Women sport news

The tenth year jubilee of the biggest and most prestigious snowboard event in Slovakia, the Sony Ericsson Snowboard Fest, ended successfully this weekend in the Drienica ski resort on Saturday, 20th February 2010.

Amy Williams claimed Great Britain’s first solo Winter Olympics gold medal for 30 years with a stunning performance in the women’s skeleton. Williams, 27, became Britain’s first medalist of the 2010 games in Vancouver, smashing her own track record along the way. Report by David Brenchley

Andrea Fischbacher has delivered a gold medal to Austria for the first time at the alpine ski racing events of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

Norway\\\'s Marit Bjoergen came from behind to earn her second gold medal of the 2010 Olympics on a sunny day in Whistler, adding her victory in the 15K pursuit to an earlier sprint win.

In a thrilling match at the Echo Stadium in Liverpool, the Australian Netball Diamonds have been defeated by England 41-40. It is the first time England has defeated Australia in a Test match since 1981.

Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) charted a courageous line through Thursday afternoons slalom run to earn her second silver in two events. photo Doug Haney US Ski Team

The U.S. Olympic Womens Ice Hockey Team scored three first-period goals in less than four minutes en route to a 6-0 victory against Finland here this afternoon in its third and final preliminary-round game of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Team USA will face Sweden in the semifinal round Monday (Feb. 22) at 12 p.m. PST.

Maria Riesch of Germany grabbed gold in a thrilling ladies super combined today at the Olympic Winter Games in Whistler, BC.

Sports drink Powerade has announced that they are backing the Northern Rock Cyclone Challenge sportive for 2010. The drinks will be distributed at feed stations on the 33, 63 and grueling 104 mile routes.

Undoubtedly the comeback queen of 2009, multi-events star Jessica Ennis has started the year where she finished off; by capitalising – and improving – on the scintillating form that took her to world heptathlon glory last summer. Interview Nicola Bamford

Qualifiers for the much-anticipated World Netball Championships 2011 kick off in the various continents during the second half of this year, as they prepare for the competition in Singapore come July 2011.

For the first time in the event’s history, the top twenty female golfers from the Rolex Women’s World Golf Ranking will roll into town for the HSBC Women’s Champions 2010 as part of the 63 player line up at Tanah Merah Country Club from 25-28 February. photo Getty Images

In one of the greatest performances in U.S. ski racing history, Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) became the first American woman to win downhill gold, while Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) took silver Wednesday for the first 1-2 American finish since 1984.

Olympic gold medalists Hannah Teter (Belmont, VT) and Kelly Clark (Mt. Snow) added silver and bronze to their respective trophy cases, while Australias Torah Bright brought the gold medal Down Under with a final run 45.0 in Thursday nights womens halfpipe.

In response to a number of media enquiries British Skeleton would like to answer a number of questions regarding the growth and success of the sport over the past eight years and our vision on to 2014.

Two Woodroffe pupils were not only judged to be the best schools acrobatic pair in the south west region last week, but also they won their way through to compete in the national finals.

Imagine exceeding the qualifying standard for a major global championship and finishing inside your nations top-three metric milers in the trial, only to miss out on gracing the biggest international arena – two years running. Feature by Nicola Bamford

The Australian Diamonds have recorded another impressive victory against Scotland in the second Test of their UK Tour, defeating the home side 76 – 18 in Glasgow.

The U.S. Olympic Womens Ice Hockey Team scored an Olympic record seven power-play goals en route to a 13-0 victory over Russia here this afternoon in its second game of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Team USA improved to 2-0-0-0 with the win and secured a spot in the tournaments semifinal round.

On February 13th-14th, 2010, the Lone Star Billiards Tour held its first 9-Ball event of the year at Bogies Billiards & Games in Houston, Texas. Even though it was Valentine’s weekend, 54 players turned out for the open event and 16 women came out on Sunday to compete for their own $1,100 purse.

The ACT’s Kate Carriage has produced a remarkable comeback to top flight bowls after guiding her Weston Creek triples combination through to the semi-finals of the $125,000 Australian Open in Shepparton.

American Lindsey Vonn put a well publicized injury aside today, finishing with the top time in a split ladies downhill training run at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Whistler, BC.

Charlotte Kalla won gold for Sweden in the first cross country event of these Games, while Caitlin Compton (Minneapolis) was the top finisher for the U.S. in 30th after a long, hard fight to reach her first Olympics at 29.

The U.S. Olympic Alpine Ski Team bore its teeth in a speedy return to action today, with Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) and Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) going 1-2 in the first session of downhill training and four Americans landing among the top 20 in the afternoon session Monday. photo Dough Haney US Ski Team

Get the girls together and get very excited. Ladies Day 2010 is just around the corner and this year it promises to be better than ever. Ladies Day at Cheltenham is like no other. Win tickets on facebook.

The Australian Diamonds have kicked-off their 2010 international season with a classy 56-goal win over Scotland. The new-look Diamonds side were out to impress in Glasgow with the Australians recording a polished performance from start to finish .