Women sport news

The Dunlop British Open - Manchester 2007 squash championships will be staged on the stunning all-glass show court at the National Squash Centre in Manchester, England, from the 20th to 24th September.

The Dunlop British Open - Manchester 2007 squash championships will be staged on the stunning all-glass show court at the National Squash Centre in Manchester, England, from the 20th to 24th September.

Annelize Naude clinched a straight games victory over New Zealand's Louise Crome in the women's qualifying finals of the Forexx Dutch Open Squash Championships to boost local interest in the WISPA Gold squash event at Frans Otten Stadion in the Netherlands capital city Amsterdam.

Anna Chakvetadze stopped the run of 16-year-old Tamira Paszek in straight sets Monday night to reach the US Open quarterfinals for the first time. It is her third major quarterfinal of the year.

Camp Hill WRFC have bolstered their squad ahead of their 07/08 campaign with the signing of three new talents: Jo Hart, Laura Murphy and Olivia Horgan.

Positive start for GB at 2007 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships

Glassy conditions and cloudless skies was a first for this venue that is so well known for its windy conditions. Supra Boats and Rockstar Energy Drinks had put on a well organised 4 days of competition.

By the end of the 2007 Waterski World Championships in Linz-Steyregg in Austria, four previous World Championships Records were broken. This result is unprecedented in the long history of Waterskiing.

TREXLERTOWN, Pa. – Another beautiful weather day helped make Wednesday’s third day of competition at the USA Cycling Masters Track Nationals another great one for spectators at the Lehigh Valley Velodrome. Alternate age divisions contested the 3000-meter pursuit, points race and sprint as 13 stars-and-stripes jerseys were awarded.

TREXLERTOWN, Pa. – Day Four of the USA Cycling Masters Track National Championships produced some of the most action-packed racing yet. The 30 – 39 women smoked the track in the early session in the 2000-meter time trial and 50+ women displayed a combination of power and endurance in their points races.

wo-time NCAA 10,000 meter champion Alicia Shay, formerly Craig (Flagstaff, Ariz.), claimed her first USA women's title in 1:06:56. The race was hosted by the 30th annual Stratton Faxon New Haven 20K.

OSAKA, Japan - Michelle Perry (Santa Clarita, Calif.) won her second straight world title

In the women's 200, a showdown between Felix, 2006 IAAF World Athlete of the Year Sanya Richards (Austin, Texas) and Olympic gold medalist Veronica Campbell of Jamaica is one of the most anticipated races of the meet.

my Acuff (Isleton, CA): "I felt like a cooked rice noodle today. That's good, because you never have a couple of days in a row where you feel super sharp.

Tijuana and Mexicali, August 31st 2007 - The curtain has dropped down on the 2007 FIVB Youth Volleyball World Championships in Mexico: a big success for both events, won by China for Girls

Top seeds Nicol David and David Palmer claimed the titles in the Forexx Dutch Open Squash Championships after two highly contrasting finals at the Frans Otten Stadion in the Netherlands capital city Amsterdam.

2007/08 Women's Champions League , Qualification Tournament 1 and 2007/08 Women's Champions League

Four of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour's brightest stars moved safely through their respective fourth round matches on Sunday, setting up a pair of blockbuster quarterfinal clashes at the US Open.

Charlton Athletic are on the look-out for new players following the announcement that a rescue package assembled by the Charlton Community Trust will enable the club to continue competing in the FA Tesco Women’s Premier League.

Twenty-two year LPGA Tour veteran Sherri Steinhauer had a game plan entering the LPGA State Farm Classic. She had two key emotions she worked to avoid, hope and fear, and the avoidance paid off to the tune of a $195,000 winner's check.

England’s Melissa Reid was fifth in the European ladies’ amateur championship at Golf National, France – just two shots off a medal place.

SANTANDER, Spain (Sunday, Sept. 2, 2007) – The ASP Women’s World Tour battle resumes in the Northern Hemisphere this week, where ASP World Champions will be looking to set the record straight during Stop No. 4 of 7, the Rip Curls Girls Festival in Santander, Spain (Sept. 4- 9, 2007).

SANTANDER, Spain (Sunday, Sept 2, 2007) - Hawaiian Alana Blanchard (Kauai) outclassed a quality field of young European surfers today to win the Rip Curl Girls Pro Junior in small 1-3ft (0.5-1m) waves at Liencres Beach in Spain.

Yuliya Pakhalina (RUS) left Sheffield with two silver medals, Emilie Heymans (CAN) got a silver and a bronze, Briony Cole and Melissa Wu (AUS) were third in the 10m synchro, and Katja Dieckow and Nora Subschinski (GER) got the bronze in the 3m synchro.

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Day One -Trexlertown, Pa. - Over 350 athletes are set to compete in this week’s USA Cycling Masters Track National Championships in Pennsylvania, making it one of the most contested masters track nationals ever.