Women sport news

Maui Butterfly Effect Join us for our 4th Annual, all women, downwinder from Ho\\\'okipa to Kanaha Beach Park - Windsurf - SUP - Kite - APRIL 17th!

The inaugural Roll With RVCA contest in Port Elizabeth saw a massive turnout at The Pipe on Sunday, the biggest turnout ever for a non-provincial event in PE

Port Alfred, Eastern Cape - Oakley South Africa is proud to announce the 2010 edition of the Oakley Pro Junior surfing event.

Britt Janyk (Whistler, BC) won the 13th GMC Canadian championship of her career today, picking up her second title of the 2010 event in Nakiska, AB.

The 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam slopestyle and halfpipe finals both went down today under sunny skies at Mammoth Mountain in California and Enni Rukajärvi (FIN) has been officially declared the womens Swatch TTR World Snowboard Champion for the 2009/2010 season.

In the run up to London 2012 we’re looking to train people to be sports officials. The LDA and Sport England have set up Official Sports London to provide funding to help Londoners aged 16+ gain qualifications and volunteer to support sport in London.

British Cycling is delighted to announce a new four-year partnership with Gatorade, the world’s most researched sports drink.

Free bananas will be available for all riders at the Northern Rock Cyclone Challenge sportive in June thanks to a sponsorship from Del Monte.

The British team to compete at next weeks Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Medway, which runs from Thursday 8 to Sunday 11 April, has now been finalised.

Honiton coach James Reddy is now one of the highest ranked acrobatic gymnastics judges in the UK, after gaining top marks in his recent international ‘brevet’ exams.

Vancouver, 30 March 2010 - The International Triathlon Union is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.

The International Triathlon Union is proud to launch the 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series in Sydney, site of the first Olympic Games Triathlon, joined by the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, Global Charity Partner of ITU.

Caster Semenya (pictured), the world 800 metres champion, should be allowed to return to the track despite a gender row, her lawyers have claimed in a move that could cause a major showdown with the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

The world\'s dominant 400-meter runner in 2009 and the World Athlete of the Year in Athletics, Richards also was the winner of USATF\'s Jesse Owens Award as the nation\'s top female track and field athlete of the year.

Double Paralympic gold medallist Eleanor Simmonds claimed her first British title of the year tonight as she comfortably won the womens MD 400 metres freestyle on day one of the 2010 British Gas Swimming Championships at Ponds Forge in Sheffield

Double Paralympic gold medallist Simmonds is joined by multiple British medallists including Matthew Walker, Liz Johnson and David Roberts as the home nation take on swimmers representing Europe, the Americas and Rest of The World for the BT Paralympic World Cup trophy.

Milne Craig Western defender Catriona Forrest is included in the squad of seventeen announced today by Scotland coach Gordon Shepherd for the World Cup Qualifier to be held in Santiago (Chile), starting on April 24.

Northamptonshire teenager Charley Hull (pictured) gave herself a belated 14th birthday present when she won The Leveret at Formby Ladies with a five-under par total of 137.

REANNE Evans is hoping for the joy of six at the women’s world snooker championships which kick off in Cambridge on Saturday (April 3).

Late season swells are the call as the El Nino (Christ child) continues.

Canadas Lauren Woolstencroft, the golden girl of the 2010 Winter Paralympics, has revealed that she remains in shock over her own accomplishments after picking up five gold medals on her home slope.

Victoria Pendleton made amends for British teammate Sir Chris Hoys early elimination today with her eighth track cycling world championship title.

World and Olympic womens shot put champion Valerie Vili has split with her coach of 11 years, she told a news conference today.

Vancouver: It was a great start to the 2010 World Cup season for reigning ITU Duathlon World Champion Vendula Frintova of the Czech Republic.

Number 5 seed Elena Dementieva was blown away by former world number 1 Justine Henin in two sets 63 62. Zheng Jie also bowed out to Virginie Razzano 64 62.

England eased past Austria 3-0 at Loftus Road to keep up their 100 per cent record in the World Cup qualifiers. Report by David Brenchley. photo FA