Women sport news

In Santa Pola, Spain, in what can only be described as a cliff hanger week of racing at the Formula Windsurfing World Championships, Allison Shreeve of Australia has finished on equal points in first place, but has had to settle for runner up this year. photo credit fotoalive.eu

KPWT is proud to announce that the Dakhla Kiteboard World Cup is to be held on the 27 September, ending on the 3rd October 2009 in Morocco.

Piper Gilles and Zach Donohue, the junior bronze medalists at the 2009 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships, and senior ice dancing team Jane Summersett and Todd Gilles announced today they have ended their two- and three-year professional relationships.

The 2009-2010 ISU World Cup Short Track season opened last weekend in Beijing, China at the Beijing Capital Gymnasium. With the 2010 Winter Olympic Games on the calendar this season, only four World Cup stops are scheduled and each World Cup expected to be as exciting as the other.

At just 16 years old, schoolgirl Alice Powell is the youngest female to have competed in the Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship, the 150mph single-seater race series which provides a stepping stone to Formula 1.

Local schoolgirl and racing driver Alice Powell has been shortlisted for the 2009 “Women of the Future Awards”. (www.womenofthefuture.co.uk)

The International Triathlon Union announced today, almost nine years since the inaugural Olympic Games triathlon, that the 2010 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series will come to Sydney next year as the sport returns to the iconic Australian city in April.

Described as ‘Soldiers of development’ the latest army of sports coaches, media students and construction workers armed with footballs, cameras and hard hats touched down in Lusaka Airport, Zambia.

Naomi Taylor, a super league netballer, has been working alongside the Netball Association Zambia (NAZ) to help create a national youth league following Zambia’s latest disappointing position in the netball world rankings.

The U.S. Women\'s National Volleyball Team, ranked second in the world, dropped a heart-breaking five-set match to Cuba 19-25, 16-25, 25-16, 28-26, 15-10 on Wednesday evening in NORCECA Continental Championship Pool B action being held at Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

Dutch number one Natalie Grinham ensured domestic interest in the quarter-finals of the Forexx Women’s World Open Squash 2009 when she beat former compatriot Kasey Brown in straight games in the second round of the $118,000 WISPA World Tour event at Frans Otten Stadion in the Netherlands capital Amsterdam.

New Zealand defeated the Aussies in style to take the final test in the series. Australia won the overall series 3-2. photo kangaroophotos.com

Annelize Naude will take Dutch interest into the qualifying finals of the Forexx Women’s World Open Squash 2009 after a revenge win over Welsh opponent Deon Saffery in today\'s second qualifying round of the $118,000 WISPA World Tour event at Frans Otten Stadion in the Netherlands capital Amsterdam.

Joey Chan, a 21-year-old from Hong Kong, disappointed Dutch fans in tonights (Tuesday) last match in the qualifying finals of the Forexx Women’s World Open Squash 2009 when she beat Annelize Naude. Sarah Kippax dispatched Indias Dipika Pallikal in five games.

British Cycling announced the female who will be competing in the forthcoming 2009 UCI Road World Championships held in Mendrisio, Switzerland from the 23 – 27 September.

With fewer than 150 days to go until the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, Britain’s bob skeleton sliders are about to take to the ice to begin their campaign to qualify for the Games.

Earning their place at the top, the GB team bagged four gold, one silver and four bronze medals at the 2009 GB World Cup in Birmingham.

Three of Canada’s leading sport organizations have joined together to express support for South African 800 meter runner Caster Semenya.

The Australian Diamonds have sealed the best-of-five trans-Tasman series with a nail-biting one goal win over the Silver Ferns in Invercargill. photo kangaroophotos.com

Enjoying a day of brilliant sunshine, mild temperatures and light breezes off the Irish Sea, Poland’s Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinka overpowered previously unbeaten Netherlands’ tandem Danielle Remmers/Michelle Stiekema to win the gold medal Sunday of the 2009 SWATCH FIVB Junior World Championships, for players under 21 years old.

The 2010 Womens International Squash Players Association Calendar is launched today (Monday) at the Forexx Women’s World Open Championship in Amsterdam following an alluring photo shoot during the Cayman Islands Open, featuring the top WISPA players in designer swimwear.

Ga Young defeated Kelly Fisher in the final of the Colorado Classic, Fisher looking for her first win of the season. Young won 7-3 and picks up her second title of the year. photo Anne Craig

Hannah completed the 1.9km open water swim in freezing cold Loch Linnhe, the 90km mountain bike ride on the long, loose climbs and fast singletrack descents of Glen Nevis and the 21km fell run up (and then back down) Ben Nevis in a blistering 8 hours 19 minutes and 54 seconds.

Heather Foundling Hawker brings home team Gold at the 1st Ultra distance and mountain running commonwealth championships, last weekend.

GB & I squad have been named as part of the preparation for the 36th Curtis Cup match which will be played at Essex County Club, Massachusetts from June 11 to 13, 2010.

Brazil coach Paulo Bassul has released center Nádia Colhado from national team duty, leaving him with just one more player to cut to have a 12-member squad at the FIBA Americas Championship. photo FIBA