Women sport news

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently announced Lisa Carrington (NZL), the Canoe Sprint K1 200m Olympic Champion and multiple World Champion, as one of the of 37 Athlete Role Models (ARMs) who will attend the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games from 16 to 28 August in Nanjing, China.

Eight top ten players will be competing in the Porsche Arena for prize money totalling 710,000 US dollars and the Porsche 911 Targa 4S for the winner from 19 to 27 April.

Chicago Bandits GM, Aaron M. Moore, has announced the re-signing of ace pitcher Monica Abbott for the upcoming 2014 season. This will be Abbott’s fourth season in a Bandits uniform.

The “Wanna be a Queen” online video contest is over and the two snowboard category winners have been invited to join the Suzuki Nine Queens presented by O’Neill in Livigno, Italy from March 26th to 30th 2014.

Female cueists from Hong Kong, Latvia and Lithuania are jetting in to join the best UK-based players for the fifth ranking event on the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association (WLBSA) circuit.

The International Golf Federation announced today that former LPGA Tour player Grace Park has been appointed as Athlete Role Model for golf when the sport makes its debut at the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China.

Members of the England women's cricket team visited the Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) in Dhaka today (Wednesday 19 March) to see how UK aid has helped thousands of women and children who have been disfigured in acid attacks.

Mandurah Mayor Marina Vergone declared that these Action Sports Games are now Australia’s largest and most successful such event. photo IWWF

"I'm absolutely honored to be an Athlete Role Model for the Youth Olympics," said Snowsill, who will serve as one of 37 ARMs across the 28 International Federations in Nanjing.

England Women nervously won their World Twenty20 warm-up with Pakistan, scraping home by two wickets with a ball to spare in Dhaka.

The Essent ISU World Cup Final concluded at the Thialf Stadion, Heerenveen on Sunday with American skater Heather Richardson winning the Ladies Grand World Cup title.

The Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games - which were record-breaking in terms of athletic performances, ticket sales and media coverage - came to an end on Sunday evening (16 March) at Fisht Stadium with a spectacular Closing Ceremony.

Olympic champion Marielle Thompson’s pursuit of a second ski cross World Cup title will go down to the wire after she was fourth and her rival for the Crystal Globe won Sunday’s race in Are, Sweden.

England’s Charley Hull made a four foot birdie putt on the first play-off hole, the par-3 18th at Golf de l’Ocean in Agadir, to earn her first Ladies European Tour victory at the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco a week before her 18th birthday

Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s double Olympic champion Laura Trott became the first ever rider to complete a perfect Omnium in a UCI event, as she won six out of six races in the Revolution Series.

In the 2014 ITU Triathlon season kick off, Gwen Jorgensen running her way to the top of the podium at the Mooloolaba World Cup under bright blue skies and blazing temperatures. ITUMedia

The Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars depart today for the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.

Ireen Wüst (NED) won the World Cup for the Ladies 1500m on the first day of the Essent ISU World Cup Final at the Thialf Stadion in Heerenveen on Friday.

Defending champion Ariya Jutanugarn fired a bogey-free five-under-par 66 in the second round of the Lalla Meryem Cup on Friday to grab a two stroke lead heading into the weekend at Golf de l’Ocean in Agadir.

The British Gas GBR Women’s Water Polo team will play Russia in a FINA World League qualifying match on Tuesday (18 March) as they await the outcome of their appeal against UK Sport funding cuts.

Among the five players promoted from the bench following last week's match against France, three will be making their first start for Scotland Women as they take on Wales this Sunday (16 March) at Talbot Athletic Ground.

The Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating series comes to an end with the Final which will take place from March 14-16 in Heerenveen, the Netherlands where only the best ranked skaters of the season will compete.

Brazil’s four teams at the South American Games all made winning starts without dropping a set.

Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini is optimistic ahead of Saturday’s opening round of the World Cup, the Ronde van Drenthe, despite technical problems denying the two-time road World champion a chance to take a result in today’s Molecaten Drentse 8.

England women’s fast bowler Katherine Brunt underwent back surgery yesterday to help address symptoms associated with a chronic disc bulge.

England’s Rebecca Hudson and Sophie Walker fired a pair of five-under-par 66s at Golf de l’Ocean in Agadir to share the first round lead at the Lalla Meryem Cup in Morocco.