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Capitalizing on a promising forecast for the duration of the event’s second day, the race committee wasted no time in summoning both fleets to the water to battle it out over two race eliminations. photo PWA

Described by Shi Zhihao, the Head Coach of the Chinese National Women’s Team as the finest Women’s Doubles pairing in the world; Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxi endorsed that belief in the splendid settings of the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam. Guo Yue (left) and Li Xiaoxia (right) once again in a class of their own Photo By: Rémy Gros

Caguas swept Guaynabo in the best-of-seven Final Series of Puerto Rico Women’s Superior League to obtain its eight crown in front of 6,500 spectators at Hector Soza Bezares Coliseum on Saturday. photo FIVB

The LG Mystics sealed their first Grand Final appearance with a pulsating 43-42 win over First Windows Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic in the Preliminary Final in Hamilton on Sunday. photo ANZ Championships

Showing her power game is most certainly adaptable to all surfaces, Maria Sharapova captured the biggest clay court title of her career on Sunday afternoon.

France claimed gold in four of the seven categories on day two of the British Open, a senior European Cup event, to convincingly finish top of the medal table at K2 Crawley. Photo - britishjudo.org

England's Victoria Lust survived a titanic battle with Nicolette Fernandes of Guyana in the final of the Women's Alicia Hagedorn WISPA Open.

Loughborough Lightning were too strong for varsity rivals Leeds Carnegie in their penultimate match in the 2011 FIAT Superleague as they secure a 5th place finish in this year’s competition.

TeamBath put their entire squad through its paces on a trip to Glasgow and gave Yasmin Parsons her FIAT Netball Superleague debut and came away with a comfortable win.

Celtic Dragons did what they could to wrestle a win away from Hertfordshire Mavericks in Cardiff in their final game of the FIAT Netball Superleague, but it was the table-toppers who stood firm to win 49-41.

The US women’s junior volleyball team was named on Thursday as the side begins a defining season, highlighted by the FIVB Volleyball Women’s Junior World Championship set to be held in Peru from July 20 to 31. photo FIVB

leaders Birmingham City dropped points as they were held to a goalless draw with Liverpool but second placed Arsenal could not take advantage, drawing 2-2 with Bristol Academy. Report by David Brenchley. Photo - The FA via Getty Images.

France topped the medal table on day one of the London British Open, a senior European Cup event, at K2 Crawley. Photo - britishjudo.org

Despite cool conditions and wet streets from an earlier light rain, Sara Hall (Big Bear Lake, Calif.) turned in a hot time at the third USA 1 Mile Road Championships Thursday evening in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo - mindbodygreen.com

Surrey Storm took advantage of an uncoordinated TeamBath to move level on points with the side they will face in the FIAT Netball Superleague play-offs.

2004 Olympian Colleen De Reuck (Boulder, Colo.) looks to win her second women's title since 2005 at the 2011 USA 25 km Championships. Photo - USATF

Top seed China's Li Xiaoxia followed by colleagues Wu Yang, Fan Ying and Guo Yue all emerged successful in their fourth round Women's Singles matches at the GAC GROUP 2011 World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam on Thursday 12th May. Photo Credit - Remy Gros, ITTF

Junior women sailors interested in taking their own next step in the sport are invited to participate in the 2011 Next Step to Rolex, which will focus on learning advanced keelboat racing skills and techniques. Photo - Dan Nerney/Rolex

The Football Association (FA) has announced it will hold an independent review into claims from its former chairman, Lord Triesman, that four FIFA Executive Committee members sought improper favours in return for voting for England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup.

Madison Hubbell and Keiffer Hubbell, the brother-and-sister ice dancing team that won the 2008 U.S. junior title, announced today they have ended their 10-year on-ice partnership.

Brazil’s women’s junior team clinched a 3-1 (16-25, 25-20, 26-24) victory over their Russian counterparts on Wednesday in Moscow as the visitors continue their preparations for the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Junior World Championship in Peru from July 22 to 31. photo FIVB

Diana Taurasi had her contract cancelled by Fenerbahce at the beginning of the year following a controversial doping test that was ultimately ruled null and void. photo FIBA

The women's top seeds continue their campaign as they enter the next round of the Internazionali BNL D'Italia in Rome. Sharapova, Wozniacki and Schiavone all take Quarter Final places. Daniela Hantuchova, Shahar Peer and Elena Vesnina all out.

This weekend sees the ANZ Championship's first ever all-New Zealand Preliminary Final, when the First Windows Waikato/Bay of Plenty Magic host the LG Mystics in Hamilton's Mystery Creek Events Centre on Sunday night.

Marking the fifth anniversary of the Ulsan PWA World Cup, South Korea will once again be thrust into the limelight, as the world's windsurfing media turn their attention to Korea's windsurfing Mecca of Jinha Beach. Photo - pwa/carter

Hilary Knight, who scored the world championship-winning goal in overtime at the recently completed 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation World Women's Championship, was named the U.S. Olympic Committee's Athlete of the Month for April.