Women sport news

Round 1 will take place on 1/2.09.2007 (1st leg) and 8/9.09.2007 (2nd leg), with the exception of the Women's Champions League Qualification Tournament 1 on 7/8/9 Sept. 2007.

From 10 to 19 August 2007, the second edition of the Women’s 19 European Championship will take place in Izmir, Turkey, and promises to be an exciting event for anyone interested in handball. All players born on or after 1 January 1988 are eligible to play.

Vienna, 8th August 2007 – EHF Marketing GmbH, a company of the European Handball Federation, has closed a substantial TV deal for production and coverage of the EHF Women’s Champions League within the Hungarian and Slovenian markets.

Virginie Razzano ousted an in-form Sania Mirza to reach the quarterfinals at the East West Bank Classic presented by Herbalife. Maria Sharapova was also among Thursday's winners.

It’s looking good for Scotland’s U21 Women; the squad beat Germany 3-2 on Saturday at a training camp in Cologne.

Ochoa's win opens 12th spot- Lorena Ochoa's first major championship victory at the Ricoh Women's British Open opens up a minimum of 12 second half ADT Points qualifiers for the ADT Championship

Phoenix Arizona: Two new custom-fit PING® iron series featuring game improvement technology for players of all skill levels are available world-wide to golfers beginning September 1, according to John A. Solheim, company Chairman & CEO.

Following the conclusions of the FIBA U19 World Championship for Women in Bratislava, Slovak Republic (Gold: USA; Silver; Sweden; Bronze: Serbia), FIBA is happy to announce the composition of its new World Ranking for Women's National Teams.

SAO PAULO (FIBA Americas Championship for Women) - Brazil coach Paulo Bassul has brought in several new faces to his 19-woman squad as they begin their preparations for the FIBA Americas Championship. photo FIBA

BANGKOK (World University Games) - Carolyn Ganes hit a game-high 29 points as Canada defeated Turkey 79-64 to go to the top of Group A in the preliminary round of the World University Games in Bangkok.

Saturday night saw the arrival of a solid 4-5 foot swell. A light off-shore which only lasted until the end of the morning gave way to a steady side-shore. The waves continued to pick up with the out-going tide, making the paddle-out difficult for all the surfers.

The Davidoff Cool Water Wave Women’s 5 star World Qualifying Series (WQS) event hit the water at Newquay’s Fistral Beach, launching an exciting week of action sport and music mayhem at the 26th annual Rip Curl Boardmasters. phgto ASPeurope.com

After a four month hiatus in ASP Women’s World Tour action, the world’s Top 17 female surfers are itching to get back to business in the warm tropical waters of South America for the Billabong Girls Pro Itacaré Brazil. photo ASP

A very important couple of weeks are coming up for the girls on both tours. Coming into the weekend the 5 Star Rip Curl Boardmasters Women is poised at a critical juncture and then it’s a quick jaunt down to Brazil for the resumption of the World Title race in the form of the Billabong Girls Pro Brazil. photo ASP

Valerie Ghibaudo (FRA, Loft Sails )is leading the 2007 ISA Speed Windsurfing World Tour.

In Hong Kong, ROLEX today celebrated the start of a long-term partnership with the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club (RHKYC), one of Asia's premier sailing and rowing clubs, which over its rich 150 year history has been a focal point for active and competitive oarsmen and sailors through to the present day.

“The earth will move beneath their feet.” Such is the opinion of John Furlong, Chief Executive Officer of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) who took a moment recently to play forecaster on the occasion of the August 8 celebration of the one-year countdown to the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games.

Our first ride was with several other local female cyclists and we went to Mount Baldy via the Glendora Mountain road... the Alpe De Huez of this region!!

Birmingham has been chosen as the host city for The European Championships Women’s Team and Individual Artistic Gymnastics 2010.

GBR Women’s Team (Rebecca Downie, Rebecca Wing, Hannah Clowes, Laura Jones, Aisling Williams and Marissa King) came out victorious (226.650 pts) in the Friendly International versus Czech Republic (225.050) and Switzerland (209.650), in Brno (CZE) over the last weekend (3/5 August).

August marks exactly one year to go until the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in China, and with Taekwondo representing significant medal chances for Great Britain at next summer’s extravaganza,

Just a week before they depart for Stuttgart, Germany, where the 2007 World Championships and 2008 Olympic Qualifications in Artistic Gymnastics will take place, two of the quickest progressing nations in the world, Great Britain and Brazil, are getting together in Ipswich for a friendly

In less than a month the Worlds are coming to Fort William - the mountain bike event of the year! The new courses are in place and being fine tuned. The in-town programme is coming together.

GB’s Michelle Dillon has won the Michelob Ultra London Triathlon on a glorious sunny day when the event exceeded its reputation as the world’s biggest triathlon with the all age races attracting 12,000 entires this year and 11,000 taking part. photos John Coxon

With only 19 days to go until the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, selectors have announced that exciting young pole vaulter Vicky Parnov will join the Australian team

A new generation of female sprinters are emerging with their sights set on future success at major championships. photo UK Athletics