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31/12/2024

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Since 1997, The Authority in Women's Sports (TM)

31/12/2024

What was the most important moment in Women’s Sports this year? 👉 Visit our blog to read REAL SPORTS Magazine’s picks! www.https://realsportsmag.blogspot.com/

30/12/2024

THE CLARK EFFECT - 2024 Sportsperson of the Year: Caitlin Clark. Her athletic ability, connection with new and old basketball fans (for and against), corporate sponsors, and her relationship with the media transform the women's basketball landscape while setting NCAA scoring records.

Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever shoots one of her trademark long-range threes while Kia Nurse #10 of the Los Angeles Sparks defends...

29/12/2024

#1 CAPITAL GOALS Women's sports score record-breaking investments, changing the game forever in 2024. Read more in REAL SPORTS Most Important Moments in Sports 2024 edition

Fans flocked to women's sports events in 2024. Photo credit: Thien-An Truong/ISI Photos The landscape of women's professional sports experi...

28/12/2024

#2 VIEWERSHIP VICTORY NCAA Women's Basketball Final shatters records with 19 million viewers, outshining men's championship! Read more in REAL SPORTS Most Important Moments in Sports 2024 edition

Te-Hina Paopao #0 and Ashlyn Watkins #2 of the South Carolina Gamecocks speaks to the media during the 2024 Women's Final Four. Photo credit...

27/12/2024

#3 PERFECT BALANCE McLaughlin-Levrone shatters 400-meter hurdles record as Paris Olympics achieves historic gender equality: 5,250 male and 5,250 female athletes.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wins the Women’s 400M during the 2024 USA Track & Field Olympic Trials held at Hayward Field on June 30, 2024 in E...

26/12/2024

#4 THE GREATEST RETURNS Simone Biles soars to Olympic glory, inspiring millions with her historic comeback! Read more in REAL SPORTS Most Important Moments in Sports 2024 edition.

Simone Biles reacts to the crowd after being selected for the 2024 Olympics women's gymnastics team at the Target Center after the USA Gymna...

23/12/2024

#5 GOLDEN GLORY USWNT proves their resilience, capturing emotional fifth Olympic gold in Paris! Read more in REAL SPORTS Most Important Moments in Sports 2024 edition

(L-R) Alyssa Naeher , Naomi Girma , Emily Fox , Trinity Rodman , Korbin Albert , Crystal Dunn , Casey Krueger , Lynn Williams , Mallory Swan...

22/12/2024

#6 BREAKING BANKS Gauff leads female athletes at $30.4M, Clark breaks all-time WNBA earnings record.

Despite missing out on a major championship in 2024, Coco Gauff closed out her season with a stunning triumph at the WTA Finals, claiming bo...

22/12/2024

#7 SPORTS AT A CROSSROADS Historic debate on inclusion and competition reshapes sports policy worldwide. Read more in REAL SPORTS Most Important Moments in Sports 2024 edition

2024 emerged as a flash point year in sports as the athletics world engaged in profound discussions about inclusion, fairness, and the futur...

20/12/2024

#8 - MAKING HISTORY IN THE BIG APPLE - Read more ➡️bit.ly/RS9-24 After 28 seasons of near-misses, the New York Liberty finally captured its first WNBA championship, ending a 51-year professional basketball title drought in New York City. The victory represents more than just a trophy – it's a watershed moment for women's sports and the city's diverse fanbase. What comes next for this groundbreaking franchise? https://realsportsmag.blogspot.com/2024/12/2024-most-important-moments-in-sports-8.html

WNBA's New York Liberty, an original franchise of the Women's National Basketball Association, secures the team's first title. When the fina...

19/12/2024

#9 - POWER SHIFT: NWSL makes history: https://bit.ly/RS24-9 Players win draft elimination, guaranteed contracts, revolutionizing women's soccer. Read more in REAL SPORTS Most Important Moments in Sports 2024 edition

18/12/2024

#10 - Women's baseball breaks new ground! Pro league set for 2026 launch with groundbreaking vision. Read more in REAL SPORTS Most Important Moments in Sports 2024 edition

Since 1997, The Authority in Women's Sports (TM)

18/12/2024

Dear Fans of Women’s Sports,
2024 marked an inflection point in women's sports that would have been hard to imagine even a decade ago. From Caitlin Clark’s effect on shattering women’s basketball viewership records to the Simone Biles triumphant return as the greatest gymnast of all time, from the Olympics achieving athlete parity to historic investments across women's leagues – this wasn't a year of incremental progress.

As we celebrate these achievements, we must acknowledge the generations of trailblazers who laid the groundwork: from Billie Jean King's fight for equal prize money in professional tennis to the 1999 U.S. Women's World Cup team that showed what was possible. Their persistence created the foundation for 2024's breakthrough moments.

Yet the question remains: Will this surge of attention and investment create lasting change? The metrics are promising – record attendance, unprecedented media deals, soaring valuations – but sustained progress requires converting this momentum into permanent structural changes across the sports landscape.
That's why this year's edition focuses not just on celebrating achievements: We also examine the forces that could make these transformations permanent.

We invite you to share your thoughts on each of our 10 Most Important Moments in Sports for 2024 and on our selection of the Sportsperson of the Year. Our first moment drops tomorrow.

Cheers,

Amy D. Love
Founder/Publisher
REAL SPORTS magazine

31/07/2024

"Gold medal" to Y. Michele Kang, owner of the Washington Spirit, Olympique Lyonnais Féminin and London City Lionesses, with her investment to launch of Kynisca Sports the first multi-team global organization dedicated to women’s soccer. “With so little investment in sports science focused on women, we have only begun to unlock the potential of female athletes on the pitch,” Kang said in a statement. “Kynisca Innovation Hub will become a pioneer of female performance research—so we can stop training women as if they are simply small men—and unlock their true potential.”

Michele Kang seeks to raise $100 million for Kynisca Innovation Hub, her non-profit dedicated to improving female athletic performance.

19/06/2024

There is no “I” in TEAM.

Denmark’s Euro 2024 football squad have refused a pay rise to ensure the women’s team receive equal pay.

A new four-year agreement has been reached with the Danish Football Association that will see both male and female national team players receive the same fee for representing their country.

A 15% decrease in the men's team insurance coverage also allowed them to upgrade the women's team coverage by 50%, as well as that of the Under-21 men's team by more than 40%.

“The men’s team chose not to demand any changes in the conditions in their new agreement,” Michael Sahl Hansen, director of the Danish players’ union, Spillerforeningen, said in a statement published by FIFPRO.

“It’s an extraordinary step to help improve the conditions of the women’s national teams. So, instead of looking for better conditions for themselves, the players thought about supporting the women’s team.”

Senior players were consulted before a deal was struck that will come into effect following this summer’s tournament in Germany and run until 2028.

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03/05/2024

NASL Dateline: On 28 April 1980, the NASL becomes the 1st professional sports league in North America to employ women officials when it adds Betty Ellis of California to the referee corps for the 1980 NASL season. Ellis, a widowed mother of 5 and a teacher of children with disabilities in her day job, debuts on Mother's Day that season and works NASL games for 4 seasons. Although subjected to catcalls from the stands and often forced to dress in men's urinals, she generally drew high praise from players, coaches, and fellow referees, and opened the door for women officials in soccer and other major sports. Said Vancouver Whitecaps forward Ray Hankin: "If they are all as good as her, we should have more of them."

29/04/2024

Well worth the read…

The Queens Park Ladies, an under-12 soccer team in Bournemouth, England, hopes to inspire younger girls to get into the sport after a dominant season against the boys.