Women sport news

Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) took over as World Cup points leader and passed childhood idol Picabo Street as she won a World Cup super combined Saturday for her second World Cup victory in 24 hours, the 10th of her career. Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) was third for the second day in a row. WCSN.com will webcast coverage on-demand.

From the team at Womens Sport Report, we wish you a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.

USA Volleyball has announced that the U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team has qualified for the 2008 Paralympics on Sept. 6-17 in Beijing, China. photo US Volleyball

Ilona Korstin, the face of the FIBA Europe Year of Women’s Basketball campaign, started playing basketball professionally in France with Bourges in 1997 and was voted French young player of 1999. Sandra Dijon Basquetbol.org (Open LFB 2007)

Heather Lloyd, from Austin, TX, had an amazing, consistent year in 2007 on the Hunter Classics Amateur Women's Tour.

The Team is made up of World Cup performers and up-and-coming talents including 2007 World Cup Rookie of the Year Heather McPhie (moguls; Bozeman, MT).

The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) today released its report for the first quarter of the fiscal year which includes a management discussion and analysis and interim financial statements for the first quarter, ended October 31, 2007.

Former legendary Australian wing defence, Simone McKinnis will continue to pass on her expertise and develop the country’s best young athletes after being re-appointed as coach of the Australian Institute of Sport netball program until 2009. photo www.ais.org.au

Stephanie Essex and Lindsay Keable, both members of the Celtic Dragons squad in the Co-operative Netball Superleague, have been included in the England netball squad for the forthcoming Netball Europe Open championships, to take place in February 2008.

The FIVB released today the official 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour calendar. The Beach Volleyball world season will start in Adelaide in March and will be closed by the city of Sanya, in China, with a double gender Open in November. photo FIVB

In its meeting over the past weekend in Paris, the EHF Executive Committee, among other agenda points, approved the distribution of European Cup places of the 2008/09 season to the EHF Member Federations.

The Rugby Football Union for Women and the Rugby Football Union’s Premiership Academies have teamed up in an exciting new programme to further develop England’s top female rugby players.

BEIJING (2008 Beijing Olympics) - The coach of China's women's team, Tom Maher, upped sticks in Australia and moved to Beijing after being handed the reins to the team in 2005.

Manchester will host the LEN European B Championships 2009 for Women after successfully staging the men's event earlier this year.

The 2007-08 ski cross season kicked off Saturday in Telluride The first World Cup in North America will be held as a part of the Feb. 1-2 Visa Freestyle International at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, UT. photo www.ffs.fr

Ever dreamt of cycling to the Great Wall of China? Want to convert your passion for sport into support for British athletes at the Paralympic Games? Well, stop dreaming and sign up.

The H'Town Texas Cyclones Women's Tackle Football Team Releases Additional Tryout Dates For the Month Of December 2007.

Girls' rugby in Hertfordshire has received a great early Christmas present – a grant of £4,074 county's teams and development programmes.

England’s Melissa Reid finished 35th and collected a cheque for 4050 euros when she made her professional debut in the Dubai Ladies Masters on the Emirate’s Majlis course. photo ELGA

FLORIANOPOLIS (Women's Campeonato Nacional) - Catanduva remain in top spot in the Women's Campeonato Nacional after hammering Florianopolis 84-66 away from home to move to a 9-1 record. photo FIBA

PALO ALTO (NCAA Women) - Team USA stars dominated the action in women's college basketball this weekend. photo FIBA

Giddens, a Level 3 national water ski coach, has worked tirelessly over the years to develop a perpetual stream of young, new faces, and coach them through the ranks, from their earliest beginnings at learn to ski clinics in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee, all the way up to the top of the podium at state, regional and national championships. photo www.lindagiddens.com

After some unfortunate weather causing the postponement of competition on Saturday, The skies opened up and the sun shone brightly on the DC Central Park, midway on the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier, which was reshaped for the Swatch TTR SIX(6)STAR Roxy Chicken Jam. photo ttrworldtour.com

The first series of World Cups concludes in Erfurt, Germany, where the sprinters have come for their 500 and 1000m races, and the 100 for the first time this season. photo ISU

2007 Jesse Owens Award winner Allyson Felix has completed her studies at the University of Southern California and will graduate with a degree in Elementary Education.

Australia's Natalie Grinham successfully defended her title in the Women's Monte Carlo Squash Classic - but her straight games victory in the final of the $31,500 WISPA World Tour Silver squash event in the Monaco capital was sweet revenge for the loss to her older sister Rachael Grinham in the final of the World Open in Madrid in October. photo WISPA