Women sport news

The second days play opened with Boeckenberg against Adler Rauxel (GER). Just as in their match against the Czechs yesterday, the Belgians were too strong for their opponents, leading 12-3 at half time.

Number 5 seed Ana Ivanovic was defeated by 29th seed Alisa Kleybanova of Russia in three sets. Jankovic came through, Hantuchova fell at the hands of French player Alize Cornet in three sets. Zvonareva and Dokic continue good form on the way to the fourth round.

Harlequin Ladies belatedly restarted their league campaign on 18th January with a fixture against Aylesford Bulls.

The University of Minnesota retained the No. 1 ranking on this week\\\'s USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Women’s College Hockey Poll, following a pair of wins against Bemidji State University this past weekend. For the second straight week, the Golden Gophers grabbed the top spot, accumulating 183 points and 12-of-19 first-place votes.

Cricket Australia’s Women’s National Selection Panel (WNSP) has today announced Australia’s 15-player squad to contest the ICC Women’s World Cup from 7-22 March this year and defend the title Australia won in 2005.

As you already know, we introduced our new RS:RACING EVOII and RS:SLALOM MKIII in December 2008.

OTEPAAE, Estonia-Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) was 33rd in the womens 10K race as she prepares for tomorrows sprints where shell look to build on momentum from a fourth place finish in a team sprint last week in Vancouver.

Olympic gold medalist and World Champion Nicole is giving her support this year to World Book Day. The main aim of World Book Day is to encourage children to explore the pleasures of books and reading by providing them with the opportunity to have a book of their own.

Irish riders were in short supply, in the standings of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ competition after seven rounds. But now the ‘greens’ are back in town. Jessica Kürten won the Leipzig leg of the global indoor jumping competition, her compatriot Cian O’Connor ended up third.

Twelve athletes who represented Team GB at the Beijing Olympic Games have been named in the Aviva Great Britain & Northern Ireland Team that will face USA, Sweden, Germany and a Commonwealth Select at the Aviva International at Kelvin Hall, Glasgow on 31st January. photo Andrew Beckett

The mighty TeamBath kicked off Round 12 of The Co-operative Netball Superleague with another convincing win against Celtic Dragons.

The 2009 edition of the Europa Cup opened in Koog aan de Zaan with the German team Adler Rauxel against the Russian champions Orel STU. The Russians proved that the recent rise in the rankings of Russian korfball was deserved as they beat the German team 25-9 with Sergey NIZOVSKIY scoring more than half his teams goals with 13, mostly from medium or long distance.

Young Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro upset the number six seed Venus Williams in three sets in the second round. Suarez Navarro has a storming backhand that any player would be proud to own. Sister Serena continues to out smart her opponents defeating Gisela Dulko in straight sets. American Patty Schnyder also went out to Virginie Razzano in straight sets.

Hope Powell will gather a squad of 26 players for a training camp in Cyprus at the start of February. photo FA

Brazilian LPGA Tour members Angela Park and Candy Hannemann headline a field of 15 players at the inaugural HSBC LPGA Brasil Cup 2009.

Britain’s top female skier Chemmy Alcott returns to racing on Thursday, January 22, less than two months after suffering a fractured ankle. She will compete in the FIS World Cup Downhill, Super G and Giant Slalom events at Cortina in Italy.

Some fall on Day 3, but the seeds continue good form in Melbourne. Jelena Dokic excelled on court today defeating 17th seed Anna Chakvetadze in 3 sets. Indias star player Sania Mirza went out to 10th seed Nadia Petrova.

The Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, bestowed annually upon the top player in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey, will be presented on Saturday, March 21, at a brunch ceremony at the Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston. Held in conjunction with the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four (March 20 & 22), the event will take place at 10 a.m., as the 12th winner of the award is announced.

FIFA promotes the development of womens football and pledges to support womens football financially and to give women players, coaches, referees and officials the opportunity to become actively involved in football. photo FA

TARGOVISTE (EuroBasket Women) – Italy and Ukraine have clinched top spots in their respective EuroBasket Women Additional Qualifying Round groups to book places in the Final Round this year in Latvia. photo FIBA

A thousand children will have a unique opportunity to learn to swim in a revolutionary temporary swimming pool that has been installed in an old school sports hall in Lambeth, South London.

The Barefoot Water Ski World Championships will be held Jan. 26 through Feb. 1 at Lake Inspiration and Forest Lakes in Otaki, New Zealand. For the second consecutive time, the biennial Elite Barefoot Water Ski World Championships will be held simultaneously with the biennial Junior and Senior Barefoot Water Ski World Championships.

LAKE PLACID, NY. Emily Cook (Belmont, MA) joined Peterson on the podium finishing third, her fourth career podium. photo doncookphoto.com

The Novice Ladies, Pairs and Ice dancing results from the 2009 AT&T Championships.

Championship Results for the Junior Pairs Short Programme and The Junior Ladies Finals.

Team Kenda is heading to Mt. Dora, FL beginning Friday, January 16 through Monday, January 19 for a team training camp. The purpose of the training camp is riding base miles and team bonding.