Women sport news

Bryony Shaw was the stand out performer for Skandia Team GBR on the penultimate day of the ISAF Sailing World Cup event in Hyeres, France, on Thursday, as Britain secured 11 boats into Friday’s final races.

Sarah Ayton, one of the original three blondes in a boat, has unveiled her bid to become the first British woman to win three successive Olympic gold medals. photo onEdition

Zhang Yining, the respective Womens Singles gold medallists at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games has been named in the Chinese team for the Liebherr World Team Championships to be held in the Russian capital city of Moscow from Sunday 23rd to Sunday 30th May 2010.

London Marathon winner Liliya Shobukhova is the new leader in the All-Athletics.com world rankings for the first time in her career.

The U.S. Girls Youth National Team went undefeated in Pool C of the 2010 NORCECA Girls Youth (U-18) Continental Championship after sweeping Canada 25-14, 25-12, 25-14 Thursday evening at the Guatemala Dome in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Bryony Shaw heads the British charge at the half way stage of the French Olympic Sailing Week in Hyeres (Tuesday 27 August), leading her respective RS:X windsurfing fleets. photo onEdition

Today it was the turn of the Senior women to take centre stage at the European Championships in Birmingham, as 24 teams from across Europe entered the NIA for their first day of competition.

N0 3 seed Svetlana Kuznetsova was defeated in straight sets by Chinas Li Na 63 75. Shahar Peer also continues her campaign with a win over Agnieszka Radwanska in three sets 63 67 62.

Chelsea Ladies moved up to second in The FA Tesco Womens Premier League with a convincing 2-0 home victory over Leeds Carnegie.

Three England internationals, Hannah Barwood (Pictured right courtesy of leaderboardphotography.com), Holly Clyburn and Rachel Jennings, have been selected for the GB&I team for the 36th Curtis Cup match against the United States at Essex County Club, Massachusetts from June 11 to 13, 2010.

To be perfectly honest, I was pretty scared when I woke up yesterday morning. Not only was it my first race this season, I was also riding my new Kona (as beautiful as it is, I had only ridden it once and could just imagine having a mechanical half way into the race).

A win this week would add an exclamation point to an accomplished career of 27 wins, including two major championships, four Rolex Player of the Year Awards, four Vare Trophies and three years atop the Rolex Rankings.

The ‘Pocket Rocket’, who used last year’s Super8 fixture in Cardiff to springboard into a successful summer culminating in World Championship 800m Bronze in Berlin, will once again toe the line for the 400m, hoping to improve on last year’s second place behind Victoria Barr.

GB Standard Life womens head coach Tom Maher has selected a strong roster for his debut campaign leading the senior team as they look to qualify for the Eurobasket Championship which will be held in Poland in 2011.

Coming off the back of two and a half weeks of unusually great British weather, Horizon Fitness Girls were hoping for a dry and sunny race in the heart of Cheshire. We weren’t disappointed, although the heavens did open immediately after we arrived back at the HQ after our warm down!

Top-seeded Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca picked up where they left off last season on top of a SWATCH FIVB World Tour podium as the Brazilians defeated Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig of Germany for the gold medal at Brasília Open here Saturday morning at the opening event on international Beach Volleyball calendar. photo FIVB

The Scotland Womens National Team have overcome last weeks travel chaos and are now bound for Santiago, Chile for the BDO World Cup Qualifier later this week.

Russias Liliya Shobukhova wins the London Marathon.

Mystics proved to strong for Tactix, building on a quality first quarter, the LG Mystics fended off the Mercury Energy Tactix 59-50 in the sixth round ANZ Championship action in Auckland today.

The WTA Tour continues on Monday with the Porsche Grand Prix in Germany and The Grand Prix De Sar La Princesse Lalla Meryem.

Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars captain Jodie Fields has been ruled out of the ICC World Twenty20 being held in the West Indies next month, due to a hamstring injury.

Racing at the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds was canned today, halfway through the first race of the day. Disappointing for all involved – the race committee that had worked hard to get the course in place. photo Rolex

It was announced today that the Co-operative Netball Superleague Grand Final 2010 will be broadcast live on SKY Sports following football’s FA Cup Final on Saturday, 15th May. This top spot ensures netball is part of an action packed weekend of sport on SKY Sports.

There was something of a firework finale feeling to the end of Co-operative Netball Superleague season in the last game for Team Northumbria and Leeds Carnegie. Just a couple of goals decided three of the quarters but a big push by the visitors in the other nailed the result.

Mexican teenager Graciela Lopez Perez claimed an unexpected place in the quarter-finals of the Womens Racquet Club International after upsetting eighth seed Genevieve Lessard in the first round of the $12,150 WISPA World Tour squash event at The Racquet Club in St Louis, USA.

Twenty five archers will battle it out in June for places on the England team at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.