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September 13, 2023

WNBA Enters Playoffs With Wave Of Continued Growth

The WNBA enters its 2023 playoffs on Wednesday with the momentum of another season that has dynamically boosted its own growth trajectory and that of women’s sports. Extending a trend over the past several years, the league ended the regular season up 16% in attendance with a per-game average of...

September 11, 2023

Kenyan runner breaks women’s 5K and 10K world records in same race

The 22-year-old Kenyan phenomenon, Agnes Ngetich, left the athletics world in awe over the weekend at the Transylvania 10K in Brasov, Romania, where she broke both the women-only 5K and 10K world records in a single race. Ngetich took victory in the 10K with a sensational time of 29 minutes...

September 2, 2023

Women’s gymnastics is changing in more ways than one

It's clear that elite women's gymnastics is changing in some big ways — in terms of race, age and collegiate competition — and moving the sport forward. The top six women at the meet were Black or Asian American. On the men's side, too, the top three were Black or...

August 30, 2023

Nebraska volleyball stadium event draws 92,003 to set women’s world attendance record

The Cornhuskers laid claim to the world record for largest attendance at a women’s sporting event with 92,003 filling Memorial Stadium for their volleyball match against Omaha.  APN

August 27, 2023

Back-To-Back: United States Taylor Knibb Defends Her Title At The 2023 Vinfast IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship Triathlon In Lahti, Finland

LAHTI, Finland (Aug. 26, 2023) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - American Olympian Taylor Knibb captured her second VinFast IRONMAN® 70.3® World Championship title in Lahti, Finland, on Saturday. After exiting the ROKA swim course in the top-3, Knibb quickly gained the lead on the FULGAZ bike course and never looked back. Putting...

August 23, 2023

New York City Marathon changes pregnancy deferral policy – but it requires athletes to pay to defer

New York Road Runners (NYRR) – organisers of the New York City Marathon – updated the organisation’s pregnancy and postpartum cancellation policy in an attempt to become a ‘more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and socially responsible organisation’. It means that the New York City Marathon is now the fifth World Marathon Major to allow women...

August 21, 2023

Women’s World Cup Final Draws Historic U.K. Viewership Numbers

While England wasn’t able to win the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the country’s 1-0 loss to Spain in Sunday’s final still broke a domestic viewership record. The match drew 12 million viewers on BBC One — making it the most-watched women’s soccer match in U.K. history and the second-most watched event...

August 15, 2023

Caitlin Clark’s Iowa WCBB Sells out Season Tickets for 1st Time in Program History

The University of Iowa women's basketball slate doesn't start until Nov. 6, but season tickets for the 2023-24 campaign are already sold out at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa is coming off its first-ever national championship game appearance after reigning consensus player of the year Caitlin Clark guided the Hawkeyes through an...

August 14, 2023

FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Viewership To Cross 2 Billion

The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is expected to shatter viewership records for women's football, with expectations of attracting 2 billion viewers worldwide. The tournament is being co-hosted for the first time by Australia and New Zealand, with 32 teams taking part. USA are the defending champions and will be...

August 4, 2023

Valente Wins 2023 World Championship Scratch Race

GLASGOW /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - During the evening session of the second day at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Jennifer Valente (San Diego; TWENTY24 Pro Cycling) tackled her first individual event, the Women’s Scratch Race. The 40-lap race was action-packed, with attacks breaking up the group in the latter half of the...

August 4, 2023

How Much Did Tour de France Femmes Riders Earn?

The second edition of the Tour de France Femmes wrapped up on Sunday—closing out tje secodn edition of the eight stage race. The most popular and highest-paid women’s cycling event on the WorldTour calendar captivated fans; however the women’s TDFF winner did not earn nearly as much as the men’s...

August 1, 2023

5 Takeaways from the Tour de France Femmes

The biggest stage race in women’s pro cycling wrapped up over the weekend. Here’s what you need to know. Outside

July 28, 2023

Women’s World Cup Attendance Is Outperforming FIFA’s Expectations

The 2023 Women’s World Cup hasn’t even progressed through group play, but FIFA is already projecting higher attendance numbers than expected for the tournament. Ticket sales are now close to 1.6 million, according to soccer’s governing body, which would easily surpass the record 1.35 million fans who attended the 2015...

