Women sport news

Round 7 of the Jaguar Classic Parts Saloon Championship took place over the weekend at the circuit originally built for motorbike racing. Gail was really looking forward to the meeting in part because it is effectively her home track.

Beach Volleyball festival in this European country started here Monday afternoon in the capital of Carinthia as pairs from Brazil and Germany played women’s Country Quota playoff matches to help set the field for this week’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour stop. photo FIVB

The women’s qualifier here Tuesday at the US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by Volksbank featured a 32-team, 24-match schedule with pairs from eight countries advancing to Wednesday’s opening Main Draw rounds in the SWATCH FIVB World Tour stop. photo FIVB

British champion Kelly Tidy will warm-up for her debut appearance in the Ricoh Women’s British Open alongside some of the biggest names in the game.

Diamonds coach Norma Plummer has today announced the Australian 19/U team at the AIS.

Diamonds young guns have left a lasting impression on Diamonds coach Norma Plummer with an inexperienced trio forcing their way into the Diamonds 15-player squad.

For the sixth-time on the Plages du Prado Gaston Defferre center court, a Brazilian women’s team has topped the podium as Maria Antonelli and Talita Antunes defeated the Austrian Schwaiger sisters in two sets to win the gold medal here Sunday at the US$380,000 World Series 13. photo FIVB

The Akron Racers treated 2,772 fans in attendance today to a twinbill sweep of the first place Chicago Bandits with 5-2 victories in both games at Firestone Stadium.

Teenage giant-slayer Lisa Phillips has turned the BCiB Queensland Open on its head after eliminating world number five and tournament favourite Kelsey Cottrell from the main draw at the Bribie Island Bowls Club today (25/7).

Four female rowers have become the first women ever to row around the coast of Britain. photo onEdition

The New Idea Australian Netball League (ANL) fires into action tomorrow with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) taking on the Canberra Darters in the opening match of the competition, now in its third year.

Today’s opening round of the CIMB Malaysian Open produced a series of stunning upsets at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur – none more so than Egyptian qualifier Raneem El Weleily’s four-game defeat of third seed Rachael Grinham in the women’s $53,500 WISPA World Tour Gold event.

Samsung FIH Champions Trophy Final 2010, Nottingham. Las Leonas, ( "The Lionesses") Argentina, beat World Ranked First, the Netherlands, in thrilling finish to the Samsung FIH Champions Trophy final ( their third Trophy win in a row) in no mean part due to the scoring ability of Maria Noel Barrionuevo who netted a hat trick and equalled three Trophy records in the same day.

SAMSUNG FIH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY 2010. The English Womens squad made history this weekend taking bronze, in the Samsung FIH World Championship Trophy, Nottingham. This is their first ever medal in the 23 year old history of the event beating World Ranked 4th Germany in convincing style 2-1.

England women lost the fifth and final match of the NatWest Women’s One Day International Series at Lord’s today despite having already claimed a series win over New Zealand in the penultimate match of the series.

The Sime Darby Group and event organisers IMG today announced that two of the 10 available exemption spots in the inaugural Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia have been awarded to Malaysian professional golfers Cindy Lee-Pridgen and Jean Chua.

TOULOUSE ( 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship for Women ) – China head into Monday’s day off with a perfect 3-0 mark to top Group B of the Preliminary Round and forward Meng Li has been a big reason for that perfect start. photo FIBA

TOULOUSE (2010 FIBA U17 World Championship for Women) – As the youngest player on the Australia team competing at the FIBA U17 World Championship for Women, Carley Mijovic gets teased by her team-mates. But on the court, as the second tallest (197cms) player on her team and one of towering players in the tournament, she is given the respect she deserves. photo FIBA

Chicago Bandits' pitcher, Jennie Finch, will be making an appearance and playing for the Chicago Bandits in their second Battle of the Sexes game on Monday, August 9 at 7:00 p.m.

National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) icon and Bandits’ pitcher Jennie Finch announced her retirement plans today, stating her professional and international softball career will end following the final Chicago Bandits home stand and NPF playoffs in August.

Caroline Zhang, the 2007 World Junior champion and 2009 U.S. bronze medalist, announced today she has ended her five-year professional relationship with coach Mingzhu Li and will train with Tammy Gambill.

Liz Halliday will race two vintage Alfa Romeos at this weekend's Silverstone Classic, marking the iconic Italian manufacturer's centenary in style at the 'Home of British Motorsport'.

On Saturday 24 July 2010 a record 140 armour clad adrenaline junkies from all over the UK will take on the gruelling challenge of The Hope Endurance Downhill, the toughest downhill mountain biking endurance race on the UK calendar, at Nevis Range, Fort William in the Outdoor Capital of the UK.

European Athletics is pleased to announce that hammer world champion Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland have been voted as the European Female Athlete of the Month for June.

With less than one week to go until the Opening Ceremony for the 2010 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Powerlifting World Championships, athletes and coaches are travelling from all around the world to the host city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

After driving through the 2010 Sitting Volleyball World Championships with relative ease, the U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball ran into a roadblock called China in the gold medal match and fell 25-18, 25-20, 25-15 on Sunday at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO).