Women sport news

Playing in their first Finals Series, the LG Mystics continued to rewrite the records when they beat NSW Swifts 49-45 in the sudden-death minor semi-final in Sydney today. photo ANZ Championships

Seventh seeds Marleen Van Iersel and Sanne Keizer from the Netherlands rallied past defending event champions Jennifer Kessy and April Ross of the United States 2-1 to claim their maiden FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour title. photo FIVB

By reaching the semifinals Kvitova secured herself a rise from No.18 to No.10, her Top 10 debut; and by reaching the final Azarenka assured herself of going from No.5 to No.4, making her the highest-ranked Belarusian in WTA history. Azarenka and Kirilenko won the doubles title defeating Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik in Saturday night's final in straight sets, 64 63.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced its shortlist of six for April's `Athlete of the Month' poll which the public are invited to vote for.

The Kite Surf Pro (KSP) Professional Wave Tour have released it's highly anticipated 2011 World Championship Tour schedule.

The LGU has announced the Great Britain & Ireland team for the forthcoming Astor Trophy Tournament.

A new coach and team philosophy has the Victorian Tigers women's team confident of a good performance coming into next week's National Water Polo League finals.

Australian has named a powerful Stingers squad for this month's preliminary rounds of the women's water polo FINA World League in Auckland (May 9-13) and Sydney (May 16-20).

The Brisbane Barracudas won their third straight championship overcoming the Cronulla Sharks in a thrilling final that came down to a penalty shootout.

The Australian Water Polo Hall of Fame has six new members after Leanne Barnes, Peter Kerr, Ian Mills, Les Nunn, Michael Withers and Chris Wybrow were inducted during a glittering ceremony in Sydney tonight.

Last weekend Team Northumbria enjoyed the taste of success, taking a prized scalp by beating Surrey Storm in the FIAT Netball Superleague, it seems they liked it and decided to tuck into more in the game with Leeds Carnegie.

It was mission accomplished for Hertfordshire Mavericks at the Hertfordshire Sports Village on Saturday 7th May, as they romped to victory over Glasgow Wildcats.

Almost 400 athletes from 34 countries were present to launch their 2011 season campaign on the panoramic Malta Regatta Course.

Britain's Mhairi Spence won her second Modern Pentathlon World Cup medal of the season when she took bronze in Hungary today.

Victoria Azarenka finds herself again in a WTA Tour final, defeating Julia Goerges in straight sets 64 62. She faces Petra Kvitova who ousted Li Na 63 61.

In this year’s EHF Women's Champions League, a new team will be crowned after the two matches of the final have been played, as both Norwegian Larvik HK and Spanish Itxako Reyno De Navarra have made it to the final of the most prestigious club tournament in the world for the first time ever. photo EHF

The Peru volleyball women´s junior team has stepped up its preparations ahead of hosting the FIVB Volleyball Women´s Junior World Championship from July 22-31 by having a four-week training camp and friendly matches in five European countries from May 3-31. photo FIVB

Olympic silver medallist Keri-anne Payne stormed to victory in her first 10km race of the season at the LEN Open Water Cup in Eilat, Israel.

American qualifiers Brooke Hanson/Lauren Fendrick and seventh seeds Marleen Van Iersel and Sanne Keizer from the Netherlands stormed into the women’s semifinals with unbeaten records at the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Tour Shanghai Jinshan Open here on Saturday. photo FIVB

Kelly Hallquest is the Food and Beverage Director for the Eugene Emeralds located in Eugene, Oregon and spoke to WSR about her life in a male dominated discipline - interview by Norm Coleman

Maria Hjorth recorded her fifth-career LPGA Tour victory with a two-shot win over Rolex Rankings No. 13 Song-Hee Kim at the Avnet LPGA Classic. Report and photo bellmicrolpgaclassic.com

American ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White concluded the 2010–11 season as the undisputed No. 1-ranked team in the icenetwork.com World Figure Skater Rankings, finishing more than 3,000 points ahead of their closest competitors.

Thirteen-year-old Ella Ofstedahl became one of England’s youngest-ever county champions when she won the Hertfordshire title.

Maui/HI, USA: The Kite Surf Pro (KSP) Professional Wave Tour proudly releases it’s highly anticipated 201 World Championship Tour schedule. photo by Eric Aeder.

The 2011 PBA-Nusmetro Asian Squash Championships produced a dream home double for host nation Malaysia.

Kellie Wells ran to a world leading time in the 100m hurdles to lead a squad of Americans in winning six events in the first meet of the 2011 Samsung Diamond League series today in Doha, Qatar.