Women sport news

USA Water Ski has announced the selection of the 2007 U.S. Elite Water Ski Team following the conclusion of the 2007 U.S. Water Ski Team Trials, June 8-10, in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. The 2007 U.S. Elite Water Ski Team will compete in the 2007 Water Ski World Championships, Aug. 27-Sept. 2, in Linz, Austria.

In the elite women’s race, Hime avoided an early-main crash in turn one and held off fellow pre-race favorite Kim Hayashi (Chandler, Ariz.) for the victory.

Melanie Walker (Jamaica)-"It was great. It's a good feeling right now to know I have the fastest time in the world." "I'll just continue to work hard, get my legs down and get my time to around 53."

Jenn Stuczynski held onto her respective lead at the USA Track & Field's Outdoor Visa Championship Series following Sunday's Nike Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore.

The Netball Super League (NSL) 2007 was concluded, with Marlins emerging Champions after a 2 month event. Marlins won the championship by beating Vipers 40 – 24 to cap off an exceptional season in which they were undefeated. Mr Teo Ser Luck, Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports was the Guest-of-Honour for the finals. Photo Darren Teo

Reigning Australian junior champion Peta Hughes announced her arrival in the senior ranks when she won her first Women’s International Squash Players’ Association (WISPA) World Tour event at the Naracoorte Open in South Australia today (Sunday).

Yuliana Fedak caused the first upset at the DFS Classic when she defeated No.14 seed Michaella Krajicek on Monday. Meilen Tu was another of the opening-round winners

Francesca Schiavone, Martina Muller, Emilie Loit and a whole host of other Sony Ericsson WTA Tour stars will be heading for Catalonia this week to contest the inaugural Barcelona KIA.

England’s last three encounters against Korea have all ended in victory but they came unstuck earlier today losing out 4-2 in a pulsating showdown in their second game of their Champions Challenge campaign, which, in the opposite of yesterday left head coach Danny Kerry pleased with the performance, but not the scoreline.

Suzann Petterson recorded her second career victory at the McDonalds LPGA Championships presented by Coca Cola. After carding a 69-67- 71-67=274 (-14). Petterson started the day one stroke back and used six birdies and one bogey to take the title.

Britain's top swimmers have continued to show their high calibre with a string of medals in the Seven Hills Meet in Rome this weekend. In the 800m Freestyle, Nova Centurion's Rebecca Adlington and Loughborough University's Caitlin McClatchey swam well in a close race to reach the final.

It’s V for Victory as Spanish Star Daida Moreno (North) who took the event titles after a week long waiting game. photo PWA

The weekend saw Gail Hill taking some time off from the XJS Championship to compete in a friendly (is there such a thing) Jaguar two driver half hour challenge and the opening two rounds of a new series organised by the Classic Sports Car Club. The Future Classics series is for cars of 70’s, 80’s or 90’s vintage and is likely to attract a wide range of cars not currently able to compete in historic events.

Pro Expert Women 19-29 1 Carolyn Popovic (Trek VW East) 2.44.53 2 Johanna Kraus (Charlottesville Racing Club) 1.48 DNF Theresa Richardson

Samantha Warriner of New Zealand has just won the 2007 Vancouver BG Triathlon World Cup in the official test event for the 2008 triathlon world championships, with one of the fastest women’s 10-kilometre run splits the sport has seen. photo Delly Carr-Triathon.org

Julie Dibens has won the Corus Elite Series Women’s Triathlon at the picturesque Bryn Bach Country Park, Tredegar, South Wales. Julie blitzed the rest of the 18 strong field

Jana Rawlinson has continued her return to competition following the birth of son Cornelis in December, winning the 400m hurdles at the European circuit meeting in Geneva, Switzerland overnight.

In her first competition of the season, 2006 World Athlete of the Year Sanya Richards was victorious in the women's 400 meters in 50.74 seconds. Although Richards held on for the win, Mary Wineberg made a furious charge at the finish before finishing second in 50.95 seconds. 2004 Olympic relay gold medalist Monique Henderson was third in 51.43. photo prettysporty.com

Warsaw, Poland, June 10, 2007 - Chen Xue and Xi Zhang earned their second-straight Polish podium placement here Sunday after the young Chinese defeated Talita Antunes and Renata Ribeiro in the bronze medal match at the US$200,000 GE Money Bank Warsaw Open. photo FIBA

Warsaw, Poland, June 10, 2007 - Within minutes to claiming their 15th SWATCH-FIVB World Tour gold medal here Sunday, second-seeded Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca were running for cover as the finale of the US$200,000 GE Money Bank Warsaw Open ended with a downpour.

Just 12 months after visiting the northernmost squash court in the world, WISPA stars Nicol David, Rachael Grinham and Sarah Fitz-Gerald took time out during their promotional tour of South America to check out the most southerly court, in the Argentinean city of Ushuaia on Tierra Del Fuego.

INCHEON (FIBA Asia Championship for Women) - Point guard Ai Mitani sunk two silken three pointers one from each flank in the opening moments of the match and Japan never looked back to bag the bronze medal, with a clinical 73-70 win against Chinese Taipei on Sunday. photo FIBA

Kim Brozer held on to the lead outright in today’s second round of the $75,000 United States Steel Golf Classic, but even the Canadian admits that her position is tenuous, at best.

INCHEON (FIBA Asia Championship for Women): Hosts Korea displayed stronger nerves and better handling of the middle-game situation to beat China 79-73 and bag the gold on Sunday. photo FIBA

This weekend was the 2nd of the Corus British Elite triathlon races in Tredegar Wales. It was also the elite British national championships. Julie had decided just recently to make an appearance there as good preparation for the UK 70.3 for next weekend. It was also to be her first drafting race since July last year....so a bit of a shock to system.

Team Bath clinch the Super League 2007 title from Mavericks 53-45 after a superb battle on court at the Guilford Spectrum. Player of the Match was Team Bath's Geva Mentor. photo England Netball