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Kelly College swimmer Louise Watkin smashed the European record in the S9 category on the final day of the British International Disability Swimming Championships in Sheffield.

Despite a pessimistic forecast, the intense medal race programme was completed as scheduled. The wind, light and often shifty forced the committee to adjust constantly the course. photo Richard Langdon/Skandia Team GBR

With the Californian sun shining and ten knots of breeze from the north west, Race 9 of the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race series began at 1300 local (2000 GMT). Uniquely Singapore was the first of the ten-internationally sponsored yachts across the line, closely followed by their Asian rivals, Qingdao. photo Douglas Peebles onEdition

ISAF President Göran Petersson completed the random draw for the allocation of the supplied equipment at the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition. photo During a visit to the ISAF Secretariat, ISAF President Göran Petersson completes the random draw for the allocation of the supplied equipment at the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition. ISAF

The most notable historic results this year were from Lindsey Vonn and Kikkan Randall. Vonn, with her six wins for a total of 10 podiums, became only the second U.S. woman to win the downhill and overall World Cup titles. She also finished the season as the second most successful American woman in ski racing history. photo Doug Haney/US Ski Team

U.S. Snowboarding had an epic 2008 season with veteran and rookie riders bringing in top performances. Riders like Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT), Gretchen Bleiler (Aspen, CO) and Michelle Gorgone (Boston) were just a few to hit the podium this past year.

The former chairman of Government National Lottery distributor Sport England made his claim in an interview published today with the Daily Mail.

The excitement and expectation for this final selection event at Nottingham for the Senior Flatwater Sprint team has been mounting over many months now. Success at this regatta secures selection to compete at the Senior European Event in Milan in the middle of May.

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The USA Track & Field Foundation has presented Elite Athlete Development Grants to 15 athletes, USATF Foundation Executive Director Tom Jackovic announced on Friday.

In its nine year history, USA vs. The World has featured Americans oftentimes sweeping all six relays featured. Not so on Saturday afternoon, at the 114thth running of the Penn Relays. On an overcast day, Team Jamaica won two of the first three relays - the first time they've crossed the finish line first in two races at this event -before the Americans regrouped to win the final tworaces.

The U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team finished second in its four-team group over the weekend at the World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD) Intercontinental Cup in Ismailia, Egypt. On Monday it will play Russia in the quarterfinals. photo US Volleyball

Great Britain emerged as top nation at the conclusion of the French Olympic Sailing Week on Friday (25 April). John Robertson, Hannah Stodel and Stephen Thomas won Gold in the Paralympic Sonar class on Thursday, with Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson bronze in the Yngling event.

The Co-operative Group has announced plans to support England Netball’s bid to make netball an Olympic sport in the 2016 games.

New Zealand’s Beijing-bound Samantha Warriner claimed her sixth world cup title today in the 2008 Tongyeong BG Triathlon World Cup. A strong swim put the top Kiwi at the front of the group and enabled her to utilize her running speed to cruise to gold medal in a time of 1 hour 49 minutes and 49 seconds. In second place was young Hollie Avil of Great Britain, 9 seconds back. photo Simon Grimmett/triathon.org

The U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team swept Lithuania on Friday in its first pool-play match at the World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD) Intercontinental Cup in Ismailia, Egypt.

Russia defeated the USA 3-2 to make a final set up with Spain who made their way into the final by beating China PR 4-1.

UWIC captured their sixth BUSA women’s championship in eight seasons in dramatic fashion at Twickenham Stadium today, with a penalty try 12 minutes into added time. photo kickphoto.co.uk

BEIJING (Olympic Test event) - Australian women's basketball head coach, Jan Stirling, has given Beijing the thumbs up after experiencing the Olympic city first hand during a test event. photo FIBA

British Swimming has unveiled the next generation of elite athletes within two squads bound for this summer's World Youth Swimming Championships in Mexico and the European Junior Championships in Serbia.

John Robertson, Hannah Stodel and Stephen Thomas have claimed Great Britain’s first medal at the French Olympic Sailing Week in Hyeres, clinching gold with a day to spare in the Paralympic Sonar class on Thursday (24 April). photo Richard Langdon Skandia Team GBR

U.S. Figure Skating announced today the 14 synchronized skating teams that will compose the A, B, C and Reserve Team envelopes for the 2008-09 season.

MOLSON today signed up to be a sponsor of Canada's Olympic team for the 2012 Games in London.

Speedminton, the biggest craze in Europe has now traveled across the pond and is hitting the U.S. by storm. The game, which was developed in Germany in 2002, now has hundreds of thousands of fans and players in over 20 countries, including the United States.

As one of just six world cup events before the end of ITU Olympic qualifying, Tongyeong welcomes a world class field that is expected to include a number of contenders as the stakes rise for many Olympic hopefuls. photo ITU Media

Nearly all of the world's top sprinters, including Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards and Lauryn Williams, are slated to compete Saturday at USA vs. The World at the Penn Relays. photo Picture Alliance