Women sport news

Top seed Ana Ivanovic didn't have the first round match all her own way being pushed to three sets by Vera Dushevina, she eventually prevailed to continue to the second round. Venus Wiliams is also through she def Samantha Stosur in straight sets. Olympic silver medallist Dinara Safina also won her first round match defeating American player Kristie Ahn.

Brianna Decker (Dousman, Wis.) scored her second goal of the night with :33 left in the game to lift the U.S. Women's Under-18 Select Team to a 3-2 victory over Canada here tonight in the Women's Under-18 Series at the Olympic Center.

After battling back from a 2-0 deficit and Amanda Kessel (Madison, Wis.) scoring with :46 left in the third period to force overtime, the U.S. Women's Under-18 Select Team fell to Canada by a 3-2 count here today in the Women's Under-18 Series at the Olympic Center. The Americans finished with a 2-0-1-0 (W-OTW-OTL-L) record in the three-game series.

England Women, who remain unbeaten in an ODI series this year, will return to Bath Cricket Club on Saturday August 30, 2008 for the first NatWest Women’s ODI against India. photo Don Miles

Valerie Ghibaudo (FRA, Loft Sails) is the European Champion of Speed Windsurfing 2008 !

Kaylin Richardson (Edina, MN) stormed to a two second slalom victory, posting a time of 1:42.12 Thursday to lead teammates Hailey Duke (Boise, ID) and Stacey Cook (Mammoth, CA) onto the Coronet Peak podium.

Following the Government's announcement of a new investment fund for elite training centres, Sport England today gave details of how it will spend millions of pounds to give athletes in England the best chance of success at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Claudia Hengst has been active and winning medals in every Paralympic Games since Seoul 1988. She impressed audiences the most with her debut in Korea with six gold medals. Connie Hansen took home a total of nine gold medals combined from the Paralympic Games in Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992.

Jelena Jankovic led a seeded charge into the second round at the US Open on Monday, although a few weren't as lucky. Anna Chakvetadze, Maria Kirilenko and Shahar Peer were all defeated.

Samantha Richdale of Kelowna, B.C., earned her first professional win by two strokes with a finish of 1-over-par 73 in at the $100,000 Gettysburg Championship. photo Futurestour.com

Oslo, Norway – Gwladys Nocera notched her eighth Ladies European Tour victory at the SAS Ladies Masters in Oslo, Norway.

SNOOKER-loving girls have the chance to compete alongside four-time women’s world champion Reanne Evans on the national circuit – for free. photo Kevin Legg

Supporting the British surfing scene has always an important strategy to us at Gul. Today the ladies open through to the up and coming grommets the UK scene is growing in stature and producing lots of raw talent.

Newly crowned women's world longboarding champion Joy Monahan (Honolulu) capped off the summer of her life by winning the Roxy Jam Honolulu presented by Schick® Quattro for Women®.

In Hawaii and main land USA, Stand Up Paddle (SUP) is very popular, in Europe the sport is growing fast. 'SUP' is a sport where you move over water; standing and paddling on ‘a big surfboard’.

Following a short training camp in Holland, Swift Racing has returned to Belgium with good form this week. The first outing was on Tuesday in the Memorial Marc van Beek in Brasschaat. This race is one of the biggest on the Belgian calendar with the 1000 Euro prize money up for offer to the winner also enhancing the reputation of the race.

Ann-Marie defeated World Champion Emiko Fujin Raika to become a three-time WBC Lightweight World Champion! The scores were 98-92, 97-92, 97-93 all in favor of Saccurato. Last November, Ann-Marie fought Raika in Toyko and received a very questionable and head scratching loss for the WIBA title in which Emiko Fujin Rakia was also the promoter of the fight.

As the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games are only a few days away, more and more broadcasters are announcing their increased coverage and schedules for this year's highlight. The Paralympics will be held from 6 to 17 September and are available for viewing all around the world.

England Women added the Nations Cup crown to their already bulging silverware cabinet this season after a hard fought 43-9 victory against Canada on Sunday at Esher RFC. photo rugbymatters.net

The Beijing Olympics has seen British Swimming emerge as a major swimming nation after seeing six medals won by swimmers on their way to sixth in the swimming medal table.

The world’s best women kitesurfers will shortly test the beautiful waters of the Cook Islands where triple former world champion and proud new mum Cindy Mosey is preparing for what she promises to be the best ever Cindy Mosey Island Odyssey.

(BEIJING, August 23) -- The Chinese Women's Volleyball team, Athens 2004 champion, reached the Olympic podium again, beating Cuba 25-16, 21-25, 25-13, 25-20 to win bronze in Beijing.

Beijing, China, August 23, 2008 - They finally did it, and they did it in style. The Brazilians beat USA 3-1 in the final of the Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament at Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing on Saturday for their first Olympic gold on their eighth attempt.

(BEIING, August 23) -- Norway overpowered their old rival Russia with a score of 34-27 in the Women's Handball gold medal match at the National Indoor Stadium on Saturday, August 23.

The reigning RBS 6 Nations and European champions faced an altogether different challenge to the US team they played in a friendly fixture on Tuesday and thumped 50-3. The Eagles showed passion and pride to take the game to the hosts and made England throw everything they had to win the tournament opener. photo rubgymatters.net

England Women started their Twenty20 campaign in fantastic style as they beat South Africa at Northamptonshire CCC by 54 runs.