Women sport news

1150km run across France from Roscoff in the North to Grussan plage south. Transe Gaule or shall I say Grauel was a true endurance race, a grueling experience.

Serena Williams top favourite for the title here in New York is into the US Open Semi finals with a quick ousting of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 75 61. Sam Stosur won her eighth straight victory over the No.2 player in the world and the defending US Open finalist.

Copenhagen will host the latest stage of the CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup from Friday to Sunday as qualification for the London 2012 Olympic Games continues in the Danish capital.

Algeria's women grabbed gold at the 2011 All Africa Games after sealing wins in the final at Maxaquene hall in Maputo, Mozambique as the tournament concluded on Wednesday.

2008 Olympic champion Jacqueline was drafted back into the Brazil women's team on Tuesday as the 2011 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix silver medallists begin their preparations for the 2011 South American Women’s Championship. photo FIVB

The Ladies European Tour will make history this week when it stages its first tournament in the Czech Republic.

England women's selectors have named a 14-player squad for the England women's tour of South Africa in October.

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has called on Chef de Missions of National Paralympic Committees attending a three day seminar in the British capital to bring together the best athletes next year in order to deliver the best Paralympic Games ever.

London was today formally accepted by the IAAF as a candidate city to host the 2017 IAAF World Athletics Championships. The London 2017 bid has been put together by UK Athletics, DCMS, the Mayor of London, London & Partners and UK Sport.

IAAF Meeting Results Zurich-At the Weltklasse Zurich meeting, the first of two Finals of the Samsung Diamond League 2011, which took place on Thursday (8) in the Letzigrund Stadium, 16 of this season's 32 Diamond Race winners were awarded their Trophies following a highly entertaining night of athletics.

Amber RatcliffeNorfolk’s Amber Ratcliffe made a dramatic defence of her title when she set a new course record of five-under 69 to retain the East Region ladies’ championship at Cambridge Meridian by just one shot.

BRITISH Weight Lifting has announced their four-strong team for the European Under-23 and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Romania later this month.

The heavens opened in New york, all matches were cancelled again.

The British Gas GBR Women's Water Polo team have an action packed September planned with plenty of international action at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.

Hong Kong's Liu Tsz-Ling won her first WISPA title this week at the Tour 4 North Shore Open in Coffs Harbour, Australia, beating surprise finalist Megan Craig in the final.

Top seed Siyoli Waters won her second title of the year this week at the Tour 4 Dread Series in the US capital.

The rapid growth of Cable Wakeboard was clear for all to see at the weekend at the 13th European Cable Wakeboard Championships.

The Netball NSW Waratahs move into the 2011 Australian Netball League finals with a clean sheet after defeating the Netball NSW Blues 57-39 at the Anne Clark Centre on Wednesday night to complete the regular season undefeated.

England’s Charlotte Thomas came from four strokes behind to win the inaugural Annika Invitational at Mission Hills, China. She was six-under par for the last round, 10-under for the 54-hole event – and won by a shot.

Defending World Time Trial Champion Emma Pooley has been selected for the Women's Time Trial event, whilst the women's road race will see a full quota of seven GB riders including current Olympic Champion Nicole Cooke.

New Zealand number one Joelle King moves up to a career high of 11 in the new September rankings published today.

The World Championships have of course much affected the All-Athletics.com World Rankings, however in lots of events the outcome at the worlds was similar to the pre-Daegu rankings

The current best player in the world will be facing off against some of the world's top female golfers at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club (KLGCC) from 13 -16 October 2011.

The toughest fourth round of the day was between Caroline Wozniacki and Svetlana Kuznetsova. In a three-hour, two-minute marathon, Wozniacki outlasted Kuznetsova in the feature night match, 67(6) 75 61.

In the women's edition Kenya and Nigeria already secured their tickets early after the second day and were joined by Algeria and Kenya from Pool B. The rest of the teams - Mozambique, Seychelles, Senegal and Botswana for the women will play for the positions 5 to 8. photo FIVB

As the sparkling sand of Halifax’s center court settled for the final time Sunday, Switzerland’s Nina Betschart/Joana Heidrich were crowned women’s world champions as the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch Junior World Championships concluded. photo FIVB