Women sport news

Ironman Korea and Standard Chartered Bank confirm that two prize purses totaling US$200,000 will be on offer for the 2007 Standard Chartered Ironman Korea Jeju (SCIM Korea).

The women's 400 meters will be the most anticipated event at the second event of the IAAF Golden League, the Meeting Gaz de France Paris Saint-Denis in France.

Britain came away with two silver medals from the female contenders at the Polish Open Table Tennis Championships last weekend. Photo © Gaël Marziou (Montreux, 2006)

Svetlana Kuznetsova fell to former Champion Venus Williams in two sets 6-3 6-4. Ana Ivanovic def Nicole Vaidisova in a fantastic teen battle out of centre court. The match went to three sets 46 62 75. Ivanovic will now face Venus Williams in the Semi Final. Justine Henin will face Marion Bartoli in the other Semi Final

Three teams claimed championships today in the 15-year-old age group of the USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships, which began July 29 and continues through July 8 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. photo US Volleyball

English Ladies Golf Competition: This is a unique opportunity to win one of English Ladies Golf branded sports bottles - so give it a shot!

England’s top women golfers will be stepping out in designer style at next week’s European team championships thanks to a new sponsorship deal with FootJoy.

VALENCIA (EuroBasket Women) - Spanish basketball got lucky when it comes to Elisa Aguilar, a 1.72m point guard whose dream as a young girl had been to follow in the footsteps of her brothers and uncle and play professional soccer. photo FIBA

VIDNOJE (FIBA U21 World Championship for Women) - China prevailed in a battle of winless teams on Tuesday by thrashing Mali on the final day of Group A action in the Moscow Region. photo FIBA

VIDNOJE (FIBA U21 World Championship for Women) - Canada stormed into the quarter-finals of the FIBA U21 World Championship for Women with a 69-58 triumph over Belgium. photo FIBA

MOSCOW REGION (2007 FIBA U21 World Championship for Women) - Celebrating the Fourth of July in style, the 2007 USA Basketball U21 World Championship Team (5-0) closed out preliminary round play with a 98-57 pummeling of Japan (1-4) on Wednesday morning at the FIBA U21 World Championship for Women. photo FIBA

VIDNOJE (FIBA U21 World Championship for Women) - Renae Camino and Cayla Francis hit late three-pointers to fire Australia to a narrow victory over Brazil on the final morning of preliminary round action in the Moscow Region. photo FIBA

DURBAN, South Africa-A strong international field dominated proceedings during the first round of the Women’s 5-Star ASP World Qualifying Series Mr Price Pro, which kicked off at Durban’s New Pier this morning.

Sarah-Quita Offringa (Starboard / NeilPryde) celebrates her sweet-16 by pulling level with Daida Moreno in the women’s event after a second double elimination final. photo PWA Carter

Skandia Team GBR has launched media.skandiateamgbr.com, an extensive archive of media content from the world’s leading sailing team. Aimed at media professionals, the main focus of the site is online access to high-resolution images featuring the activities of athletes and support staff at regattas around the world.

Charlotte Dobson is the leading Brit in the Laser Radial event, in 15th place after their first day of racing for the class. Dobson posted a 14,6, while Athens Olympian Laura Baldwin saw an impressive third in her first race before receiving a black-flag for a premature start in race two. photo onEdition

Artemis will host an Open 60 race around the Isle of Wight as part of the Class 0 Big Boat Series at this year’s Skandia Cowes Week

The last week has seen Global Racing Team – Bio-Racer gain 10 championship medals around the world and this is despite the British Road Race Championships being cancelled due to bad weather.

The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) congratulates the Sochi Bid Committee for earning the honour of hosting the XXII Olympic Winter Games and the XI Paralympic Winter Games in 2014.

Olympic skiers Chemmy Alcott (Britain’s No. 1) and Emily Brydon (Canadian Champion) who played cat and mouse as they battled it out on the windy and flat course that they are less accustomed to. Chemmy eventually took victory over her fellow down hill rival

European Junior cross country champion Steph Twell was today called into the Norwich Union Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the European Junior Championships in Hengelo, Netherlands, on 19-22 July.

Jaela Williams won all three events and set a new national record in the bantam girls' triathlon Wednesday at the 2007 USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Benedictine University.

Commonwealth Games pole vault champion Kym Howe has soared to her best-ever height outdoors with an impressive leap of 4.65 metres at the Rheinland-Pfalz Championships in Saulheim, Germany.

Venus Williams left it all on the court in a 61 63 fourth round win against Maria Sharapova. Serena Williams wasn't so fortunate, falling to Justine Henin in a blockbuster three set quarterfinal. Marion Bartoli also entered the SF with a 3 set win over Michaella Krajicek.

Two more teams emerged as champions today in the 13 National and American divisions at the USA Junior Olympic Girls' Volleyball Championships. The event began July 29 and continues through July 8 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. photo US Volleyball

The second match on Centre Court today is against two former Wimbledon Champions, Venus Williams and Maria Sharapova, both playing well, it's poised to be a battle. As is the follow up match between Serena Williams and World N0 1 Justine Henin. The only title to have passed Henin by, is this her year, stay tuned...........