Women sport news

The New Zealand Silver Ferns have defeated South Africa 63-27 in the second match of the opening Holden Netball Quad-Series double header at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Adelaide on Sunday. photo Netball Australia

The Australian Diamonds have made a winning start to their 2012 Holden Netball Quad-Series campaign with a 64 – 40 victory over England at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Sunday. photo Netball Australia

Colombian Beach Volleyball player Claudia Patricia Galindo has achieved one more of her life’s goals. The outstanding player from Cundinamarca Province completed her degree in biology at the Universidad Pedagogica Nacional. photo FIVB

Heather Watson first Briton to win WTA Tour singles title in 24 years after beating Chang Kai-chen in Japan final

Sutton Coldfield stormed to the top of the Investec Women's Hockey League Premier Division on Saturday with a ruthless 7-0 win over lowly Slough on Saturday.

Brazil’s top two women’s beach volleyball teams will change in 2013. The country´s Olympic duos of Larissa França / Juliana Felisberta Da Silva and Talita Antunes / Maria Antonelli announced the end of both partnerships at the end of 2012.

The semi-final round of the World Series Delaware Investments U.S Open Squash was a prime example of two ferociously competitive contests, that couldn’t have been any closer.

Australian shooter Caitlin Thwaites looks set to make her international Test debut after being selected in the Diamonds 12-player team to take on England in the opening game of the Holden Netball Quad-Series on Sunday.

1960 and 1964 Olympic champion Iolanda Balas set the first of her 14 World records as a 19-year-old in the summer of 1956 when she cleared 1.75m.

The third day of competition marks the midway point for the 19th FINA World Junior Diving Championships. Two more events were held at the South Australian Aquatic and Leisure Centre, with China extending their dominance over the competition.

Zombies and monsters are afoot this Halloween season, but nothing is scarier than a derby girl with something to prove!

The qualifying portion of the 2012 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series comes to a close this weekend in Chemnitz, Germany.

Ruqsana Begum is the British female Muay Thai Champion who won bronze at the recent World Championships and was shortlisted for the 2012 Sports Woman of the Year award by the Muslim Women in Sport Foundation. However, as Women’s Sport Report discovers, these are just a few of Ruqsana’s achievements …

The final double header of the season was at Donington Park to be followed two weeks later at Oulton Park with the final round of the Jaguar Classic Parts saloon championship.

Minnesota Extends Run as No.1 in USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women's College Hockey Poll

Present at the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games, Islem Laid led Algeria to victory in the Junior Girls’ Team event at the Tunisia Junior and Cadet Open in Hammamet on Wednesday 10th October 2012. Photo By: Monthly World Table Tennis

Joelle King recorded the biggest win of her career so far after scalping No.3 seed Jenny Duncalf in theDelaware Investments U.S. Open.

Netball will be part of Canberra’s Centenary celebrations next year with the capital city to host an international trans-Tasman netball Test between the Australian Diamonds and New Zealand Silver Ferns in October 2013.

Hannah Starling created history overnight winning Great Britain’s first ever World Junior medal in the Girls A Springboard category at the World Junior Diving Championships in Adelaide.

The girls a 1m was the first event of the day, with Australian Olympian Brittany Broben a strong favourite alongside Italian Elena Bertoccki. Report and photo 2012finaworldjuniordivingchamps.com

Scotland's Janice Moodie has accepted the role of Captain to the European PING Junior Solheim Cup Team for 2013 in Colorado.

The Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars have gone back to back ICC Women’s World Twenty 20 titles after beating England by four runs in a nail biting finish that went down to the last over.

The Reno PWA Sylt World Cup provided an outstanding array of conditions for 2012, as anything from cross to cross offshore wave riding to perfect freestyle conditions hit Sylt over the ten days of the event.

The 2012 ITU Triathlon Cancun World Cup might have been the end of the ITU world cup season, but it was a day of firsts in the women’s competition. photo Arnold Lim ITU

The biggest upset in Round One of the Investec Women's Cup came with Didsbury Northern's 3-1 win over Doncaster on Sunday. A draw against Bowdon Hightown was just enough for Surbiton to cling to the lead in the Investec Women's Hockey League Premier Division on Saturday. photo Ady Kerry

Australian Stacey Keating came from three shots behind overnight leader Diana Luna of Italy to capture the Lacoste Ladies Open de France at Chantaco Golf Club on Sunday.