Women sport news

The revised date for The Saltrock Open is approaching fast and it can’t come quickly enough for the stars of UK surfing.

The final day of the British Swimming Championships saw the final athletes meet the nomination criteria to add their names to the list of swimmers that have the chance to go to this summer's Olympic Games.

As the curtain came down on the 2008 RYA Youth National Championships and Trials on Friday (4 April), selectors unveiled eight of the 10 RYA Team GBR sailors who will compete at the 2008 Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championships in Denmark this July.

Race 8 in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race series is underway after a start in a stiff breeze off the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The crew of New York ahead of the start of Race 8 from Hawaii to Santa Cruz in the Clipper 07-08 Round the World Yacht Race photo Douglas Peebles onEdition

Simona Meiler of Switzerland won the women's SBX competition followed by Canadian Maelle Ricker who took the title. Mellie Francon, also of Switzerland, was third.

U.S. Figure Skating announced today the selection of Lake Placid, N.Y., as the host for the 2009 U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships. The event will take place Dec. 8-13, 2008 at the Olympic Center.

The Individual Final Matches took place at Fortaleza Ozama in Santo Domingo, the oldest fort of the New World. They saw the most experienced archers rewarded for their talent. photo FITA

Today the Team Finals were shot at the Fortaleza Ozama in Santo Domingo. The winning teams are Chinese Taipei, Great Britain, United States and Russia!

Here is what the finalists said at the end of the finals of the Meteksan World Cup Stage 1 in Santo Domingo.

As registration for Ironman China comes to a close, the newest addition to the Ironman calendar is emerging as one of the most international races in the Ironman world.

Final score was 43-39 to Mavericks! A magnificent second half fight back brought Mavericks a third time lucky prize last night, when they defeated Loughborough Lightning in the Grand Final of the Co-operative Netball Superleague at the K2 Crawley. photo Kevin Jones

With most of the Premiership regulars comfortable and staying up , depleted Ipswich's humiliation by Bowdon 9-2 this weekend was a cruel end of season but Ipswich will be back and firing on all cylinders next season. photo John Coxon

On a relatively tranquil morning with almost no wind - a stark contrast to Saturday's weather that prompted play to be suspended - Leah Wigger extended her lead as the second round of the AMERICAN SYSTEMS Invitational came to a close Sunday morning. photo Futurestour.com

Reigning World Number 1 Lorena Ochoa won the first major Championship of 2008. The Kraft Nabisco in fine fashion. Her second straight major win. Ochoa shot a final round of 67 -5 to defeat Annika Sorenstam and Suzann Petterson by 5 strokes at 277 (-11)

With more than 250 of the hottest surfers converging on the famed West Australian break for the 6-star prime-rated ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) event for Men and 5-star Women's event, the surfing which eventuated was of the highest calibre despite the difficult conditions

Charlotte Consorti wins the Seasons first event.

Claire Leroy of France secured her second consecutive world championship title in the sport of women’s match racing. photo www.rnzys.org.nz

British sailors Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson have continued their confident march towards Olympic glory by clinching the Yngling European Championship title in Blanes, Spain, this weekend. photo François Richard

The elite women tackled the New Plymouth course. Olympic hopeful Emma Moffatt was keen to stake her claim to an Olympic spot. She finished as the third Aussie in Mooloolaba and won’t be racing in Ishigaki next weekend so she knew this was her final chance to impress Australian Olympic selectors. photo Simon Grimmett/triathlon.org

The FIVB has confirmed the match schedule for the 2008 World Grand Prix, the annual international Volleyball competition involving the world's best Women players.

The top four seeds will contest the semi-finals of the Women's Atwater Cup after straightforward straight games wins in the quarter-finals of the WISPA World Tour Silver squash event at Club Atwater in Montreal, Canada.

France's Isabelle Stoehr and Australian Kasey Brown will contest a surprise Women's Atwater Cup final after ditching the top two seeds in the semi-finals of the inaugural WISPA World Tour Silver squash event at Club Atwater in Montreal, Canada.

Jelena Jankovic and Serena Williams go head-to-head in the Sony Ericsson Open final on Saturday, and depending on where you live you could watch this duel live, right here on sonyericssonwtatour.com

Serena Williams needed eight match points but hung tough to beat Jelena Jankovic at the Sony Ericsson Open, and is now tied with Steffi Graf for the all-time record of five titles at the event.

Cricket Australia’s Women’s National Selection Panel today named a 20-player Australian Institute of Sport (AIS)-Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars squad for the 2008-09 season

FIFA have confirmed that Lois Fidler's England U17s will play in the augural U17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand later this year. photo FA