Women sport news

Sarah Stevenson today was named in the British Olympic Taekwondo team for Beijing.

Jenn Stuczynski has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after setting an American record in the women's pole vault Sunday at the adidas Track Classic in Carson, Calif.

Tactix take on ColourPlus/Magic , The Firebirds vs Melbourne Vixens, The Adelaide Thunderbirds take on NSW Swifts and Pulse try to defeat Mystics to get off the bottom of the ANZ Ladder. Its happening on Saturday 2th May.

Host Japan, Korea and Serbia remained unbeaten and posted their second victories. Poland overpowered Kazakhstan to clinch their first win after being beaten by Japan in the first match while Kazakhstan and Thailand suffered their second consecutive defeats, making their bid to take a ticket for the Beijing Olympic Games more difficult.

The third day of the Women’s World Olympic Qualification Tournament to determine the last four tickets to the Beijing Olympics passed without surprise as all the big teams outclassed their opponents. photo FIVB

On an excellent day for Beach Volleyball here Wednesday at the historic Nakanoshima Park on an island between the Oojima and Tosabori Rivers in the financial district, eight women's teams earned Main Draw berths for the US$175,000 Keihan/SMFG Japan Open. photo FIVB

With a 40 - 6 win against the North Texas Fury, Head Coach Poppy prepared the Secondary Team for their 1st Pro-Game.

No.3 seed Virginie Razzano stumbled at her first hurdle at the Internationaux de Strasbourg Tuesday, falling to Chan Yung-Jan, 61 60. The first round wrapped up at the Tier III stop

It was a perfect day for seeds on Tuesday in Istanbul. Among those advancing was No.3 seed - and former world No.3 - Nadia Petrova, who crushed Lilia Osterloh to reach the second round.

Emotion, excitement, electricity-all words that would describe the 2008 Junior College Women's Tennis National Championships. 35 schools traveled from twelve states to compete in this years quest to be the best junior college tennis program in the nation and it was an emotional, electric, exciting week.

England Women booked their place in the final of the European Championships tonight (Tuesday) after a controlled win over Home Nation rivals Ireland in Drachten, Holland.

Following the recent Slazenger EHL Qualifying Tournament the formation of the league for season 2008-09 has been agreed by the EHL Committee. Premier Team Poynton photo John Coxon

Fourteen-year-old Alex Peters has just become the youngest-ever winner of the Nottinghamshire county championship.

Brazil coach Paulo Bassul has confirmed that Adrianinha, Kelly da silva Santos, Erika de Souza and Iziane Castro Marques will only link up with the national team shortly before the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Madrid. photo FIBA

CADIZ (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women) – EuroBasket Women 2007 MVP Amaya Valdemoro hasn’t wasted any time making headlines ahead of Spain hosting the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Madrid. photo FIBA

HAVANA (FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women) – Cuba women’s national team coach Alberto Zabala doesn’t expect any easy games at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Madrid. photo FIBA

The USA Women’s Senior National Team has announced their 14 player roster for the upcoming FINA World League Super Finals, June 10-15 to be held in, Santa Cruz del Tenenfe, Spain. photo Kirby Lee

The ten internationally-backed yachts of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race fleet have started Race 10 from Panama to Jamaica. photo Heather Ewing/onEdition

The town of Cowes on the Isle of Wight is incredibly busy in the first week of August and not just with the usual holidaymakers enjoying some retail therapy in the myriad of fabulous shops on the High Street.

Event director Helen Cartwright is confident Britain’s windsurfing champions of tomorrow were among the 62-strong fleet when the country’s most promising young windsurfers did battle at the first ever RYA National Junior Windsurfing Championships at Whitwell, Rutland Water this weekend (17-18 May). photo rya.org.uk

The National Collegiate Water Ski Association has selected the team that will represent the United States at the second World University Water Ski Championships, Oct. 1-5, in Tianjin, China. The selections were made following the U.S. World University Water Ski Team Trials, held May 16 in DuQuoin, Ill.

The Midwest Region won the Collegiate All-Stars Water Ski Championships on Sunday, tallying 10,450 points at the 14th annual event held in DuQuoin, Ill. The Western Region finished runner-up, scoring 9,315 points, followed by the Eastern (3,625 points) and South Central (2,540 points) regions.

Nur noch wenige Tage bis zum Start der Premiere des ŠKODA VELOTHON BERLIN. Im Vorwege dieses ersten Stadtmarathons für Radfahrer präsentierten die Organisatoren heute im Rahmen einer Pressekonferenz aktuelle Informationen rund um die Veranstaltung am 24. und 25. Mai.

Women's Sports Cares has announced the dates for the2nd annual "Marketing Women's Sports" conference. The event will be held November 17 and 18 at the Nashville Marriott Airport Hotel.

Round 7 of the ANZ Championships comes to an end today with The Sydney Swifts defeating West Coast Fever 66-54 and Magic defeated Southern Stell 56-47. photo Micheal Bradley

The 12-player U.S. Girls’ Youth National Team roster was determined this weekend as the 22-player training team went through a training session May 15-18 at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.