Women sport news

The Qualifiers which will be held from 16-17 May are of great significance because there are Olympic places up for grabs, not to mention the fact that several athletes will have their fates decided on whether they will be competing at this year’s Olympic Games in London.

Madison, Ferrette-Jones, Natasha Hastings and Tiffany Porter were all winners at the 6th Ponce Grand Prix

Britain hit the medal trail on day two of the London British Open European Cup as they won four of the seven gold medals available to match their success from the opening day.

Surprises abounded over the four days of play at the Final World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Doha but when matters concluded on Sunday 13th May 2012, it was the top seeds who emerged as champio

A patient morning was in order for the first race day of the 2012 470 World Championships to get underway as the sailors were kept postponed ashore waiting for wind. photo © Thom Touw

Great Britain's Helen Jenkins continued her brilliant start to 2012 with a dominating run to crush the field in San Diego, in a race that had a huge impact on London Olympic qualification. photo ITU Rich Cruise

Britain’s Hannah Whelan won both the beam and floor bronze medals in an outstanding performance to end the 2012 women’s artistic gymnastics European Championships.

Christel Boeljon captured her second straight Turkish Airlines Ladies Open title on Sunday with a final round of level par 73 at National Golf Club in Belek, Antalya.

England’s Women secured their second consecutive IRB Challenge Cup Sevens crown on Sunday, defeating the Netherlands 34-7 in impressive style, in the final at Twickenham Stadium photo rugbymatters.net

Reigning world champions Larissa Franca/ Juliana Felisberta of Brazil beat 10th seeds Greta Cicolari/ Marta Menegatti from Italy in straight sets (21-13, 21-15) on Saturday to clinch their first gold medal of the season. photo FIVB

The American beat Victoria Azarenka 6-1, 6-3 in the Mutua Madrid Open final, lifting her first singles title in the Spanish title. photo Mutua Madrid Open

The Brit managed to out sprint triple World Champion Amelie Caze (FRA) who dropped back to 4th with Qian Chen coming from nowhere to snatch silver and Samantha Murray holding on for a well-deserved bronze.

After an extremely close first set which ended in a tie-break, the second saw the American thumping Lucie Hradecka 0-6 in the day’s second semi-final. By Santiago Retortillo | Source photo: Mutua Madrid Open

Ameie Caze (FRA) has history in her hands as she had a solid ride of 1160 to lead heading into the combined event.

Norwegian Cecilie Lundgreen captured her first LET Access Series title at the Kristianstad Åhus Ladies Open after mastering tough, windy conditions on the final day at Kristianstad Golf Club in Sweden.

Elodie Clouvel (FRA) has posted one of the fastest time is history to win the swimming at the Women’s World Pentathlon Championships Final.

Amelie Caze (FRA) has produced one of the great World Championships fencing performances to equal the world record with a phenomenal 29 victories and only 6 defeats. photo pentathlon.org

The final day in Korea saw yet more twists and turns, in an event where no-one has been able to dominate. One more elimination was completed on Friday and the tricky Korean waters continued to claim new victims

In a well-filled hall of Brussels Expo, the Romanian team won the European title. In an exciting final, they took the first place. Belgium won two places in comparison with the qualifications and ended 6th. photo brusselsgymnastics2012.

The British senior team of Hannah Whelan, Jenni Pinches, Danusia Francis, Rebecca Tunney and Ruby Harrold have taken 4th place at the 2012 women’s artistic gymnastic European Championship.

The second elimination saw two upsets with Alice Arutkin (Starboard / North) and Lena Erdil (Patrik / The Loft / AL360) both missing the winner’s final. The top two seeds; Karin Jaggi (Patrik / Severne) and Valerie Arrighetti (Tabou / Gaastra / Mystic) both made the winner’s final. photo PWA

Anastasia Kostina from Russia took a narrow lead after he first round of the Kristianstad Åhus Ladies Open in Sweden.

2 Hungarians (Adrienn Toth & Leila Gyenesei), 2 British (Heather Fell & Mhairi Spence) and 2 Germans (Annika Schleu & Janinie Kohlmann) were successful in marking the top 12 in group B and will now have one eye on gold on Saturday. photo pentathlon.org

Britain's number one 400m hurdler, Perri Shakes-Drayton (Chris Zah) today confirmed that she will use the Aviva London Grand Prix as a "dress rehearsal" for this summer's Olympic Games.

The surprise packet of the 2012 season, Chloe Esposito (AUS) has won group A at the Women’s qualification. photo pentathlon.org

SAN JUAN (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women) – Puerto Rico may look like rank outsiders going into next month’s FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women in Ankara, but the coach and the players sure don’t see it that way. photo FIBA