Women sport news

Jenn Stuczynski held onto her respective lead midway through USA Track & Field's Outdoor Visa Championship Series following Saturday's Reebok Grand Prix in New York City.

Sarah Haskins (St. Louis, Mo. / Colorado Springs, Colo.) is getting to like Vancouver. Last year she earned her first World Cup top-three finish in the city and on Sunday she topped that with a silver medal at the 2008 ITU Triathlon World Championship. photo Silke Insel ITU Media

Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) came off the bench to score a match-high 15 points to lead the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team to a 25-19, 25-15, 25-16 sweep of Peru Friday afternoon during the Pan American Cup’s consolation round at Mexicali, Mexico. photo US Volleyball

Tyra Turner and Rachel Wacholder of the United States will be competing with three teams from Brazil for the GE Money Bank Mazury Open gold medal as all four Beach Volleyball tandems won semi-final-qualifying matches here Friday at the US$350,000 SWATCH FIVB World Tour event. photo FIVB

Two of the greatest rivals on the WISPA World Tour will meet in the final of the Women's Seoul Open after world number one Nicol David and Rachael Grinham, the world number three, survived contrasting semi-finals in the $60,000 squash event in its second year in the South Korean capital Seoul.

Virginia Ruano Pascual lifted her ninth career Grand Slam doubles title - and first without Paola Suarez - with first-time Grand Slam champion Anabel Medina Garrigues.

Victoria Azarenka won her first Grand Slam title in mixed doubles at last year's US Open with fellow Belarusian Max Mirnyi, and on Friday claimed her second at Roland Garros with American Bob Bryan

Ana Ivanovic solidified her imminent rise to No.1 with her first Grand Slam title, beating Dinara Safina in straight sets at Roland Garros. She is the first Serbian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title.

The England Women’s 7s squad to compete in the European 7s later this month, a qualifying tournament for the 2009 IRB Rugby World Cup 7s, has been announced.

The tournament, which will take place between 11-15 June, will see Great Britain take on European and reigning Olympic Champions Germany, together with Ireland and South Africa in the four team tournament which will be played alongside the men’s competition.

Lorena Ochoa used a 7-under-par 65 in the second round of the McDonald's LPGA Championship Presented by Coca-Cola to take a one-stroke lead at 10-under-par (69-65=134).

The low cloud and light drizzle failed to dampen spirits as the crews prepared their boats for the race and waved farewell to supporters on the dockside ahead of the 570-mile sprint to Halifax. With only three of the 14 individual races that make up the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race remaining, the pressure on to secure an overall podium. photo James Allen onEdiiton position when the race finishes in Liverpool on 05 July.

ParalympicsGB has today named the four boccia athletes set to represent Britain at this summer’s Paralympic Games, which marks the 98th, 99th, 100th and 101st British athletes so far selected for the Beijing Games.

Trans-Tasman battles are back in action in Round 10 of the ANZ Championship, and gaining those game points is more important than ever.

Polish Volleyball player Agata Mróz died on Wednesday, June 4. She was 26. Mróz, who was suffering from leukemia, was considered one of the best Polish Women players of her generation. photo FIVB

The U.S. Women’s National Indoor Volleyball Team is hosting the world’s top-ranked Brazil squad in Colorado Springs three times during the month of June as part of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Exhibition for Volleyball series, and two of those contests are nearing sellouts.

The U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team won four consecutive matches to conclude Pool A of the 2008 Pan American Cup with a 4-1 record. However, it finished in a three-way tie for first place with Dominican Republic and Argentina as part of the 12-team Pan American Cup field broken into two equal pools of six teams. photo US Volleyball

The U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team dropped a 25-21, 34-32, 14-25, 25-18 match to Puerto Rico Thursday evening during the Pan American Cup’s quarterfinal round at Mexicali, Mexico. photo US Volleyball

Ana Ivanovic won an emotional all-Serbian semifinal against Jelena Jankovic to reach her third career Grand Slam final. She will face first-time major finalist Dinara Safina for the title Saturday.

Yorkshire’s Emma Brown (right) won the Astor Salver for the second time with a three-under par total for 36 holes at The Berkshire.

England’s Jodi Ewart has earned a top honour for her performance in US women’s college golf.

MOSCOW (Olympics) - Russia coach Igor Grudin has named Americans Rebecca Hammon, Kelly Miller and Deanna Nolan along with national team veteran Elena Baranova in his 24-strong preliminary squad for the Beijing Games. photo FIBA

DAKAR (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women) – Senegal are in buoyant mood ahead of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for women with national team coach Moustapha Gaye having put a preliminary squad of 18 players through their paces in Dakar.

National netball captain and now Fiji basketball key player Matila Waqanidrola is all geared up to help the Fiji women’s team secure a spot at the 2008 Beijing Olympics when they travel to Spain for the qualifiers. photo Micheal Bradley

Evidently the idea of finishing runner-up to Boston College (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) for the second time in less than a week did not sit well with the Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) sailing team.

Members of the U.S. Elite Water Ski Team are: Danyelle Bennett (Zachary, La.), April Coble- Eller (Lillington, N.C.), Regina Jaquess (Suwanee, Ga.), Mandy Nightingale (Sapulpa, Okla.).