Women sport news

On 29th May, the Manchester Evening News Arena (MEN) will play host to “WNBA Live – Manchester 2011”, marking the first time in the league’s 15-year history that a game is played in Europe. photo FIBA

Olympian Lijie Miao bagged her third WCBA All-Star MVP as the North Stars defeated the South Stars 92-88 in WCBA 2011 All-Star game in Zhejiang on Saturday. Photo: WCBA

Birmingham City Ladies’ marquee signing Karen Carney is happy to be back home and has spoken of her excitement at the chance to play a part in the new FA WSL season for the Blues. Report by David Brenchley

England Women remain on track to retain their RBS 6 Nations title after a hard fought 16-3 victory over of France at Worcester’s Six ways Stadium on Sunday.

England Women Under 20s overcame rain, mud and a fierce French team to earn an impressive 12-5 victory at Worcester’s Sixways Stadium on Sunday.

The visitors put up a strong defensive performance and were backed up with some sharp shooting from Darcie Worsdale (81%), Northumbria prevented Mavericks from imposing their will on the game.

Northern Thunder took a four goal lead in the first quarter of theirRound 7 FIAT Netball Superleague clash with Celtic Dragon which carried them through to a tough win.

Reigning World champions, Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxia won the Women’s Doubles event at the German Open in Dortmund on Sunday 27th February 2010, to add to their collection of titles. photo Guido Schiefer

The runner up in both England and the United Arab Emirates, 28 year old Guo Yan went one step better at the German Open in Dortmund on Sunday 27th February 2011. photo Guido Schiefer

Angelica Augustsson (SWE) today, Sunday 27th February 2011, won the twelfth leg of the Rolex FEI World CupTM Jumping series in Gothenburg, Sweden. Roland Thunholm /FEI

American Lindsey Vonn looked like her World Cup downhill-winning self again today in Are, Sweden, taking her seventh victory of the season following three weeks of dealing with the symptoms of a concussion.

It couldn’t have been any closer on the Are, Sweden super G track today. German overall leader Maria Riesch secured her sixth World Cup victory of the season just one-hundredth of a second ahead of friend and chief rival in the overall standings, American Lindsey Vonn.

Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) and Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) shared the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup podium for the third time this season finishing 2-3 Sunday in super G.

Jessica Jerome (Park City, UT) led U.S. women's ski jumpers in a thick as pea soup fog that proved unnerving for many as the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo hit day two with the women’s jumping event.

Kveta Peschke (Czech) and Katarina Srebotnik (Sovenia) won the 2011 Qatar Ladies Open title after a 7-5 6-7 (2) 10-8 win over Liezel Huber (USA) and Nadia Petrova (Russia) in the final on Saturday. photo qatartennis.org

Russia's Vera Zvonareva won the 2011 Qatar ladies Open title after a superb straight sets victory 6-4 6-4 over World no. 1 Caroline Wozniacki in the final on Saturday. photo qatartennis.org

Britain¹s Shelley Rudman just missed out on the medals at the Skeleton World Championships at the Konigssee track in Germany today (Saturday).

Chie Arimura of Japan is closing in on her first LPGA victory after the diminutive star's third round of one-under 71 gave her a one-shot lead over Australia's Karrie Webb after 54 holes at the HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore. photo Getty Images

Zvonareva and Jankovic were the last two survivors to continue into the Qatar ladies open semi finals yesterday. Also through was Wozniacki and Bartoli, both had straight forward straight sets wins.

As part of the preparations for the London 2012 Olympic Games, the British capital will host both the London International Invitational Volleyball Tournament as well as the already announced FIVB Beach Volleyball International event during 2011, it was announced on Thursday.

ust six days after polishing off two weeks of World Championship competition in Garmisch-Partekirchen, Germany, the fastest women on snow dug right back into the World Cup season today with the second super combined of the season in Are, Sweden as overall leader Maria Riesch of Germany extended her lead with her fifth victory of the season.

Chie Arimura had cut down on the frills, the lace and the stripes but there was still plenty of the fancy stuff as she notched six birdies and an eagle in the course of the 66 which kept her in the lead at the HSBC Women's Champions at Tanah Merah.

Steel grey skies greeted jumpers once again Thursday in the final day of training before the women's ski jump at the 2011 FIS Nordic Ski World Championships. American Lindsey Van (Park City, UT) will seek to defend the title she won in the 2009 debut of the event, while the IOC watches closely to take a final look before a hopeful decision for inclusion in 2014. photo US Ski Team

The England Women’s Under 20s team to contest their first international of the season against France on Sunday at Worcester’s Sixways Stadium has been announced.

The 2011 season officially begins when the Long Island Roller Rebel All Stars take on the Suburban Brawl on their home turf in Yonkers this Saturday night! Last minute tickets are still available at Brown Paper Tickets.

Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett, who represented the United States in pairs at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, announced today they have ended their three-year partnership.