Women sport news

Kendall Coyne (Palos Heights, Ill.) scored four times to lead the U.S. Womens National Under-18 Team to a 9-2 victory over Sweden in its third and final preliminary-round game at the 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation World Womens U18 Championship.

VENICE (EuroBasket Women) - Italys women took control of Group B and Germany evened their record in Group A at 1-1 after claiming victories in the EuroBasket Women Additional Qualifying Round on Saturday. photo FIBA

Follow Pro Surfer Kathleen Spears in Hawaii. While everyone was recovering from their new years hangovers I was travelling up to Heathrow to catch my flight to Hawaii. it was a bit cheaper to travel on new years day although I had to pay an extra £70 for my quiver of boards. I’m travelling with two 5’10”’s, a 6 zero, a six four and my trusty seven foot gun.

Englands Water Polo’s funding is about to be withdrawn and the ladies will not be allowed to apply to enter the London Olympics in 2012!

U.S. Snowboarding\\\'s Michelle Gorgone (Boston) kept up her stride in parallel slalom, finishing fourth during a World Cup night event in Austria on Wednesday. Amelie Kober of Germany won the women\\\'s race, followed by Tomoka Takeuchi of Japan in second and Austrian Heidi Neururer in third.

U.S. Snowboardings Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) threw down the gauntlet Sunday to win a World Cup snowboardcross race in Bad Gastein one day after finishing third.

This year’s ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championship was held in Sherbrooke, Canada. The world’s best junior aged short track speed skaters, representing 26 countries, were in attendance at the Eugène-Lalonde Arena.

A NEW competition is due to be launched today, giving viewers of BBC TVs childrens programme, Blue Peter, the opportunity to design a 50p piece to mark the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.

USA Track & Field on Monday announced the USA Running Circuit (USARC) schedule for 2009. The fourteenth for the women, the 2009 USARC has nine events for women. photo Pretty Sporty.com

Moldova qualified for the second round of the 2010 FIVB Women’s World Championship after the Pool C first-round tournament came to an end in Tallinn. Moldova finished the competition with an easy 3-0 win (25-9, 25-8, 25-13) against Georgia. photo FIVB

VENICE (EuroBasket Women Additional Qualifying Round) - Italy and Croatia take center stage this weekend in the EuroBasket Women Additional Qualifying Round. photo FIBA

Loughborough Lightning made the most of last night’s flying visit to Waleswith a 37-27 win over Celtic Dragons in the Co-operative Netball Superleague.

TeamBath once again proved why they are the top team on The Co-operative Superleague table with a formidable performance against Leeds Carnegie in Bath lastnight.

he Estonian ladies opened their first World Championship campaign ever at the 1st Round Tournament in Tallinn with a clear victory in straight sets (25-17, 25-20, 25-14) against Georgia.

The innovative visual brilliantly encapsulates the drama, excitement and powerful image of Beach Volleyball by focusing on two of the stars of the sport captured in spectacular action poses in front of a fan-packed coliseum. photo FIVB

The more experienced player prevailed over the first time WTA Tour finalist today at The $220,000 ASB Classic in Auckland. Elena Dementieva fought back from a break down in the first set and eventually rolled to a 64 61 victory over Elena Vesnina.

Victoria Azarenka and Marion Bartoli will contest the first final of the Brisbane International. Bartoli advanced when Amelie Mauresmo retired whilst trailing 0-4 during their all-French semi. 

Four different players recorded hat tricks to lead the U.S. Womens National Under-18 Team to an 18-0 blanking of the Czech Republic here tonight in the semifinals of the 2009 International Ice Hockey Federation World Womens U18 Championship at the Fussen Arena.

Cricket Australia’s Women’s National Selection Panel (WNSP) has today announced a preliminary 30-player Australia squad to contest the ICC Women’s World Cup from 7-22 March this year. photo Getty Images

Five-time U.S. ice dancing champions Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto announced today they will not compete at the 2009 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 18-25, because of injury. photo Paul Harvath US Figure Skating.

Shelley Rudman, Britain’s Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games bob skeleton silver medallist, today (Friday) collected the second medal of her 2008/9 World Cup campaign by taking silver at Konigssee in Germany.

The 30th European Athletics Indoor Championships in Torino, Italy will begin in 2 months time from today!

Round 9 of The Co-operative Netball Superleague got off to a flying start for TeamBath as they defeated defending champions Mavericks 55-41, maintaining their unbeaten record this season after eight matches.

The women\'s U19 title returned to Malaysia for the first time since 1999 (when it was won by the reigning World Open champion Nicol David) after top seed Low Wee Wern beat India\'s 3/4 seed Dipika Pallikal 11-2, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8. The triumph marks the maiden British Junior Open success for the 18-year-old Asian Junior champion from Penang.

Great Britain’s women will fly out to Valencia on Monday for a week-long training camp that includes a series of fixtures against Spain. photo Andrew Beckett

Whats more exciting than two teams of highly tough, highly trained, all-female roller skaters beating each other to a pulp in a game thats as brutal as it is tactical? When its the deciding match to find out who willll go through to the finals of the London Rollergirls first full season, of course!