Women sport news

The Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, presented by Rockstar Energy Drink, is pleased to announce its upcoming winter surf season in Hawaii. While there is no women's series this year, Hawaii's newly crowned ASP women's world champion Carissa Moore will be the only woman to line up against the world class field of more than 200 male athletes.

Ties at the top of both divisions marked a full day of challenging sailing at the first day of the ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final in Sheboygan, USA.

The ASP 6-Star Cabreiroa Pantin Classic Women’s Pro is scheduled to kick-off tomorrow on the first day of the official waiting period of the women’s event.

Take Britain’s top elite riders, our most talented amateurs and the premier selection of dressage horses anywhere and what do you have? The Dressage Deluxe National Dressage Championships of course!

USA’s FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix 2011 champion Jordan Larson has said the team’s victory in this year’s tournament is much more significant than their gold medal in last year’s tournament as it proves they can now match any side in the world. photo FIVB

Hosts Puerto Rico, Canada and defending champions Dominican Republic all picked up victories as the 2011 NORCECA Women’s Continental Championship got underway at Hector Sola Bezares Coliseum in Caguas on Monday. photo FIVB

FIVB Beach Volleyball world champions, Brazil’s Juliana Felisberta and Larissa França, took time out of their preparations for the last event on the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour calendar and the second half of the Brazilian Banco do Brasil Beach Volleyball Tour and to meet fans at the “Book Biennial” in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. photo FIVB

Three of Europe's Solheim Cup team have opted to fine tune their games in Spain this week at the Open de España Femenino ahead of next week's Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle in Dunsany, Co Meath, Ireland.

Hungary, represented by Leila Gyenesei, Adrienn Toth and Sarolta Kovacs have showed their class to become the Women Relay World Champions for the 2nd time here in Moscow, Russia. photo and report pentathlon.org

The Czech team of Grolichova / Dianova / Kodedova has roared back into contention with a near perfect ride in the Women’s relay to go with their win in the fence. report and photo pentathlon.org

Hungary have stormed to the top of the leader board in the Women’s World Championships Relay with an extremely quick swim. report and photo pentathlon.org

The Czech Republic trio of Grolichova / Dianova / Kodedova have produced a fantastic fencing display to win the fencing discipline on the Women’s Relay with 44 victories. report and photo pentathlon.org

The second Final of the 2011 Samsung Diamond League takes place on Friday 16 September at the Belgacom Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium, where the remaining 16 Diamond Race Trophies and Prize Money will be distributed.

The Ukrainian pair of Victoria Tereshuk and Dmytro Kirpulyanskyy have clinched the Mixed Relay World Championship title here in Moscow Russia. photo pentathlon.org

Piggy French held onto her lead in a thrilling finale to the weekend’s Fidelity Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials and scored her first senior three-star CCI win.

The Stanford Cardinal women’s volleyball team won the Nike Volleyball Big Four Classic with a five set victory over the determined Florida Gators.

European Athletics is delighted to announce the nominations for the 2011 European Athlete of the Year and European Athletics Rising Star Awards presented by MONDO.

Silke Spiegelburg, Anastasiya Kapachinskaya and Kelly Ann Baptiste were among the winners on Sunday.

Sam Stosur entered her second Grand Slam final with guts and determination. The Aussie showed fierce behaviour to defeat favourite Serena Williams 62 63 at The Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday, thus giving Australia it's first Grand Slam winner in 31 years. Huber/Raymond win the doubles title.

France's Jade Schaeffer earned her second Ladies European Tour title at the inaugural Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters in the Czech Republic. photo Tristan Jones

Australia has led from start to finish to claim an emphatic 3-0 series victory in the FIBA Oceania Championship for Women, defeating New Zealand 82-57 in Sydney. photo FIBA

With Australia already qualified for the London Olympics, some might view the third game of the FIBA Oceania Championship for Women as a dead rubber. photo FIBA

Agnieszka Jerzyk (POL) pulled out a gutsy sprint to the finish to claim Poland’s first ever world championship medal in the women’s ITU Triathlon Under23 World Championships. photo Delly Carr

Great Britain’s Helen Jenkins cemented her status as one of the ITU’s elite after capturing her second ITU World Championship in Beijing on Sunday.

Favourite for the title Serena Williams former world number 1 and winner of 13 Grand Slam titles sent a message out to her colleagues on the WTA Circuit yesterday when she sent world number 1 Caroline Wozniacki packing in straight sets 62 64. She now meets Aussie Sam Stosur who defeated Angelique Kerber.

Jade Schaeffer of France carded an eight under par 64 on Saturday to take a four stroke lead into the final round of the Raiffeisenbank Prague Golf Masters.