Women sport news

China has won the Olympic Gold medal for the first time defeating defending champions Romania into Bronze medal position. The USA won silver.

The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games triathlon countdown officially started today with the opening of the triathlon venue in the Changping District.

Jenn Stuczynski, Chaunte Howard, Amy Acuff, Hyleas Fountain and Brittney Reese are ready to lead Team USA's women's jumpers, pole vaulters and combined events athletes against the world at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China

Brazil downed Russia in the day’s big clash, Cuba blanked USA and Serbia, Italy, China and Japan also claimed victories on the second day of the Women’s Olympic Volleyball Tournament in Beijing.

With six more pool matches being played here Tuesday at the 12,200-seat Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground, three more of the top six-ranked women’s teams are positioned to protect their seed for the elimination phase of the competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. photo FIVB Beijing 08

Venus and Serena Williams, seeded No.7 and No.4, respectively, won second round matches in straight sets on Tuesday. Fellow Top 10 seeds Agnieszka Radwanska and Daniela Hantuchova lost

Argentina squandered their second 2-0 half-time lead in two matches as Great Britain continued their Olympic campaign against the world’s second ranked team and current Champions Trophy holders. Other winners included Australia, China, Netherlands and Germany. USA and Japan ended in a draw 1-1. photo Grant Treeby/GB Hockey

England women took an unassailable 3-0 lead over South Africa in the five-match NatWest Women’s Series yesterday as they beat the visitors by 77 runs.

Four group matches took place today at the Beijing Olympic Women’s football tournament.

Liesel Jones of Australia is the 100m Breast Stroke Olympic Champion.

American Natalie Coughlin won the 100m Backstroke in a time of 58.96 to become Olympic Champion on day four in Beijing

Chen Ruolin and Wang Xin gave their home crowd something to cheer about today inside the Aquatics Centre when they finished with a score of 363.54 to take Olympic Gold in the Synchronized Women's 10 m platform

Shaking things up on day two, the tables are turned following an afternoon of shocks and surprises. photo PWA Carter

Pak Hyon-suk of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) won the gold medal in this event with a total of 241 kilos. Irina Nekrassova from Kazakhstan took the silver with a total result of 240kg, while Lu Ying-chi from Chinese Taipei got the bronze with 231kg

Great Britain held onto the Bronze Medal position in the eventing competition this evening in Hong Kong. The whole team jumped well in the final phase to cement their position, with a brilliant clear round from Tina Cook keeping her well in contention for an individual medal.

The individual Olympic eventing competition reached a nail biting climax in Hong Kong this evening, which saw Britain’s Tina Cook keep her cool to win the Individual Bronze Medal.

(HONG KONG, August 12) -- Germany ruled Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on August 12, winning gold in both Eventing Team and Eventing Individual.

(BEIJING, August 12) -- British Mixed Doubles pair Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson avenged their gold-medal defeat by beating second seeds Zheng Bo and Gao Ling, who took gold with her then-partner Zhang Jun at the Athens Games in 2004.

The U.S. Olympic Women’s Indoor Volleyball Team lost to Cuba 25-15, 26-24, 25-17 on the second day of pool-play matches of the 2008 Olympic Games at Beijing’s Capital Indoor Stadium Saturday night in Beijing. photo FIBA Beijing 08

Russian Women’s Head Coach Giovanni Caprara has admitted he faces a tough task to motivate his players after the Athens Games silver medallists lost their second straight game in the Olympic Volleyball preliminaries on Monday. photo FIVB Beijing 08

The “thrill” of earning a spot in the 24-team women’s field at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was not enough for the Schwaiger sisters here Sunday as the Austrians posted the first and only seed-break through of the women’s competition so far at the 12,200-seat Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground. photo FIVB Beijing 2008

Three of the top six-seeded teams in the women’s Beach Volleyball competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games continued their winning ways here Monday at the 12,200-seat Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground, but it took three sets for two of the pairs from Brazil and China to protect their top spots in their groups. photo FIVB Beijing 08

England's Suzie Pierrepont overpowered compatriot Alexandra Norman in the final of the Women's Sun & Surf Open to win the $8,000 WISPA World Tour squash event at the Jericho Tennis Club in Vancouver, Canada. photo WISPA

The Republic of Korea surprised Germany, Hungary tied Brazil, Norway outclassed Angola and Sweden tested Russia in the preliminaries on day three of the Women's Handball Olympic Tournament in beijing on Monday, August 11.

Just four matches were completed at the Olympic Tennis Event in Beijing on Sunday. Among the winners was Italy's Francesca Schiavone, a quarterfinalist in Athens four years ago

England Women’s Head Coach has made two changes to the team for the 3rd ODI in the NatWest Women’s Series at Shenley Cricket Centre today, August 11.