Women sport news

Darwin basketballer Jaylene Bonson has her sights set on the Australian Opals after gaining selection in the Australian under-17 squad.

Cambridge undergraduate Karen Hird, 20, went into the record books as the youngest ever winner of a world Real Tennis title when she and singles champion Charlotte Cornwallis, 35, outhit Australian number 1 Amy Hayball and Britain’s Juliette Lambert.

Britain is set to welcome some of Europe’s strongest water polo nations when Manchester hosts the LEN Women’s European Nations Trophy this summer.

U.S. Figure Skating delegates elected Patricia St. Peter as the 30th president of U.S. Figure Skating Saturday at the 2009 Governing Council meeting in Buffalo, N.Y.

The world’s top modern pentathletes will battle it out for honours in London when the World Championships get underway 99 days from today.

It is April, and Triathlon season is officially here! Today I decided to test my legs at Bonelli tri which declares it is the oldest triathlon series, now in its 27th year! With the same family still running it! (The only other triathlon I know in the states to be running this long is Wildflower)

A unique shooting performance by former Silver Fern Donna Wilkins propelled Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel to a 61-52 victory over LG Mystics in Auckland tonight. The Adelaide Thunderbirds steamed ahead to def NSW Swifts 51-40, while Magic defeated bottom of the table Pulse 59-36. photo Micheal Bradley

Seventy-seven teams converged on Galveston, Texas on May 9 for the Texas Open, part of USA Volleyball’s Beach Junior Tour.

Malaysias world number one Nicol David celebrated her 50th appearance in a WISPA World Tour final in appropriate style in the climax of the inaugural Womens Cayman Islands Open - playing her best squash for over a year to beat world number two Natalie Grainger in straight games and avenge her recent defeat by the US star. photo WISPA

Bethan Simpson, daughter of MEP (Member European Parliament) Brian, has just completed a two week trip to Lebanon, where she has made quite an impression on the local rugby league community.

After seven years and six great champions, the Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill has its first two-time winner.

HAVANA (FIBA Americas Championship for Women) - Cuba are to travel to Spain and play a series of friendly games as part of their preparations for September’s FIBA Americas Championship for Women in Brazil. photo FIBA

Reigning champion Charlotte Cornwallis, 35, won both the singles and doubles crowns at the Women’s World Real Tennis Championship at Newport, Rhode Island.

Reunion’s Canelle Bulard (15) today stamped her authority on the long right hand waves of Ponta d’Ouro in Mozambique as she took out the win in the third annual Roxy Invitational and walked away with R10,000 in prize money.

The Canadian Open Synchronized Swimming Championships wrapped up Sunday afternoon. The four-day event at the Peps, Universite Laval in Quebec City, QC, featured over 140 of Canada’s top junior and senior (Tier 7) swimmers from across the country.

Anna Tunnicliffe has grown to be a well known and highly classed sailor, winning gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics for Women’s Laser Radial class

The Canadian Para-Alpine Ski Team (CPAST) has begun the long process of training for the IPC World Cup season as well as the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games, opening the summer training season this past week with a dryland training camp and physical testing in Calgary, AB. photo Alpine Canada

Sasha Cohen, the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, three-time World medalist and six-time U.S. medalist, announced today her intention to return to competitive figure skating. The return follows a three-year absence from competition for Cohen. photo Paul Harvath US Figureskating

After defending its world title for the first time at the 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation World Womens Championship last month, the U.S. Womens National Team was named the U.S. Olympic Committees Team of the Month for April. In addition, Caitlin Cahow (Branford, Conn.) was honored as the USOCs Athlete of the Month.

Jessica Ennis (City of Sheffield) has made a very encouraging comeback to the heptathlon at the Multistars IAAF Combined Events Challenge in Desenzano del Garda in Italy. photo PA

With less than 100 days to go to the Berlin world championships, Australia’s established and emerging stars have produced a string of promising performances at the Osaka Grand Prix in Japan this afternoon.

U.S stars Allyson Felix and Brittney Reese all won their respective events Friday at the 2009 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar.

The worlds two highest-ranked squash players will contest a dream final of the Womens Cayman Islands Open after Nicol David and Natalie Grainger prevailed in the semi-finals of the inaugural $37,500 WISPA World Tour event at South Sound Squash Club in Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands.

With a 1-0 victory over Hillhead in the play-off yesterday, Highland Ladies have won promotion into the first division of the women’s Subway national league for the first time in their history.

The Route Organisation-sponsored Cheshire Women failed to follow up their excellent opening day win as they were well beaten by a strong Yorkshire side in Leeds.

Halfords, the UK’s leading cycle retailer has joined forces with Welsh Cycling to bring back the Welsh National Champions Jersey, which recognises the achievements of Welsh cyclists.