Women sport news

Durban - the sun burned down, the waves poured through, the girls ripped them all and the wind forgot to blow on the second day of the Roxy Surf Jam presented by Virgin Mobile In Association With Resolution Health

Antique Road Show-Style Appraisal & Live On-Line Auction Bidding Announced-Over 100 years of Island influenced vintage surfboards, art, Hawaiiana and surf memorabilia from the turn of the century to the early ‘80s.

U.S. Figure Skating is pleased to announce the hiring of World and Olympic figure skating coach Kathy Casey as director of athlete performance enhancement and tracking.

Two World Cups in a row in Lake Placid (USA) and Quebec City (CAN) saw the best Athletes from around the World on April 1st and 2nd, 2007. photo FIG

Singapore’s internationally renowned shopping district, Orchard Road, will make way for one of the most unique sporting events in June. In a historic first, two lanes on Orchard Road will be closed from 5:30am to 10:30am on June 10 for the inaugural Anlene Orchard Mile.

The women’s 4x100m relay squad are the latest additions to the Australian team for the 11th IAAF World Championships to be held from August 25 – September 2 in Osaka, Japan.

After slipping to surprise defeats in the two events last year, England reclaimed both titles in the European Junior U15/U17 Team Squash Championships after powerful campaigns in the two European Squash Federation tournaments in Szeged, the fourth biggest city in Hungary.

Nadia Petrova and Anna Lena Groenefeld bow out of the French Open in the first round. Marion Bartoli def fellow French Women Aravane Rezai. Jankovic and Vaidisova continue to advance.

European Club Championship 2007, Baku, Azerbaidjan - Leicester Ladies take Silver! No English Team has won this title in its 34 years of existence!

All World Records are important, but two are more significant than the others: the 12 arrow match and the FITA Round. In Compound Women they have just been raised to new height by two special archers, Jamie Van Natta (USA) and Gladys Willems (BEL). We have met them at the Antalya World Cup.

FITA Newsletter for May 2007

A small band of vocal Lightning supporters travelled to Guildford to witness a titanic play-off battle on the Hurricanes home court. Hurricanes were confident that they could reverse their two league season defeats by Lightning. photo Perfect Motion

Second seed Line Hansen upset the favourites in (Monday) final of the NSC Squash Super Satellite No1 to win the new Tour titles at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. photo Wispa

Lisa Camilleri celebrated a surprise win in the inaugural City of Perth International Squash Challenge at the Terrace Squash Centre in Perth, Western Australia. photo Wispa

After visiting the northern-most squash court in the world last year as part of the WISPA Promotional Tour to Norway and Estonia, the 2007 tour takes in the most southern court when the ninth annual expedition organised by the Women's International Squash Players' Association visits Argentina, Chile and Uruguay from 30 May to 10 June. photo Alexwan.net

The US Team Handball Women’s National Team (WNT) is proud to announce that Danish national Thomas Broend has officially joined the WNT coaching staff. photo US Handball

Li Na and Venus Williams managed to dodge the rain to go through to the second round at the French Open, Garbin and Stosur also advanced.

England women are taking a strong squad to compete in this weekend’s FIRA European Sevens tournament as they bid to avenge their finals defeat a year ago.

Mo Marley's England U19s have been drawn with France, Poland and Spain in their quest to win the UEFA Women's U19 Championship in Iceland in July. Rebecca Hall scored one of the crucial goals that helped England qualify Photo FA

Fara Williams is the big winner of the ninth annual FA Women's Awards, scooping the Nationwide International Player of the Year, while unsurprisingly after their incredible quadruple Arsenal take home six awards including the Tesco Club of the Year prize.

After her victory at the BMW Ladies Italian Open on Saturday, Trish Johnson was flown over to England by BMW to attend the final round of the BMW PGA Championship at the Wentworth Club on Sunday, where she joined Anders Hansen at the presentation ceremony.

Rebecca Zhou completed an undefeated run to win the Hunter Classic's Women's Tour stop at Bogie's Billiards in Houston Texas

Ten of the best female surfers in South Africa are currently in Mozambique and preparing themselves for the start of the inaugural Roxy Invitational, set to take place at one of the fabled right-hand point-breaks in the area.

There was only a few hour’s worth of daylight left, but the girls in Mozambique for the Roxy Invitational were greeted with classic surf on their arrival. photo Sarah Baum/Tuck quiksliver

It’s all about sharing and caring as new environmental initiatives are launched today.

This Camp is for girls wanting to improve their snowboarding and Skating skills.