Smiling faces, lingering hugs and a fair few tears – that was the emotional scene at the final gathering of the Chinese Women’s national team last week. photo FIVB
Ana Ivanovic led the Top 3 seeds into the semifinals of the Generali Ladies Linz on Friday, as all four quarterfinals took the courts at the Tier II event. No.6 seed Marion Bartoli also advanced
The Korean female golfers sit strongly in the top rankings of the LPGA Tour and as a result this year’s Team Asia at the Lexus Cup 2008 has four already confirmed and raring to go! photo IMG
English woman’s champion Hannah Barwood and EWGA squad player Abbey Gittings are heading for Brazil this weekend to play in the grand final of the Faldo Series. photo EWLA
AMERICANA (Campeonato Nacional Feminino) - Unimed Americana rolled to their sixth straight win in Brazil on Tuesday to stay unbeaten and alone at the top in the Campeonato Feminino.
The Roxy Portrush Women’s Open will also be taking place and attract a strong field of competitors including Irish favourite, Irish Champion Nicole Morgan, English Champion Holly Donnelly (Newquay) and Australian Raine Jackson. photo Lucia Griggi
The 2008/09 FIS Alpine World Cup season will kick off in just three days on 25th-26th October in Sölden (AUT). It will be the 11th time that Sölden hosts the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup’s Glacier Opening.
Alona Bondarenko knocked off No.4 seed Patty Schnyder on Thursday to move into the quarterfinals of the Generali Ladies Linz. Top 2 seeds Ana Ivanovic and Vera Zvonareva both won
Less than a week remains until arch-rivals the Australian Netball Diamonds and the New Zealand Silver Ferns battle out the Holden Netball Test Series in front of home crowds in Melbourne and Brisbane.
GREAT Britain won the Women’s Four Nations Tournament in Sheffield on Saturday night as
their preparations for the 2012 Olympics gathered pace. GB secured emphatic victories over Latvia and the Turkish Under-21 side to go into the final day unbeaten.
The 2008 women's Vans Triple Crown of Surfing will celebrate a number of records this winter: a $215,000 prize purse; more prize money per capita than the men's series; the most exciting run-up to the world title in years; an exciting new crop of qualifiers for the 2009 World Championship Tour (WCT); and potentially the first New Zealander - male or female - to ever reach the WCT.
Injury has played a hand in finalising both line-ups to contest the opening Holden Netball Test Series showdown in Melbourne this Sunday afternoon, October 26 at the Hisense Arena.
RIGA (EuroLeague Women) - Leading international players that competed at the Olympics in China this year were in action on Wednesday for the opening round of the EuroLeague Women.
SYDNEY (WNBL) - Basketball Australia has received the international clearance for World Champion Kristi Harrower to play in the Australian Defence Force Women's National Basketball League.
OTTAWA - Synchro Canada will have a new look on the international stage this season as five of its national team athletes officially retire from competition. Cinq Athletes De Lequipe Nationale Annoncent Officiellement Leur Retraite.
Just when it seemed the annual Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta couldn’t get any bigger, it breezed into Larchmont Yacht Club on Columbus Day Weekend to increase its participants from last year’s count of 235 college sailors to a whopping 318 and its borrowed-boat fleet from 31 to 36.
The 2008/2009 Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating series will consist of nine events to be
held across Europe, Asia and North America. The first event takes place on 7-9 November in
Berlin (GER).
The 2008-09 Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track season kicked off this weekend in Salt
Lake City, United States of America, in the first of six World Cup events. The event was held
at the Utah Olympic Oval. photo ISU
The final round of the 2008 Honda Formula 4-Stroke Powerboat Championship held in Douglas, Isle of Man on Saturday 13th September took an unusual twist, as the new and current Blue Peter presenters took to the waves in a special race to mark the 50th Anniversary of the CBBC show.
Liz Halliday secured qualifying for CCI**** level competition after recording her best performance of the year on board her horse Fox (Red Letter Day) at the Boekelo CCI*** last weekend.
Although England Showed grit and detemination in the second test against New Zealand, today wasn't so fortunate. The New Zealand Squad ran away with the final test match 61-22 to secure the Series 2-1.
Spurred on by a capacity home crowd in the English city in which she was born and raised, England's Vicky Botwright took the opening game against favourite Nicol David in the women's final - but failed to prevent the world number one from reclaiming the title she lost last year in Madrid. photo WISPA
