sporting lady vs woman

sporting lady and woman both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sporting lady	Yes	No	No	No
woman	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, woman is a hypernym of sporting lady; that is, woman is a word with a broader meaning than sporting lady:

Other hypernyms of sporting lady include adult female.

sporting lady (noun)	woman (noun)
a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money	women as a class
	an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
	a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man