EVENT NEWS
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December 12, 2022
Life Time responds to Sea Otter petition, changes start times for women’s cross-country race
Life Time, the parent company of the Sea Otter Classic, has said they are changing the start format of the Fuego 40km cross-country mountain bike race in 2023. In 2023, all women's age group categories will start ahead of the men. VeloNews
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December 9, 2022
Record-breaking Women’s Super League attendances up 200% on last year – director
A new WSL record attendance was set in September when 47,367 spectators turned out to watch Arsenal beat north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 at the Emirates Stadium. This followed a record-breaking women's Euros campaign which saw 87,192 fans pack into Wembley Stadium to see England win the tournament. ESPN
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December 7, 2022
Study: UK women’s sports viewership up sevenfold since 2012
The organisation has found that this year’s average viewing time per person for women’s sport is at seven hours and 50 minutes, up to the end of October. This marks a significant increase compared to a decade ago, when an average time of an hour and 22 minutes was spent...
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December 6, 2022
Bleeding Fingers, Hailstorms, and 2,000 Vertical Feet: How Three Women Set a Big-Wall Climbing Record
Sasha DiGiulian, Brette Harrington, and Matilda Söderlund traveled to Spain to send one of the hardest such routes. Rayu marks 16 pitches of biting limestone and a 5.14b crux. For DiGiulian, it also signaled a return to the height of her athletic career. Outside Online
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December 6, 2022
PGA, LPGA To Restart Mixed Event After 24-Year Hiatus
A mixed-team golf event will be a fixture on the PGA Tour schedule for the first time in almost 25 years. The PGA and LPGA announced that the QBE Shootout will be converted into a mixed-team event starting in 2023 — a return to the format after the last JCPenney...
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December 5, 2022
Christine Sinclair, Diana Matheson reveal pro Canadian women’s soccer league set for kickoff in 2025
Professional women's soccer is coming to Canada. Christine Sinclair and former national teammate Diana Matheson announced plans to launch a domestic professional women's league in 2025, featuring eight teams throughout Canada. The still-unnamed league would begin in April 2025 with an inaugural champion crowned sometime in the fall. Each team will...
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December 5, 2022
Grand Rapids first market announced for new professional women’s volleyball league
A new professional U.S. women’s volleyball league that’s set to launch in 2024 has tapped Grand Rapids as its first market, team owners and league executives announced. DP Fox Sports & Entertainment, which co-owns the Grand Rapids Griffins and previously owned an Arena Football League team, joined Pro Volleyball Federation...
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December 1, 2022
ESPN Is Bringing RedZone-Style Coverage to NCAA Women’s Volleyball
On Wednesday, ESPN announced a new feature of its coverage for the Division I women’s volleyball tournament: a RedZone-like whiparound show, which will complement ESPN’s broadcasting of every tournament match on one of its networks. FOS
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November 27, 2022
Indiana coach Teri Moren slams conditions of Las Vegas women’s basketball tournament: ‘This was a major miss’
Las Vegas is a city known for its glitz and glamour. Neither, though, were found during what was supposed to be a showcase of some of the nation's top women's basketball teams this holiday weekend. The Women's Las Vegas Invitational, which featured teams such as Louisville and Auburn, went viral...
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November 22, 2022
How Races Are Supporting Breastfeeding Runners
From pumping tents at start villages to lactation stations along the course, here’s how major races are making changes to better support new moms. Runners World (paywall)
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November 18, 2022
New women’s pro volleyball league embarks on ‘converting the unconverted’
Pro Volleyball Federation, the new professional women’s indoor volleyball league in the U.S., endeavors to give elite players and coaches the opportunity to profit from their abilities, cultivate dedicated fanbases throughout the country and thrive in the world beyond the court. With a start date of February 2024, teams will...
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November 18, 2022
LPGA Prize Money to Exceed $100M in 2023, Setting Record for Women’s Tour
The LPGA is planning to award $101.4 million in total prize money in 2023, marking an all-time single-season high for the tour. According to the Associated Press (h/t ESPN), the figure is 18 percent higher than the planned total for 2022 and more than double the total from 10 years...
