Women sport news

Cricket Australia today announced that Lisa Keightley, who has been coach of the Australia women’s team, the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars since June 2007, will step down from the role at the end of the month.

Cindy Sliva wins The Northwest Women's Tour stop, The Cue Ball in Salem, Oregon.

The wait is almost over, as the 2008 slalom season embarks on its debut event in Ulsan, Korea from the 12th through to the 17th of May. photo PWA Carter

The North Zone ruled the roost at Rutland Water as day two of the 2008 RYA Eric Twiname Championships came to a thrilling finish. Winning North Zone team. Credit Paul Wyeth

As the boats left the dock on Sunday morning, weather analysis and predictions were getting more precise for the 3000-mile long course towards Boston. With 10 knots of easterly breeze, the descent towards the Eddystone Omega race gate should take less than an hour. credit: onEdition/The Artemis Transat/OC Events Dee Caffari (Aviva) at the start of the Artemis Transat.

Eager to master the 2010 Olympic trails early on, the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team headed to Whistler, BC for its summer training camp to get a feel for the terrain they will be competing on in less than two years. Cross Country Head Coach Pete Vordenberg races against the women's U.S. Cross Country Team in Whistler, B.C. (Pat Casey/USSA)

When the Olympic Torch threads its way through Canadian cities and towns, it delivers the message that big dreams can be realized, no matter where you’re from, and whatever your goal is in life. It inspires belief.

The Swatch TTR Event applications are over and we are looking forward a new season of amazing snowboarding performances – with an incredible prize money of over $2.500.000 USD up for grabs at events worldwide over a 10-months period.

Swift Racing has completed its second victory on Belgian soil of the year. Currently the hottest place in Europe, temperatures were at over 30 degrees for the 3rd round of the AA Drink National Cup series in De Pinte. www.wielerniews.be

Britain’s Heather Fell won her second Modern Pentathlon World Cup medal of the year when she took bronze in the Czech Republic. photo Phil Searle

Mixed martial arts champion Felice Herrig, affectionately known as Lil' Bulldog, has launched a new MMA television show on CLTV in Chicago.

Sport England is delighted to announce the return of Sportsmatch with a new web-based facility enabling applicants to apply online.

Bianca Walkden (Elite Taekwondo Club, Liverpool) continued Britain’s rich vein of form by taking the +68kg silver medal in a tightly contested final, losing to her Tunisian opponent 4-3.

Marathon and Mediofondo Fausto Coppi running off next 29 June with the start and the finish scheduled in Galimberti Place is one of the greatest competitions devoted to international cycling. And the numbers of the registered athletes continue to testify it.

2007 World Outdoor triple gold medalist Allyson Felix ran world leaders in winning the women's 100m and 400m, respectively, tonight at the 2008 Qatar Super Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar.

The 2005 World silver medallist, Lashinda Demus, who gave birth to twin boys in June 2007, became the first athlete to break 54 seconds in this Olympic year as she clocked 53.99 to win the women's 400m hurdles by more than 2 tenths. Christine Spence was the runner-up, improving her personal best to 54.21.

Australian steeplechase champion Donna MacFarlane has scored an impressive win at the IAAF World Athletics Tour in Doha, Qatar, in a early mother’s day present for the Hobart athlete.

Paige Higgins (Littleton, Colo.) won her first USA road title in 1:30:49, Saturday at the USA 25 km Championships in Grand Rapids, Mich

ParalympicsGB today confirmed the selection of thirty-six swimmers for the British team for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. The squad features a mix of youth and experience, with 13-year-old Eleanor Simmonds selected for her first Games.

FM Eclipse Netball Club of Andover, Hampshire, is celebrating this week after picking up joint second prize at the Sports Club of the Year Awards, and with it, an award of £3,000 towards future club development.

The Firebirds go top as they defeat The NSW Swifts by 14 goals. Tactix defeat Southern Steel 51-48. photo Micheal Bradley

Magic defeat Mystics by 13 goals on Monday, and hang on to second place on the leaderboard. The Adelaide Thunderbirds defeat West coast Fever by 16 goals to go fourth.

Marlins edged off Stingrays in the semi-finals last weekend by 4 goals to reach the NSL grand finals.

The 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour will be staged on two continents this week with the women resuming competition in Asia as qualifying for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games continues for the planet's top Beach Volleyball players.

Jenny Duncalf - also from Yorkshire - beat French qualifier Isabelle Stoehr to claim a maiden place in the women's final.

Scottish Hockey received welcome news today when Minister for Communities and Sport, Stewart Maxwell, announced sportscotland will invest £645,384 in 2008 to develop the sport across Scotland.