In our weekly feature on the ins and outs in women's sport, the fixtures for the new Women's Super League season have been released while there is a big boost for the Women's British Open.
A week in the world of women's sport
Cricket
Preparations for the one-off Women's Ashes Test took centre stage the past week as Australia took on England Academy in a three-day warm-up match.
And the Southern Stars continued their impressive form as they won by a handsome 240 runs.
After opting to bat first, the visitors made 360 for five declared with Beth Mooney scoring 101 before retiring and Sophie Molineux 65 not out to lay the foundation for the solid innings.
England Academy replied with 165 all out with Mady Villiers top-scoring with 50 while Tayla Vlaeminck did the damage with the ball as she snapped up four for 31.
Ellyse Perry then hit a century in the second innings as Australia made 274 for nine declared with spinner Kirsty Gordon impressing with the ball as she took six for 85.
Left with a target of 470, the hosts fell to 229 all out with Fran Wilson notching up 52 and Molineux taking four for 30.
The only Test kicks off on July 18 at Taunton.
Football
The 2021 Women's European Championship, to be staged in England, will be on free to air television after the BBC secured exclusive rights.
The public broadcaster will cover the tournament on television, radio and online.
"After the success of the World Cup on the BBC and the record-breaking viewing figures for women's football, we're delighted to be the broadcaster of the Uefa Women's Euro 2021 Championship," BBC Sport's Barbara Slater said.
"At the start of this summer we wanted to shift the dial on women's football and I feel the phenomenal coverage from France has done just that. The BBC's sport portfolio continues to go from strength to strength and we're thrilled to add the 2021 Euros to that."
The fixtures for the 2019/20 Women's Super League season have been released and we couldn't have asked for a better opening-round fixture as the first-ever Manchester derby with City hosting newly-promoted United will take place on September 7.
There will also be a couple of London derbies on the first weekend as defending champions Arsenal take on West Ham United while promoted Tottenham Hotspur travel to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea.
Meanwhile, the first North London derby will be played at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on November 17.
Golf
The LPGA Marathon Classic took place at Highland Meadows Golf Club in Ohio over the weekend and Sei Young Kim was the runaway winner as she finished with a new tournament record to win her ninth LPGA title.
The South Korean fired a final round of 65 for a record 22-under-par 262, two strokes ahead American Lexi Thompson. Kim's other rounds were 67, 64, 66.
"I really wanted another win, especially this week, because the last two weeks I play really bad," Kim said.
She added: "I haven't had a win the major tournament yet. I think I try too much when I play the major tournament. I just play the same as regular tournament, even major. ... Just let it go. Let it happen."
The Women's British Open will have its highest prize fund ever after the R&A announced an increase of nearly 40 per cent for this year's tournament.
A total of $4.5m (£3.6m) will be up for grabs at Marquess Course at Woburn from August 1-4 with the winner going home with a cheque of $675,000 (£539,000).
"We recognised that more needed to be done to elevate the prize fund for this great championship and are pleased that we have been able to make a significant increase this year as part of the R&A's commitment to women's golf," Martin Slumbers, R&A chief executive, said.
"This is an important first step and we know it will take time to move closer to achieving parity with the men's game.
"We will continue to work toward the long-term goal of a sustainable business model but we can't do it alone and the support of fans, sponsors and media are all key to achieving that success."
Netball
The Netball World Cup is underway in Liverpool and the Preliminaries Stage One is done and dusted.
Australia, Zimbabwe and Northern Ireland qualified from Group A, New Zealand, Malawi and Barbados advanced from Group B, South Africa, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago went through from Group C and England, Uganda and Scotland made it from Group D.
The Preliminaries Stage Two Group F contains Australia, New Zealand, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Northern Ireland and Barbados while Group G have England, South Africa, Jamaica, Uganda, Scotland and Trinidad and Tobago.
And here are your fixtures.
Don't forget you can catch highlights on the Netball World Cup YouTube channel.
Rugby
New Zealand are the inaugural Women's Rugby Super Series champions after beating England 28-13 in the title decider in San Diego.
Emily Scarratt opened the scoring for England after nine minutes, but the Black Ferns hit back through a hat-trick from Renee Wickliffe while Kendra Cocksedge added 13 points with the boot.
"Throughout the whole 80 everybody was just on, that was some good footy out there that we displayed," Wickliffe said.
She added: "They brought it to us and we knew that it was going to be a hard physical game but we were up for it."
England coach Simon Middleton admitted his team were not able to stand up to the Black Ferns in the physical stakes.
"I thought they were incredibly physical and we struggled to deal with that, and never really got going, but that is because of the way they played," he said.
"It is one of those where the players will reflect back on and learn, as will the coaches. It’s a huge experience for the younger ones to come into a Test environment and get schooled a little bit, which I think happened – the best side won by a mile."
Tennis
Simona Halep is your 2019 Wimbledon ladies' champion after she blitzed Serena Williams in the final to become the first-ever Romanian to win a singles title at the All England Club.
It was a lopsided final as Halep dominated from start to finish, winning 6-2, 6-2 to secure her second Grand Slam title, having also won the French Open in 2018.
"I wanted this badly," she said after the match. "When I started the tournament, I talked to the people from the locker room that my dream is to become a member here. So today it's real and I'm really happy."
She added: "I never thought [that winning Wimbledon was a possibility]. I'm very honest. I never thought that I'm able to win on grass with all these players that are very tall and serving with a lot of power. But this year, as I said every day, I started to feel the game more and more. I started to feel safe on court, which helped me a lot to believe."
By Shahida Jacobs, editor of Tennis365.com
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