Women sport news

Udine, Italy - Lornah Kiplagat believes she is ready to defend her women’s race title at the 2nd IAAF World Road Running Championships which gets underway at 1200hrs (GMT +2hrs) on Sunday 14 October in the north east Italian city of Udine

The upset bug was still around at the Kremlin Cup on Thursday, as Anna Chakvetadze lost her first match to Dinara Safina. Serena Williams made a winning return to the Tier I tournament

Venus Williams defeated Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn at the ptt Bangkok Open on Thursday to reach her sixth consecutive quarterfinal. Also advancing was Urszula Radwanska.

Shrewsbury Town’s 9,875 capacity 'New Stadium' will host England’s UEFA 2009 European Women’s Championship qualifier against Spain on Sunday 25 November. Kick off will be 6pm. photo FA

Tracey Neville, sister of Gary and Phil Neville, is the highest profile signing for the 2007-8 Netball Superleague, with the announcement that she is to play for Leeds Carnegie in this season’s competition. photo SW Pix

Argentina's Gisela Dulko ousted India's Sania Mirza in the first round of the Kremlin Cup in straight sets 63-64. Nicole Vaidisova advanced over Russia's Shvedova, Vesnina, Dementieva also through

Later this month, the St. Petersburg Yacht Club (St. Petersburg, Fla.) will host some of the world's most accomplished sailors during the Rolex Osprey Cup, an International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Grade 1 women's match racing regatta. photo onEdition

USA Water Ski has announced the selections to three U.S. Veteran Water Ski Teams that will represent the United States in international competitions in 2008. photo USA Waterski

The roster for the fourth and final round of the 2007 UCI BMX World Cup in Frejus, France on October 13-14 has been released. USA Cycling announced today that a total of 17 of the country’s best riders will be headed to the south of France to represent the United States of America. photo US Cycling

In the women’s 500-meter time trial, Liz Reap (Jim Thorpe, Pa./T-Town Express) won the national title with a winning time of 35.947 seconds. In addition to earning her a stars-and-stripes jersey, Reap’s mark also eclipsed the Talent Pool time standard of 35.98 seconds. photo US Cycling

In the women’s sprint, Jennie Reed (Kirkland, Wash./Momentum) began the day by qualifying first in the 200-meter time trial with a time of 11.708 seconds and finished it by winning two straight rides over second-seeded Liz Reap (Jim Thorpe, Pa./T-Town Express) to win the national title. photo Mitch Friedman

The trio of two-time world champion Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif./Ouch Pro Cycling), Thursday’s individual pursuit national champion Dotsie Bausch (Irvine, Calif./Colavita-Sutter Home-Cooking Light) and this year’s sprint and keirin national champion, Jennie Reed (Kirkland, Wash./Momentum), rode to a victory in the inaugural edition. photo US Cycling

The Marketing Women's Sports Conference and Summit has announced that the following individuals will participate as speakers on the Broadcast, Cable and Internet panel on Monday, November 5th at 1:30pm. "We couldn't be happier with the quality and expertise these individuals are bringing to this panel. photo FIBA

Young British archer Danielle Brown (Lothersdale, Yorkshire) has moved one step closer to Paralympic qualification by winning two gold medals on her world championship debut.

On 21 September 2007 the American Compound archer Jamie Van Natta set two new World Records at the MSU Fall Classic in East Lansing, Michigan which is the home of Michigan State University. photo FITA

Michellie Jones, reigning Ford Ironman® World Champion and Olympic Silver Medalist, has agreed to a multi-year sponsorship with T3 Athletic Recovery Products(tm), makers of the T3 Athletic Recovery Mattress(tm).

Results of the Women's EHF CL Qualification Tournament matches that took place across Europe over the weekend of the 6th/7th October 2007. photo EHF

Results of the 2007/2008 European Cup Draw, which took place at the EHF Headquarters in Vienna on 9.10.2007: photo EHF

What was expected to be was not entirely the case as Camp Hill WRFC registered their third and perhaps most impressive win of the season last Sunday as they defeated Waterloo from Liverpool 36-5.

Premier debutants Poynton Ladies played host to Clifton Ladies at Belle Vue , Manchester last weekend , a team who returned from relegation this season to the top flight. photos John Coxon

Tina Cullen’s incessant goal scoring exploits continued in Cheshire on Saturday, her hat-trick contributed half of Bowdon Hightown’s goals as they soared to victory over their opponents from the East, Old Loughtonians.

After a rollercoaster World Cup campaign, England's performances have seen them move into the top ten of the FIFA world rankings for the first ever time. photo FA

300 competitors, 19 events and only 5 make it to the LPGA. Come watch a complete season recap, hear from the 5 graduates and relive the drama from the final event in Albany at duramedfuturestour.com. photo Futurestour.com

English U15 champion Heidi Baek and national schools’ champion Hannah Barwood are in the England girls’ U18 team for the annual match against the England U16 boys.

WOMEN’S snooker star Katie Henrick was “over the moon” after clinching a first ranking event at Cambridge SC on Saturday. photo Mark Jones

Late night talk show host Carson Daly (NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly”) will host the fourth-annual USA Swimming Foundation Golden Goggle Awards which will be held Sunday, November 18 at the world-renowned Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. photo US Swimming