Women sport news

England Netball shooting sensation Jo Harten has been named as the new Loughborough Lightning captain following a community launch event held last weekend.

Netball Singapore today announced the final 12 players that will represent the country at the 2009 Nations Cup which begins on 6th December at Toa Payoh Sports Hall.

High flying Leicester kept up their 100% record in the EH Womens Premier division this weekend with a convincing 4-0 home win over Brooklands Poynton thus opening up the gap at the top of the table to a clear five points and incredibly with only four goals scored against them in ten games. photo John Coxon

The leading freestyle destination in Europe, LAAX, is proud to announce the date of the 5th European Freeski Open by Swatch. From March 3 to 6, 2010, the event will take place on Crap Sogn Gion mountain and at the brand-new rocksresort in LAAX, Switzerland. photo Stadler

The nation’s top badminton talent is set to return to the Manchester Velodrome, from 5th to 7th February for the English National Badminton Championships. photo Alan Spink

Australia\\\'s Rachael Grinham celebrated the 30th WISPA World Tour squash title of her career by beating home hope Engy Kheirallah in the final of the $29,500 Women\\\'s Sharm El Sheikh Open at Laguna Vista Resort in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. photo WISPA

Australia’s Kelsey Cottrell and Julie Keegan have ridden a 14-game winning streak to capture tonight’s (29/11) Hong Kong Classic against Malaysia’s Nor Hashima Ismail and Siti Zalina Ahmad.

The British Gas Disability Swimming Team enjoyed a promising first day of competition after winning one gold and two bronze medals at the inaugural IPC Swimming World Championships (25m) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Three late goals from Alex Scott, Lianne Sanderson and Rachel Unitt gave England victory over Turkey in their second World Cup qualifier in Izmir on Thursday afternoon. photo FA

Australia’s Sharyn Renshaw has continued her affinity with the $30,000 New Zealand Open by capturing her second singles crown in three years in Auckland earlier today.

Women’s Head Coach eyes three points from qualifier against Turkey. Hope Powell has urged her side to remain focused ahead of their second World Cup qualifier, in Turkey. photo FA

Australia’s Penny Landherr and Anne Johns have fallen narrowly short of capturing this year’s New Zealand Open in blustery conditions in Auckland today.

European under 23 champion Yuliya Sapunova forced Denmark’s Helle Frederiksen into the runner’s up spot for her third race in succession following a blistering run leg at the Eilat ITU Premium European Cup in Israel. photo ITU Triathlon.org

Netball fans can see TeamBath’s 2009/10 Superleague squad in action for the first time at home this season for free when they take-on a National League Premier 1 select side at the University of Bath on Friday (27th November).

When netball representatives from around Australia gather for a national conference next weekend, number one item on the agenda is the recommendations of the Independent Sport Panel on the Future of Sport in Australia.

FIVB Women’s World Grand Champions Cup winners Italy have been drawn to meet Olympic champions Brazil and the Netherlands while world champions Russia will take on China, Korea and the Dominican Republic after the Drawing of Lots of the FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Championships Japan 2010 were completed in the Okasaka Grand Prince Hotel on Tuesday. photo FIVB

In a sensational day for English squash at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in the Qatar capital Doha, Jenny Duncalf defeated the higher-ranked opponent in todays (Monday) finals of the Qatar Classic in straight games, to claim her biggest title on the international Tour. photo WISPA

Five-time U.S. ice dancing champions Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto announced today they will not compete at the 2009 International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 3-6, due to illness.

TeamBath head coach Jess Garland said the 2009/10 squad, which has an average age of just 21, is looking forward to the challenge of the new Superleague season. They get their campaign underway with a home contest against Northern Thunder on Thursday 10th December.

Australian teammates Penny Landherr and Anne Johns have cast off any doubts about their compatibility by surging into the semi-finals of the New Zealand Open in Auckland.

On Saturday 5 December The London Rollergirls presents their first league bout of the season – Ultraviolent Femmes vs Steam Rollers. With fresh new players this time around, both teams will be fighting for the first roller derby scalp of the season, just in time for Christmas.

After the disappointment of missing the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games due to a knee injury, Juliana Felisberta Silva of Brazil completed her successful return to the international Beach Volleyball scene by being honored as most outstanding women’s player on the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. photo FIVB

Englands Jenny Duncalf celebrated her second upset over Nicol David in two weeks when she beat the world number one from Malaysia in five games in the womens semi-finals of the Qatar Classic, the $74,000 WISPA World Tour squash event at Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in the Qatar capital Doha.

The Independent Womens Football League is pleased to announce that Annemarie Howland, representing the Binghamton Tiger Cats, has been awarded a full membership license, plus more news.

After losing to Canada on Wednesday for the first time in 11 years, France answered back defiantly in the rematch between the two nations on Saturday at Stade de France.

The Women’s National Selection Panel (WNSP) has today announced the Commonwealth Bank Shooting Stars (Australia Under-21) squad to play the NZ Emerging Players in a series of Twenty20 and 50-over matches in Sydney in December.