Track official and women's sports advocate Bobbi Palma helped shape Olympic women's distance running and inspired generations of athletes and coaches.

The brutal Arizona Cocodona 250 race witnessed a historic moment. A 34-year-old American ultramarathon runner outran all other competitors and became the first ever woman to win the race outright, and ...

From record-breaking ultramarathons to gruelling desert races, female runners in the UAE say the sport offers far more than ...

Football, netball and rugby are just three examples of clear-cut team sports, where players on either side compete in pursuit of a shared goal. The notion of running as a team sport, however, is much ...

A male runner thought he was just practicing standard “runner solidarity” when he flashed a friendly smile and a wave at ...

The results are surprising – and they show why ultrarunners such as Rachel Entrekein, Jasmin Paris and Courtney Dauwalter can ...

A great way to celebrate Women’s History Month is to honor female athletes who paved the way for generations of girls to freely participate in sports. There are countless ways that women were ...

The Times Internet Half Marathon 2026 saw inspiring women compete in the 5K 40-49 female category. Rachana Joshi won, ...

Despite decades of progress in sports science, women runners still wear scaled-down men’s shoes. A new study exposes how this one-size-fits-all approach affects comfort, performance, and injury risk, ...

In 2024, I ran the inaugural Every Woman’s Marathon in Savannah, Georgia. During the sold-out race, which was designed to celebrate women, I was surprised to see a sprinkling of cisgender men running, ...

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