Women sport news

World Number one Caroline Wozniacki swept Marion Bartoli aside with a 61 61 straight sets victory in 65 minutes. Vera Zvonareva meets Wozniacki in the final after defeating Jelena Jankovic 61 26 64. photo www.qatartennis.org

The sun and the gods shone brightly upon Cardiff Blues Girls Under 18’s this Sunday afternoon in Caernarfon and the confirmation of what they knew already, that hard work on the training field would pay dividends, with a display that entertained and stunned the expectant crowd. photo Alan Roberts

“State Farm has been a tremendous partner for the past 19 years, and we are disappointed by the news they will not renew their sponsorship past 2011.

Marie-Michèle Gagnon finished 19th in Are, Sweden, on Friday when the ladies took part in the second to last World Cup super combined event of the season.

Ski cross world championship silver medalist Julia Murray will miss the rest of the World Cup season after doctors confirmed she has a serious knee injury that will require surgery.

World No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark kicked off her campaign in Qatar ladies Open against 2006 champion Nadia Petrova of Russia. Wozniacki defeated Petrova in straight sets to face Flavia Pennetta in the next round. Peng Shuai defeated Francesca Schiavone and Bartoli ousted Shahar Peer.

Brazil's women's junior coach, Luizomar de Moura, said that winning the 2011 FIVB Women’s Junior World Championship was well within the abilities of his team. photo FIVB

Puerto Rico's girls' youth team will prepare for their fifth outing at the FIVB Girls' Youth Volleyball World Championship later this year by travelling to Barcelona, Spain for a special training camp ahead of the tournament. photo FIVB

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The FIH has announced the match schedule for the Rabo Champions Trophy 2011 (women) to be played in Amsterdam, Netherlands from June 25 – July 3 at Amsterdam Hockey and Bany Club's Wegner Stadium in Amstelveen. Photos from John Coxon

The ISAF Sailing World Championships combines the World Championships of all the events included in the Olympic Sailing Competition and the 2014 edition is provisionally scheduled for September 2014.

The ISAF Training and Development Department is pleased to announce that the IOC Olympic Solidarity department has agreed to fund a Training Scholarship candidate from Indonesia.

Britain's Olympic, World and Commonwealth medallists will use the British Gas Swimming Championships (50m) 2011 as their first opportunity to qualify for the national team bound for this year's Fina World Championships in Shanghai.

China blitzed to win six out of the eight titles on offer in Madrid (ESP), the first meet of the FINA Diving Grand Prix 2011 held from February 18-20. The non-Chinese victories went to Canada’s Jennifer Abel in the women’s 3m springboard, respectively. photo diving canada

The German Open that starts in Dortmund, today, Wednesday 23rd February and concludes on Sunday 27th February 2011

Leading contender Cristie Kerr is targeting not only victory at the HSBC Women's Champions in Singapore this week, but also an early season boost to her hopes to once again reach the summit of women's professional golf. photo Getty Images

Round 3 is the ANZ Championship's inaugural Super Round, featuring Thursday night netball for the first time in the league's history.

Sutton Coldfield made it a hat trick of giant killings when they defeated Clifton this weekend to progress to the last four of the EH Women's Cup. Surbiton also pulled off a shock as as they defeated Premier Division club Reading. Photographs from John Coxon

Unseeded Lucie Safarova defeated number 7 seed Agnieszka Radwanska in straight sets 76 63 in the opening round of the Qatar Ladies Open in Doha. Bartoli and Petrova also through. photo qatartennis.org/

Wagner Pacheco has been putting his Dominican Republic women’s junior team through its paces ahead of the 2011 FIVB Women’s Junior Volleyball World Championship as the side looks to go one better than the last edition when they arrive in Peru for the tournament in July. photo FIVB

Argentina’s girls’ youth team have a hectic build up to the 2011 FIVB Girls’ Youth Volleyball World Championship which is set to take place in Ankara, Turkey from August 12-21. photo FIVB

ROSEMONT, Team USA pitching superstar and National Pro Fastpitch veteran Monica Abbott and the Chicago Bandits are hosting a press conference on Feb. 15, for the Olympic pitcher to sign a contract with the team. Photos courtesy Dina T Kwit

Val Saint Come, Quebec – Ali Kariotis (Novato, CA) led the U.S. after a strong day of Moguls competition in Val Saint Come, Quebec on Monday.

Twenty-six players are among the list of nominees for the 2011 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, presented by Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. An award of The USA Hockey Foundation, the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award is annually bestowed upon the top player in NCAA Division I women's ice hockey.

England Women’s Head Coach Gary Street has made four changes to the starting line-up for ‘Super Sunday’s (February 27) Six Nations clash against France, kick off 105pm, at Worcester Warriors’ Sixways Stadium.

BRITISH Weight Lifting today reinstated Commonwealth Bronze medallist Zoe Smith’s funding, following the temporary suspension put in place in December. The decision was made by the governing body’s Performance Management Group, who noted that Zoe had made ‘a number of positive changes’ since December.

Sania Mirza defeated Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia to reach the second round of Qatar Ladies Open. photo qatartennis.org