Women sport news

India opened the medals account with Gold in the shooting at the 111 Commonwealth Youth Games in India.

Experienced sport executive, Anthony Everard has been appointed General Manager of the ANZ Championship to oversee the highly successful trans-Tasman competition’s next phase of development.

Sport and shopping can now go hand in hand for netballers nationwide, thanks to a new relationship between England Netball and Matalan.

A geared up Silver Ferns took control from the word go in England’s first match of the New Zealand tour with a 65-26 win.

With two teams in the finals, the United States claimed its 76th women’s SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold medal here Saturday evening as Nicole Branagh and Kerri Walsh out-lasted and Jen Boss and April Ross for the Dubai Open title. photo FIVB

The 2008 Women’s European Championship will take place in FYR Macedonia from 2 to 14 December 2008. The preliminary round will be played in the cities of Skopje (groups A and D) and Ohrid (groups B and C), with the main round in Skopje (groups C and D) and Ohrid (groups A and B) and the final weekend in Skopje.

For the first time since 2005 a player has won three Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles titles in as many weeks, as world No.1 Jelena Jankovic won the Tier I Kremlin Cup in Moscow on Sunday.

Last Wednesday (8th October) saw the efforts of two of the team win recognition at the Hertfordshire Sports Awards. 16-year old Natalie Threlfall's coaching work and support for the county's U12 girls project was highly commended by the judges, while last season's captain Katie Alcock was runner-up in Young Community Volunteer category.

The Class of 2008 - Cammi Granato, - was formally enshrined in the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame here tonight at an induction ceremony and dinner, held at the University of Denver's Magness Arena. More than 400 people were on hand for the night of celebration.

In-Kyung Kim (67-69-69-73) closed out the 2008 Longs Drugs Challenge at 10-under-par 278, to become the season's eighth Rolex First-Time Winner.

Lexus Cup organisers announced that they have engaged renowned Singaporean designer Jo Soh to exclusively create the uniforms for Team International and Team Asia.

The Basketball Ireland Women's Super League returns this weekend on the back of a hugely-positive international campaign.

Indonesia will host the U-18 Asian Women’s Junior Basketball Championship on November 2 – 9. However, the Indonesian team is reportedly unprepared to compete in the event which will be vied by 12 countries. “We had planned to start practicing this Monday, but we had to postpone it until next week,” said coach Rastafari Horongbala, yesterday.

TUNIS (10th FIBA Africa Championship for Women) - Nigeria U18 Women national team Thursday rose to the challenges of the 10th FIBA Africa Championship taking place in Tunis, Tunisia with a 84-64 points spanking of Democratic Republic of Congo to finish second behind defending champion, Mali in group-B.

Clean surf in the two-to-three foot (1 metre) range is pushing through at Manly today, and event organizers at the Beachley Classic have called the final day of competition on, with a champion being crowned by day’s end. The Quarterfinals are scheduled to begin at 9:15am. photo ASP

Katheryn Meaklim, from South Africa, was the most golden winner of the meet with four victories – 400m and 800m free, as well as the 200m and 400m individual medley. On the Australian side, Marieke Guehrer was fastest in three races.

The 2008 Luderitz Speed Challenge, the PKRA Speed Final event in the same time, came to an end today with the official closing ceremony at the Nest Hotel.

October is think Pink… it is Breast Cancer month, and as I am part of the AVON Breast Cancer Crusade in Puerto Rico I thought I would open up the month with 2 races back to back here in Southern California. So in my trademark Hammer Pink uniform I ended up on an unusually cold overcast morning at La memorial Park in La Canada Flintridge at the base of the infamous Angeles Crest Hyw. Here is my report!

CommonWealth Youth Games Pune 2008 commences with a glittering ceremony Pune, 12th October 2008: The rich cultural heritage of India and the great Maratha spirit came alive today, as the spectacular sporting bonanza of the Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 began in Pune.

Team England made a good start to the Commonwealth Youth Games in Pune, India with wins in tennis, table tennis and boxing. India lead the medal table on day 1.

I finished a disappointing 7th place in Dallas yesterday, and am now honing in on my last two "Biggies" of the year. I am now out in the US, spending a few days in Houston before i fly out to Maui on saturday. photo John Coxon

I woke up at 5.30am, considering my 100 mile ordeal on Saturday I felt remarkably well, as I cleaned my Cannondale bike for its second race in two days. I sprayed my bike and running shoes with Kool n Fit, when I had put on my new pink Hammer tri suit I felt ready to race!

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) officially announces that only three anti-doping rule violations occurred during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. All three were in the sport of Powerlifting and happened before competitions began. Because there was no anti-doping rule violation in-competition, the IPC feels the Games to be still a successful showing and of fair competition.

Brazil and Venezuela, both qualified for the 2009 World Junior Women Championship in Mexico through reaching the South American Junior championship final, played the decider in the Miguel Grau del Callao Coliseum with the green and yellow side claiming their 15th title in the event, winning 3-0 in 71 minutes. photo FIVB

A fired-up China retained their invincible aura in Asia by beating Korea in a pulsating straight-sets showdown in final of the inaugural Asian Women’s Cup Volleyball Championship at the jampacked Mall Nakhon Ratchasima’s MCC Hall on Tuesday, while Thailand stunned Asian champions Japan to take third place. photo FIVB