Women sport news

The Australian Diamonds maintained their perfect start to the 2011 World Netball Championships with a 75-33 victory over Northern Ireland at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Tuesday.

Diamonds maintain perfect start to World Championships

World Champion Louise Watkin sealed her first 2011 IPC Swimming European Championship gold medal after showcasing an impressive finish and a European record in the women's SM9 Individual Medley.

Louise Watkin seals European swimming record

Day two (4 July) of the IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championships proved a tougher test for some, but Britain’s Paralympic hopefuls remain firmly in the hunt on their home waters with defending SKUD champions Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell, and the Sonar trio of John Robertson, Hannah Stodel and Steve Thomas in pole position after Monday’s racing. photo Paul Wyeth/RYA

Sonar and SKUD teams in pole after day two at IFDS Worlds

Australian SKUD crew Liesl Tesch hopes she and Dan Fitzgibbon’s performance at the IFDS Disabled Sailing Combined World Championships 2011 this week will help towards her completing a unique Paralympic medal set, having already won three Paralympic medals in wheelchair basketball! photo Paul Wyeth

TESCH moves step closer to fulfilling unique paralympic dream

05. July Paralympic sports1972

Ukraine Extend Their Lead at Top of the Berlin Medal Table

Ukraine extended their lead at the top of the medals table with a superb showing on the second evening of the 2011 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming European Championships in Berlin, Germany.

05. July Other Sports1510

Medal trio keeps Britain on track for 2012

Great Britain returned from the 2011 Miami World Cup with three medals, two golds from Sarah Clark (-63kg) and Karina Bryant (+78kg) and one bronze earned by Sarah Adlington (+78kg).

05. July Football1242

World Cup Germany-Creative two’s clash promises fireworks

Joint favourites Brazil and newcomers Equatorial Guinea approach their final group fixture at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011™ in Germany from radically contrasting positions. FIFA

05. July Baseball1621

Chicago Bandits sweep Diamonds behind Bourgeois

Making her first start memorable, rookie pitcher Donna Bourgeois helped the Bandits defeat the NPF Diamonds 7-4. Bourgeois picked up her first career win and clinched a four-game sweep for the Bandits against the Diamonds.

05. July Squash1289

WISPA des Pyramides -Serme steals the show on home turf

French star Camille Serme collected her sixth WISPA title on home turf this week at the Silver 20 WISPA des Pyramides tournament in Le Port Marly. photo WISPA

04. July Netball1853

Diamonds make winning start to World Championships

The Australian Diamonds have started their 2011 World Netball Championship campaign with an 81-23 victory over Samoa at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Monday.

04. July Rugby1637

Alberta takes senior women's title at National Women's League rugbyfinals in Vancouver, BC

For the first time in the history of the National Women's League Finals (restructured in 2007), Alberta are Tier One champions after an impressive 27-17 win over Ontario.

04. July Football1172

World Cup Germany-Germans and French face off for first place

When hosts and holders Germany meet France in Monchengladbach on Tuesday evening, rounding off the Group A programme at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011™, the prize at stake is top spot in the section, with the reward of theoretically easier opponents in the quarter-finals. FIFA

04. July Netball3573

World Netball Championships 2011 Day 2 Results

Day 2 at the World Netball Championships didn't bring any major surprises with all the top seeds winning their matches without any scrapes.

04. July Football1188

World Cup Germany-England and Japan battle for pole

Top spot in Group B is up for grabs in Augsburg when England face Japan on Tuesday evening. photo FA

04. July Hockey5644

2011 CHAMPIONS TROPHY WINNERS , NETHERLANDS RE-JOYCE.

The Netherlands produced one of the most memorable fight-backs in memory to win its sixth Champions Trophy by defeating world champions Argentina in a dramatic penalty shoot-out following a tightly fought game ending three each after extra time. (source FIH)

03. July Netball1989

World Championships Singapore. Botswana face home favourites in first draw

The opening ceremony may have been a beautiful display of the incredible talent and culture Singapore has to offer, but it was the first clash of the Mission Foods World Netball Championship 2011 Singapore that the sporting spectacle that is Netball truly began. WNC2011. photo Micheal Bradley

03. July Football1352

World Cup Germany-Marta inspires Brazil into last eight

A double from Marta lifted Brazil to a hard-working win over Norway and into the quarter-finals of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™. FIFA

03. July Basketball1636

Eurobasket-FRA/CZE - Gruda leads France to bronze

France beat the Czech Republic 63-56 in the Bronze Medal Game at the EuroBasket Womento finish the tournament on a positive note.

03. July Basketball1545

EuroBasket-Who's in - Russia Women

Russia cruised to a comfortable 59-42 win over Turkey in the Final of the EuroBasket Women on Sunday to take the sole automatic place on offer for the Olympic Games. photo FIBA

03. July Beach Volleyball1803

USA’s Kessy/Ross capture gold medal Saturday in Norway at FIVB Swatch ConocoPhillips Grand Slam Stavanger 2011

Repelling one challenger after another until the crowning moment, Jennifer Kessy and April Ross of the United States won the women’s gold medal Saturday to complete a strong run of seven consecutive victories through a talented field at the $600,000 FIVB Swatch ConocoPhillips Grand Slam Stavanger 2011. photo FIVB

03. July Football1175

World Cup Germany-USA cruise past Colombia into last eight

Emerging from the dressing room following her team’s comprehensive 3-0 defeat of Colombia in Sinsheim on Saturday, USA midfielder Megan Rapinoe made a beeline for the pitch at the Rhein Necker Arena.

03. July Football1141

World Cup Germany-Aussies sneak first win

Australia defeated Equatorial Guinea by the odd goal in five in the Group D encounter in Bochum, leaving the entertaining Africans on the verge of exiting the tournament.

02. July Tennis1304

What a first grand slam title to win, Kvitova defeats Sharapova in straight sets

Czech eighth seed Petra Kvitova outplays former champion Maria Sharapova to win her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon. Kvitova is the first Czech since Jana Novotna in 1998 to win Wimbledon, and Novotna and former Czech great Martina Navratilova were in the Royal Box.

02. July Football1480