Women sport news

Hope Powell has named her 20-player squad for the upcoming Euro 2009 qualifier with Belarus, with the squad largely unchanged from that which took part in the World Cup last month.

England’s U18 girls lost their annual match against the England U16 boys when they were beaten 12-3 at Ogbourne Downs, Wiltshire.

CHIETI (EuroBasket for Women) - Australia are on top of the world when it comes to women's basketball. Interview and photo FIBA

Twenty-one of the world's top water ski racing athletes won titles at the third annual US Open Water Ski Racing National Championships, sponsored by Nordic Boats, Oct. 12-14, on Mission Bay.

Genuinely respected throughout the world Professor Patricia Wade, President of the FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics Technical Committee, was awarded Pro Ecclessia et Pontifice, on 2 October 2007 at the St Mary’s University College, London at the celebration of her career of 41 years in education and sport.

The London Borough of Hillingdon will have the first 50m Olympic-sized pool to be built in West London for over 40 years.

Italy's Samantha Di Paolo retains her first ranked position in the Women's category, with Czech Republic's Sarka Holomoucka placing 2nd and Netherlands' Tessa Otten-Kerkhof in third place.

Battling the heat, Wellington dominated during the bike and held onto it throughout the run, leading a determined women's field that included Samantha McGlone, Kate Major, Joanna Lawn, Dede Griesbauer and Leanda Cave.

Paris, Gothenburg and Dublin have been awarded the right to host future European Athletics events after a number of decisions were made by the European Athletics Council in Malta this morning.

Teresa Vaill was the respective women's winner Sunday at the 2007 USATF 1 Hour Race Walk Championships at the Bentley College track in Waltham, Mass.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced today that a Belarusian athlete in the sport of Powerlifting, tested positive for a Prohibited Substance and a sanction of two years ineligibility was imposed for her first doping offence.

Amelie Mauresmo ended a three-match losing streak with a tense first round victory over Eleni Daniilidou at the Zurich Open. Her compatriot, Marion Bartoli, was also a three set winner Tuesday.

NEW YORK (October 15, 2007) – The Women’s Sports Foundation will present Lorena Ochoa with its 2007 Sportswoman of the Year Award tonight at its 28th Annual Salute to Women in Sports gala at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City. Ochoa was chosen by more than 9,400 voters who logged on to SportsWomanVote.com.

The tables were fast, the players aplenty and the mood and energy at Bogie's this weekend was in one word "Fan-tab-ulous". The Hunter Classics Tour held their 9th tour stop of the 2007 calendar season at Bogie's Billiards in Houston, Texas October 13th-14th weekend.

USA Volleyball announced today that its 2008 USA Volleyball High Performance Championships will be hosted the city of Tucson (Ariz.) on July 23-27. Matches will take place on 15 courts in the Tucson Convention Center exhibition halls and arena in downtown Tucson. The event is expected to have a $2.4 million economic impact on Tucson.

The U.S. Women’s National Team will compete at the 2007 FIVB World Cup on Nov. 2-16 in Japan. The tournament, the first 2008 Olympic Games qualifying event, is a 12-team round-robin tournament. The U.S. will play 11 matches in 15 days at four different sites in Japan.

England's Emma Beddoes upset top-seeded Malaysian Tricia Chuah in the final of the Women's Colombo Open in Lisbon to win her maiden Tour title in the first WISPA World Tour squash event to be held in Portugal. photo WISPA

Top seed Shelley Kitchen dismissed home hope Latasha Khan in straight games in the final of the Women's Berkshire Open in Williamstown, USA, to lift the WISPA World Tour squash trophy at Williams College.

It took five-game finals to settle the outcome of the women's title in the inaugural Anscombe & Ringland London Squash Open - England's top seed Dominique Lloyd-Walter triumphing in the women's WISPA World Tour climax at the Cumberland Club in London. photo WISPA

Nominations for the Women's EHF Champions League Group Matches (1) to be played from 24 - 28.10.2007:

The Rugby Football Union for Women has expanded its work force in the Midlands with the appointment of two Club and Coach Officers (CCOs).

The Rugby Football Union for Women has expanded its work force in London, the Thames Valley and the South East with the appointment of three Club and Coach Officers (CCOs).

Lorena Ochoa used a final round 66 to successfully defend her title at the Samsung World Championship on Sunday at the CANYONS Course at BIGHORN Golf Club. Ochoa put together four rounds of 68-67-69-66=270 (-18) to notch a four-shot victory over South Korean Mi-Hyun Kim (68-70-67-69=274).

Derbyshire’s Melissa Reid is England’s number one amateur woman golfer – with a runaway win in the English Ladies’ Golf Association order of merit.

The team of Russia won the second FINA Synchronised Swimming World Trophy, held in Rio de Janeiro (BRA) from October 12-14, 2007, revalidating the title obtained in the inaugural edition of this competition in 2006 in Moscow (RUS).

Esther Nuñez Morera (ESP) obtained the first crown of her career, after four victories in the 2007 Grand Prix. In Mexico, she finished in second, behind the French Cathy Dietrich (first FINA victory). The third in the Mexican race was another representative of France, Aurélie Muller.