Women sport news

Live webstreaming of this week's Women's World Open Squash Championship in Madrid will be available free to fans worldwide via the World Squash Federation (WSF) website www.worldsquash.org from the quarter-finals on Thursday through to the final on Saturday.

n one of the biggest upsets in the 28-year history of the event, Malaysia's world number one and top seed Nicol David crashed out of the Madrid Women's World Open Squash Championship when she was beaten in five games by New Zealand's Shelley Kitchen

Women's Football Recognized in Centennial Parade-A group of football players joined more than 3,000 participants to make history in downtown Oklahoma City. Members of the OKC Lightning women's full-contact football team marched Sunday among the floats, balloons and celebrities in the Oklahoma Centennial Parade.

Second seed Daniela Hantuchova defeated Gisela Dulko 63 61 to ease into the third round in Linz, while Molik, Sugiyama defeated while Vaidisova, Schnyder advance

England Women’s Head Coach Gary Street has today (Tuesday) named his England Elite squad of 44 for the 2007/2008 season.

England Hockey League: Having held powerful Chelmsford to a draw last weekend and their first point in the top flight awesome newcomers Poynton were unlucky today to bow out to Leicester 5-0 at Bellevue ,was it three , was it four quiet tired ( through national training demands ) England internationals against them to that somewhat flattering score. photos John Coxon

The Scandinavian duo of Suzann Pettersen and Maria Hjorth are among the leading contenders for spots in Team International for the Lexus Cup in December after recent tournament wins. photo IMG

The Solheim Cup last month was an exciting spectacle – it was the best of team golfing competition producing plenty of drama and enjoyed by golf fans around the world. photo seoulsisters.com

It was a bittersweet time for me in Halmstad last month playing in the Solheim Cup when for only the second time Europe was unable to win on home ground. We had a two point lead after the four-balls and foursomes – not surprising given Europe’s trademark teamwork and camaraderie.

EKATERINBURG (FIBA Women’s World League) - UMMC Ekaterinburg withstood a late rally by CBA Beijing to win 84-76 and remain unbeaten in the Women’s World League.

EKATERINBURG (FIBA Women's World League) - TEO Vilnius claimed a 84-67 win over Canberra Transact Capitals at the FIBA Women's World League in Ekaterinburg.

EKATERINBURG (FIBA Women's World League) - The USA Basketball Select Team returned to winning ways on Wednesday with an 81-72 victory over CSKA Moscow in the FIBA Women's World League.

British Swimming's Olympic hopefuls will leave the comforts of home for a training camp and competition in Australia where they will spend a large part of the winter avoiding illness while preparing for the Beijing Games next year.

With a population of 907,000, Qatar in the Arabian Gulf is well used to boxing way beyond its weight. The Country successfully hosted the 15th Asian Games last December.

U.S. Figure Skating announced today the selection of Everett, Wash., as the host city for 2008 Skate America. photo Paul Harvath US Figure Skating

Top gymnasts from the leading gymnastics nations of China, Japan, Romania and Russia and a record 29 countries represented. The possibility to see in the flesh the British star Beth Tweddle

Organizers for the Marketing Women's Sports Conference and Summit have announced the speakers for the "What Sponsors Want" panel. The panel will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at the Nashville Marriott Hotel at 10:00 am.

Nashville, TN - Organizers of the MARKETING WOMEN'S SPORTS conference and summit have announced that the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS) will be participating at the event as an exhibitor.

Jordan Hasay has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning the 2007 Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational Saturday at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif.

Australian Netball Coach Norma Plummer has received a vote of confidence with less than three weeks remaining until the New World Netball World Championships in Auckland, re-appointed in the position of National coach until December 2009.

The East Midland’s premier netball team, Loughborough Lightning, has a new full-time player-coach to their coaching team, former England Captain, Olivia Murphy. Murphy is busy helping the team prepare for the start of this season’s Superleague competition, which begins on 27th October with an away game to the Celtic Dragons.

Three foreign Volleyball players per Club will be the limit established by the FIVB. Only two of them could be on court at the same time.

England's fourth seed Tania Bailey looked close to providing the only upset on the opening day of main draw action in the Women's World Open Squash Championship when she squandered a 2/0 lead against unseeded Jaclyn Hawkes to face three game-balls which would have taken the match into a fifth game decider in the Spanish capital Madrid.

As the dust settles after a mighty PWA season of Slalom racing, freestyle wizardry and hardcore wavesailing action the PWA constructor’s rankings have been finalized. photo PWA Carter

New three-year partnership provides much needed resources for Alpine Canada Alpin

U.S. Figure Skating and icenetwork.com unveiled today the weekly “World Figure Skater Rankings,” to be found on icenetwork.com. The rankings, updated weekly, will rank the top 20 figure skaters in the world.