Women sport news

In the permit process the Women were left out of receiving a go-ahead to run their 4th annual stand alone event The 4th Annual Women’s Pipeline Pro, consisting of shortboarding, longboarding and bodyboarding at Pipeline in March. This was devastating to many of the Women surfers.

The first day of the British Swimming Championships (50m) saw two British records smashed in the heats of the women's 200m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle.

Kuno Ritschard, President of the International Water Ski Federation (IWSF), released details today of the calendar of the IWSF Waterski and Wakeboard World Cup series organized for this season. Having successfully completed 21 Stops to date, the locations fixed for this year are the most exotic so far.

Every year the Skandia Cowes Week regatta organisers spend a considerable amount of time analysing competitor feedback and, as a result, look at different ways in which they can further improve the event. All comments are factored into the decision-making process for tweaks and changes that will improve the event for everyone concerned.

The word sustainability can mean many things to many people. For the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), sustainability means managing the social, economic and environmental impacts and opportunities of our Games to produce lasting benefits — locally and globally.

The ladies were greeted with bright blue skies for the Slopestyle competition of the Swatch TTR 6-Star Roxy Chicken Jam, the final women’s event of the Tour. photo TTR

American snowboarder Jamie Anderson came charging into the 07/08 season at full strength, ready to take on a huge batch of challenging adversaries and claim the 07/08 Tour Champion. And that’s exactly what she did. photo TTR

Dual sportswoman Liz Halliday was on form over the Easter weekend, producing strong performances with her horses Donovan and Oscar in events at Munstead and Somerley Park.

Red Ridin Hoods vs. Ict Roller Girls Saturday April 5th @ 6:30PM

Origin Storage, a leading manufacturer and distributor of IT storage solutions, has agreed to sponsor the British Women’s Number 1 Bobsleigh Team.

Members of Honiton Gymnastics Acrobatics Squad enjoyed fantastic results in Yate on the 15-16th March. Bringing home a selection of medals and two South West Championship titles.

World Ironman Champion, Chrissie Wellington, who was hardly a household name in the world of Ironman racing prior to winning the coveted title in Kona last year has chosen the Panthers Ironman Australia Triathlon as her first of three Ironman events she will race this year.

2004 Olympian and American record holder Teresa Vaill won the women's race Sunday at the 2008 USA Team Trials - IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Eugene, Oregon.

World championship representative Vicky Parnov who competed in the last edition of the event in Beijing will once again join her junior teammate Angeline Blackburn giving the team a good base of experience at an international level. photo PrettySporty.com

Mitton, Gilroy and Robertson named as part of the British table tennis squad set to represent Britain at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing.

Rounds 1 and 2 results from Netball Singapores NSL League

Team Northumbria's hopes of a first Cooperative Netball Superleague Grand Final place were dashed today when the side lost 52 34 to Mavericks in the second round of playoffs at the EIS in Sheffield. photo Kevin Jones

Alix Klineman scored a match-high 26 points and the U.S. Women’s National Training Team dominated the net as the Americans defeated ZheJiang, a professional Chinese club team, 15-25, 25-16, 25-22, 23-25, 15-10 Saturday at FuYang, China. photo US Volleyball

You know you’re in a strange place when… people start hugging trees. After checking into the supremely fancy Crowne Plaza Hotel in Changsu, we headed outside to board the bus for practice. Suddenly on my left there came a red-headed figure bounding on all fours by the water fountain, sniffing the grass, and soon embracing a stunted tree.

Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca remained "perfect" in 2008 as the young Brazilian Beach Volleyball players captured the season opening event on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour women's calendar by defeating compatriots Talita Antunes and Renata Ribeiro in the finals of the US$350,000 Adelaide Australia Open on Glenelg Beach.

A SUPERB defensive performance helped Great Britain women secure a hard-fought 19-16 victory over pre-tournament favourites the Faroe Islands in their second match of the European Challenge Trophy in Cyprus on Thursday.

GREAT Britain Women made it three wins from three in the European Challenge Trophy group stages after beating Estonia 24-16 in their latest Group B match in Cyprus on Friday.

GREAT Britain Women achieve their target of finishing in the top four of the European Challenge Trophy in Cyprus, but narrowly missed out on the bronze medal after losing 23-16 to Bosnia on Sunday.

Great Britain won the third of their three Test Matches against Ireland at the University College in Dublin earlier today, despite an uninspiring goalless first half performance from both teams. photo Andrew Beckett

Poyton Still In It. Newly crowned champions Slough were, astonishingly,beaten by fifth in the league Clifton in a five-four thriller this weekend but it has been a season of up and owns. 3rd placed Leicester thrashed 4th place Olton and West Warwicks Ladies 5-1. photo and report John Coxon

Rolex Rankings’ number one Lorena Ochoa (65-67-68-66=266) fired a final-round 6-under-par 66 at the Safeway International Presented by Coca-Cola to successfully defend her first of eight victories during the 2007 LPGA Tour season.