England women showed their superiority with an emphatic 147 run win over Ireland women today, in their first one day international of the season, at Kibworth Cricket Club, Leicester.
BARUERI (2010 FIBA World Championship for Women) - The real work has begun for new Brazil coach Carlos Colinas as he attempts to mold the national team into a force ahead of the FIBA World Championship for Women. photo FIBA
Chicago Bandits GM Aaron M. Moore announced today that Olympic softball pitcher Jennie Finch will be in uniform for the Bandits on Thursday, July 8 in Elgin, Ill. and Friday, July 9 in Joliet, Ill.
The women were scheduled to commence battle as soon as the men’s fleet had been whittled down to the top 16. Unfortunately, this left
them hanging on tenterhooks, eager to get out on the water to show off their skills. photo PWA
When she started squad training on the Clyde off Largs as a 12-year-old, little did Scotland's Charlotte Dobson ever expect that she would race a crucial world championships event on the same stretch of water.
Sixteen-year-old Zoe Smith was today named in a 12-strong England weightlifting team to compete at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games. Smith becomes the youngest athlete yet selected for the England team for Delhi – she is a month younger than swimmer Rebecca Ajula-Bushell.
The Riders who will represent Great Britain at the Children, Junior and Young Rider European Championships have been announced. The European Championships will take place in Jardy, France between 13th and 18th July 2010.
A fine effort by AL-MOHANNADI and likewise Valentina SABITOVA and Katarzyna GRZYBOWSKA excelled. Katarzyna GRZBOWSKA in fine form on opening day at Egypt Open Photo By: tabletennisphotos.com
Round five of the ITU Triathlon World Cup Series heads to Holten, Holland this weekend, to kick off the first of four big weekends of ITU racing action.
Honiton Ultra Distance Runner Heather Founding-Hawker has just returned from Antibes on her latest running adventure. The French Ultra Festival brought runners from several countries to compete in Antibes just outside Nice on the Sunny South of France
Queenslander Lisa Camilleri claimed the spoils at the Victorian Open Squash Championships - but was made to work hard for her victory in the finals of the international Tour event in Melbourne.
The top two seeds battled for almost an hour in the final of the Des Pyramides Open in France before favourite Annie Au emerged triumphant in the $17,250 WISPA World Tour squash event at Squash Pyramides in Le Port Marly, near Paris. photo WISPA
The Dutch Wheelchair Basketball team (Rollers) have beaten the GB team in a fiercely contested opening match of the Wheelchair Basketball World Championships’ with the narrowest of margins, 39-38. Report and pictures from John Coxon
Bay of Magic defeated The NSW Swifts 54-49 to head into the final against The Adelaide Thunderbirds on the 11th July at The Adelaide Entertainment Centre
British Columbia beat Ontario in the torrid heat and humidity of Toronto,
taking the National Women's League Tier One championship by a 34-22 score on Sunday.
AFTER their free-scoring performances against Scotland last week, England
Under-21 Women faced a much stiffer test in Spain, and battled to a 1-1 draw with their rivals in the first of three matches at Lilleshall in Shropshire on Sunday.
The squad to represent Netherlands , current World and Olympic Champions , at Highfields, Nottingham , 10th -18th July for the Samsung Hockey Women’s Champions Trophy has been announced by Coach Herman Kruis at the end of the very recent Rabo Trophy Tournament.
Gloucestershire’s Sian James won the English open mid-amateur championship at her home club, Bristol & Clifton, when she defeated Germany’s Michele Holzwarth 2/1 in the final. photo ELGA.
Two was the magic number today as the Chicago Bandits’ swept the double header to preserve their undefeated streak against the Tennessee Diamonds with four wins in the five game series.
A faultless repertoire of moves ensures Estredo claims victory ahead of Thode, whilst Offringa dominates the female fleet to take top honors. photo Paul Grittiths
Allison Felix was among the winners on Saturday at The Prefontaine Classic in Oregon. Felix won the 200m with Amantle Montsho in second. Jamacian Veronica Campbell Brown won the 100 metres with Shelly -Ann Fraser in second.
Kara PATTERSON (USA)I guess it was my last one again, just like last week. The competition was a littleslow at the beginning for everybody. You just have to take it in stride and figure
out how you're going to pick up the intensity in the end.
With two Brazilian teams playing for a SWATCH FIVB World Tour women’s gold medal for the 43rd time in 208 international Beach Volleyball events, top-seeded Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca topped the podium here Saturday at US$600,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam by defeating compatriots Maria Antonelli and Talita Antunes in two sets.
All-rounder Sophie Devine starred as New Zealand wrapped up a 2-1 NatWest Women's International T20 Series win over England with a nine-run victory at Hove.
After competing on the snowboardcross World Cup Circuit for eight years and making two World Championships appearances in 2005 and 2007, Marni Yamada (Seattle, WA) announced her retirement following the 2009-2010 winter season with U.S. Snowboarding.
