Women sport news

BRUNICO (Olympics) - Australia beat Russia 65-61 at the weekend in Brunico, Italy, with some of the leading stars in both teams taking part in the friendly.

Sarah-Quita Offringa stands her ground in the double elimination to claim the early event lead ahead of determined runner up Laure Treboux. photo PWA Carter

Sarah-Quita Offringa tenaciously dispatches her rivals to defend her first position stronghold.

U.S. water ski athletes won titles in respective events at the eighth annual Correct Craft Junior U.S. Open Water Ski Championships, June 21-22, at Voice of America Park in West Chester, Ohio.

U.S. bronze medalist Ashley Wagner announced today that she has ended her six-year relationship with coach Shirley Hughes and will begin training with Priscilla Hill. photo Paul Harvath US Figureskating

GIRLS4GOLD, the latest initiative to try to recruit athletes capable of competing in the 2012 Olympics, has been hailed a success already.

BRITAIN took home the overall rowing World Cup, retaining its 2007 title, giving their Olympic prospects for Beijing a major boost.

FLHI GIRLZ SPORTS TV launches on the Hawaiian Airwaves on OC16, Mondays 9:30 P.M. FLHI GIRLZ SPORTS TV brings Women’s Extreme Action Sports to the public including surfing, skating, motocross, bodyboarding and more. Catch the buzz on OC16!

In two weeks the UCI MTB Marathon World Championships will be carried out on the course of Dolomiti Superbike. The first South Tyrol Dolomiti Superbike MTB-Marathon was held in 1995. In 2006, the event reached World Cup status.

A great and brilliant performance characterized the competition of the athlete from Ljubljana, who arrived in 10th position, behind some of strongest bikers competing in this discipline, like Margarita Fullana – 2008 World Champion - Sabine Spitz, the previous World Champion Irina Kalentieva and the Olympic Champion Gunn Rita Dahle.

Shannon Rowbury, who will attempt to make her first Olympic Team at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field, held in Eugene, Oregon. The first round of the women's 1500m is scheduled for July 3, with the final on Sunday, July 6, the final day of competition.

A win from The NSW Swifts puts them into third spot on the table defeating The Adelaide Thunderbirds by 10 goals to round off the match 51-41. Magic still top the table 2 points clear from The Melbourne Vixens.

Australian Kasey Brown denied the hosts a home win in the Crocodile Squash Challenge Cup with victories over Hong Kong champion Rebecca Chiu in the final of the Tour event at the Hong Kong Squash Centre in Hong Kong. photo WISPA

Four of the Top 8 seeds played and won their first matches of the Wimbledon fortnight on Monday. One cruised, one won a tight two-setter and two were nearly ousted by unheralded opponents.

Defending Champion Venus Williams is back on centre court playing home favourite Naomi Cavaday at 1pm. Sharapova and Jankovic are scheduled to play on court 1. Davenport and Zvonareva also play today.

Britain's number one Anne Keovathong defeated American Vania King in two sets to head into the second round, where she will meet defending Champion Venus Williams who defeated Naomi cavaday 7-6 6-1. Former Wimbledon Champion Maria Sharapova stormed through her first match on Court One against Stephanie Foretz of France 6-1 6-4.

This morning (24 June) will see the start of a Four Nations Tournament in Rotterdam in which Great Britain women will be taking on India, South Africa and hosts The Netherlands as they continue their warm-up for the 2008 Olympic Games.

It came down to the final stroke in regulation on the 18th green as Stephanie Otteson of Wilson, N.C., rolled home a 30-foot birdie putt to cap a round of even-par 71 and earn her first professional win today at the $110,000 The Duramed Championship. photo Futurestour.com

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has announced the Bic Techno 293 windsurfer and the Byte CII dinghy have been chosen as equipment for the four sailing events at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

Media and special guests were invited to witness the unveiling of the Aboriginal Sport Gallery at the BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum today — a historic milestone in British Columbia and Canada's sport history. The gallery opens to the public today, just over four months after the February 2008 ground-breaking ceremony.

Elite women’s Olympic-style Cross Country racing capped off the 2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships Sunday as Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo.) recorded the top American finish. Gould finished ninth to lead the women’s squad.

Last 27 days have been conditioned by the bad weather. A lot of damages have been reported.

Sarah Haskins turned in a stellar performance at the ITU Hy-Vee World Cup in Des Moines, Iowa, on Sunday to earn the final spot for nomination to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Triathlon Team. photo Delly Carr

After Ai Ueda won this year’s Asian Championships, Japan was assured of at least one women’s in the Olympic Games fields. With Juri Ide and Kiyomi Niwata high enough in the Olympic rankings, Japan easily qualified the maximum of three women. photo JTU/Triathlon.org

UK Athletics has today announced the names of athletes who will take their places as part of the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland team heading to the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships.

The first leg of the 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix saw China and Italy emerge as the best teams, both winning all three matches at home in Ningbo and Alassio, respectively. Pool A in Kobe, Japan, showcased Turkey's form on their debut in the FIVB's top Women's event.