The Women’s One-Day International Series between the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars and England finished level at 2-2 after Australia won today’s fifth and final game at the SCG by 41 runs.
Hertfordshire’s Lucy Williams, from the English Women’s Golf Association Performance Squad, is among a record number of golfing students to receive R&A bursaries.
Felicity Johnson, who won the 2005 English championship as an 18-year-old, produced a stunning final round to grab a share of third place in the ANZ Ladies Masters in Australia. photo ELGA
33 Women came to play AWBT’s $500 Added WPBA Qualifier at Metro Sportz Bar! This event was a qualifier for the WPBA San Diego Classic event in Alpine California presented by J. Pechauer Custom Cues.
After a difficult week of strong winds, the Swatch TTR FOUR(4)STAR Crans-Montana Champs Open presented by Rip Curl finally saw some beautiful blue bird days for the semi-finals and finals. photo F.Borgazzi/ E.Messikommer/ A.Derib/TTR
The 2008 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships will open in Goyang, the Republic of Korea, on February 13. Korea has hosted the Four Continents Championships twice before, in 2002 and in 2005. 99 skaters/couples from 16 ISU members have been entered for the Championships.
The Hohenschönhausen, Berlin, was the host of the ISU World Allround Speed Skating
Championships 2008 which took place in front of a sold out rink this week-end. Dutch skater Paulien van Deutekom is the 2008 Champion.
The 2007-08 Samsung ISU World Cup Short Track season concluded this weekend in Salt
Lake City, United States of America, with the sixth and final round of the World Cup Season.
The event was held at the Utah Olympic Oval. photo ISU
School children across the UK will be able to track the progress of this major new British expedition across the Arctic wastes of Greenland, crossing one of the world’s largest glaciers, and see first-hand some of the rapidly advancing global environmental challenges that face the world today thanks to the wonders of the internet.
Two big ITU Winter Triathlon events took to the snow this past weekend in Italy and the United States. Mt.Bachelor in Bend, Oregon hosted the 2008 ITU Pan American Winter Triathlon Championships, an event that also doubled as USA Triathlon’s National Championships. photo ITU Media
Loughborough Lightning remains on top of the Co-operative Netball Superleague with only three rounds of fixtures remaining before the play offs. But they were made to fight all the way by a spirited performance by reigning champions TeamBath before finally triumphing 49-47
Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.), a setter on the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, has provided the following responses to questions posed to her as part of a "Getting to Know" feature. photo US Volleyball
English success in the women's Zack-sponsored Tour 4 WISPA World Tour final, when Sarah Kippax, the top seed from Cheshire, beat Pakistan's No2 seed Carla Khan 9-0, 4-1 (ret.) photo Sarahkippax.com
Anna Chakvetadze defeated Agnes Szavay in three sets on Sunday afternoon for the Open Gaz de France crown. The 20-year-old Russian is now 7-0 lifetime in Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles finals.
England Women racked up a cricket score victory against Italy in the second round of the RBS 6 Nations on Saturday at the Stadio Tre Fontane in Rome. plus video footage of the match
The biggest ever Imparja Cup opens today with a feast of cricket taking place in Alice Springs. The premier State/Territory division (featuring eight teams representing all states and territories of Australia) has a busy day ahead with each team playing two Twenty20 matches to open the tournament, New South Wales kicking off their title defence against Tasmania at Traeger Park from 10am.
MUNICH (FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year) - On the strength of a mesmerizing performance at EuroBasket Women 2007, where she led Latvia to the semifinals, Anete JEKABSONE-ZOGOTA has been named the FIBA Europe Women's Player of the Year. photo FIBA
Kelly VanderBeek (Kitchener, ON) erased the memories of a fourth place finish at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games today by finishing second in a World Cup Ladies downhill race in Sestriere, ITA. photo Alpine Canada
Kuitunen won the women's 10K in 28:10.5, putting her 9.3 seconds of teammate Aino Kaisa Saarinen. Randall, looking to added short-distance races to her traditional strength in sprinting, finished in 30:48.9.
Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) claimed the World Cup overall points lead, tied the U.S. record for World Cup downhill victories and further fattened her lead in the DH standings Saturday as she won a downhill on the 2006 Olympic men's speed track. Doug Haney US Ski Team
Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) and Austrian Nicole Hosp slid into a tie for the women's World Cup overall lead Sunday when Hosp finished 14th and Vonn 16th in a super G where Swiss and Austrian skiers tied for the win. photo Doug Haney US Ski Team
Britt Janyk (Whistler, BC) continues to build on what is by far the best season of her career, today finishing the World Cup super G in Sestriere, ITA in 12th place. photo Alpine Canada
Jaime Myers (Boise, ID) overcame fog and poor weather Sunday for the best results of their World Cup careers in leading U.S. aerialists at the 2010 Olympic freestyle venue. In a one-jump contest,Myers finished ninth for the women at Cypress Mountain. photo Lindsey Sine US Ski Team
U.S. Snowboarding's Louie Vito. Kelly Clark (West Dover, VT), 2002 Olympic gold medalist, won the women's competition.The Grand Prix at Tamarack will be broadcast Feb. 16 on NBC at 3:30 p.m. ET. photo Mountain Life Photography
World champion Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) swept Visa Snowboardcross titles Sunday in the Chevy U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix at snowy Tamarack Resort.
Icenetwork.com, U.S. Figure Skating and MLB Advanced Media’s joint partnership, provided groundbreaking coverage of the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, held in Saint Paul, Minn., Jan. 21-27. photo Paul and Michelle Harvath US Figure Skating
GYMNASTIQUE SUR LE TOIT DU MONDE. Last November, Katmandou (NEP) welcomed 41
participants for an Olympic Solidarity course
organised by the Nepal Gymnastics Association.
Ceremoniously launched by the Minister of
Education and Sport, the course was headed up by Hungarian expert Ferenc Donath
