Women sport news

Hawaiian defeats Keely Andrew at Praia da Joaquina and Earns 3rd Win in WQS Events in Brazil

Ennis, 28, gave birth to her first child, son Reggie, in July and this week she has begun the countdown to her return to the sport.

Spotakova who won the Diamond League final in Brussels with a 2014 world-leading javelin throw of 67.99m.

Australia has made its 400th international Test match a memorable celebration with a 54-47 victory over England at Canberra's AIS Arena in the perfect finish to the Diamonds 2014 international campaign.

British Cycling has confirmed they will be sending a strong female team to represent Great Britain at the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico, taking place from 8-9 November.

Belinda Lee cruised to her second win of the tour seasonbesting Teresa Garland in the final, 7-5, capturing the event and the 2014 Gulf Coast Women's Regional Tour Champion title.

Tarah Kayne and Daniel O'Shea, the 2014 Four Continents pairs silver medalists, will not compete at their Grand Prix Series events, Cup of China and Rostelecom Cup.

You can now buy tickets for England Women's historic match against Germany at Wembley Stadium.

The powerhouse trio of China, Japan and Korea have all ensured safe passage to another edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship for Women after finishing in the top three of the FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Women in Jordan.

World number one DING Ning (CHN) is the 2014 ITTF Women's World Cup Champion after beating archrival and Olympic Champion LI Xiaoxia in the final in Linz, Austria, on 19 October 2014.

A poor start to the match cost England dear as they were downed 55-37 by the Australia Diamonds in the opening match of their autumn tour this morning.

Malaysian superstar Nicol David claimed the latest historic achievement in her illustrious squash career when she beat Egypt's Nour El Sherbini in the final of the Women's Delaware Investments US Open.

Annika Beck is off the mark: the Porsche Team Germany player won the Luxembourg Open and at the same time celebrated her first career WTA title. In Saturday's final, the 20-year old was an easy 6-2, 6-1 victor against the Czech Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.

Playing in front of a home crowd in the third last group, the 33-year-old from Mossel Bay birdied the 18th in a final round of five-under-par 67 to set the clubhouse target.

Emma Jackson (AUS) stormed to victory to defend her 2013 title at the 2014 Tongyeong ITU Triathlon World Cup. The Australian held on her own on the bike, before a final fight for the line secured...

Play concluded on Friday 17th October at the 2014 Women's World Cup with the top eight rated players in the first stage of proceedings qualifying for the main draw where they join the leading eight names.

The Australian Diamonds are expecting nothing less than a hard-fought physical contest from England in the opening game of the two-Test series at Bendigo Stadium, Bendigo, on Sunday.

Malaysian David bidding to become the first player in the 60-year history of the championship to win the title three times in a row, and Egyptian teenager El Sherbini looking to repeat her shock World Championship victory over the world number one in March.

Tonje Daffinrud produced the round of the day in the WPGA International Challenge at Stoke by Nayland Hotel Golf and Spa to maintain her bid for a top five place in the rankings and earn her Ladies European Tour card for next season.

It was back in March that the pair last met - in the final of the WSA World Championship in Malaysia where Massaro clinched victory 11-9 in the fifth to win the sport's most prized title for the first time.

This coming Monday sees the start of the WTA Championships in Singapore with the year's eight most successful women players.

Team Ulrikkeholm new WIM Series champion-Series titleholder Lucy Macgregor won the Busan event. The only team to have won two out of five events on the 2014 WIM Series, is the new titleholder.

Laura Davies was at Buckingham Palace in London on Tuesday to receive her damehood as Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

South Africa's Lee-Anne Pace is more determined than ever to win the Cell C South African Women's Open, which tees off at San Lameer Country Club on Thursday.

Australian captain Laura Geitz will miss the upcoming two-Test series against England after being ruled out with an acute left knee injury following the Diamonds' Constellation Cup victory on Wednesday.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are showing support for England women's captain Charlotte Edwards after she was nominated by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the coveted 2014 ICC LG People's Choice Award.