Women sport news

England and Great Britain captain Kate Walsh scored Great Britain's third, adding to two goals from her clubmate, Reading’s Laura Bartlett as Great Britain’s women’s team ran out 3-2 winners.

The Women’s Squash Association have confirmed that the top eight players in the World Series ranking will join the men at the ATCO PSA World Series Finals in London on 4th to 8th January 2012.

The IAAF, which was founded in Stockholm, Sweden just two days after the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, will celebrate 100 years of existence on 17 July 2012.

England’s Melissa Reid is feeling confident ahead of the Ladies European Tour’s season-ending Omega Dubai Ladies Masters at Emirates Golf Club, which starts on Wednesday.

The reigning 470 European Champions Tara Pacheco/Berta Betanzos from Spain sailed a stunner of a day to win both races 3 and 4 today out on Success Course area, and with it leap to the top of the overall leaderboard.

Each week between now and the beginning of the 2012 Olympic Games, AWPI's Road to London series will profile a member of the Aussie Stingers or Aussie Sharks team. This is your chance to get to know the stars of the show a little better.

Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Venezuela went through to the final phase of the Women’s Beach Volleyball Continental Cup – and a chance to fight for a spot in the London Olympics – following the conclusion of the final phase in Guatapé on Sunday. photo FIVB

The world’s best short track speed skaters were back on the ice this weekend for the fourth round of the 2011-12 Korean Air ISU World Cup Short Track circuit in Shanghai, China.

The U.S. Ski Team's Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) turned on the afterburners in the backstretch and left the field stranded as she won her second straight FIS Cross Country World Cup sprint in the Swiss resort of Davos. Photo: Sarah Ely/U.S. Ski Team

It was finals galore at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall in Singapore today with the final standings in the FairPrice Foundation Nations Cup being determined and Fiji* *lifting the trophy for the first time after an enthralling fight against hosts Singapore.

A hat-trick from Reading’s Alex Danson and a strong all-round team performance helped Great Britain to victory in their first of five test matches against the USA, in San Diego. photo England Hockey

Swansea's Natasha Perdue surpassed the Olympic B standard for a second time.

Olympic champion Hannah Kearney (Norwich, VT) opened defense of her FIS Freestyle World Cup title with a strong win in Ruka as three Americans made it to the podium. photo Tom Kelly US Ski Team

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) honoured the top athletes, officials, media and contributors to the Paralympic Movement in the last two years on Saturday evening (10 December) at the Paralympic Awards Gala in the Intercontinental Hotel ballroom in Beijing, China.

Caroline Hedwall notched the fourth win of her rookie season on the Ladies European with a closing 69 at the Hero Women’s Indian Open.

Bowdon stretched their winning streak to four games with wins over Reading and Slough in the Maxifuel Super Sixes Championships Women’s Premier Division.

Georgia Davies continued the British Gas GBR Swimming Team's medal charge with silver respectively at the European Short Course Championships in Sczcecin, Poland.

Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Malaysia jostled to get their second win of the competition at the start of the day with Malaysia just getting the upper hand with a 51-53 win.

Calling it the most memorable of her 46 career Audi FIS Alpine World Cup wins, Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) fulfilled the dream she had a child and won at home in the inaugural women's race on Beaver Creek's Birds of Prey.

"I'M more used to handing out these awards, not receiving them," beamed Sarah Stevenson after becoming the Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year 2011.

Born on 28 June 1983, and brought up in Belgium, Vorsselmans started to ride at a very young age, and as a child grew up surrounded by horses and ponies. photo SportFot

The British girls took the opening day of the 2011 European Short Course Championships by storm as Jemma Lowe, Hannah Miley and Jess Dickons all reached the podium in Poland.

Brazilian female teams Camila Bertozzi/Isabela Maio and Livia Mendonca/Thais Ferreira are set to represent their country in the semifinal round of CSV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup this weekend in Guatape, Colombia. photo FIVB

The final matches have been decided in the fours and blue-ribbon singles at the Asia Pacific Championships, with great news for the host nation.

The Stanford Cardinal’s third consecutive attempt at capturing their first NCAA women’s soccer championship was successful. After losing to perennial women’s soccer champion North Carolina in 2009 and to Notre Dame in 2010 by 1-0 scores, Stanford defeated the tough, top-ranked Duke Blue Devils to win the 2011 title also by 1-0. photo and report Calvin Morris

Alison Nicholas MBE accepted the award for Team of the Year at The Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year awards on behalf of The 2011 European Solheim Cup team.