Women sport news

LPGA Hall of fame member Se Ri Pak took a commanding lead at The Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroeger, after carding an 8 under par 63, during the first round. Pak used 9 birdies and one bogey on the day to claim the lead. photo Seoulsisters.com

The FIBA World Champion defencejobs Opals opened their 16-day tour of Chinese Taipei and China with a resounding 120-59 victory over the Japanese World University Games team in the William Jones Cup opener in Taipei over night. photo FIBA

Poland’s Zofia Klepacka has been crowned World Champion in the Neil Pryde RS:X on the penultimate day of the Sailing World Championships in Portugal. photo PTVela2007

Gretchen Bleiler (Aspen, CO) got experimental Wednesday, unloading a brand new contest run to win the Abominable Snow Jam halfpipe at Mt. Hood. The 2006 Olympic silver medalist linked a frontside alley-oop, frontside 540, backside 540 and a frontside 720 to take first place and $5,000.

Here are some quotes from the Compound women...stay tuned for the final days results

Catch up with the Recurve archers in Leipzig. This Friday archery fans can again follow LIVE reports from Leipzig. The teams will shoot their elimination matches today, namely the 1/8 and 1/4 finals, Compound Women. photo FITA

The Norwich Union GB&NI team maintained their solid start to the World Youth Championships currently taking place in Ostrava, Czech Republic, with the sprinters in particular catching the eye.

Becky O'Brien was a surprise eighth-place finisher in the girls' discus and Team USA advanced every runner to the next round Wednesday on the opening day of the 5th IAAF World Youth Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

16 year-old Asha Philip has become the first British woman to ever win a 100m title at a global major championship, by taking gold at the World Youths in Ostrava, Czech Republic on Thursday night by the narrowest of margins possible.

The women's 400 meters and the 100m hurdles will be the events to see Friday, July 13, at the third event of the IAAF Golden League, the Golden Gala in Rome. The IAAF Golden League 2007 offers a $1 Million Jackpot, which represents international athletics' biggest annual payday. Athletes must win at all six meetings to acquire at least a share.

Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson clinched Great Britain’s first gold at the ISAF World Sailing Championships in Cascais, Portugal, on Wednesday (11 July), winning the Yngling world title and pulling one step closer to Olympic qualification for Beijing 2008.

Australian defender, Mo’onia Gerrard will miss the Fisher and Paykel Cup match against world champions, New Zealand in Auckland on July 18 because of a minor calf tear.

Embarking upon Myslowice for the 2007 SWATCH-FIVB U-19 World Championships will be 37 women’s teams from 27 countries. A Qualification Tournament will open the championships on Wednesday to finalize the Main Draws. photo FIVB

The duo of Jazmin Machado (Encinitas, Calif.) and Tara Roenicke (Alta Loma, Calif.) bowed out of the SWATCH-FIVB U-19 World Championships in Myslowice, Poland, on Wednesday after suffering a 2-0 loss to a tandem from the Czech Republic in the qualification tournament. photo FIVB

Canadian national champion Alana Miller battled for almost an hour to overcome compatriot Runa Reta in the final of the Women's Royal Glenora Club Squash Open to claim her maiden WISPA World Tour title triumph in Edmonton, Canada. photo Wispa

Nashville, TN - It's the biggest game in women's pro football and after the 2007 season and playoffs ended, the top two teams who will compete for the title of World Champions in Nashville, Tennessee are the Pittsburgh Passion and the Columbus Comets.

England Hockey is pleased to announce the England U21 Women’s squad who will take on their German counterparts in a three match series at Highfields Sports Centre from 17-19 July 2007.

England will now play the Netherlands (Friday) and Ireland (Saturday) for the chance to win a medal.

Hampshire 14-year-old Lauren Davis proved that she’s a shooting star when she won the LGU Silver Medal final at Hearsall, Coventry. photo ELGA

England’s medal hopes ended when they finished ninth after the qualifying rounds of the European girls’ team championship at Oslo Golf Club, Norway.

England qualified in third place for the matchplay stages of the European ladies’ team championship at Castelconturbia in Italy. photo ELGA

PUNTA ARENAS (National Team) - Argentina continued their preparations for the FIBA Americas Championship for Women in formidable style with two convincing victories over Chile. photo FIBA

Lauren Jackson scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as the Seattle Storm wrapped up a three-game road trip with an 82-47 rout of the Los Angeles Sparks on Monday. photo FIBA

Looking and feeling right at home, the defending event champion and current ASP Women's World Longboard Champion, Schuyler McFerran (USA), 20, dominated her Round 1 heat at the Roxy ASP WWLC today.

The natural world order has been restored at the Roxy ASP WWLC in Biarritz, with the big guns of the event prevailing in fun conditions.

Favourite Lee-Ann Curren (Fra) faced some huge resistance and motivation from top scorer Marie Dejean who managed to link three perfect style turns to secure a solid lead while Cannelle Bulard (Fra) smothered the two other girls to jump in second position and reach the final-four of the 1 Star Women’s Buondi Pro Junior. photo ASP