EVENT NEWS

February 27, 2024

Women’s Running Festival Adds New 10K to Labor Day Weekend Event

CARMEL, Ind. (February 27, 2024) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – The Women’s Running Festival, the largest women’s running event in Indiana, added a 10K race in 2024 to complement its half marathon and 5K. In addition, race organizers CRRG Events returned the event to its original date during Labor Day weekend. Set...

February 23, 2024

2024 Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament Sold Out For First Time in History

For the first time in conference history, the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament is sold out. The league made the announcement on Friday. This year's event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 6 through Sunday, March 10 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn. SI

February 15, 2024

Women Prove to Be a Powerful Force in Super Bowl’s Record Viewership

Women were a dominant story in final Super Bowl LVIII viewership figures. Data from measurement agency Nielsen showed the final audience for Super Bowl LVIII reached an average of 123.7 million, up slightly from fast national estimates of 123.4 million and reconfirming the game’s status as the largest  single event in the history...

February 12, 2024

Milk Hosting EVERY WOMAN’S MARATHON – A Marathon Designed By Women, For Women

Savannah, Georgia, February 12, 2024  /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Acknowledging the historically intimidating and male-centric nature of marathons, Milk, the original performance beverage, proudly announces Every Woman’s Marathon,  marathon designed by and for women. Scheduled for November 16, 2024, in Savannah, Georgia, this monumental event marks a new chapter in Milk's...

February 6, 2024

Saudi Arabia to host the 2024 AFC Women’s Championship

Saudi Arabia will host the 2024 West Asian Football Federation (WAFF) Women's Championship this month - the first official 11-a-side women's tournament to be held in the Kingdom. A milestone for women's football in Saudi Arabia, the WAFF Women's Championship 2024 will be held in the coastal city of Jeddah...

February 3, 2024

Fiona O’Keeffe sets record, wins Olympic trials in her marathon debut

O'Keeffe turned in a stunning and blistering performance at the U.S. Olympic marathon trials in Orlando, crossing the finish line in 2:22:10 to not only win her marathon debut but break the event record. She finished nearly 32 seconds ahead of runner-up Emily Sisson, effectively pulverizing a deep and talented...

February 1, 2024

Women’s Triathlon Events Expand In Carolinas

February 1, 2024. Mt. Pleasant, SC /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Charleston based She Tris Triathlon events announced this week an agreement with Jeremey Davis of Set Up Events to purchase and rebrand the NC based all women triathlon events, known as Ramblin’ Rose. The NC series started in 2007 and has events...

January 25, 2024

US women’s professional volleyball void is filled, and possibly overflowing, with 3 upstart leagues

More than 90,000 fans showed up for an outdoor volleyball match in Nebraska's football stadium last summer, and the NCAA semifinal and championship matches set attendance and television viewership records. Opening night was everything PVF officials could have wanted. A crowd of 11,624 turned out at the CHI Health Center,...

January 23, 2024

Milk Hosting EVERY WOMAN’S MARATHON – The Only U.S. Marathon Designed for Women, by Women

SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 23, 2024 -- Acknowledging the historically intimidating and male-centric nature of marathons, Milk, the original performance beverage, proudly announces Every Woman's Marathon, the only U.S. marathon designed by and for women. Scheduled for November 16, 2024, in Savannah, Georgia, this monumental event marks a new chapter in Milk's commitment to supporting women -...

January 23, 2024

‘The Match’ Will Include Female Golfers For The First Time

“Capital One’s The Match”, the popular exhibition featuring professional golfers and other athletes, will include female competitors for the first time. The competition will be held on Feb. 26 at The Park in West Palm Beach, Florida, and broadcast on TNT Sports. The 12-hole event will give proceeds to First...

January 16, 2024

The Lottery Is Open For The USA Women’s Half Marathon In Music City

NASHVILLE /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – On your mark. Get set. Go! USA Endurance Events, a road race company offering luxury racing experiences in select cities throughout the U.S., has chosen Nashville for its upcoming USA Women’s Half Marathon on Sunday, May 19, from the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center to...

January 15, 2024

Australia’s Donna Urquhart runs record-breaking 1300km ultramarathon in Antarctica

Endurance runner and pain scientist Donna Urquhart has broken the world record for the longest run in a polar region after completing a 1300 km ultramarathon across Antarctica. Urquhart said she set out to claim the record in some of the harshest and coldest conditions on earth to not only...

January 11, 2024

Boston Champions & Global Stars Set to Square Off at 128th Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America

BOSTON/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – The 128th Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America will feature the strongest women’s field in race history, led by defending champions Hellen Obiri and Susannah Scaroni. A total of 19 women with personal bests under 2:23:00 will line up in Hopkinton aiming to earn the Open...

