Women sport news

After dismissing the top seed in the semi-finals, fifth seed Deon Saffery of Wales went on to lift the Women's Delaware State Open title in the USA after beating Canadian Samantha Cornett in the final of the WISPA World Tour 4 squash event at Vicmead Hunt Club in Wilmington, Delaware. photo WISPA

Australian Open winner Kim Clijsters will be eyeing the World Number 1 spot again this week, all she needs to do is reach the semi finals of the Open GDF in Paris to regain the Ranking. Russian Maria Kirilenko always performs well in Asia continuing on to the second round in Pattaya Thailand defeating Alberta Brianti (ITA) 60 46 62.

Synchronised Swimming will be making its return to Sheffield after more than ten years when the city hosts the prestigious LEN European Champions Cup this spring.

A big week is in store for the 5Star NESCAFÉ CHAMPS Leysin as the event prepares to celebrate its 20th anniversary. As Europe’s longest running snowboarding event it has brought many young talents into the limelight and continues to do so with its progressive slopestyle course that incorporates a superpipe into the setup

Myasia Jacobs and Trinity Wilson each won their respective events Saturday at the 2011 Germany-Japan-USA Trilateral Friendly Indoor Meet in Osaka, Japan.

Crista Cullen grabbed both of Leicester’s goals in their 2-0 win over Bowdon Hightown to move top of the table, albeit with a game in hand over Canterbury. photo John Coxon

The 2010 FIVB Swatch World Tour champions, Juliana Felisberta and Larissa Franca, claimed their 50th successive victory in all competitions as the world number one women's team won.

England Women became the third English side to defeat Wales this weekend when they inflicted a 19-0 victory over their fierce rivals on Sunday.

After being put off by fog and wind, a women’s World Cup giant slalom was finally held today (Feb. 6) in Arber-Zwiesel, Germany as Gemany’s own Viktoria Rebensburg took the victory.

Olympic Champion Hannah Kearney (Norwich, VT) won bronze in dual moguls at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Championships which ended Saturday night in front of 6,000 spectators at Deer Valley Resort. The bronze marked Kearney's second medal of the Championships after taking silver in moguls earlier in the week.

The 5Star Burton Canadian Open wrapped up yesterday at the Winsport Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta with the women's slopestyle finals. photo Jeff Patterson

Only days before the big EHF Women's Champions League clash between C.S. Oltchim Ramnicu Valcea (ROU) and Buducnost Podgorica (MNE), the Romanian team has made a surprise move that has amazed their fans, players and the whole of European handball.

After a long break the EHF Women's Champions League is back in action as Europe's top eight teams do battle in the Main Round for a crucial place in the semi-finals.

Olympian Ashley Caldwell (Charleston, SC) jumped to fourth in Friday night's aerials at the FIS Freestyle World Championships at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, leading the USA. Fellow Olympian Emily Cook (Belmont, MA) finished seventh after leading the first of two jumps. photo Don Cook

Wind and dense fog made today’s (Feb. 4) women’s World Cup slalom in Arber-Zwiesel, Germany all the more interesting as Austrian Marlies Schild collected her fifth win of the season and stepped to the top of the slalom standings.

Britain¹s Donna Creighton equalled the best performance of her career to date by finishing fourth in the FIBT Skeleton World Cup competition in Italy, while team-mate Shelley Rudman finished as runner-up in the overall 2010/11 World Cup series.

It was already the biggest final of Laura Massaro's career - and it led to her biggest win of all-time when the eight-seeded Englishwoman inflicted the first defeat of world number one Nicol David for 14 months in the final of the Women's Cleveland WISPA Classic in the USA. photo WISPA

Tracey Neville has banked her first win as head coach of FIAT Netball Superleague side Team Northumbria with an 11 point win over Glasgow Wildcats recorded for posterity in front a live TV audience.

Celtic Dragons were full of fight against TeamBath in their FIAT Netball Superleague third round match at the Training Village at the University of Bath but were overcome in the final quarter of the game.

Kingston, Jamaica, January 31, 2011 - Jamaican volleyball celebrated a significant step on the path to progress with the opening of a new outdoor facility at Kingston Sport Complex on Monday.

Peru's junior women's team will tour Europe and Brazil ahead of the 2011 FIVB Women's Junior Volleyball World Championship, set to take place in the country from July 22-31. photo FIVB

Marie-Michèle Gagnon finished seventh in the slalom at Arber-Zwiesel, Germany, on Friday - the 22-year-old's career-best result in a World Cup slalom event.

After the excitment of the Australian Open the girls get a well earned break until Monday. The WTA Tour starts again on Monday 7th February. Open GDF SUEZ in France and PTT PATTAUA Open Thailand.

British Cycling has today announced the 27 British riders who will be competing in the final round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, taking place on the 18 - 20 February at the National Cycling Centre.

In the first race of the 2011 USA Running Circuit (USARC),Jen Rhines (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) outran some of America's top distance runners to take the respective women's title Saturday at the USA Half Marathon Championships, presented by Aramco Services Company.

Olympic Champion Hannah Kearney (Norwich, VT) continued her unbeaten streak Saturday with a fifth consecutive individual moguls World Cup victory. Kearney led four U.S. women into the top 10 in Calgary.