The latest ins and outs in women's sport features a step up for women’s cricket in, a new Women's Super League goalscoring record for Vivianne Miedema and the start of the Women's Six Nations.
Cricket
There is a new name on the Women's Big Bash League trophy after the Brisbane Heat won their maiden title, beating the defending champions the Sydney Sixers by three wickets in the final.
Two-time winners the Sixers were the overwhelming favourites as they topped the standings after the round-robin phase, but they came up short when it mattered most.
Batting first the defending champions could only muster 131 for seven with captain Ellyse Perry top-scoring with 33 and South African Dane van Niekerk next best with a 15-ball 32, while Grace Harris took 3/23 for the Heat.
Beth Mooney laid the foundation for the chase as the opener smashed 65 from 46 balls while captain Kirby Short made 29 as the Brisbane side got over the finish line in 19.2 overs.
Perry was named player of the tournament having scored 777 runs at 86.33, including two centuries and six half-centuries.
"To be honest, I don’t want to be rude but it doesn’t mean a lot," the Australian all-rounder said. "It’s nice to have the acknowledgement but at the end of the day I’d much prefer to have one of those champion hats and to lift the trophy again this year.
"It’s such a collective effort and the sense of connection between everyone in this group and support staff, we’ve built this from the ground up.
"You get used to winning so it sucks when you don’t, but it’s an added challenge for us next year."
And there was another big boost for women's cricket at the conclusion of the tournament as it was announced that the next edition of the Women's Big Bash League will be standalone event.
The first four editions were played alongside the men's Big Bash League, but the 2019/20 season will shift away from the men's event.
The next tournament is set to start in October with games played on Friday evenings, Saturdays and Sundays.
"We’ve seen a bit of it this season, we’re focusing on these boutique venues so that’s what standalone is going to be built on," BBL boss Kim McConnie told cricket.com.au.
"We really want to create a family atmosphere. The WBBL is the most accessible form of cricket and the venues will really reflect that, it’s about providing something for family afternoons out.
"So the focus is creating a main home around those boutique venues and consistency in the schedule (with games on) Saturday, Sunday afternoons so both at grounds and on TV you’re having that consistency of viewing."
Football
It remains tight at the top of the Women's Super League as both Manchester City and Arsenal claimed wins, but defending champions Chelsea fell further behind.
Let's start with Man City, who remain top with a one-point lead over Arsenal after they secured a comfortable 3-0 win over Brighton on the back of a brace from Nikita Parris and a first-half goal from defender Gemma Bonner.
The Gunners, who have a game in hand, kept up the pressure as they beat Reading by 3-0 with Vivianne Miedema taking all the plaudits after setting a new WSL record.
Dutch forward Miedema notched up her 16th goal of the campaign - a new record for a single season.
Chelsea were the big losers of the weekend as they suffered a 3-2 defeat at home to Birmingham as Marta Tejedor made the perfect start to life as City manager.
The Blues took an early lead thanks to a diving header from Erin Cuthbert, but the visitors turned things around through goals from Emma Follis and Lucy Quinn.
Cuthbert notched up a second to draw Chelsea level, but England striker Ellen White struck in injury time to win it for Birmingham.
Meanwhile, Yeovil's poor campaign continued as they suffered their 12th defeat of the season with a 2-1 loss against Bristol City.
Rugby
The 2019 Women's Six Nations gets underway this coming weekend when Ireland host Friday in the season-opener and that will be followed by Scotland and Italy later in the evening before France and Wales end off the first round on Saturday evening.
England enter this year's tournament with the first full-time XVs squad in women’s rugby and captain Sarah Hunter knows the pressure is on them to deliver.
"The professionalism hasn’t actually kicked in fully yet," she told The Guardian. "People are almost expecting a brand new England team to come to the Six Nations, but realistically it will take time for us to learn how to be professional and to learn how to get that on to the pitch."
She added: "We always set ourselves a really high standard and I don’t think being professional will change that. And I don’t think us being professional will change people’s mindset of how they prepare to play us. Everyone wants to beat an England side, whether that’s in rugby, football, cricket, netball, everyone likes to beat the English."
Tennis
Take a bow Naomi Osaka!
The 21-year-old won her second Grand Slam title as she beat Petra Kvitova 7-6 (7-2), 5-7, 6-4 in the Australian Open final. On top of that, she also became the first Asian player - male or female - to be ranked No 1 in the world after replacing Simona Halep at the top of WTA rankings.
"I had dreams that I would win this tournament. Every time I have a dream, somehow I accomplish it, I still feel like it’s a very strange moment. Like, I feel like I’m living right now, but it’s not necessarily real, if that makes sense," Osaka said.
As for the No 1 ranking: "I feel like [the No.1 ranking] hasn’t really sunk in. Maybe in the next tournament I play, if I see the No 1 next to my name, I’ll feel something. But for now, I’m more happy that I won this trophy.
"People were talking about being No 1 if I win this tournament. I was able to accomplish that. But the ranking was never my real goal, it was just to win this tournament."