Women sport news

Neustadt located in Holstein, Germany, on the sheltered western side of the Bay of Luebeck is more than a renowned sailing centre. Set picturesquely at the end of a fiord-like harbour on Schleswig-Holstein's Baltic coast, the town will host the 4th edition of the Rolex Baltic Week from 17 to 23 August.

In less than three years, Canada will welcome the world's best winter athletes to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

The sun blazed down on Cypress Provincial Park as Vancouver 2010 and Cypress community partners worked to save samples of 12 plant species from demolition on a hot day in early July.

The official final events of QuikSnow 2007, the SA National Ski and Snowboarding Championships, took place on Wednesday 1 August, closing the event with some tight action between a host of European competitors, local South Africans, and testing conditions. photo www.snowsports.co.za

THE MOUNTAIN BIKE & TRIALS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 The First World Championships to be staged in the UK

The 2008 Ironman 70.3 Series continues its growth with the addition of CristalÃ’ Ironman 70.3 Pucon. Located in the southern part of Chile, the event in Pucon will take place on January 20, 2008 and will be managed by Pedro Arriagada Stuven.

Sanya Richards, Lauren Fleshman, all scored impressive wins Friday at the Norwich Union Super Grand Prix meet in London, England. Plus all the results from the meet.

Sarah Jamieson took the opportunity to build on her strength ahead of the 1500m in Osaka by racing to a new personal best over 3000m.

After the success of two International Paralympic Days (IPD) held in 2003 and 2005 in Bonn, Germany, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), is taking this exciting event to the next level.

The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team lost to China 25-21, 30-28, 25-20 during the 2007 FIVB World Grand Prix on Sunday at Rzeszow, Poland. Both Team USA and China conclude Group C with a 2-1 record before heading into the second weekend of preliminary action. photo US Volleyball

The first week end of the FIVB World Grand Prix returns its verdict. Three pools were played for this starting leg from Friday to Sunday in Japan, Italy and Poland, with Cuba, Brazil and Russia topping each of the three groups.

Top seed Maria Sharapova will face Patty Schnyder in the Acura Classic Final. Sharapova def Chakvetadze in straight sets and Schnyder advanced over Dementieva also in straight sets.

World N0 1 Lorena Ochoa goes into the Final Round of the Ricoh British Open with a 6 stroke lead over Linda Wessberg

Lorena Ochoa went wire to wire at the Ricoh British Open to earn her 13th LPGA Title and first major Championship Title. Ochoa entered the final round with a six shot lead and continued her domination

BRATISLAVA (FIBA U19 World Championships for Women) - Serbia picked up bronze in the FIBA U19 World Championships for Women after edging a low-scoring third-place play-off with Spain 52-50. photo Jelena MILOVANOVIC (Serbia). Third place game of the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championships for Women, Bratislava, Slovakia.

BRATISLAVA (FIBA U19 World Championships for Women) - The United States claimed a second successive gold in the FIBA U19 World Championships for Women with a comprehensive 99-57 win over Sweden in Sunday’s final.

Serbia, Brazil, Dominican Republic and China won their respective pools and advanced to the top eight round of the 2007 FIVB Girls’ Youth World Championship. Besides these teams, the squads of Belgium, Japan, Russia and Turkey also moved up as second place finishers. photo FIVB

The women’s gold medal match at the US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia appeared headed for three sets here Saturday afternoon when Americans Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh “caught fire” and scored seven of the last nine points of the match to capture their fourth Beach Volleyball title together on the Lake Woerthersee centre court. photo FIVB

Anna Chakvetadze came back from a set and 5-3 down, as well as match point, to snap the Venus Williams win streak at the Acura Classic. The final four line-up was set in San Diego Friday night.

The U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team will put the passports to use in August as it competes in the 12-team FIVB World Grand Prix. The tournament includes three matches in three different preliminary round weekends, followed by the finals slated for Aug. 22-26 at Ningbo, China.

Sara Goller and Laura Ludwig are in the midst of their best-season on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour as the young German tandem was one of eight women’s teams winning their pools here Thursday in the US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia.

Malaysia's Nicol David moves into her 16th month as world number one, according to the new August Women's World Squash Rankings published today (Wednesday) by the Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA).

Top seed Maria Sharapova def Tatiana Golovin to enter the quarterfinals, Jelena Jankovic was upset by Maria Kirilenko in three sets. Dementieva, Williams and Petrova also through

Continued preparation for the EuroHockey Trophy take Scotland’s Senior Women to Belle Vue in Manchester this week to face England in two uncapped matches.

At the age of 17, Kelly Smith made her England debut against Italy. Now at the age of 28 and at the peak of her career, she is preparing for her first FIFA Women's World Cup and cannot wait for her team's first game against Japan on 11 September in Shanghai. photo FA

With little or no wind interrupting the first few days of the Grand Prix, the women managed to compete yesterday with Jaggi coming out on top