USA Water Polo will hold the “S&R Sport Junior Olympics†in Irvine, California for 2008. As the world’s largest water polo tournament, it will boast some exciting changes from past formats. photo USA Waterpolo
Reigning snowboardcross World Cup and world champion Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) won the women's competition Sunday on an exciting and foggy day of World Cup racing.
2007 U.S. silver medalist Emily Hughes has withdrawn from the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Saint Paul, Minn., Jan. 20-27. photo Paul and Michelle Harvath
The ISU European Championships concluded on Sunday, in the Russian town of Kolomna
after two exciting days of racing. Reigning allround world champion Ireen Wüst
(NED) took the European title for the first time.
The women’s team pursuit debuts at this years UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester March 26-30th and British Cycling Performance Director David Brailsford is aiming to have a team ready for the final round of the World Cup in Copenhagen in February.
On Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008, the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls two home teams will open the league's 2008 season at Fat City with a brutal bout among sisters: RMRG's Red Ridin' Hoods vs. Sugar Kill Gang.
Kate O'Neill (Palo Alto, Calif.) took the respective women's title at the USA Half Marathon Championships in Houston, Texas. O'Neill won her first national title in 1:11:57. The men's and women's championships were hosted for the second consecutive year by the Aramco Houston Half Marathon.
Loughborough Lightning moved to within a point of league leaders Team Northumbria in the Co-operative Netball Superleague, after a superb
display of shooting from new signing Jo Harten helped them to a 73-34 demolition of bottom side Celtic Dragons. photo Perfect Motion
The Christmas break clearly hadn’t dampened Lightning’s drive and enthusiasm as they took on a young Celtic Dragons side in their first home game of the Co-operative Netball SuperLeague 2008.
The first two matches were in Pool A. The tournament opened with Mitcham (ENG) against Szentendre (HUN) with the English team looking to gain revenge for their defeat in last year’s competition.
On Friday January 10th teams in pool B each played twice. With DOS'46 looking good to reach the final, the game between Adler and Prievidza was to decide whether the Germans could win though to the bronze medal game.
10th Seed Marion Bartoli faced a tough first round draw against Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden. The match went to 3 sets with Arvidsson seeing out the 3rd set 6-3. Gisela Dulko was also ousted by Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark. Top seeds all through
As Great Britain women continued their preparations for the Olympic Games later this year, they drew 2-2 against a Spanish side who are warming up for their qualifying campaign in April. photo Andrew Beckett
NAPLES (EuroLeague Women) - Albena Branzova is, as they like to say in sports, long in the tooth at 36 years of age, but in no way have the veteran Bulgarian center's skills diminished. photo FIBA
Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) was 13th and Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) 20th Saturday in an Audi FIS Alpine World Cup giant slalom. Austrian Elisabeth Goergl snapped Italian Denise Karbon's four-race winning streak in springlike conditions. WCSN.com will provide on-demand webstreaming. credit: Mark Fox/Summit Daily
Canadian alpine skier Britt Janyk (Whistler, BC) finished in 29th position The FIS World Cup giant slalom in Maribor, SLO, her best World Cup GS result since the 2003/2004 season. photo Alpine Canada
MARIBOR, Slovenia (Jan. 13) - World Cup leader Nicole Hosp of Austria padded her points lead Sunday by winning a World Cup slalom. Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) was 17th and stands fourth overall. WCSN.com will provide on-demand webstreaming starting at 10 a.m. ET.
Today's sentencing concludes a sad series of events. The revelation that one of the sport's biggest stars took performance-enhancing drugs and repeatedly lied about it, in addition to being a party to fraud, has no silver lining.
World Cup leader Nicole Hosp of Austria padded her points lead Sunday by winning a World Cup slalom. Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) was 17th and stands fourth overall. WCSN.com will provide on-demand webstreaming starting at 10 a.m. ET.
Singing, dancing and rolling on the floor are not necessarily what you would expect to see at an international sporting event, but prepare to be
surprised this spring, when England's netballers face the Malawi Queens in a three match test series in April.
No.3 seed Jelena Jankovic battled back from a hefty third set deficit and three match points to make it past Tamira Paszek on Monday. Lindsay Davenport also had a tough go of things.
The following players have been selected to represent England at the EuroHockey Indoor Nations Challenge between 18-20 January at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield.
After 14 games, 27 goals, and a year that saw England play at the World Cup for the first time in 12 years, it's time to find out who the fans choice is for the Nationwide England Women's Player of the Year. photo FA
Former British and Welsh women’s open amateur stroke-play champion Heather Macrae from Dunblane and Marian Riordan from Tipperary, winner of the 2007 Irish women’s amateur Order of Merit have both been international-class amateur golfers.
