Women sport news

University of Bath student Katrina Hart added a third medal to her haul by taking bronze at the IPC World Athletics Championships in New Zealand today (Wednesday).

The African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) confirmed that the 2011 Women's African Club Championship in Kasarani, Kenya will take place from March 30 to April 10. photo FIBA

Girls Youth Pan American Volleyball Cups will take place this year from July 15-23 at the cities of Mexicali and Tijuana of Baja California, Mexico respectively, while the hosting countries for the junior events were still to be decided.

World Number 2 Vera Zvonareva continues to shine in Melbourne after fighting off Petra Kvitova in straight sets 62 64 to reach her third straight Grand Slam semifinal. World Number 3 Kim Clijsters also progressed after defeating Agnieskza Radwanska in straight sets 63 76

21-year-old Christabel Goh has shot her way to the top of the leader board after day one of the HSBC Women's Champions Local Qualifying Tournament. She finished with a score of 77 to hold a two-stroke advantage over Amelia Yong. photo IMG

Lucy Macgregor, Mary Rook and Kate Macgregor have booked their berth in the quarter-finals of the Women's Match Racing event, topping their preliminary round robin group having lost just one match out of seven. photo onEdition

Central Cross Country Skiing's Jessica Diggins (Afton, MN) led the U.S. in the women's 5k free technique race in seventh as the 2011 FIS Junior World Nordic Championships opened in Otepaa, Estonia.

Flash Quotes - Junior Pairs Short Program-Cain - "The last couple competitions, I have always touched a hand down or flipped out, but this competition, I was like, 'I'm going to do it here, we're at nationals, I had better do it.' I landed it and it felt great."

Caroline Wozniacki secured her status at World Number 1 after defeating Italian French Open Champion Francesa Schiavone in three sets to continue onto the Semi Finals. Lin Na also joins her after ousting Andrea Petkovic of Germany in straight sets. Both top seeds in the doubles Dulko/Pennetta and Peschke/Srebotnik are through to the semi final round.

The England Women’s team to take on Wales in the opening round of the RBS 6 Nations on February 6th at Cross Keys RFC, kick off 230pm, has been announced.

Victoria, BC - Fifty of Canada's top female rugby prospects have been selected for a training camp and subsequent Sevens tournament in Las Vegas in February.

The Confederacion Argentina de Hockey (CAH ) has announced today that the highly anticipated return to training, of record breaking world’s best player Luciana Aymar is now to be further deferred. Report and pictures from John Coxon

Despite the best efforts of the England bowling attack, Australia women won the Ashes Test by seven wickets today.

The HSBC Women's Champions 2011 Local Qualifying Tournament, set to take place from 26 to 27 January, will feature 13 talented Singaporean golfers battle it out for the Host Country Invite and a place in the prestigious HSBC Women's Champions 2011. photo Getty Images

American Lindsey Vonn won her second World Cup super G in three days today in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, edging Germany’s Maria Riesch, her rival in the overall standings, by just five hundredths of a second.

Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) has been named the U.S. Olympic Committee's SportsWoman of the Year for 2010, marking the second consecutive year Vonn has earned the USOC's most prestigious honor.

First place-Joylyn Yang (Seattle SC; Mukilteo, Wash.) and Jean-Luc Baker (Seattle SC, Edmonds, Wash.)

The ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2011 continued in Bern, Switzerland, on Tuesday with the Preliminary Round for Ladies.

“The Air Show” performed by Paramotors and Ultralight Aircrafts provided a thrilling spectacle and it was great to be apart of the action. Presence of air sports during this national event confirms the priority of the government in promoting such aerial activities as noble Products of Nepalese Tourism Industry.

Loughborough Lightning kicked off their Fiat Netball Superleague campaign on Saturday 22nd January away at Glasgow Wildcats. With Lightning having a disappointing season last year, a new look Lightning side were back with a vengeance, recording a 68-25 win.

Vera Zvonareva was the first seed to make it through to the Australian Open Semi Final on Monday defeating Iveta Benesova in straights sets. Radwanska and Kvitova also through. Clijsters

After eventually being bowled out for 207, England reduced Australia to 159 for nine when the hosts decided to declare. England ended their second innings on nine without loss with Heather Knight and Caroline Atkins safely seeing out the remaining ten overs.

There was a dramatic build up to the event for Skandia Team GBR's Women's Match Racing World Championship-winning team as crew Annie Lush was rushed to hospital after falling 10ft to the ground from her Elliot 6m boat while it was docked in the boat park. photo Onedition

Christine Nesbitt (CAN) was crowned ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Champion of 2011. The 40th World Sprint Championships took place in the Dutch skating Mecca – Thialf – in Frisian Heerenveen (NED). Nesbitt was the 10th champion in ten years!

Female jump jockey Isobel Tompsett talks to weighedin.tv about her hair-raising career and successes to date:

University of Bath student Katrina Hart is celebrating after adding a world championship crown to the Commonwealth Games title she won last year.