Women sport news

Charlotte Edwards, the England Women and Kent captain will lead her team out on home soil as England kick off their summer campaign with a NatWest Women’s ODI against South Africa at Canterbury on August 6.

Hope Powell's England Women now know the venues for their final Euro 2009 fixtures, where they will hope to seal qualification to their third successive tournament. photo FA

Rolex Rankings' number 10 Ji-Yai Shin played the final round of the RICOH Women's British Open flawlessly with six birdies and no bogeys en route to her victory. Her 18-under-par 270 is the second-lowest score posted in the event since becoming a major championship in 2001. photo Seoulsisters.com

Ellis Keenan from Sunningdale Golf Club who has just turned 18, has had a rather spectacular season to date.

Carin Koch has been selected by the Solheim Family and the Ladies European Tour to captain the 2009 European PING Junior Solheim Cup Team, the international team match play event to be played at Aurora Country Club in Aurora, Ill, USA, next year.

The U.S. women's basketball team's gold medal chances at the Olympics next month will hinge greatly on the chemistry they can build over the next 10 days on and off the court. If the first day was any indication, winning a fourth straight gold shouldn't be too much trouble at all. photo FIBA

Karin Jaggi (SUI, F2, North) is the speed windsurfing world champion 2008. After 7 rounds of speedsailing in challenging conditions.

La catalana, afincada en Tarifa, ha conseguido vencer a su máxima rival, la brasileña Bruna Kajiya. photo Roberto Foresti

The U.S. Junior Water Ski Team earned Team of the Month honors. Hensley and the U.S. Junior Water Ski Team are now eligible for the United States Olympic Committee’s Athlete of the Month honors.

Elite, 17 to 20, Junior, Under 13, Veteran 1 and Veteran 2 – competing in the 2008 Pan American Water Ski Championships won gold medals at the biennial event, July 28-Aug. 3, in Medellin, Colombia. Athletes on the six U.S. teams combined to win 68 individual medals, including 33 of a possible 48 gold medals.

The world’s fastest racket sport will hit the North West as Liverpool and Manchester are set to stage one of its premier tournaments, the European Badminton Championships.

Phyllis Francis has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after breaking the National Youth and Junior Olympic meet records in the intermediate girls' 800 meter run at the 2008 USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Championships in Omaha, Nebraska.

NSW Swifts brilliant wing defence Selina Gilsenan has announced her retirement from the sport in the wake of her team`s` 65-56 defeat of ColourPlus Waikato /Bay of Plenty Magic in the inaugural ANZ Championship decider. photo Micheal Bradley

Dinara Safina and Dominika Cibulkova both pulled off three set semifinal wins at the Rogers Cup presented by National Bank on Saturday, and will duke it out for the Tier I singles title on Sunday.

Vera Dushevina will have to wait until Sunday to see if she can reach her second straight Stockholm singles final, after rain cancelled both semifinals at the Nordea Nordic Light Open on Saturday.

Jelena Jankovic will become the 18th world No.1 player in Sony Ericsson WTA Tour history on August 11, 2008, taking over from compatriot Ana Ivanovic. Jankovic has won a total of 58 matches over the last 12 months. Jankovic and Ivanovic first to secure spots in the season ending Sony Ericsson Championships.

Yuri Fudoh, a two-time winner on the LPGA of Japan this season, has secured a one-stroke lead heading into the final round of the 2008 RICOH Women's British Open. photo James Green IMG Creative

Captain Alexia Walker said: “To be County Champions again feels amazing. For two years we’ve narrowly lost to Kent so to win by a clear twenty points and without losing a match this season is fantastic - the trophy is back where it belongs! It was a shame the rain intervened today but it doesn’t feel any less special.

Jacqueline Silva (Florianopolis, BRA), 29, clinched the ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) Women’s 6-Star Billabong Girls Cascais Festival in solid five to six foot (1.5 to 2 meter) waves at Guincho Beach in Portugal. photo ASP

The British squad have won a total of 23 medals on the first day of the Tri-Nations Cup being held in Quebec City.

It has been held for the past 182 years, is known the world over as the greatest and certainly one of the most inclusive regattas in the yachting calendar, and it officially starts today. photo onEdition

The 2008 ANZ Championship Most Valuable Player award has been jointly won by dominant Queensland Firebirds shooter Romelda Aiken and inspirational Suzuki Central Pulse defender Sonia Mkoloma. photo Micheal Bradley

Seventeen-year-old Tamira Paszek pulled off a shock upset win over Ana Ivanovic at the Rogers Cup Thursday night. For the second straight week, Jelena Jankovic will have a shot at No.1

In a thrilling and at times, heart-stopping, encounter England and Scotland's U18 girls served up an exciting 1st/2nd playoff in Cardiff.

Scotland’s U18 girls beat England 3-0 on penalty strokes, after a two all full time score, to take first place at the Four Nations Tournament in Cardiff today.

Japan’s Yuri Fudoh and Korea’s Ji Yai Shin led a massed Asian charge during the second round of the Ricoh Women’s British Open over the Old Course at Sunningdale. Fudoh and Shin both carded second round scores of four under par 68 to tie the Championship 36-hole record on ten under par 134 and go into the third round one shot ahead of first leader, America’s Juli Inkster.