Women sport news

Carol Isherwood, former Director of Rugby at the Rugby Football Union for Women, has been named the IRB Womens Personality of the Year.

South Korean Ji-Yai Shin became the first non-LPGA member in history to win three LPGA Tour events with her victory at the ADT Championship. photo Seoulsisters.com

In addition to being the second of three stops on the 2008 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing (an ASP Specialty Series), the upcoming Roxy Pro at Sunset Beach carries the added weight of potentially crowning the 2008 ASP Women’s World Champion. photo ASP Covered Images

The Ladies started with the 5000m. The first surprising time was the 7:01.72 for 20-year-old Stephanie Beckert (GER). The youngest member of the German team had never really been a high profile skater at any World Cup, but managed to keep a steady pace of 33 laps until the very end, thus improving her personal best time with 8 seconds.

If ever the words ‘winner’s luck’ had a meaning, it would be in the Stuttgart lag of the Rolex FEI World Cup™ competition. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum and her amazing horse Shutterfly had two big rattles in the first round. The rail of the Mercedes Benz oxer bounced up and down in the cups.

British triathlete Michelle Dillon today announced her retirement from triathlon. Known as a dangerous threat on the bike and run, Dillon made her world cup debut in 1998 but has battled injuries throughout her career.

In a physical and hard fought match, Loughborough Lightning finished on top of their hosts 39-61 at Leeds Metropolitan University. Brunel Hurricanes beat Glasgow Wildcats 49-29 in the first ever encounter between the two teams in the Co-operative Netball Superleague.

Loughborough Lightning are now level on points at the top of The Co-operative Netball Superleague after a decisive 61-39 win over Leeds Carnegie away on Saturday

England were held to a draw in their second encounter in Group A, a result that maintains their standing at the top of the group going into the final round of matches. photo FA

Norway came away with the womens victory Sunday as the first World Cup of the season wrapped up in Gaellivare, Sweden.

BRITAIN\'S team pursuit trio of Joanna Rowsell, Lizzie Armitstead and Katie Colclough won their second consecutive World Cup title in Melbourne today.

Former twice British Junior Champion Francesca Fox from The City of Bath won her first Senior title in the All-around of this year’s British Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship in Stoke-on-Trent, Saturday 15 November 2008.

India’s Joshna Chinappa celebrated her second title success in the Malaysian capital after winning the NSC Super Squash Satellite No4 trophies at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur. photo WISPA

Richmond player Emma Layland has been called up to the England Women\'s 7s squad for the Dubai Exiles Rugby 7s later this month.

World Cup audiences were treated to some of the most outstanding performances seen to date at the last event in Doha. As anticipated, the ex-gymnast and international Wakeboard star Dallas Friday USA, once again took the World Cup season title. Her impressive consistency made all the difference.

Some of the country’s best young netball talent have snapped up AIS Scholarships in their bid to be part of Australia’s campaign at the 2009 World Youth Championships in the Cook Islands next August.

Ikast/Brande EH are among the biggest positive surprises of the first half of the group stage. In spite of being underdogs in Group A before the start, they are now leading the group with six points after three matches. Ikast and Hypo are the only teams in the whole women’s CL with six points.

VENICE (EuroLeague Women) - Surprise package Umana Reyer Venezia and UMMC Ekaterinburg remained undefeated in the EuroLeague Women with big victories on Wednesday.

The 2008 Reef Hawaiian Pro was always going to be about the new guard of women\\\\\\\'s surfing from the opening heat of competition. Today, Haleiwa crowned it\\\\\\\'s youngest ever Vans Triple Crown of Surfing event champion in 16-year-old Carissa Moore (Honolulu).

Those raising the bar to create more opportunities for women in sport will now be able to take their efforts to a whole new level. Nike and Ashoka’s Changemakers are offering an online competition for those elevating women in their communities through the power of sport.

Steph Twell and Charlotte Purdue (both Aldershot, Farnham & District) have been pre-selected for the Norwich Union Great Britain & Northern Ireland Team for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels, Belgium on Sunday 14 December.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has now published the Independent Observer Report from the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Available on their website, the report is an extensive 16 pages that reflect the programmes observations on various systems and processes during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.

As a tight weekend of competition approaches, players in The Co-operative Netball Superleague are preparing for action.

Malaysian favourite Nicol David is one match away from extending her unbroken WISPA World Tour run to 50 matches after beating New Zealand’s Jaclyn Hawkes in today’s first round of the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open Squash

England Women U20s got their World Cup campaign off to a winning start on Wednesday, when they beat hosts Chile in front of a sell out crowd in Coquimbo. photo FA

The Women’s tour was dominated and won by Irish surfer Nicole Morgan. Back from a year in Australia she only lost one event entered and that was to fellow Irish Surfer Easkey Britton. photo Vici Morgan