Women sport news

Top see Venus Williams will go head to head with last weeks WTA Winner Virginie Razzano. Razzano who won her first ever tour title last week at the Jinjiannan Guangzhou Women's open will face the experienced Williams tomorrow.

CHIETI (FIBA Europe Championship for Women) - Latvia edged France and Belarus beat the defending champions Czech Republic in their respective quarter-finals at the EuroBasket Women in Italy on Thursday. photo FIBA

CHIETI (FIBA Europe Championship for Women) - Latvia beat France 66-62 on Thursday to reach the semi-finals of the EuroBasket Women for the first time.

Teenage sensation SALLY FITZGIBBONS (Gerroa, NSW) added the nations most prestigious U/20 surfing title to her already impressive collection of crowns today by claiming the 2007 ASP Australasian Junior title .

San Miguel, Baja California (Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007) - The Hawaiian contingent dominated Day 1 of the No Fear Mexican Surf Fiesta in the one-to-three foot (1 metre) surf at Baja California's San Miguel.

It is all about the girls this weekend (6-7 October) as seven all-female crews go head-to-head for the title of RYA Women’s National Match Racing champions at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. photo onEdition

Zoë Gillings, Britain’s No.1 female snowboarder, followed up her excellent result in the Snowboardcross World Cup with 7th place in the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup competition on Saturday 29th September 2007 in Valle Nevado, Chile.

Dual-sportswoman Liz Halliday has been forced to shelve plans to compete in the final two rounds of the 2007 American Le Mans Series to concentrate on recovering from the broken collarbone she sustained in the summer.

This weekend the triathlon world turns to the ancient Greek Island of Rhodes for the thirteenth stop of the 2007 BG Triathlon World Cup series. photo ITU Media

INDIANAPOLIS - Kara Goucher has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning the Great North Run Half Marathon Sunday in north east England.

BOSTON - 2004 Olympic marathon bronze medalist Deena Kastor (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.); two- time defending women's 10 km champion Katie McGregor (Minneapolis, Minn.); and defending U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon champion Colleen De Reuck (Boulder, Colo.) will lead the field for Monday's USA Women's 10 km Championship in Boston, Mass.

Malaysia's Nicol David has held her grip on the number one position in the new October Women's World Squash Rankings - moving into her 15th successive month at the top of the list published by the Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA).

Unseeded Dane Line Hansen claimed the only upset on the opening day of the Women's Vassar College Class of 1932 Squash Open when she beat Malaysia's No7 seed Sharon Wee

Serena Williams allowed a 4-1 opening set lead to disappear, but eventually closed out the set - and the match - to reach the quarterfinals of the $650,000 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix.

Flavia Pennetta defeated second seed Sania Mirza 76-63 to book her place in the Semi Finals. Venus WIlliams, Razzano and Wozniacki also advance

Otley coach Mike Barnett has been appointed head coach of the England Women’s A team for the forthcoming season.

ORTONA (FIBA Europe Championship for Women) - Belarus beat Italy to the last quarter-final place on offer on the final day of qualifying round action at the FIBA Europe Championship for Women. Photo FIBA

U/18’s Australian champion SALLY FITZGIBBONS (Gerroa, NSW) and Kiwi sensation AIRINI MASON (Gold Coast based NZ) secured the two Australasian U/20 Girls berths on offer in the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships today. photo ASP

U.S. Figure Skating announced today the host cities for 2009 qualifying events, including those for the Regional, Sectional and U.S. Junior championships. The 2009 Regional and Sectional championships take place in the fall of 2008. photo Paul Harvath US Figure Skating

23-year-old Croatian World High Jump Champion, Blanka Vlasic, is the female winner of the Waterford Crystal European Athlete of the Year Award for 2007. photo Picture Alliance

Victoria has sent a clear message to the other states and territories in the 2007 21/Under National Netball Championships, remaining the only undefeated team after day two of the tournament.

Two-time Olympian Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) has returned to the U.S. Women's National Indoor Volleyball Team after nearly three years away from the team, according to U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach "Jenny" Lang Ping. photo US Volleyball

The U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team earned its spot into the FIVB World Cup, the first 2008 Olympic Games qualifying event, as the NORCECA Continental Championship vice-champion. Today, the FIVB completed the field by announcing the two wild cards – Dominican Republic and Poland – into the 12-team tournament that starts Nov. 2 in Japan. photo US Volleyball

The drawing of lots of the FIVB World Cup 2007 were held today in Tokyo. The complete calendar is on line on the official FIVB web-site (www.fivb.org).

Defeating Serbia in straight sets in the final of the Women’s Indesit European Championship 2007, Italy took their first European Championship title after having lost two previous final matches in 2001 and 2005. The bronze medal was captured by Russia who beat defending champion Poland 3:1. photo FIBA

England Squash have concluded a three-year agreement with Smash Sports Limited, distributors of Tecnifibre in the UK & Ireland, for the brand to become headline sponsors of the established British Junior National Squash Championships.