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November 17, 2022
Pro Volleyball Federation to launch inaugural U.S. women’s season in 2024
The Pro Volleyball Federation announced its presence Thursday and said it will begin play in February 2024, calling itself “real pro volleyball and the premier women’s professional volleyball league in North America.” The organizers, while making their announcement, revealed that Columbus, Ohio, and Dallas-Fort Worth will be two of what...
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November 15, 2022
Women’s Volleyball Continues to Draw Major Media Interest
ESPN has enjoyed multiple years of increased ratings for its women’s college volleyball coverage — and as a result has expressed interest in renewing its deal in the future. In the meantime, however, ESPN is investing in a professional version of the game. FOS
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November 14, 2022
Tour of Britain and Women’s Tour organizer signs four-year deal with Welsh government
The Welsh government has partnered up with the Tour of Britain and Women’s Tour organizer, SweetSpot, to host key stages of the two races. The 2024 Women’s Tour will set off from Wales for the first time in the race’s history. The deal will conclude in 2026 with the Women’s Tour...
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November 10, 2022
WNBA to allow coaches challenge next season
The WNBA will allow coaches to challenge one play a game next season, and the league is also heightening the penalty for transition take fouls. The league announced the changes on Thursday. The league’s competition committee recommended the rules changes and the WNBA Board of Governors approved them. Both rules,...
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November 6, 2022
This Is What It’s Like Surfing While Pregnant
Surfing is a difficult sport under any circumstances. But surfing while pregnant is an entirely different beast. While many women, respectively, decide to opt out of surfing during their pregnancy, there is another group that won’t let anything stand between them and riding waves. We caught up with eight ordinary...
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October 27, 2022
Second Women’s Tour De France Takes On Tourmalet Climb
The second edition of the women's Tour de France will start from Clermont-Ferrand on July 23 next year, race director Marion Rousse announced on Thursday. The centrepiece of the 2023 route is the Col du Tourmalet in the Pyrenees and the route climbs to over 2,100 metres while the eight...
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October 17, 2022
espnW Announces Full Agenda and Speakers for the Annual espnW: Women + Sports Summit, presented by Toyota
Taking place November 1-3 at Ojai Valley Inn, Ojai, CA, the Summit brings together leaders across sports, business, and entertainment for a curated program of keynotes, breakout sessions, panels, and presentations, all focused on advancing women in sports. Programming from this year’s Summit will also be live streamed across select...
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October 17, 2022
Women’s Sports Surge Continues As NWSL Sets Attendance Records
The Kansas City Current ousted the Houston Dash in Sunday’s NWSL playoffs quarterfinal in front of the biggest crowd in the league’s postseason history. While the afternoon match drew 21,284 fans to Houston’s PNC Stadium, the evening’s quarterfinal game at San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium — in which the Wave beat...
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October 5, 2022
Tour de France Femmes set for Massif Central start in 2023
There is no Paris start on the cards for this year's Tour de France Femmes, which is instead set to depart from Clermont-Ferrand in the Massif Central. The race takes place over eight stages from Sat 23 to Sat 30 July next year, once again beginning the same day the...
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September 28, 2022
UCI to host road championships for Afghan women next month in Switzerland
Afghan women racers who were evacuated last year in the aftermath of the Taliban takeover will be racing next month for the 2022 Afghanistan Women’s National Championships. The UCI confirmed the date set for October 23 near the UCI’s headquarters in Aigle, Switzerland. Velo News
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September 26, 2022
Arsenal Set Women’s Super League Attendance Record
A total of 47,367 fans watched Arsenal’s 4-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Emirates Stadium on Saturday — almost 10,000 more than the previous record. In total, the team sold more than 53,000 tickets. The record comes just a month-and-a-half after the Women’s Euro 2022 final set a record on its...
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September 21, 2022
Tour de France Femmes: A lasting impact?
For most of its 120 years of existence, the Tour de France was misogynistic. Pro men’s teams had no female staff members; the presence of women in official race vehicles was not allowed; and a woman journalist in the press room was a rare sight. Matters began to change in...
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September 14, 2022
London Marathon follows Boston in adding non-binary category
Five of the six largest marathons in the world will soon allow runners to compete without registering as men or women. The London Marathon changed its policy on Wednesday. Inside The Games