July 27, 2023

Women will make history at Paris 2024

In 1924, women made up only 5 per cent of the competitors. In Los Angeles, we made up 23 per cent of the athletes. But thanks to the growing commitment of the IOC, these numbers have continued to increase, and women represented almost 49 per cent of the nearly 11,000 athletes at...

July 25, 2023

This Former Pro Cyclist Is Commentating the Tour de France Femmes and She’s Crushing It

The former pro cyclist is commentating the “World Feed” along with Anthony McCrossen, and as we have come to expect from her, Walker is really nailing it, with a fresh perspective and impressive knowledge of the athletes and the sport. Bicycling

July 25, 2023

French woman becomes first to win Tahoe 200 overall

France’s Claire Bannwarth ran her way into the record books this past weekend by becoming the first woman to win the Tahoe 200 Mile Endurance Run outright. The 34-year-old ultrarunner finished the mountain ultra—billed as the United States’ only 200-mile single-loop mountain race—in 62 hours, 24 minutes and 42 seconds....

July 20, 2023

Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift by the numbers

Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift takes place on July 23 to 30 with 8 stages covering 960.5km in total.  There are 22 teams for total of 154 riders entered. Endurance Biz

July 19, 2023

National Women’s Soccer League Announces San Diego Wave FC as Host of 2023 NWSL Championship

NEW YORK - The National Women's Soccer League today announced San Diego Wave FC as the host of the 2023 NWSL Championship, presented by Bud Light. Returning to the west coast for the first time since 2018, the league final will be held at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California...

July 18, 2023

UCI bans trans women from entering women’s categories

The UCI on Friday announced that it will ban transgender women from competing in the women’s category of international competitions starting Monday, July 17. This ban includes the upcoming “super” World Championships in Glasgow in August. According to the governing body, the move is “to protect the female class and...

July 15, 2023

Courtney Dauwalter makes trail running history with Hardrock and Western States double

Courtney Dauwalter has made trail running history becoming the first runner ever to win the Western States 100 and the Hardrock 100 in the same year – breaking the course record that she set in last year’s race. Just three weeks after her record-breaking Western States victory Courtney Dauwalter stormed...

July 12, 2023

WNBA Midseason Viewership Up 46% on ESPN Platforms

WNBA viewership on ESPN platforms has nearly doubled this season compared to last year, averaging 546,000 viewers through 13 games. The network said on Wednesday that the midseason average is a 46% increase over WNBA viewership on ESPN platforms in 2022. Fellow Disney-owned network ABC has recorded 647,000 average viewers...

July 12, 2023

The 14th Annual Giant Race Announces Historic All-Female Running Team

San Francisco, CA /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – The Giant Race presented by Alaska Airlines today announces the first-ever all-female running team to participate in the event - the Alaska Airlines All-Stars. Captained by three-time Olympian Shannon Rowbury, the team of nine (9) female Bay Area athletes signifies the importance of representation in...

July 11, 2023

Liv Cycling Hosts Watch Parties Across the Globe for the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift

NEWBURY PARK, CA — JULY 11, 2023 /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Liv Cycling, official partner of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift and sponsor of the white jersey for the ‘Best Young Rider Classification’ , today announces a global series of watch parties to encourage more viewership of the iconic race...

July 9, 2023

Allisen Corpuz wins the U.S. Women’s Open at Pebble Beach for her first LPGA title

She won by three shots over Charley Hull (66) and Jiyai Shin (68) and claimed the $2 million prize, the richest ever for an LPGA major champion. Corpuz couldn't contain a wide smile when she tapped in for par, only to cover it with her hand as the tears began...

July 7, 2023

Kids Adventure Games™ is set to launch across in Canada 2023

TORONTO, ON /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Kids Adventure Games, the wildly popular outdoor obstacle course race series for kids ages 6-16+, is thrilled to announce its expansion into Canada with the first event set for Fredericton, New Brunswick July 15-16, 2023. Maria Burton, a long-time Race Director, and owner of the...