Women sport news

In Kyung Kim won the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters by three strokes on Saturday, but Michelle Wie gave the South Korean a run for her money. photo seoulsisters.com

Moama Bowling Club has been confirmed as the battleground for test warfare next year when Australia confronts England in a vital pre-Commonwealth Games hit out.

Britain’s Amy Williams matched her best performance of the season to finish fourth in the fifth round of the Skeleton World Cup in Altenberg, Germany today (Friday).

The Pan American Cups for both men and women will take place in Puerto Rico and Mexico next year. photo FIVB

Great Britain claimed a well deserved and memorable victory over Argentina in Salta on Thursday evening with goals from Kate Walsh and Hannah Macleod, her first for GB, completing a superb comeback after the hosts had taken the lead in the 11th minute.

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George surfer Bianca Buitendag (16) made a clean sweep of the U20 and premier Open divisions of the 2009 Roxy Wahine Cup in clean two to three foot waves at Suncoast Beach, taking home R12,500 in prize money for her combined victories.

The U.S. Ski Teams Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) was eighth Sunday in an Audi FIS World Cup slalom in Are, Sweden. Frances Sabrine Aubert put down the fastest second run to take the win over the Riesch sisters of Germany, with Maria second and Susanne third for her first World Cup podium. photo Doug Haney US Ski Team

Karen Thatcher (Blaine, Wash.) and Hilary Knight (Hanover, N.H.) both netted goals for Team USA, but the U.S. Womens National Team fell to Canada, 4-2, in Qwest Tour action here tonight at the University of Denvers Magness Arena. The teams will rematch on Tuesday (Dec. 15) in Calgary, before their final Qwest Tour meeting on Dec. 30, in St. Paul, Minn.

Both sides in second round action of the Co-operative Netball Superleague in Cardiff were looking to get that vital first win of the season and despite a massive push in the last quarter of the game it was the visitors, Team Northumbria who bagged the two points.

Surrey Storm are top of The Co-operative Netball Superleague two games into their debut season. After an impressive outing in Newcastle on Saturday, they completed their tour of northern England with a 13 goal win over Northern Thunder.

Englands Emma Beddoes picked up the third WISPA World Tour squash title of her career when she beat local star Annelize Naude in the final of the $4,000 Womens Flowerbulb Open at Squash Hillegom in the Dutch town of Hillegom. photo WISPA

The latest international squash circuit events in Kuala Lumpur ended in successes for Nicolas Mueller and Low Wee Wern in the NSC Series No9 championships at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in the Malaysian capital. photo WISPA

Great Britain coach Danny Kerry was left feeling “very pleased” after his inexperienced side matched the world number two side Argentina in the second test of five in Salta on Sunday evening.

Brittany Phelan (Mont Tremblant, QC) led the way as Canadians took the top five spots in today’s Northwest Funds Coupe Nor-Am Cup ladies slalom in Panorama Mountain Village near Invermere, BC.

After steadily progressing toward a top 10 World Cup result for the past two seasons, Anna Goodman (Pointe Claire, QC) earned it for the first time in her career in today’s slalom at Åre, SWE. photo Alpine Canada

Salt Lake City was the last World Cup before the Olympics and the skating was fast. Jenny Wolf (GER) started with a world record of 37.00 on the 500m, Shani Davis (USA) hugely improved the 1500m to 1:41.04

Following on from her win in Italy on Tuesday, Kona FSA rider Helen Wyman rode to victory in Wetzikon, Switzerland today. With temperatures around –2 degrees, it was never going to be an easy day for any of the riders.

In the Girls Singles event, the surprises were few and far between with Germanys Anna Krieghoff, Chinas Gu Yuting and Romanias Bernadette Szocs being the players to upset the pecking order. Anna Krieghoff maintained her form to emerge as a group winner Photo By: Rémy Gros

Great Britain’s five match test series against Argentina got off to a disappointing start in Salta on Saturday as four second half goals from Las Leonas undid the hard work that Danny Kerry’s side had put into an encouraging first period.

The England womens cricket team was honoured at the Sports Journalists Association Awards on Wednesday, winning the prestigious Team of the Year award. photo Christopher Lee

France’s Tessa Worley won a World Cup giant slalom for the second time in her career, taking today’s GS in Åre, SWE.

Olympic Kelly Clark (Mt. Snow, VT) was killing it as usual Saturday as she landed a run to finish first at the Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix - the first of five Olympic qualification events.

After pleasing results in her last four races including 10th at the World Cup in Koksijde Gabby Day has announced that FractureSport have become her official energy product and suplement sponsor