Italy's Francesca Schiavone defeated Indian tennis star Sania Mirza in three sets to advance. Dulko, Bremond and Srebotnik also lost in the opening round.
Keightley becomes the first woman appointed to coach the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars, replacing Mark Sorell who is the new head coach of the South Australia men’s team.
COLORADO SPRINGS (U21 World Championship for Women) – Following three days of practices featuring 14 team finalists, USA Basketball announced today the official 12-member 2007 USA Basketball Women’s U21 World Championship Team roster. photo FIBA
Olympic & Commonwealth swimmers, including bronze medallist Steve Parry and Alex Scotcher, continued the campaign to inspire kids to follow a healthy and active lifestyle and get an insight into what it’s like being a world class athlete.
Die unter dem Titel „Pro-Testfahrt für fairen Sport“ organisierte Streckenabfahrt der Deutschland Tour nimmt Gestalt an. Zahlreiche Breitensportler haben bereits Ihre Teilnahme zugesagt.
Global Racing Team have just had one of their most successful weekends ever with win’s in the UK and Belgium on the same weekend. photo Joolze Dymond
USA Cycling announced today its nominees to the 2007 United States Pan American Games Team. athletes have accepted their nominations and are expected to represent the United States in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 13-29. photo US Cycling
Organisers of the 2007 UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships at Fort William, announced today (12 June 2007) that cottages4you, the largest provider of self-catering holidays in Europe, have signed up as a Presenting Partner for the event.
In the wake of her storming win in the recent Corus Elite, Wales , Julie Dibens was delighted to win her second 70.3 of the year down in Wimbleball , Devon, South West England, despite having a few hiccups along the way. photo Mike Dibens
The women's 100-meter hurdles has long been a staple of success for Team USA, especially in the 1990s and early '00s. Always an exciting event, it is even moreso in 2007 as the United States boasts the world's finest group of athletes in this event.
British athletes past and present hosted a SPAR Sprints masterclass on Monday 18 June to mark SPAR’s extended sponsorship deal with UK Athletics until 2009, ahead of the SPAR European Cup this weekend.
Britain’s juniors led the way at the European Powerlifting Championships last week. Olivia Hyman put in top performance, winning silver in her respective categorie.
It was a great day for Brazilian Beach Volleyball here Saturday on the Praia da Baia as two women’s tandems from the South American country captured medals in the US$400,000 Open of Portugal photo FIVB
England's Jenny Duncalf retained her title in the European Individual Squash Championships after victories over compatriots in the finals of the European Squash Federation event in the French town of Royan.
Jelena Jankovic battled back from a 3-0 third set deficit to notch a 46 63 75 win over Maria Sharapova in the DFS Classic final Sunday. It was her first career victory over a Top 2 player.
England finished the Ata Holdings Champions Challenge Tournament in Azerbaijan on a high with a 2-1 victory over USA which earned the side the bronze medal place in the final tournament standings. ENGLAND v USA, ATA HOLDING CHAMPIONS CHALLENGE
Early in the week, Dave Bastel told his daughter that he knew what he wanted for Father’s Day. And after two extra playoff holes today at the $105,000 Michelob ULTRA Duramed FUTURES Players Championship, Emily Bastel delivered his present with an eight-foot birdie putt.
It took strong sprint finishes from the duo to secure gold in windy conditions at the London Regatta Centre in the heart of the Royal Albert Docks. Patten was in London after a packed week of competition that saw her swim at two international meets - the FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Seville and the Barcelona Mare Nostrum.
The fifth race of the 2007 FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup took place in London (GBR) on June 17 with 63 participants from 17 countries included 32 women.
Tania Cagnotto was the local hero of the sixth meet of the FINA Diving Grand Prix 2007, held in Rome (ITA) from June 15-17, by winning the women’s 3m springboard, the only individual title that “escaped†to the Chinese divers
UK-based Californian Liz Halliday saw her hopes of becoming the first female class winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours dashed in the early hours of Sunday morning as her Courage LC75 developed gearbox problems which ultimately forced her retirement.
Unfortunately, the Spanish Elite couldn’t finish the race because of physical problems, while in the Junior Women category Claire Hassenfratz got such an important second place, after the third position in the Internazionali d’Italia’ s race of Nalles.
Local favourite Laura Bennett of the United States has just won the 2007 Des Moines BG Triathlon World Cup, taking home a record US$200,000 in prize money and another US$65,000 plus in prizes, including a new car. photo Delly Carr/ ITU Media
