Women sport news

Vision 1 Racing and Bio-Racer are proud to announce their new partnership. They will be providing all the cycling clothing to Vision 1 in 2009.

Their aviation success is a very proud moment for us all. Im not 100% sure, but Im almost positive that we might have made history on Thursday, February 12, 2009.

Tambien Texto en Espanol- Japans Kiyomi Niwata won the race but the Oceania title went to Australian, 25 year old Sarah Crowley.

Kelly Sotherton (Birchfield Harriers), Jade Johnson (Herne Hill Harriers) have both withdrawn from the Aviva Great Britain and Northern Ireland Team for this weekend’s European Indoor Championships in Turin, Italy.

European Athletics have confirmed the Athletes that will be participating at The European Indoor Championships in Torino March 6-8.

Russias Maria Kirilenko got the seeds off to a winning start at the first Monterrey Open, but by the end of the day the event had lost top seed Agnieszka Radwanska, who fell to Chinas Li Na

England and Saracens player Maggie Alphonsi is hoping this weeks IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens could be second time lucky for her.

The University of Minnesota retained the No. 1 position on this week\'s USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women’s College Hockey Poll, following wins against Bemidji State University this past weekend.

The world’s top golfers are, at times, a travel-weary group; spending sometimes as much as 30 or even 40 weeks of the year on the road. Despite that, the stars of the women’s game are eagerly anticipating arriving in the Lion City for next week’s HSBC Women’s Champions. photo Scott Halleran Getty Images

FIBA conducted the draw for the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship for Women in Bangkok, Thailand, host of this years U19 Worlds, and the USA has been placed in Group D, along with China, Mali and Spain. Sixteen countries will compete in the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship that will be held July 23-Aug. 2. photo FIBA

Monday’s Roxy Pro Gold Coast Round 1 action was dominated by the 2009 ASP Top 17 rookie class. Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS), 18, secured the highest heat total of the event with an 18.77 out of a possible 20 for a series of blistering forehand maneuvers.

Tunnicliffe (age 26), a first-time winner, was cited for her rise to number one in the world rankings and her gold-medal performance in the Laser Radial at the 2008 Olympic Games in China. Her excellent 2008 sailing resume made her the panel’s unanimous choice for the award.

Thee Canadians placed in the top 30 in the final FIS World Cup downhill race prior to the World Cup Finals to be held in Ã…re, SWE in mid March. photo Alpine Canada

It is nearly 9am on a very cold morning in Palm Springs, while most people are celebrating Valentines Day I find my self just rolling out of the car park with my friend Jodi and her sister in Law Sherry for a wee 100 mile ride.

Spring Break in Lake Havasu awaits. Warm weather, a challenging course and triathletes from 30 different states make this a must do season opener.

In the morning I woke at 5am, the half marathon put on by Greg Klein (Klein sports) did not start until 7am but I needed a cup of Java, prepared my running gear and felt remarkably fresh considering the 115 mile bike ride yesterday!

Leeds sweep The Celtic Dragons aside with a 28-56 defeat. It was a tight match but Mavericks came away the winners at full time 48-36.

Englands Rachael Burford says she and her teammates are ready for the biggest tournament of their lives, when the IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens kicks-off later this week.

Tappen to Serve as Master of Ceremonies for 2009 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Ceremony in Boston • Flint, McKenna Tabbed as Assistant Coaches for 2009 IIHF World Womens Championship • U.S. Olympic Womens Team Open Tryouts Set for Minnesota, Massachusetts

England Women lost their first official Women’s World Cup warm-up match against Australia by 25 runs today at the New South Wales University ground in Randwick, Sydney.

A committed effort in the field has helped the Southern Stars to a 25-run win over England in an ICC Women’s World Cup warm-up match at Village Green at the University of New South Wales this afternoon.

Day 1 of the Roxy Pro Gold Coast presented by LG Mobile is in the books, and the new guard of women’s surfing announced their intentions with style, punch and bite in clean two-foot (0.75 metre) waves at Duranbah Beach.

World Cup overall leader and downhill champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) won her fourth consecutive super G Sunday to move within 15 points of the discipline lead behind second place finisher Fabienne Suter of Switzerland.

The Ladies event concluded with the Free Skating with a lot of movement in the standings. Alena Leonova of Russia moved up from third place to skate off with the gold medal. Caroline Zhang (USA) vaulted from 10th place to capture the silver. Ashley Wagner (USA) claimed the bronze medal.

The first international World Cup series for junior speed skaters concluded this weekend in the semi-covered ice rink of Groningen, Netherlands.

Britain’s Amy Williams produced a stunning final run to win the silver medal at the Skeleton World Championships in Lake Placid.