Women sport news

The Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced that it is looking favourably at the inclusion of a Figure Skating Team Event in the programme of the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014:

Algeria head coach Ikhedji Mouloud named his final 12-strong squad for the 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship, which starts on Friday in Japan. photo FIVB

The first day wraps up in Doha with Wozniacki, Stosur and Zvonareva all winning their matches on tuesday.

Top seed Caroline Wozniacki went down to Sam Stosur 64 63 on day 2 of end of season championships in Doha. Zvonareva and Clijsters also won through

The United States will embark on their FIVB Women's World Championship campaign in Japan this week hopeful about their prospects of winning a first-ever gold medal. photo FIVB

Olympic bronze medallists Zhang Xi and Xue Chen won the women's event after beating Kazakhstan's Tatyana Mashkova and Irina Tsimbalova in straight sets.

Seven U.S. women’s beach volleyball teams are in Sanya, China this week for the Sanya Open, an all-women’s tournament that is the second-to-last event on the 2010 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. photo FIVB

Five TransPac 52s that have been optimized for IRC are among the fleet of 27 IRC boats entered so far in the Storm Trysail Club’s IRC East Coast Championship set for a long Halloween weekend in Annapolis, Md.

It seems like a life time ago that we (that’s the ‘royal we' i.e Stef) were packing the car and heading off for the first world cup of the season in Aigle, Switzerland. Ten days, eight countries and two races later we are on our way home to Oudenaarde.

Malaysia's Nicol David moved ahead of her Tour title tally in 2009 when she picked up her eighth WISPA World Tour squash trophy of the year by beating Australian rival Rachael Grinham in the final of the inaugural Women's Torneo International Bicentenario Mexico at the Plaza Civica de Toluca in Toluca.

Bulgarian Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Kirilenko in straight sets to win her second WTA Tour Title at The Kremlin Cup.

Genny Tulloch (San Francisco, Calif.), ICSA’s 2004 Quantum Female College Sailor of the Year, sailing with Alice Manard Leonard (New Orleans, La.), Jenn Chamberlin (Annapolis, Md.), and 2006 Quantum Female College Sailor of the Year Alana O’Reilly (Charleston, S.C.), have won the 2010 Rolex Osprey Cup after a well-fought battle with defending champion Giulia Conti. photo Renée Athey

The world’s best short track speed skaters were back in action this weekend, kicking off the 2010-11 Korean Air ISU World Cup Short Track season at the Maurice Richard Arena in Montreal, Canada. A total of 23 countries participated in this first stop of the World Cup circuit; however, Korea was notably not in attendance.

The Women's Singles title for GUO Yue and earlier in the day, partnering LI Xiaoxia, the duo captured Women's Doubles gold. Guo Yue the 2010 Austrian Open Women's Singles champion Photo By: George Diener

Australias Lauren Mitchell won the overall Artistic Floor World Championship title today in Rotterdam. Read full results.

Puerto Rico's departure date for the 2010 FIVB Women’s World Championship arrived on Thursday with Carlos Cardona's squad setting out for Asia eight days ahead of their tournament opener against Italy on 29 October.

Canada coach Arnd Ludwig needs no telling about the size of the task facing his side at the 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship.

Puerto Rico's Yarleen Santiago and Dariam Acevedo capped off a successful year by claiming the women's gold medal in the Bicentennial Beach Volleyball Cup, the tenth and final stage of the NORCECA Circuit on Sunday. photo FIVB

The awards, which are voted for by teams, journalists, riders, UCI officials and sponsors take into account the overall event - including infrastructure, course quality and local facilities.

The Long Beach Marathon is always in October and this would be my 4th time on the start line. I run this marathon on behalf of Kool n Fit and enjoy spraying down the runners either at the expo or after the race!

Egypt successfully defended their Women's Junior African Nations Championship after they overcame hosts Tunisia in the final in Tunis on Tuesday as Algeria clinched bronze. photo FIVB

Second seed Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko come face to face in the Final of The Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Azarenka defeated Martinez Sanchez 63 63 while Kirilenko brushed Vera Dushevina aside 61 61

Hope Powell expressed satisfaction at her side's Peace Cup campaign after watching her charges beat New Zealand 3-0 in their final match in South Korea. photo FA

Olympic silver medalists Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) dance to gold. World Champions Qing Pang/Jian Tong (CHN) win Pairs. photo US Figure Skating

This weekend we were down in Switzerland for the first round of the UCI World cup cyclo-cross season at the UCI headquarters in Aigle. It was a wicked course, really interesting and I was really really happy as I got my best world cup result since 2008/9 season.

Beth Tweddle regains Asymmetric bars title at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championship in Rotterdam. The womens vault was won by American Alicia Savramone.