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June 9, 2023
Women’s World Cup set to be biggest standalone women’s sports event ever
Next month’s FIFA Women’s World Cup is set to become the most attended standalone women’s sports event in history, with organisers confirming more than one million tickets have now been sold. FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, revealed that 1,032,884 tickets have now been sold for the ninth edition of the FIFA...
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June 8, 2023
The Toughest 100 Mile Race
Three women face the course, the elements, and each other in The World's Toughest Mudder. Who will come out on top and can any of them reach the goal of 100 miles? Outside
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June 5, 2023
Amazing Camille Herron Breaks Men’s Course Record at Texas Trail Festival Marathon
Ultrarunner Camille Herron added a new notch to her belt over the weekend, taking home the top prize in the Texas Trail Festival marathon in Spicewood, Texas, breaking the overall course record by nearly two minutes with her 3:49:47 victory. She also walked away with a pretty sweet longhorn-shaped birdhouse...
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June 3, 2023
You Love The Women’s College World Series. You Just Might Not Know It Yet
Just 30 years after its national television debut, the Women’s College World Series has become arguably more popular than the Men’s College World Series. It’s a remarkable feat given that softball was once considered baseball’s ugly stepsister. To this day, there are few post-college playing opportunities. Nevertheless, one of the...
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May 26, 2023
WNBA Opening Week Attendance Jumps 24% Year-Over-Year
Opening week attendance for the WNBA is up 24% compared to last year’s opening week, the league announced Friday. The jump in fan attendance comes alongside record-breaking WNBA TV ratings as the opening night game on May 19 between the Los Angeles Sparks and Phoenix Mercury generated 683,000 average viewers...
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May 23, 2023
Brittney Griner’s Return is Cable’s Most-Viewed WNBA Game In 24 Years
ESPN’s broadcast of Brittney Griner’s return to the WNBA last Friday was the most-viewed WNBA regular season game on cable television in 24 years and the most-viewed WNBA opening night game on ESPN platforms in 11 years. Friday’s broadcast peaked at 1 million viewers and had 683,000 average viewers as...
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May 15, 2023
Women’s FA Cup Final Is Latest To Smash Attendance Records
Behind another clutch performance from Sam Kerr, Chelsea FC defeated Manchester United for its third consecutive Women’s FA Cup title — and part of a much bigger victory for women’s soccer. The Blues accomplished the feat in front of a record 77,390 spectators at Wembley Stadium — smashing the previous...
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May 2, 2023
Sponsors Announced for espnW Summit NYC, presented by Ally
ESPN announced the roster of sponsors for The espnW Summit NYC. The one-day event will once again gather leaders across sports, business, and entertainment for a curated program of keynotes, panels, and presentations focused on the women and sports space. Programming from this year’s Summit will also be live streamed across...
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April 28, 2023
Nebraska Women’s Volleyball Set To Pack Football Stadium
One of the most well-attended women’s sporting events in U.S. history will be a Nebraska women’s volleyball match. In just two days, the team sold about 89,000 tickets to a match at Memorial Coliseum, the school’s football stadium. The August event will crush the previous NCAA record for volleyball attendance,...
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April 20, 2023
U.S., Mexico to Launch Joint Bid to Host 2027 Women’s World Cup
The U.S. Soccer Federation and Mexico Football Federation plan to bid to co-host the 2027 Women’s World Cup. The bid was announced Wednesday night, the deadline set by FIFA to submit expressions of interest. Bid agreements are due by May 19 and official bids by Dec. 8. FIFA plans to...
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April 17, 2023
New Women’s FA Cup final attendance record to be set of over 65,000
A new Women's FA Cup final attendance record will be set at Wembley next month when Manchester United take on Chelsea. The Women's FA Cup final attendance record is set to be smashed when Manchester United take on Chelsea at Wembley next month, with the Football Association announcing that more...
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April 12, 2023
WNBA Draft Is ESPN’s Most-Viewed in 19 Years
Monday’s WNBA Draft on ESPN was the league’s most-viewed draft since 2004, and the second-most viewed WNBA Draft on record. ESPN said 572,000 viewers tuned into this week’s draft, which saw the Indiana Fever select South Carolina star Aliyah Boston with the first-overall pick. Viewership for this year’s draft was...
