Women sport news

El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua improved their win-loss records to 2-0 in the FIVB Women’s World Championship Norceca-E second-round group. photo FIVB

Guatemala and Nicaragua kept their perfect records in the FIVB Women’s World Championship Norceca-E second-round pool following the completion of Day Three on Thursday. photo FIVB

Second seed Delia Arnold celebrated success in the NSC Super Squash Satellite No5 after triumphs in today\'s (Friday) finals of the Tour events at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. photo WISPA

H.T.C. NEW RECRUIT FINAL TRYOUTS THIS SUNDAY!!!!! December 14th, 2008 Looking For The Hard-Hitters...No Experience Necessary! Must Be At Least 18 Years Old

The following players have been selected to represent England at the England Indoors Tri-Nation event at Fleming Park Leisure Centre, Eastleigh, from 19-21 December.

Strike it twice, that was enough for The USA U20 Team to win the World Championships in Chile. The USA defeated defending champions 2-1.

The asa is urging the government to ensure school swimming lessons are the keystone of physical education under a review of the Primary Curriculum.

WSR officially announce Gabis recent promotion into the International Team of North Kiteboarding as well as the brandnew version of her website www.kitegabi.com !

Germany Anna Haefele made it a perfect day, sweeping her way to a second win under a full moon Friday night at the Utah Olympic Park in the Visa Womens International Continental Cup. Germany dominated the competition with Lindsey Van (Park City, UT) the top American in sixth. Van was second in the opening event earlier in the day.

Bonn, Germany - The Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games saw the largest cumulated TV audience in the history of the Paralympic Games. Worldwide, more than 3.8 billion people in 38 monitored countries watched the best Paralympic athletes compete in Beijing during more than 1,800 hours broadcasted.

England number one Jenny Duncalf made up for the disappointment of failing to lead her country to victory over Egypt in the Women’s World Team Championship last week in Cairo by beating Egyptian number three Raneem El Weleily in the quarter-finals of the inaugural Womens Sharm El Sheikh Open, a $26,200 WISPA World Tour Silver event in South Sinai, Egypt.

The main round of the Women’s European Handball Championship in MKD has now come to an end and the final weekend awaits us. The final weekend will take place in Skopje in the Skopje Arena on 13th and 14th December 2008.

Croatia had great expectations before the EURO. Coach Zdravko Zovko has many talented players who have already shown their qualities at an international level. However, the Croats did not start the EURO well and took no points to the Main Round.

Skilled, smart, sassy and sporty; a new breed of female cricket heroes have emerged with the unveiling of the Commonwealth Banks Southern Stars’ glamorous new look this week.

Glasgow Wildcats went down 25-58 on home ground against a well drilled Maverick side. Loughborough Lightning defeated Team Northumbria in Newcastle tonight 41-61. Leeds Carnegie come closer to the top four teams on The Co-operative Netball Superleague ladder 08-09 by adding two points to their tally defeating Celtic Dragons 47-27 tonight.

The defeat against Spain was a big blow for the Romanian team. Apart from the two lost points, they also lost a key player, Ramona Maier, who picked up a serious injury.

I´ve been training hard the last few days - we´ve had great poniente winds, and an awesome lagoon to play in at a local river mouth. That said it has been uncharacteristicly cold here recently! Fortunately my Rip Curl ( ADD NEOPRENE MODELO) wetsuit withstood even the coldest snap December can throw at us.

THE Royal Yachting Association (RYA) has set up a new women’s Olympic Match Race Academy as part of its preparations for 2012 and to find sailors for the new keelboat event that will replace the Yngling class, which Britain has won at the last two Games.

In yesterday’s semi-final match, the Chinese girls were challenged a lot by Korea. Today in the final, China made short shrift of Japan. Chen Meng began against Kasumi Ishikawa dominating from the beginning. Photo By Rémy Gros

The British Handball Association’s Board met on Saturday to discuss the uncertainty over funding in the sport, following Wednesday’s UK Sport announcement that the decision on how much funding handball will receive over the next four years has been deferred until January 29th.

We had a tie between 2 players - Ashea Erdahl and Kathleen Lawless! Both ladies paid the $25 qualifier fee for all 6 Qualifiers! We put both ladies names in a hat and drew the winner - which was Ashea!

The final day of the British Synchronised Swimming Championships and the asa National Age Groups concluded with impressive performances from all athletes.

Allison Shreeve is joining forces with other top coastal athletes like Guy Leech, Harley Ingleby and Valerie Taylor to raise awareness and to support the efforts of 60,000 volunteers around Australia who protect our coastlines and waterways.

Valerie Ghibaudo (FRA, Loft Sails) take the victory of the 2008 ISWC World Cup Ranking. The Board Manufacturers Ranking is won by Starboard, in the Sail Manufacturers category North Sails takes the crown. The most successful nation in 2008 was again France. photo PWA Carter

Team Kenda is entering its 10th anniversary of women’s bicycle racing with a roster possessing an impressive list of palmares. The team continues to fuse youth and experience as its formula for success, longevity, and growth of the sport. photo Paul Forsythe

That she did not give up in her fight for life, even in the face of an impossible struggle with breast cancer, was characteristic of her determination and courage within and beyond the sporting field in which she excelled.