Women sport news

Team USA took fifth-place at the 2010 International Chiba Ekiden Tuesday in Chiba, Japan, finishing in 2:10:54. The Japan University Select team won the event in 2:07:52. The format of the 21st annual race featured mixed teams of men and women running six alternating legs totaling 42.195 km.

Long and triple jump athlete Shara Proctor has been granted approval by the IAAF, the International Association of Athletic Federations, to transfer allegiance from Anguilla to Great Britain & Northern Ireland.

Home favourite Vanessa Atkinson played out of her skin to claim the Dutch Open Squash 2010Rotterdam, the 'capital of sports' in the Netherlands.

EuroCanterbury and East Grinstead maintained their leads at the top of the Premier Divisions this weekend having both scored seven in big wins. Photos from John Coxon

England women completed a comprehensive three-nil win over Sri Lanka in their Twenty20 series today after the remaining two matches in the rain-affected series were played back-to-back.

Bombardier presents Lake Louise Winterstart World Cup event organizers received approval from the International Ski Federation (FIS) following an inspection of snow conditions yesterday.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has completed its visit of London as part of the seventh International Olympic Committee (IOC) Co-ordination Commission Meeting for the London 2012 Games.

New Zealand defeat England in the final of the World Fast Net Series in Liverpool on Saturday.

The FastNet Diamonds have just missed a medal at the World Netball Championships in Liverpool this weekend, falling short by one goal in both finals matches. photo Lisa O'Sullivan

Whereas last weekend’s events seemed to run true to form, this weekend there were some real surprises!

Great Britain’s Chrissie Wellington celebrated her win at today’s Ford Ironman Arizona. Wellington, a three-time Ironman World Champion, finished eighth overall and set a new world record at an official Ironman race. Wellington crossed the line in 8:36:13, nearly 30 minutes ahead of second-place finisher, Linsey Corbin (USA).

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The Australian FastNet Diamonds have suffered their first loss of the Series, defeated by a strong Jamaican side. The final score in Liverpool's Echo Arena 32 - 30.

Top riders are nailing down plans to gather in LAAX for the 12th annual Burton European Open (BEO), the second event of this season’s Burton Global Open Series (BGOS) and a 6 Star TTR event.

England were comfortable 30-13 winners in their first test on court. The game with South Africa was a bit slow to start with but the style of Fastnet is very different for the players to change to and there is always the worry that a bit of over enthusiasm could lead to mistakes.

England women beat Sri Lanka women by eight wickets, in the First Twenty20 of the Series, in Colombo today. Isa Guha opened the bowling for England as Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

Football is a growing sport in Afghanistan and for a group of young Afghan women it has come to represent the hope of a better future and a demonstration of the improvement in women's rights in the country.

World Tour Top 10 Rankings after Cholo's Womens Pro and the World Title Race Rankings

Netball Singapore today announced the final 12 players who will represent the country at the 2010 NTUC FairPrice Foundation Nations Cup which begins on 6th December at Toa Payoh Sports Hall.

China's Xue Chen and Zhang Xi crushed Korea pair Lee Hyun-Jung and Lee Euna in a one-sided encounter on a day when all of the Korean players failed to make their mark at the 16th Asian Games Beach Volleyball competition in Guangzhou. photo FIVB

One all-Premier Division quarter final; Sutton Coldfield go for giant killing hat-trick, Tuesday 16 November 2010 When the England Hockey Board’s Women’s Cup resumes in the New Year.

Australian Stephanie Gilmore, the 4-time ASP world champion of surfing, eclipsed the field to win the Cholo's Hawaiian Pro today - the first leg of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing-Photo: Kelly Cestari.

The 2010/2011 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating continues this Friday with the Cup of Russia in Moscow. The Cup of Russia is the fifth of six events in the series

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - During October and November, nearly 2,400 boys and girls tried hockey for the first time as part of Hockey Days in various parts of the United States, including the Atlantic Region, Florida, Missouri, New England and Texas.

India's Dipika Pallikal made her mark in squash history by winning the Women's Nepal Open, the first Tour event to be staged in Nepal.

England are seeded to reclaim the Women's World Team Squash Championship title in New Zealand next month, according to the seedings announced today by the World Squash Federation.