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April 1, 2023
ESPN Reveals Record-Setting Ratings for Women’s Final Four
ESPN revealed that the 2023 Women's Final Four was its most viewed edition of the NCAA Division I women's college basketball semifinal across ESPN platforms in recorded history, according to viewership data from Nielsen's fast nationals. Per ESPN, across its platforms, the two NCAA tournament semifinal games averaged 4.5 million...
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March 31, 2023
The 2023 Women’s Tour Has Officially Been Canceled
Less than a month after it was reported that the Women’s Tour was in danger of cancelation, it has been announced that the 2023 edition of the five-day British stage race (not to be confused with the Tour de France Femmes) has been officially been called off. The cancelation comes...
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March 28, 2023
Women’s March Madness Viewership Is Up, While Men’s Declines
Women’s March Madness viewership continues to skyrocket with this year’s regional rounds — while the men’s tournament experiences a slight decrease. Women’s Sweet 16 viewership on ESPN went up a whopping 73% compared with last year for an average of 1.3 million per game, according to the network. Elite 8...
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March 27, 2023
NCAA Women’s Final Four tickets in Dallas more expensive than men’s on resale market
Tickets to the NCAA women’s Final Four at American Airlines Center in Dallas this weekend won’t come cheap. As of Monday, a single ticket to the NCAA championship semifinals on Friday were priced at a minimum of $313 on Ticketmaster — and that was before additional service fees. Tickets for...
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March 26, 2023
Unbelievable! Camille Herron Shatters 48-Hour World Record
Camille Herron destroyed the world record for 48 hours of running, covering 435.336 kilometers (270.5 miles) around a 400-meter track in Bruce, Australia. The previous record, 411.5 kilometers (255 miles), was set by Jo Zakrzewski of Great Britain in February. Herron exceeded that by 15.5 miles. She bested the previous...
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March 22, 2023
Women’s NCAA Tournament TV Ratings Are Through The Roof
The First Round games averaged 257,000 viewers which is up 27 percent from the 2022 Tournament. Four games eclipsed 400,000 viewers, led by the two biggest historical bluebloods. 639,000 viewers watched Tennessee beat St. Louis, and 636,000 people watched UCONN take down Vermont. Louisville vs Drake and South Carolina vs...
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March 20, 2023
Calgary Marathon introduces pregnancy deferral, child care for 2023
Run Calgary has announced plans for new “family inclusivity amenities” that will be introduced at the 2023 Servus Calgary Marathon on May 28, including a pregnancy or postpartum deferral option, child care on race day and on-course infant feeding stations. Running Magazine
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March 17, 2023
Do We Still Need Women’s-Only Triathlon Races?
Though the heyday of women’s-only events may have come and gone, there’s a resurgence of female events on the horizon. But why? Triathlete
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March 13, 2023
Mikaela Shiffrin Just Became the Greatest Ski Racer of All Time
On February 19, 1989, Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark won his 86thWorld Cup race—a giant slalom in Aspen, fewer than 100 miles from Edwards, Colorado, the hometown of American skier Mikaela Shiffrin. Thirty-four years later, in a strange twist of ski-racing serendipity, Mikaela Shiffrin surpassed Stenmark’s World Cup win record in Åre,...
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March 9, 2023
Tour de France Femmes debut marks a ‘before and after’ for peloton
There will forever be a “before and after” in racing with the successful debut of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in 2022. The platform and prestige that came with the international recognition of the maillot jaune lended immediate credibility to the race. VeloNews
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March 7, 2023
Hundreds of London Cyclists Ride in Protest, Demanding Safer Streets for Women
Hundreds of people rode through the streets of London last weekend, protesting for safer cycling conditions for women. The event was organized by the London Cycling Campaign's (LCC) Women’s Network, along with Joyriders, a women’s cycling organization, and the Londra Bisiklet Klubu, a cycling group run by London’s Turkish/Kurdish community....
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March 7, 2023
Florida Woman Sets Guinness World Record for Consecutive Ultramarathons
According to the newspaper, Cassidy started running in 2010 after she ran the Disney Marathon with her sister. Since then, she’s run 100 marathons and is on her way to becoming a World Marathon Major Six Star Finisher. Runners World
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March 6, 2023
Woman Completes First Crossing of Africa on an Electric Motorcycle
Unaided by technical or medical support, Gottwald ended her journey in Cape Town, South Africa, on Feb. 15, 2023. Gottwald’s finish marks the first person to ride an electric motorcycle across the continent. She completed the 124-day quest using a Kalk AP, made by Swedish bike maker CAKE, which also...
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