Women sport news

The New Zealand Silver Ferns have avenged last year’s loss at Hisense Arena with a two goal win over the Australian Diamonds in Melbourne today, 54 – 52.

Australian Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander has opted for experience and form for Sunday’s first Test of the Constellation Cup against the New Zealand Silver Ferns at Melbourne’s Hisense Arena.

Raneem El Weleily claimed an historic win over top seed Nicol David to prevent the number one seed from achieving her eighth title in the CIMB Malaysian Open final.

Jiyai Shin of South Korea shot a second round of eight under par 64 - the lowest ever round by a woman at Royal Liverpool – to open up a five stroke lead at the halfway stage of the Ricoh Women’s British Open.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) is pleased to announce Pontevedra, Spain has been named as the host city for the 2014 ITU Duathlon World Championships.

The player to cause surprise after surprise in the past two years, as she progressed to secure a top 50 place in the Women’s World Rankings and established herself as a pivotal player in the German National Team, Irene Ivancan received a taste of her own medicine in Ekaterinburg on Friday 14th September. photo ITTF

Play was abandoned for the day at the Ricoh Women’s British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake, due to high winds. Round two is scheduled to start at 6.50am local time Saturday. photo LET

Raneem El Weleily books her place in the CIMB Malaysian Open Squash Championships after ending the impressive run of Low Wee Wern.

At the Bangsaen Thailand Open, powered by PTT, either Brazil’s Juliana Felisberta da Silva/Larissa Franca or China’s Chen Xue/Zhang Xi will claim this year’s World Tour title. photo FIVB

The Ricoh Women’s British Open is well and truly under way on a sunny but cold and breezy morning at Royal Liverpool Golf Club.

Karch Kiraly, a legendary volleyball player in the indoor and beach disciplines, has been named coach for the next Olympic Games quadrennial culminating at the 2016 Rio De Janeiro Games. The announcement was made September 11. photo FIVB

When the British Cycling National Track Championships returns to the Manchester Velodrome from 26 to 30 September there'll be a new crop of talented riders all looking to emulate their Olympic heroes.

Great Britain’s Jodie Stimpson put up a staggeringly dominant performance at the 2012 Guatape ITU World Cup to capture not only her first World Cup podium, but first World Cup victory as well. photo ITU Arnold Lim

The Muslim Women's Sport Foundation are pleased to announce the beginning of a brand new sports project in the Olympic London Borough of Newham.

Day one of the CIMB Malaysian Squash Open Championships revealed just two surprises in round one, as unseeded teenager Emily Whitlock surpassed Samantha Teran in four games, whilst No.9 seed *Rachael Grinham* again failed to play to her seeding as she lost to Omneya Abdel Kawy.

BRATISLAVA - Women’s basketball fans in the Slovak Republic and right across Europe are fearful they may well have seen the last on-court action of the legendary Zuzana Zirkova. photo FIBA

The world’s elite WSA players have next months CIMB Malaysian Open Squash Championships firmly in their sites with under two weeks to go until the first round.

Samantha Teran claimed her fifteenth WSA title yesterday at the Tour 15 ProSquash Mexican Open in Mexico City. photo WSA

The French and Belgian Paralympic teams will enjoy one last celebration today as they depart from London by Eurostar, the Official International Rail Service Provider for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. DNA

If the London 2012 Paralympic Games started with a carnival of colour, they ended with one of the most spectacular shows England’s capital has ever seen.

Serena Williams came back from the brink to win her fourth US Open Title. Trailing Azarenka in the third 5-3 she made a masive comback to win 62 26 75. "Oh my God. I honestly can't believe I won," Williams told Mary Carillo in the on-court trophy ceremony after the match

On the final day of medal matches in the archery competition on Wednesday, Iran’s women added a bronze to their medal tally as Korea won the recurve team open.

The backbone of the gold medal winning Chinese Team in the Women’s Class Team 6-10 event at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, Lei Lina and Fan Lei, once again guided their country the top prize in the same event four years later.

Victoria Arlen set a new world record with victory in the 100m Freestyle, she swam a time of 1:13.33, 1.41 inside her world record. Ellie Simmonds was second as the Briton claimed her fourth medal of the meet in 1:14.82, more than two seconds ahead of Tanja Groepper in third.

A new Paralympic champions was crowned as Germany finally traded Paralympic silver for gold in defeating Australia 58-44 in front of a capacity crowd of 12,985 at the North Greenwich Arena. photo FIBA

Esther Vergeer of Netherlands defeated compatriot Aniek Van Koot in the final of the women's Singles on Day 9 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. It meant the Netherlands produced a clean sweep of women's Singles medals, as the bronze was won yesterday by Jiske Griffioen.