Former World Number one Amelie Mauresmo was beaten in the first round in Stuttgart by Elena Dementieva 62-65. Mauresmo only recently returned to competition after injury. Bartoli was also defeated by Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland. Petrova, Williams advance
Wimbledon Champion and top seed in Tokyo, Venus Williams cruised to a second round win today against fellow American Vania King, 60-64. Mirza, Razzano and Pennetta also advance.
Camp Hill WRFC, off the back of their most successful season ever, have hit the jackpot again with help from their local MP and the Big Lottery Fund. picture Sandy Kilby
Seasons come and go but some things never change and the goalscoring feats of Bowdon Hightown’s Tina Cullen is one of those constants. Tina is one of the few players still playing in the league who appeared in the first season back in 1989-90 and her appetite for goals appears undiminished. photo Andrew Beckett
Karrie Webb returns to Blackhawk Country Club this week to defend her Longs Drugs Challenge title. As one of the season's strongest fields to-date, the tournament will feature nine of the top-10, and 19 of the top-20 players on the Official Money List. photo Futurestour.com
Spain came from behind to beat France 63-53, Russia throttled Belarus 87-73 and Italy hammered Serbia 64-43 on Monday at the FIBA Europe Championship for Women.
VASTO (FIBA Europe Championship for Women) - Lithuania caught fire from three-point range to win a Group E thriller against Turkey 67-61 and qualify for the quarter-finals of the EuroBasket Women. photo Fiba Europe
Rima Valentiene made all four three-pointers she took in the fourth quarter to fire Lithuania to a 67-61 victory over Turkey and into the quarter-finals of the FIBA Europe Championship for Women.
Female athletes, teams and team owners/administrators are coming from all over the country and Canada to meet one another at the MARKETING WOMEN'S SPORTS CONFERENCE AND SUMMIT.
Kara Goucher made her half marathon debut a memorable one in setting a new American best time with her winning performance Sunday at the Great North Run Half Marathon in north east England. photo US Athletics
The best young netballers in the country have gathered at the State Netball Centre in Queensland, with the 2007 21/U National Netball Championships commencing today.
EHF results from last weekend, including Women's EHF Champions League, Women's EHF Cup - Round 2, Women's Cup Winners Cup - Round 2, Women's Challenge Cup - Round 2 (tournament). photo EHF
After clinching bronze in the FIBA Americas Championship for Women, Brazil coach Paulo Bassul has turned his sights to claiming one of the five Olympic berths up for grabs at next year’s qualifying event for Beijing. photo FIBA
Diana Taurasi posted a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds as the USA Basketball Women's National Team beat Cuba, 101-71, to capture the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship gold medal. photo FIBA
The ASP Women’s World Tour will add a jewel to its crown with the addition of the Mancora Peru Classic slated to run from Oct. 30 – Nov. 4, 2007. 2005 ASP Women’s World Champion Sofia Mulanovich (PER), who was instrumental in the addition of the event, is following in the footsteps of reigning and 7X World Champion Layne Beachley (AUS) by bringing an elite tour event to one of her home breaks. photo ASP
One year before the first Olympic race of open water swimming taking place in Beijing in the Rowing and Canoeing Olympic Course, the China Swimming Association welcomed on September 23 in Shantou the best 10km swimmers of the season for the eighth race of the 2007 FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup.
The ninth race of the 2007 FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup took place last Sunday, on September 30, 2007 in Hong Kong, with a strong participation of 63 athletes from 22 countries.
Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho/Team Lipton) earned her third consecutive world championship medal in the elite women's time trial on Wednesday. photo US Cycling
The U.S. Women’s National Team closed out its 2007 road season on Saturday as Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho/Team Lipton) was the top American with a 13th-place finish in the 134-kilometer elite women’s road race at the UCI Road World Championships. photos US Cycling
In an amazing women's boxing display, Ann-Marie Saccurato (12-2 5KO) came into Jessica
Rakoczy (27-2 10KOs) hometown and fought to regain her WBC World Championship in a 10
round main event at the Tachi Palace Casino!
DENVER -- The Pikes Peak Derby Dames home team, the Danger Dolls are headed North to face off against Rocky Mountain Rollergirls home team, the Sugar Kill Gang for a high energy, rough-and-tumble bout, on the 6th October.
Australian captain, Liz Ellis will lead a talent-rich and versatile national team in their quest to re-gain the world title at the New World Netball World Championships in Auckland from November 10-17.
Shelley Kitchen affirmed her status as New Zealand's top squash player when she despatched compatriot Louise Crome in the final of the Women's Elbow River Casino Calgary Open to claim her 10th WISPA World Tour title at the Bow Valley Club in Calgary, Canada. photo WIspa
England's Kimberley Hay claimed her maiden European Squash Federation Junior Circuit titles in Malmo, Sweden, after winning the women's U19 trophy, respectively, in the Nordic Junior Open Championships.
Third seed Dominique Lloyd-Walter prevailed in an all-English final of the inaugural Women's Icelandair Group Classic to win the first ever WISPA Premiere Series squash event at Veggsport Squash Club in the Iceland capital Reykjavik.
