Women sport news

WSR takes a quick look through the Women's Premier League National Division and previews each team with one of their players. First up is Watford defender Sahara Osborne-Ricketts. Report by David Brenchley. Photo - Watford Ladies FC.

Latasha Khan won the 7th WISPA title of her career this week at the Tour 8 Hamptons Open in Southampton, New York. photo WISPA

One week after Gwen Jorgensen (USA) qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games, the rising American star backed it up with her first World Cup win at the 2011 Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup. photo ITU

The tallest player at the current FIVB Girls' Youth World Championship, 16-year old Alba Fernandez is from Puerto Rico. Her height is 207 cm and she started to plays volleyball only 4 years ago, but she is already a player of National Team of her country. photo FIVB

Serbia (Pool C) and Germany (Pool D) completed the top eight frame at the FIVB Volleyball Girls' Youth World Championship after both teams secured their second victory on the thrilling third and last day of the first round held at Baskent and Ankara Arena Halls in Turkey on Sunday. photo FIVB

Liliane Maestrini had to grit her teeth and force herself through the pain to win gold with Angela Vieira at the Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International. photo FIVB

Things went wrong from the very start as Surrey’s international opening pair of Olivia Anderson and Ebony Rainford-Brent survived early dropped chances. The pair racked up 62 in 10 overs before Rainford-Brent fell for 31 and Anderson for 38.

With the score at 2-0 in the bottom half of the sixth inning in favor of the USSSA Florida Pride, the clouds above Rosemont Stadium opened up, causing a downpour and suspending the game.

Denmark took the third gold in the history of the European Championships in this age group. After the first edition in 1996 and again in 2007, the Danish girls beat the hometown of the Netherlands on sunday with 29-27. http://eng.ekhandbal.nl. photo © Tom van der Laan // TLWebdesign.nl

Jaggi takes the victory in Turkey but the glory goes to Offringa who claims the slalom world title. photo PWA

Serena Williams show good form to win her second WTA tournament since her injury comeback. She defeated Australian Sam Stosur in straight sets.

England Women were crowned Nations Cup champions on Saturday night after a 41-19 victory over Canada in Ontario, handing the Red Roses a second title this season after their RBS 6 Nations championship win in March.

England and Saracens hooker Amy Garnett will win her 100th cap on Saturday when England Women take on Canada in the Nations Cup final, kick off 9pm BST, at Appleby College in Ontario, Canada.

A nervous day in Alacati as Sarah-Quita Offringa sticks two more bullets in the bag. The wind continued to blow for the penultimate day of racing in Alacati, allowing the slalom fleet to take to the water on their 7.8m sails from the word go. photo PWA

For Dutch fans, Denmark against the Netherlands would be the "Dream Final" for Sunday, as many Dutch A-players are professionals in the Danish league. Also some juniors have already found their way there. EHF. photo © Tom van der Laan // TLWebdesign.nl

World Squash Day 2011, which takes place on Saturday 5 November, will focus on attracting a new generation of female players to the sport.

Serena Williams came through a tough quarter final match to face Victoria Azarenka in the semi finals. She overcame Lucie Safarova 46 63 62. Azarenka defeated Galina Voskoboeva in straight sets. Stosur and Radwanska also through

The record holder China began their journey at the FIVB Girls Youth World Championship with a straight-sets win (25-15, 25-18, 25-14) over the last competition silver medalists in Pool A match at Baskent Hall in Ankara, Turkey on Friday. photo FIVB

London, Great Britain, 2011 – For Jennifer Kessy and April Ross it is a case of four matches down, three to go at the Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International, the test event for the London 2012 Olympic Games beach volleyball tournament. photo FIVB

London, Great Britain-With a place in the quarterfinals secured Liliane Maestrini and Angela Vieira will do their utmost to ensure that they continue to make further improvement at the Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International. photo FIVB

Birmingham City captain Laura Bassett believes there will be yet another twist in the race for the inaugural FA WSL title, with just a couple of games remaining. Report by David Brenchley. Photo - The FA via Getty Images.

Arsenal manager Laura Harvey has billed her side's remaining three games as ‘cup finals' as they go in search of the FA WSL title. Report by David Brenchley. Photo - The FA via Getty Images.

Bottom side Liverpool travel to Sincil Bank to take on Lincoln and Reds manager Robbie Johnson believes his side can build on their first win of the season. Report by David Brenchley. Photo - The FA via Getty Images.

Day four: Thirty knots of wind hammered Alacati for the fourth day of racing leading to explosive starts, dangerous gybes, ferocious straights and a mixed bag of results.photo PWA

After three days of competition at the Visa FIVB Beach Volleyball International there is little doubt who is the most popular team so far – Uganda’s Josephine Nammanda and Alice Gitta Okecho. photo FIVB

Andrea Petkovic is through to the quarter-finals of Rogers Cup presented by National Bank with a surprisingly straightforward 6-1, 6-2 victory over Petra Kvitova. Tennis Canada