Womens Sport

Tour de France to hold women's cycling race in July 2022, just after men's race concludes

Women cyclists have spent years calling for a women's version of the race. They've put together petitions, and some even rode every stage of the men's race just to raise awareness.

FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 to start six weeks later than previous editions

The 2023 Women's World Cup tournament will be the first with 32 teams, expanded from 24, and 10 stadiums will stage games.

German football chief Fritz Keller slams discrimination facing women's stars

Keller made the comments while discussing a sports court case that ordered a male coach to take charge of a women's team’s training sessions as part of his punishment for verbally abusing female match officials

Italian Super Cup: Barbara Bonansea brace gives Juventus women second consecutive title

Juventus women have now won six trophies since being formed — three league, two Super Cup and the Italian Cup.

WSL: US striker Alex Morgan thrilled to be back in action after making debut for Spurs

Two-time World Cup winner Alex Morgan had not played for more than a year after giving birth to daughter Charlie in May and working her way back to fitness.

Olympic sports fall woefully short of gender equality at boardroom level, finds ASOIF review

A review of Olympic sports bodies published on Tuesday found none had equal representation of women on their ruling boards.

Majority of Indians believe women athletes should receive equal pay as men, cites research

An overwhelming majority of Indians say women athletes should receive equal pay as the males but 38 percent believe that sports featuring women are not as entertaining as those featuring men, according to a BBC research.

Australian women's footballers receive equal pay contracts as male counterparts in landmark move

Under a new centralised contract system, Matildas stars such as Sam Kerr and Ellie Carpenter will be paid an equal amount as big-name Socceroos like Aaron Mooy and Mat Ryan.

Indian Wells tournament director Raymond Moore resigns after sexist comments