Agnieszka Radwanska won a tight two-setter against Marion Bartoli to reach her first grass court final on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. She will play Russia's Nadia Petrova for the Tier II trophy
Champion in Berlin, runner-up at Roland Garros; on Saturday Dinara Safina will contest her third straight Tour final, taking on Thai veteran Tamarine Tanasugarn at the Ordina Open
Agnieszka Radwanska beat Nadia Petrova in a marathon for her first ever grass court title at the International Women's Open. She is now 4-0 lifetime in Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles finals.
Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn showed why she will always be dangerous on grass this week at the Ordina Open, coming out of the qualifying and surprising Dinara Safina for the title.
Morgan Pressel fired a bogey-free, 7-under-par 65 (69-65=134, -10) in the second round of the Wegmans LPGA to take a one-stroke lead into weekend competition with a 36-hole score of 10-under 134.
Norway's Suzann Pettersen moved into the lead with a 5-under-par 67 on Saturday at the Wegmans LPGA. The 27-year-old sits at 14-under-par (70-65-67=202) entering Sunday's final round at Locust Hill Country Club outside Rochester, N.Y.
Melissa Buhl (Chandler, Ariz.) gave the United States its first medal of the 2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships on Saturday, winning the Women’s Four Cross contest in convincing fashion. photo US Cycling
Russia are well on their way to lifting their 12th consecutive women's title at the SPAR European Cup after ending the first day of competition in the French city of Annecy with 71 points, 13 clear of their nearest rivals and neighbours Ukraine.
The U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team will utilize a young roster dotted with veteran leadership for the opening preliminary weekend of the 2008 FIVB World Grand Prix, which begins this weekend in Japan, China and Italy.
The England Women’s Team will take on the England Women’s Academy side in a Twenty20 fixture this Sunday June 22 at Somerset CCC, the Home of Women’s Cricket at 6pm. The match will be played immediately after Somerset Sabres’ match against Worcestershire Royals in the domestic Twenty20 Cup.
Basketball Australia is pleased to announce the world champion Australian Defence Force Opals will play a two game international series against Brazil on home soil in July. photo FIBA
Stacie Powell (Southampton Diving) and Tonia Couch (Plymouth Diving) became the first British divers to realise their Olympic dreams after winning the women's 10m individual event with a personal best score at the Diving Trials in Leeds.
On Tuesday, June 10, Olympic giant slalom champion Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA), along with World Cup colleagues Lauren Ross (Stowe, VT) and Chemmy Alcott of Great Brittan reached the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro. At 19,340 feet it is Africa's highest mountain.
Olympic Champion Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå will arrive in Niederdorf next Monday, 23rd June. For two weeks time the Norwegian wants to prepare herself for the UCI MTB Marathon World Championships in Hochpustertal-Alta Pusteria
Rebekka Kadijk and Merel Mooren got a second chance at this week’s US$600,000 Henkel Grand Chelem and took advantage of a “Lucky Loser†berth in the SWATCH FIVB World Tour event here Wednesday to post two opening pool play wins. photo FIVB
With the help of our Cyclone Fans, the H'Town Texas Cyclones gained control for a WIN over the OKC Lightning... Final Score HTC 21 / OKC 15
The OKC Lightning came prepared to play the Cyclones at home, however going into half-time with 8-7 lead HTC dominated the 2nd half of the game.
Marion Bartoli snapped out of a four-match losing streak on Wednesday, beating Sybille Bammer in her opener. She is the highest seed left after Svetlana Kuznetsova's shock loss. Zvonareva is also out along with Amelie Mauresmo who retired due to a left thigh strain
Britain's divers with dreams of competing at this summer's Beijing Olympic Games will go head-to-head this weekend to decide which athletes will be selected to fill the places already secured for Team GB.
For moguls skier Shannon Bahrke (Tahoe City, CA), getting back into training has been the highlight of her summer after having to sit out the entire 2008 World Cup season.
Phillips, the 2006 world champion, had been heavily tipped to be a potential gold medallist in Hong Kong, where the equestrian events are being held, but had to pull out when her horse Toytown picked up an injury.
Almost 550 competitors from 11 countries (AUS, AUT, EST, ISR, HUN, MDA, ROU, RUS, SRB, SVK, CZE) took part at the 3rd KAMIKAZE Czech Aerobic Open 2008, which was held in all age categories and as well in STEP aerobics challenge.
Jamie Dinkins (Powell, Tenn.) turned in the top American performance on the second day of competition at the 2008 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. After starting 37th, Dinkins moved up 18 spots to finish 19th in the U23 women’s cross country contest. photo US Cycling
