Women sport news

Draw took place today June 30, 2007, in Baku, at the occasion of the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships

The Ohio Roller Girls, LLC announce that tickets for the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) East Regional Tournament, the Heartland Havoc, are now on sale at BrownPaperTickets.com.

Pip Taylor has finished 3rd at the BAM Triathlon in Utah behind three time ITU World Champion, Emma Snowsill of Australia and 2006 ITU World Championship 4th place getter, Canadian Lauren Groves.

Vanessa Fernandes has done it again, with her fourth consecutive European Championship and gold in wonderful Copenhagen. photo spomedis/Frank wechsel ITU Media

A powerful blend of experience and youth will lead Team USA into the 2007 Pan American Games next month in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

UK Athletics has named a team of 15 athletes for the Great Britain & Northern Ireland team for next month’s European Mountain Running Championships in Cauterets, France.

Justine Henin def Elena Vesnina easily 6-1 6-3 to ease into the fourth round. Serena Williams also won today, Jelena Jankovic had a tough match against Lucie Safarova but finally came through in three sets.

The top-three ranked netball nations in the world will duel in front of bumper crowds around the country when the Holden Netball Test Series hits the courts from Thursday July 5 in Melbourne.

The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team lost for the first time in 2007 as Brazil handed the Americans a 25-15, 25-15, 25-18 loss in the Sixth Annual Pan American Cup semifinals on June 28 at Colima, Mexico.

The U.S. Women’s Sitting Volleyball team pushed the Netherlands to five sets both Tuesday and Members of the U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team play during a scrimmage with the Air Force Academy in March in Colorado Springs.

Line Hansen was taken the full distance by local heroine Delia Arnold in today's (Thursday) final of the women's NSC Squash Satellite No4 - but held her nerve to secure a magnificent victory after an 81-minute marathon at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.

Women's EHF Champions League Qualification Tournament 1 & 2 to be played on 7/8/9.9.2007 (Qual. 1) and 28/29/30.9.2007 (Qual. 2).

Demand for sales units within the retail and hospitality village at the EuroHockey Nation’s Championships, which is sponsored by Qatar Airways, has proved overwhelming, with many of hockey’s leading brands having signed up to promote and sell their latest equipment and clothing in the purpose built facility

Gloucestershire’s Hannah Barwood has won the English Schools girls’ championship for the third time in four years. “I am chuffed to bits,” said sixteen-year-old Hannah, who notched up her latest success at Walsall Golf Club. The England girl international also won the title in 2004 and 2006. photo ELGA

British Swimming will send three teams to major international meets this summer as swimmers look to personalise their preparations ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

The 1st round of the ISA speed world cup kicked of on the idyllic island of Karpathos in Greece. The event was run last year for the 1st time and proved to be very popular with the racers for being the most welcoming on the tour.

The ASA Water Polo Championships will take place this weekend (Saturday June 30th to Sunday July 1st) at Manchester Aquatics Centre. The re-formatted competition has attracted interest from clubs that had not previously entered, and the standard of matches has, generally, been very high during the qualifiers.

After the 5th day of the Roadtest for the 2007 Germany tour, which runs under the "Pro-Testfahrt für fairen Sport" title, the riders have put approximately 730 out of 1300 kilometres.

No glory this weekend for Gail Hill at the mid point of the XJ-S championship. With her V12 needing work done to the engine she dropped down a class and was out in her spare, class E, modified 4-litre XJ-S.

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Almost four years after winning the bid to host the 2010 Winter Games, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) will provide two updates next week to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the IOC session where the host city for the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be elected.

The Salford BG Triathlon World Cup is set to make a stunning return to Salford Quays on Sunday 29 July, and to whet appetites for Britain’s only World Cup Triathlon race, an official preview event is taking place on 28 June.

Australia’s premier long jumper Bronwyn Thompson kicked off her European campaign and a healthy return to competition to finish fourth with a leap of 6.43m. Poland’s Malgorzata Trybanska was the winner with 6.68m.

Despite the damp and cool conditions on the Vaagen Harbour sand courts here Wednesday, the best women’s Beach Volleyball players on the planet completed their 32-match schedule with only two of the top eight-seeded tandems being defeated during the first two rounds of pool play in US$600,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam. photo FIVB

Four of the top five-seeded teams in this week’s SWATCH-FIVB World tour earned “byes” into the second-round of the elimination phase of the US$600,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam here Thursday at the completion of pool play along with four lower-ranked women’s Beach Volleyball pairs. photo FIVB. photo FIVB

After finishing the season at an unblemished 8-0 mark, the Passion continued their success as they defeated the Erie Illusion, 63-7, on Saturday, June 23rd, in first round Playoff action