January 10, 2024

Run Proud, Run Strong: Women’s Participation Highlighted at the Double Bridge 15K in Pensacola.

Pensacola, Fla. /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Recognizing the strength, resilience and spirit of women in the running community, the 2024 Publix Pensacola Double Bridge Run, presented by aDoor Real Estate, aims to create an empowering experience for female participants. Limited to 4,000 runners, the Double Bridge Run has become renowned for its...

December 20, 2023

Formula 1 embraces gender equality with female drivers in F1 Academy

The pinnacle of motorsport, F1, has long been considered a male-dominated sport. However, in recent years, there has been a growing movement to increase female participation. The F1 Academy was created with the idea of providing a pathway for women to compete in a F1 race for the first time...

December 20, 2023

Three women’s sports stories that helped shape 2023

2023 saw many records shattered in women’s sports, including a women’s NCAA volleyball game with over 25,000 more fans than attended the 2023 Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. Between Coco Gauff's record-breaking viewership at the US Open, global headlines made by the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and...

December 1, 2023

Japan’s Miho Nakata Sets Women’s 24-Hour World Record

Japan’s Miho Nakata jumped into the spotlight in the ultrarunning world on Saturday, December 2, setting the women’s 24-hour world record of 167.996 miles (270.363 kilometers) at the 2023 IAU 24-Hour World Championships in Taipei. She beat the previous record set by Camille Herron of 167.842 miles (270.116k) at the...

November 15, 2023

LPGA to award $4 million to season finale winner next year under extension with CME Group

Already offering the single-largest payday in women’s golf, the LPGA said Wednesday that next year’s winner of the season-ending CME Group Tour Championship will receive $4 million, equal to the PGA Tour’s new signature events. The big increase — double what the winner gets this year — comes from a...

November 7, 2023

NCAA National Titles up for Grabs this Saturday in Tempe at 2023 Women’s Collegiate Triathlon National Championships

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - The 2023 Women’s Collegiate Triathlon National Championships are set to take place this Saturday, Nov. 11 as Tempe, Arizona, hosts the country’s top women’s varsity collegiate triathletes all vying for individual and team national titles. The event, organized by Kinetic Multisports and run in conjunction...

October 31, 2023

Women’s College Volleyball Notches Most-Watched Game Ever

On Sunday, Fox put two matchups in NFL-adjacent slots: Those receiving 1 p.m. ET Fox NFL games would get the Wisconsin-Minnesota match in the late window, while those receiving the 4 p.m. ET game — Cleveland Browns at Seattle Seahawks — would get Ohio State-Michigan in the early window. The...

October 25, 2023

2024 Tour de France, Tour de France Femmes routes unveiled with historic firsts

The routes for the 2024 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes were unveiled Wednesday with historic firsts for both cycling races. Due to the Paris Olympics starting July 26, the men’s Tour starts one week earlier than usual (in Florence, Italy this year) and ends in Nice, as...

October 24, 2023

Race Finishers Enjoy Fast Times, Friends and Food at Carmel’s Indiana Women’s Running Festival

CARMEL, Ind. (October 24, 2023) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Temperatures may have been chilly at the start line, but race finishers brought the heat to the 2023 Indiana Women’s Running Festival on Saturday, October 21, in Carmel, Ind. A cash purse of $4,600 in total was awarded to the top finishers....

October 23, 2023

The USA Women’s Half Marathon Sprints Into Dallas This Month

DALLAS/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – On your mark. Get set. Go! USA Endurance Events, a road race company offering luxury racing experiences in select cities throughout the U.S., has chosen Dallas for its upcoming USA Women’s Half Marathon on Saturday, Oct. 28, at White Rock Lake. Since 2013, USA Endurance Events has...

October 20, 2023

Las Vegas Aces Clincher Produces Most-Watched WNBA Finals Game 4

Just like the champion Las Vegas Aces, the 2023 WNBA Finals finished strong with record viewership. Wednesday night’s Game 4 reportedly averaged 889,000 viewers for ESPN — the most-watched game of this year’s championship series and the most-watched WNBA Finals Game 4 of all time. The average represents a huge...

October 17, 2023

Through Three Games, WNBA Finals Sets 20-Year Viewership High

The New York Liberty and WNBA Finals viewership both rebounded in Game 3. Sunday’s 87-73 win for New York over the Las Vegas Aces averaged 659,000 viewers — making it the most-watched Finals Game 3 in 18 years and a 14% increase over 2022’s comparable contest. The contest peaked with 945,000 viewers...