Women sport news

A month-long slump is finally over for Talita Antunes and Renata Ribeiro as the young Brazilians rebounded from a 16-13 deficit in the second set to score 25 of the next 35 points in the women’s gold medal match to capture the top podium spot for US$400,000 World Series 13 on the Plages du Prado. photo FIVB

Anna Chadvetadze defeated Aikiko Morigami in straight sets to win the cincinnati Open in style

Mo Marley's England U19 side claimed a famous victory on Friday, beating tournament favourites France 3-1 to leave them needing only a point from their last Group game against Spain to reach the Semi-Final. photo FA

England Head Coach Hope Powell is optimistic her side can reach the knock-out stages of the World Cup despite being drawn against the might of Germany.

Seon Hwa Lee (22), of South Korea will face Ai Miyazato (12) of Japan in the finals of the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship. photo seoulsisters.com

Her name is Reno and she dances on the sand. OK, maybe it’s more like she saves par from the bunker, sinks birdie putts and grabs the tournament lead when the opportunity strikes. That’s what Cortney Reno did today when she took a two-shot lead in the $80,000 Alliance Bank Golf Classic. photo Futurestour.com

Karin Jaggi (F2 / North) sends out an early warning shot to any pretenders in the women’s fleet after taking 4 out of 4 race wins. Valerie Ghibaudo (T1) stands firm in second ahead of Iballa Moreno (North) in third position. photo PWA Carter

Karin Jaggi wins three out of 4 races despite intense pressure from Valerie. photo PWA Carter

It was a banner day for Great Britain at the ETU European U23 triathlon Championships in Kuopio, Finland as Rosie Clarke won gold. photo IT Media

Andrea Hewitt of New Zealand has just won the 2007 Kitzbühel BG Triathlon World Cup in a sprint finish with local Austrian athlete Eva Dollinger. photo ITU Media Spomedis Frank Wechsel

Women’s teams from China and Greece gained the final two “final four” berths here Friday afternoon in the US$400,000 World Series 13 with the Asian country having two tandems in Saturday’s first semi-finals while the Europeans play Brazil for the other gold medal spot. photo FIVB

The women's final was an upset, with Carolyn Russell opening up an impressive lead for third seeds Canada when she beat Michelle Quibell 3-9, 9-2, 9-4, 9-5. Favourites USA struck back in convincing fashion as individual Pan Am Games gold medallist Natalie Grainger extended her unbeaten Rio run to seven matches with a 9-2, 9-0, 9-4 victory over Canadian Runa Reta in just 22 minutes.

Sania Mirza broke a quarterfinal curse in Cincinnati on Friday, reaching the semifinals for the first time in three career appearances at the Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open.

Australia has won the Volvo Trophy at this year’s Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship with 259 points, breaking France’s domination of the event. Denmark was second (248 points) and New Zealand was third (230 points). photo onEdition

Young players keen to find out what it takes to become an international netballer now have a unique chance to find out, at a two day summer netball course, being run in Chelmer near Chelmsford, Essex at the end of August.

Some of the world’s leading netball teams will be making their way to Singapore to take part in the country’s most anticipated netball event of the year. Come September 2007, teams from Canada, Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka and Trinidad & Tobago will compete with host nation Singapore for the title of 5 Nations Netball Cup 2007 Champion.

Courtney Thompson’s evolution as an international setter in a matter of days helped lead the U.S. Women’s National Team to a bronze medal at the Pan American Games on Thursday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. photo Courtney Thompson US Volleyball

The quest for a Pan American Games medal came to an end tonight for the U.S. Women’s Beach Volleyball duo of Angie Akers (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Brooke Niles-Hanson (Ventura, Calif.). Akers and Niles-Hanson lost a heartbreaking 2-0 match to Mayra Aidee Garcia-Lopez and Bibiana Candelas-Ramirez of Mexico. photo US Volleyball

The teams of top-seeded Jia Tian/Jie Wang of China and sixth-seeded Talita Antunes/Renata Ribeiro of Brazil gained women’s “final four” berths here Thursday with a pair of wins in the US$400,000 World Series 13. photo FIVB

N0 2 seed Patty Schnyder is on course as she def Schultz-McCarthy to enter the quarter finals. American Jill Craybas was def by Olga Govortsova who enters her first ever WTA Quarter Final

Emile Loit def Kira Nagy of Hungary to reach the Quarter Finals in Italy. Radwanska also advances after defeating Klara Zakopalova of CZE.

Today Lexus Cup 2007 organisers announced details on its new venue - Perth, Western Australia for this prestigious women’s golf tournament. Annika Sorenstam and Se Ri Pak take charge of Team International and Team Asia

TAIPEI (William Jones Cup) - The Australian defencejobs Opals completed a clean sweep of the 29th William Jones Cup overnight, downing Chinese Taipei 74-44 to claim the championship. photo FIBA

PHOENIX (WNBA) - Penny Taylor scored a season-high 32 points and Diana Taurasi added 18 as the Phoenix Mercury posted an 89-79 triumph over the Seattle Storm on Tuesday night.

Todo a punto en Cullera para ofrecer dos emocionantes pruebas de Los Campeonatos de España de Kiteboard y Voley Playa

Weak and confused gradient winds were the order of the day on Lake Ontario as the fleet racing in the Volvo Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship got back out on the water for day four of the regatta after having a well-earned day off yesterday. photo onEdition