn Returns: Skiing Icon Eyes Olympics After Breakout Race
At the age of 40 — and after 5 years in retirement — Lindsay Vonn returned to the racecourse on Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Stifel St. Moritz World Cup. The ski racing champion placed 14th, crossing the finish line just 1.18 seconds behind Austrian winner Cornelia Hütter. Vonn said...
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December 19, 2024
The Best Women’s Sports Moments Of 2024
Countless achievements made 2024 an unparalleled year for women athletes. However, the biggest shift of all was the widespread recognition and long-overdue attention that women’s sports finally received. Huff Post
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December 19, 2024
Pickleball leads the way in women’s sports pro salaries as sport continues growth
In the year of the women's sports boom, the most lucrative sport for female athletes wasn't basketball or soccer, but pickleball. The pro pickleball tour paid out on average $269,000 to its female competitors. Awful Announcing
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December 16, 2024
Players Era NIL Tourney to Add Women’s Basketball in 2025
Players Era Festival, the weeklong Las Vegas basketball tournament that paid out more than $9 million in NIL (name, image, and likeness) money to participating players, is expanding to women’s basketball. It announced that in 2025 it will put on a four-team women’s round-robin tournament featuring No. 1 UCLA, No. 3 South...
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December 2, 2024
Marathoner Sara Hall Smashes Her Own American Masters Record
In her fourth marathon of 2024, Sara Hall finished 10th at the Valencia Marathon in Spain in 2:23:45. Hall, 41, shattered her own U.S. masters record, 2:26:06, which she set at the Olympic Marathon Trials in February. Runners World
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December 1, 2024
Moms Make History at Ultraman World Championship as Jen Annett and Michelle Vesterby Finish 1st and 2nd
This year’s Ultraman World Championship event turned out to be record-breaking in a number of ways as Canada’s Jen Annett and Denmark’s Michelle Vesterby finished first and second overall. Slowwitch
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November 29, 2024
After Running a Women’s-Only Marathon, I’ll Never Want to Run a ‘Regular’ Race Ever Again
The difference between the Every Woman's Marathon and your typical race felt particularly stark compared to other marathons. The environment can feel cutthroat, and a participant was often elbowed, bumped, and clipped—always by men, nothing of the sort happens during the Every Woman's Marathon. At the expo, for instance, there...
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November 26, 2024
Babsi Zangerl – The First to Flash Big Wall on El Capitan’s Freerider
Babsi Zangerl just ‘Flashed’ Freerider (VI, 5.13a) on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. The 36-year-old Austrian reached the top of the 3,000-foot granite wall without falling on the first attempt. On Si
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November 20, 2024
LPGA Tour sets another record with $127.5M in prize money for 2025
The LPGA Tour will play for $127.5 million in official prize money in 2025, another record for the circuit that has worked independently of the PGA Tour for 75 years. The Detroit News
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November 19, 2024
LPGA’s Richest Season Ever Set to Crown a Record-Breaker
The LPGA Tour’s richest season yet is set to conclude this week with someone finally breaking Lorena Ochoa’s 17-year-old record for prize money won in a single season. Whoever wins this week’s CME Group Tour Championship will surpass the $4,364,994 that Ochoa earned in 2007 when she won eight tournaments,...
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November 17, 2024
7,000 runners conquer Every Woman’s Marathon
The streets of Savannah, Ga., came alive on Saturday as more than 7,000 runners from all 50 states and 12 countries took on the Every Woman’s Marathon, a race designed to highlight and support women in running. Running Magazine
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November 15, 2024
Women’s Health & Longevity Summit Speakers Announced
The Women's Health and Longevity Summit, Luminescence, is set for February 1, 2025, in Los Angeles, California. The one-day event will include insight from experts and fitness and wellness luminaries Dr. Casey Means, Marianne Williamson, Jillian Michaels, Dr. Sara Gottfried, Kimberly Snyder, JJ Virgin, Dr. Mindy Pelz, Kayla Barnes, and Dr. Robin...
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November 13, 2024
WNBA’s Valkyries Hit 20K Season Ticket Deposits Ahead of Debut
The Golden State Valkyries have surpassed 20,000 season ticket deposits, according to a press release. The new total builds upon their initial record in late July, when the WNBA expansion franchise took in more than 15,000 deposits, the most for a women’s sports team in the U.S. before its first season. Sportico
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November 13, 2024
Every Woman’s Marathon: Why Women’s-Only Races Are Still Crucial to Progress in Female Equality
Women’s-only races emphasize empowerment, safety, and community in a world where female runners still face unique challenges. run
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November 11, 2024
The Caitlin Clark Show Is Hitting the LPGA Tour in a Big Way
Caitlin Clark joked she would spend her WNBA offseason trying to become a professional golfer after the former Iowa women’s basketball star won Rookie of the Year, made the All-WNBA First Team, and helped set numerous attendance and viewership records across the league. Front Office Sports
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November 8, 2024
Coco Gauff’s WTA Finals title ends her season with a $4.8 million check and a big turnaround
Coco Gauff took to social media to post a message after wrapping up 2024 by winning the WTA Finals and the $4.8 million check that came with it. “I beat the bad season allegations,” Gauff wrote. After defeating the women ranked Nos. 1 and 2 — Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek — earlier...
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October 29, 2024
Tough Women’s 2025 Tour De France Route Reflects Rising Level
A tough nine-stage route for the fourth edition of the women's Tour de France was revealed on Tuesday, with organisers saying the route reflects growing standards in the women's event. "The level in women's cycling is rising and that's why we have nine stages instead of eight. And nine hard...
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October 19, 2024
Inside Red Bull Rampage where women risk their lives to make history in death-defying sport of free riding
For the first time in its history, women competed in Red Bull Rampage. Yet why they or their male counterparts w m or watching from home, the riders appear possessed by an inhuman level of courage - and frankly, insanity. The rules are simple: Get from point A to point...
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October 18, 2024
Kenyan parliament demands U.S. journalist apologize for marathon world record question
Kenyan distance runner Ruth Chepngetich stunned the distance running world at the 2024 Chicago Marathon, not only breaking the previous women’s world record but also becoming the first woman to run sub-2:10—something many thought was impossible. Running Magazine
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October 14, 2024
Ruth Chepngetich Shatters Women’s World Marathon Record In Chicago
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich smashed the women’s world marathon record in Chicago on Sunday, taking almost two minutes off the previous best to win the race in two hours, nine minutes and 56 seconds. Forbes
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October 10, 2024
Robin Goomes wins the first Red Bull Rampage women’s competition
Seven of the world’s top women’s riders dropped into the Red Bull Rampage course in Virgin, Utah for the first time and pushed the level of progression to new heights. For the first time, seven of the best female freeriders heard that starting cue this year. Red Bull