Women sport news

We've seen 10,500 athletes proudly competing in 302 medal events across 26 Olympic sports. Some 70,000 Games Makers have epitomised the Olympic spirit, and 60 million of you have joined in with your own local celebrations. Sixteen unforgettable days have created memories for a lifetime.

AKRON, OH – After what has proven to be a high scoring series, neither the Chicago Bandits nor the Akron Racers managed to score in the first inning for the first time this series.

London I think we can all say has produced a spectacular 2 weeks of sport, ranging from 44 World records and 117 Olympic records being broken. Legends being made, moments that we will never forget.

The Norwegian women's handball team have defended their title at the London 2012 Olympic Games. But it took them a lot of energy to beat their surprising final opponents Montenegro 26-23 (13-10). First Olympic medal for Spanish women as they defeat Korea to take bronze. report European Handball

Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania won Modern Pentathlon Gold with a combined score of 5408, Britain's Sam Murray took silver scoring 5356 and Yana Marques claimed bronze with 5340 report to follow photo pentathlon.org

Coming off a 7-3 win against the Racers about an hour before tonight’s game, the Bandits were looking to take both games of a double header.

The United States have won gold in the Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament for a fifth consecutive time after beating France 86-50 in the Final on Saturday. photo FIBA

Kristi Harrower couldn't have scripted her last game for Australia any better. A veteran of four Olympic Games, Harrower had her best outing of the London Olympics, finishing with 21 points and four assists to help the Opals beat Russia 83-74 in the Bronze Medal Game. photo FIBA

Brazil spotted the USA a set then bushwhacked the previously unbeaten Americans 3-1 after rolling through the next three sets like the first one never existed to capture the women’s volleyball gold medal Saturday evening before 13,500 fans at Earls Court at the London 2012 Olympic Games. photo FIVB

Russia's Anna Chicherova jumped 2.05m to claim the Olympic Gold medal from rivals Brigetta Barret and Svetlana Shkolina jumping 2.03m.

The USA team ran away from the rest of the field to bring home another gold medal in a time of 3.16.87. Russian claim silver while Jamaica took bronze

Russia's Elena Lashmanova smashed the 20km race record today in London at the Mall with a victory in 1:25.02. Defending champion Olga Kaniskina took silver, with China's Qieyang Shenjie taking the bronze.

Russian Mariya Savinova claimed the Gold Medal and title of Olympic Champion in a time of 1.56.19, Caster Semenya took silver after a slow sprint finish, while Ekaterina Postogova claimed bronze.

Mariana Pajon celebrated becoming just the second Colombian ever to win Olympic gold after a fantastic show of skill in the London 2012 women's BMX competition. Sarah Walker of New Zealand took the bronze and the Netherlands' Laura Smulders claimed the bronze.

Julie Bresset of France the Women's Cross-country Mountain Bike race in a time of 1:30.52. The Beijing 2008 champion Sabine Spitz of Germany was second, 1:02 with Georgia Gould of the USA third.

Russian sensation Evgeniya Kaneva became the first Rhythmic Gymnast to defend her All-Round title today in front of a packed Wembley Stadium, ahead of fellow Russian Daria Dmitrieva on 114.500 in silver. Liubou Charkashyna of Belarus scored 111.700 to win bronze.

Japan dream to win an Olympic medal finally turned into reality in London as the duo formed by the “Saoris”, Kimura and Sakoda, played a superb classification match to edge Korea in straight sets (25-22, 26-24, and 25-21) to eventually claim bronze, the first medal for the nation that hosted the first volleyball Olympic events in 1964. photo FIVB

Ethiopia's Meseret Defar wins the women's 5,000m in a time of 15.04.25. Kenya's Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot was second whilst Tirunesh Diaba, also from Ethiopia claimed the bronze.

New Zealand's Jo Aleh and Olivia Powrie won the race to clinch gold. The Netherlands pair of Lisa Westerhof and Lobke Berkhout held off a number of boats to take the bronze medal.

Britain’s 470 Women sailors, Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark, won Olympic silver just 18 months after teaming up at Weymouth and Portland today (Friday 10 August) before immediately declaring “We’re up for Rio 2016!” photo RYA

It turned out to be a glorious afternoon at the Riverbank Arena as the Great Britain women gave an emphatic display against New Zealand to win 3-1 and secure their first Olympic Bronze Medal since 1992. photo Ady Kerry

Defending Champions retained their title after defeating the mighty Argentina 2-0.

The team of Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter blazed round the track in 40.82 seconds, beating East Germany's record of 41.37, which had stood since 1985. Jamaica were second in a national record time of 41.41, with Ukraine third in 42.04 and Nigeria fourth.

The USA took gold in the women's Water Polo with a convincing 8-5 victory over Spain.

The Australian women’s water polo team, the Aussie Stingers, have won Olympic bronze after enduring yet another nail-biting struggle to defeat Hungary 13-11 in extra time. photo Grant Treeby

A goal in each half from Carli Lloyd gave USA the gold medal at the Women's Olympic Football Tournament at London 2012 after they defeated Japan 2-1 in an enthralling match at Wembley Stadium. report FIFA