Women sport news

England took the bronze medal yesterday defeating Spain 3-2, while Germany def The World Champions 2-0. Report by John Coxon photos Andrew Beckett

Germany ripped up the form book to take the 2007 EuroHockey Nations women’s crown, beating the Netherlands 2-0 in the final. photos Andrew Beckett

Top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova goes for her first Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title of the year Saturday, taking on qualifier Agnes Szavay in the final of the Tier II Pilot Pen Tennis presented by Schick

Gisela Dulko outrallied Nathalie Dechy on Friday to reach her third Sony Ericsson WTA Tour final of the season at Forest Hills. She will play top seed Virginie Razzano for the title on Saturday

The first match of day eight featured two teams who have so far scored three goals between them and failed to win a point in the tournament. Azerbaijan def Ireland 2-1

Manchester Tri's Vicki Wade was the first female athlete home at the 5th North West Triathlon Aquathlon at Salford Quays , in a time of 35:03

Day 1-5 Osaka Timetable, Day 1 Results

Dutch flying-woman Manon Flier scored game-high 30 points to lift the Netherlands over Italy 26-24, 22-25, 27-25 and 25-16 for a second consecutive win at the FIVB World Grand Prix Finals here on Thursday.

Rachael Grinham celebrated her 40th appearance in a WISPA World Tour squash final in appropriate style by beating local star Engy Kheirallah to claim the Women's Alexandria Sporting Club Open title

The National Women's Football Association has announced that new teams for the 2008 season will be starting up in Memphis, Tennessee and Omaha, Nebraska.

WOMEN'S EHF CUP Rd. 2-The matches will be played on 29/30 September 2007 (1st leg) and 06/07 October 2007 (2nd leg). photo Axel Heimken

Spanish Number 9 Silvia Munoz Captain - this was her 150 cap for Spain. Martin Colomer, the Spanish Hockey Association President presented her with flowers at the start of the game against The Netherlands. photo Andrew Beckett

England gave themselves a mountain to climb as they fell 2-0 down against New Zealand after suffering an eight-wicket defeat at Derby despite a century from Claire Taylor.

International Women’s cricket returns to Blackpool for the first time in 25 years as England women take on New Zealand in the 2007 NatWest Women’s Series.

England’s girls halved 3-3 with Spain in the annual U16 international at Heswall, thanks to winning play from English U15 champion Heidi Baek and Midland ladies’ champion Alex Peters

The next scheduled tour date for the 3rd leg of the UK Pro Surf Tour is The 2007 “Summer of ‘69” Hot Tuna Pro surfing championship, set to start August 25th through August 26th at Widemouth Bay in Bude.

The European ratings leader, Lee-Anne Curren (FRA) takes the second leg of the tour in extreme conditions on the beach at Guincho, Portugal. photo ASP

British Gymnastics are pleased to announce the Women’s Squads who are selected to take part in the 40th World Championships in Artistic Gymnastics in Stuttgart, Germany, 1-9 September 2007. photo GB Gymnastics

Sanya Richards has been selected as a finalist for the 2007 Sportswoman of the Year presented by the Women's Sports Foundation. Sportswoman of the Year finalists were selected based on their athletic achievements between August 1, 2006, and July 31, 2007.

England women’s captain, Charlotte Edwards returns after injury for the 3rd NatWest Women’s ODI at Derbyshire CCC.

The Interwetten group, Europe’s leading sports betting agency with headquarters in Vienna and Malta, will be in on the action when the Handball Champions League kicks off on the 26th of September. photo Axel Heimken

The republic of Ireland def The Ukraine by 2-1 in the first match on todays scedule. In this the opening game in Pool C, Ireland with one win to date, faced the Ukraine who have yet to score a point. This pool will determine positions five to eight in the Championship, with the bottom two sides being relegated to the EuroHockey Nations Trophy competition. photo Andrew Beckett

Cricket Australia today confirmed that New South Wales will host the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in 2009.

With Lorena Ochoa's win at the CN Canadian Women's Open – the season's 10th Winner event of the LPGA Playoffs 2007 – another second half position is open to top ADT Points' earners.

England’s Florentyna Parker and Henrietta Brockway are among the top 12 girl golfers who have won places in the European team for the PING Junior Solheim Cup.

AWBT’s 7th stop was held at one of our favorite places, Pockets Tucson who added $500 for the event! This was also a paid WPBA Qualifier presented by J. Pechauer Custom cues!