Women sport news

There were some nervous moments, that was for the supporters but eventually Natalia Partyka stamped her authority on proceedings to secure the gold medal in the Women’s Singles Class 10 event at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Photo By: Gael Marziou

France and Turkey both made impressive starts to their campaigns in the Women’s Team Class 1-3 event at the London 2012 Paralympic Games on Wednesday 5th September. Photo By: Gael Marziou

Top Guns Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova booked their places in the US Open Semi Finals after Williams swept Ivanovic aside in straight sets leaving Sharapova to finish off Bartoli in three. Sara Errani is also through.

Jacqueline Freney became the most successful athlete at the London 2012 Paralympic Games thus far, as she won her sixth gold medal in the 50m freestyle S7 final on the sixth day of action in the pool.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on Tuesday (4 September) that Canada will be the host country for the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships next August.

Sarah Storey will go for a fourth gold medal at London 2012 today after securing her third in the time-trial yesterday.

Laura Davies will go for her fourth victory at the UNIQA Ladies Golf Open presented by Raiffeisen in Austria from September 7-9.

Celebrated golfer Julie Otto, formerly Julie Hall, has decided that the time is right to try her luck as a professional.

After shooting a Paralympic record in the qualification round, Zhara NEMATI (IRI) was supreme in all her matches to take the gold medal in the Recurve Women W1/W2! In the standing category, YAN Huilian brought the first archery gold to China. FITA

Olivera Nakovska-Bikova of Macedonia, Marina Klimenchenko of Russia and Sareh Javanmardidodmani of Iran claimed the medals in the Women's P2-10m Air Pistol - SH1 Final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games at The Royal Artillery Barracks.

The big favourite, defending Paralympic champion and two times world champion, felt the pressure on her shoulder but came through. Danielle BROWN defeated her teammate Mel CLARKE in the final for a gold-silver British finish!. photo FITA

Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova knocked out Venus and Serena Williams in the third round of the US Open doubles on Monday in straight sets 61 64.

Number 2 Gold Medal for Team GB's greatest ever paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds she celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's 200m Individual Medley - SM6 final on Day 5. Verena Schott claimed silver while Simmonds' team-mate Natalie Jones took bronze

Mallory Weggemann (R) won Olympic Gold after competing in the women's 50m Freestyle - S8 final on Day 4 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Aquatics Centre, Maddison Elliott of Australia claimed the silver ahead of Jiang Shengnan of China.

Britain’s Natasha Baker exceeded all expectations to win her second gold medal by a massive margin with Cabral and set her second Paralympic record score, this time 82.8% in the Grade II freestyle, at her first Paralympic Games.

SALAMANCA (EuroBasket Women/FIBA World Championship for Women) – There is no way to overstate the importance of what making it to the London Games will have meant to women’s basketball in Croatia. photo FIBA

In a tournament where anything can happen, there are still going to be favorites and two of the tipped contenders for the women’s podium here – Canada and Australia. photo FIBA

Yao's best effort of 13.05m (1055 points) secured her victory ahead of compatriot Yang Yue. Germany's Michaela Floeth was third.

The day belonged to Eva Nystrom (SWE) who led from nearly start to finish at the ITU Powerman Long Distance Duathlon World Championships. ITU

The fourth round saw a shake up with Marion Bartoli defeated Petra Kvitova in three sets 16 62 60. Defending Champion Sam Stosur didn't have it all her own way with Brit Laura Robson but came out victorious in the end 64 64. Azarenka and Sharapova also through

Birthday girl Mel CLARKE (GBR), as well as many others, put the crowd on their feet today at the archery stadium during the quarterfinals! FITA

Egypt’s Fatma Omar won a fourth successive Paralympic Games gold medal in Powerlifting silver went to Nigeria’s Lucy Ejike in a thrilling women’s -56kg division competition.

Great Britain's Mixed Coxed Cours - LTAMix4+ beat chief rivals Germany in a thrilling sprint for the line to win gold.

Team GB's Sarah Storey added the C4-5 500m individual time trial to her individual pursuit crown in a time of 36.997 seconds.

The first day of archery quarterfinals was a nail-biting affair as many matches were decided by one-arrow shoot offs and world-class archers were forced out of the competition.

Maria Sharapova and top seed Victoria Azarenka were the first top seeds to continue into the fourth round on Friday after they eased through their third round matches. The surprise of the day came when Britain's Laura Robson defeated Li Na in three sets to become the first british women to enter the last 16 in a Grand Slam for 14 years, she now faces defending champion Sam Stosur of Australia next.