Women sport news

The women's race turned out to be a slugfest between marathon specialist Susannah Beck (Eugene, Ore.) and Kami Semick (Bend, Ore.). At the same time the men's lead pack formed a train and pulled up the hill to Corral Pass, Beck was the caboose of the men's lead pack, coming through the 17-mile mark just 2 minutes 35 seconds behind the men's leader.

The Great Australian Run is part of the world’s biggest mass participation running programme and will make its Southern Hemisphere debut in Australia’s sporting capital on Sunday 30 November, 2008. It is expected that up to 15,000 participants will take part.

At the ASA National Championships being held at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, paralympian Louise Watkin (Kelly College) broke her European record in her respective event.

The U.S. Women’s Junior National Team defeated Dominican Republic 25-21, 25-20, 25-18 in the NORCECA Women’s Junior Continental Championship gold-medal match Sunday evening at Saltillo, Mexico, to exact a sense of revenge for its only loss of the tournament. photo US Volleyball

County Durham’s became England’s most improved girl golfer when she scored a narrow victory in the final of the Abraham Trophy at Ramside.

The New England Women's Pool Tour held a WPBA Qualifier July 20, 2008 at Pool Table Magic in Windsor Locks, CT.

The US Open of Surfing here in Huntington Beach was blessed with great surf conditions all week with 14-year-old Malia Manuel defeating fellow Hawaiian youngster Coco Ho in the women’s.

Espectacular exhibición de la rider Gisela Pulido, que navegó entre el “Telefónica Negro” y el “Telefónica azul”

Charlotte Consorti (FRA) is ahead of Sjoukje Bredenkamp (RSA) and Katja Roose (NED). The final decision about the 2008 world champions will be made in Luederitz, Namibia during this years kitespeed record attempt.

This was the fifth consecutive World Cup Stop in Dubna in Russia and the 22nd in the series launched by the International Water Ski Federation (IWSF) in 2004. The next Stops this season will be in Egypt, Singapore, India, Malaysia and Qatar. MasterCraft will again supply all the competition boats and technical support.

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) today announced additions to the 2009 Gold Coast ITU Triathlon World Championships slated for September 9-13, 2009.

The USA Volleyball High Performance Volleyball Championships crowned four winners Saturday at the Tucson Convention Center in Tucson, Ariz.

No.12 seed Nadia Petrova made it through to the third round of the Rogers Cup in straight sets on Wednesday. Maria Kirilenko and Flavia Pennetta, seeded No.13 and No.15, were beaten.

Second seed Agnes Szavay of Hungary was defeated by last year's finalist Vera Dushevina, Russia by 6-4, 7-6 (6).

In hot and steamy conditions, Great Britain overcame Olympic rivals New Zealand at Hong Kong Football Club in an unofficial training match.

Third-year professional MO MARTIN of Altadena, Calif., grabbed her second career win last week at the Duramed FUTURES Tour’s USI Championship in Concord, N.H. Martin carded a 5-under-par final-round score of 67 to finish at 204 (-12), beating runner-up GERINA MENDOZA of Roswell, N.M., by four shots. Mendoza posted a 54-hole score of 8-under-par 208. photo Futurestour.com

Lexus Cup 2008 organisers revealed today that the final event of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) season will be returning to Singapore where the tournament was inaugurated.

Cole, Carter and Hole were the top three finishers at The Golden Fleece tournament in July

Untouchable, Sarah-Quita is confirmed the event winner. Yoli De Brendt (Fanatic, North) slipped out of the running after defeat by Junko Nagoshi (Simmer, Dakine) in the second round. Nagoshi then moved into the semi final to take on Offringa (Starboard, NeilPryde). The other side of the semi final saw Treboux (Fanatic, North) take on Daida Moreno (North). photo PWA Carter

Sarah-Quita Offringa stamps her authority on the competition, defeating Daida Moreno in the double elimination final to complete her perfect run of first place finishes. photo PWA Carter

Hannah Mills and Katrina Hughes held their nerve in style to sail to 2008 Women’s 470 Junior World Championship gold in Poland. photo Richard Langdon/Skandia Team GBR

Scotland were really pleased to be able to travel out to South Africa recently. The late withdrawal of 3 other Nations meant that the scheduled Commonwealth Championships were, in effect, cancelled and the Scotland squad who had organised their flights and accommodation months in advance could well have been left high and dry.

ParalympicsGB has today confirmed the final list of athletes selected to represent Britain at this summer’s Paralympic Games. photo John Coxon

The match was very neck and neck going into each quarter but the Swifts pulled away in the final quarter 15-11 to become the ANZ Champions for 2008 winning 65-56. photo Micheal Bradley

Japan's Ai Sugiyama, who made the semifinals in Stanford two weeks ago, continued her good form of late by upsetting No.16 seed Nicole Vaidisova in the first round on Tuesday afternoon

Four seeds - including defending champ Agnieszka Radwanska - reached the second round in Stockholm Tuesday; three qualifiers and Swedish wildcard Johanna Larsson also advanced.