Women sport news

Oxana Boturchuk of the Ukraine won the 100m T12 Gold medal in front of a packed Birds Nest Stadium.

Christine Wolf of Australia won the gold medal, while Annette Roozen of the Netherlands took the silver and Ewa Zielinska of Polandclaimed the bronze.

America's Jess Long claimed gold with an impressive time of 1:06.91 while the bronze medal went to Jaqueline Freney (Australia) with a time of 1:08.56.

South Africa's Natalie Du Toit won the gold medal in a new Paralympic record time of 1:01.44. Silver went to GB's Louise Watkin, Bronze was won by Stephanie Dixon (Canada) in a time of 1:03.89.

American Ashley Owens claimed the gold medal from compatriot Emma Eames who claimed the bronze medal after a disastrous finish. Pawlik of Poland claimed the Silver

Perales of Spain wins the Gold Medal in the 200m Freestyle S5 Final, Pezaro of Israel claimes gold while Akopyab of the Ukraine wins bronze.

Aileen McGlynn of Great Britain and her pilot Ellen Hunter wrecked the gold medal hopes of Australia's Lindy Hou, piloted by Toireasa Gallagher.

Erin Popovich broke the world Record on her way to winning the gold medal in the final of the 100m Breaststroke SB7, recording a time of 1.31.60.

Russian Olesya Vladykina won the gold medal in the women's breaststroke SB8 final today in the Water Cube.

USA's Jennifer Schuble won the women's 500 m LC1 / CP4 cycling time trial in world record (CP4 time ) of 40.278 secs with a trio of Chinese athletes behind in 2nd , 3rd and 4th. photo John Coxon

BEIJING (Women Wheelchair Basketball) - The second day of the Women's Wheelchair Basketball tournament ended with wins for Canada, Japan, Australia and the United States. photo FIBA

Singapore faced African visitors Botswana in the final match of the group stage and went down 45-54, narrowly missing out on a place in the finals.

For the first time in the Nations Cup history, the trophy headed overseas tonight as Papua New Guinea (PNG) defeated Botswana in the final of the Fisher & Paykel Nations Cup with reigning champions Singapore watching on from the stands.

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, September 7, 2008 - Brazilians won gold medals on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour Sunday as the Salgodo sisters joined their brother on the top of international Beach Volleyball podiums in Poland and Mallorca after defeating teams from Germany. photo FIVB

Brighton, England, September 7, 2008 - Marleen Van Iersel realized her gold medal aspirations at a SWATCH FIVB Junior/Youth World Championship event here Sunday as she teamed with Daniëlle Remmers to capture the title for women under the age of 21 in the All-Netherlands finale on Brighton Beach. photo FIVB

SQUASH'S world number one Nicol David today said that she would give all the support she can to get the back into the Olympics.

Serena Williams won back her World N0 1 title as she defeated Jelena Jankovic 6-4 7-5 in the final of the US Open. She not only wins the US Open title but becomes the World N0 1, all at the same time.

Kerron Clement and Marshevet Hooker all were victorious Friday at the finale of the 2008 IAAF Golden League, the Memorial Van Damme meet in Brussels, Belgium.

Halesowen's Jordanne Whiley is relishing every moment of her first Paralympic Games as she approaches Monday's first day of tennis as the youngest of the 112 wheelchair tennis players in Beijing.

13 year old Eleanor Simmonds took the 100m freestyle S6, becoming GB youngest ever paralympic medallist.

The 23rd season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" goes for the gold when it launches Monday, Sept. 8, 2008, as eight members each from the U.S. Olympic Men's and Women's Indoor Volleyball Teams and all four U.S. Beach Volleyball gold medalists are part of a cast of more than 175 Olympic Games medalists in an unforgettable hour of television.

Brighton, England, September 6, 2008 - Sophie Van Gestel and Michelle Stiekema made it a “double Dutch delight” here Saturday as the 23rd-seeded team from the Netherlands advanced to the women’s semi-finals of SWATCH-FIVB Junior World Championships with compatriots Marleen Van Iersel and Daniëlle Remmers. photo FIVB

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, September 6, 2008 - The “final four” is set on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca while Brazil and Germany will compete for the gold medal in Poland as the SWATCH FIVB World Tour continued Saturday at two European sites. photo FIVB

But Dutch hopes of success in the women's $53,500 WISPA World Tour Gold championship were kept alive when second seed Natalie Grinham avenged the defeat of her older sister Rachael by beating England's Alison Waters to reach her first Dutch Open final as a Dutch player. photo dutchopensquash.nl

Rainy weather has cancelled play on Super Saturday, pushing the much-anticipated singles final between Serena Williams and Jelena Jankovic to Sunday. The winner of the match will become No.1.

World No.1s Cara Black and Liezel Huber captured their fourth Grand Slam title together at the US Open, defeating former co-No.1s Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur in the final on Sunday.