Women sport news

Reigning Netball Superleague champions TeamBath overcame a stern challenge by Mavericks in the Netball Superleague Major Semi-final this weekend, winning 61-45 to take up their place in the Grand Final.

After training the entire week, the 20-member USA Volleyball A2 National Women's Team has been split into two 10-member squads in preparation for the USA Open Volleyball Championships held May 26-June 2 at the Austin Convention Center. photo Tatum Ailes USA Volleyball

Talita Antuntes and Renata Ribeiro completed their most successful weekend in the past 20 months on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour as the young Brazilians “surprised” the top two teams on the international Beach Volleyball circuit to capture the US$200,000 Singapore Open here Sunday on Siloso Beach.

Britain’s Olympic sailing hopefuls scooped more medals at the Breitling Regatta which concluded in Medemblik, Holland, on Sunday (27 May), with four bronzes coming on a windless last day to add to their gold from Saturday’s Yngling final. photo onEdition

Seventy four players teed it up in the third round at The LPGA Corning Classic and three players finished tied atop the leader board at 16 under par. Paula Creamer carded a 6 under par 66 to make her way to the top to share the lead with Beth Bader and Young Kim. photo Seoulsisters.com

The European ladies’ team championship takes place at Castelconturbia Golf Club, Italy, from July 10-14. The team, captained by Jenny Clink (Lilley Brook) is... photo Jodi Ewart ELGA

Synchro Canada is pleased to announce that after two sets of figures sixteen promising young swimmers aged13-15 have been invited to a National Team Camp, which will be held in Quebec City this summer.

Today’s action at the 2007 Espoir Synchronized Swimming Championships saw the finals in most categories, including both the Tier 6 15 & Under and 16 & Over competitions. photo 2007 Canadian Espoir Championships Syncro Canada

British sailors at the Breitling Regatta in Holland on Saturday (26 May), winning gold in the Yngling class and hitting form in time for the ISAF World Sailing Championships in Cascais (POR) which get underway in just over a month’s time. photo RYA

The Road to Eugene '08 is a cooperative effort between the Local Organizing Committee for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, USA Track & Field, and the USATF Athletes Advisory Committee. The women's 5,000m was won by three-time Olympian Adrian Fernandez Miranda of Mexico in 15:36.25.

Carolina Klüft notched her fifth straight victory as the Hypo Combined Events Meeting – IAAF Combined Events Challenge – concluded.

Tatyana Lysenko of Russia extended her own World record * in the Hammer Throw, reaching 78.61m at the All-Russian Athletics competition in Sochi on Saturday (26).

Women’s Beach Volleyball powers Brazil and China will vie for the fifthtime for a SWATCH-FIVB World Tour gold medal here Sunday on Siloso Beach, but the entry for the South American country in the finals of the US$200,000 Singapore Open is not as expected. photo FIVB

The women's quarter-finals went according to the seedings - with fourth seed Delia Arnold setting up an all-Malaysian semi-final against favourite Sharon Wee after despatching Japan's Mami Nishio 9-7, 9-0, 9-2 in just 22 minutes. photo Alexwan

Lisa Camilleri beat fellow Queenslander Peta Hughes 9-3, 9-7, 9-5 to set up a final against top-seeded Victorian Amelia Pittock

2007 Women’s 19 European Championship in Izmir/TUR Preparations for the above event are already under way, with the competition starting in less than three months (10 to 19 August 2007). After the official playing schedule for the 2007 Women’s 19 European Championship was published last month

Amelie Mauresmo defeated Marion Bartoli in the semifinal of the Internationaux de Strasbourg on Friday. Jelena Jankovic's withdrawal means she will play Anabel Medina Garrigues in the final

Anabel Medina Garrigues defeated Amelie Mauresmo in a thrilling final at the Internationaux de Strasbourg on Saturday, reclaiming the title she first won in 2005

Elena Dementieva was over the moon today as she went on to defeat Home Crowd Favourite Aravan Rezai. This is Dementieva's first WTA Title of 2007

England women’s captain, Charlotte Edwards helped launch Warwickshire CCC’s exclusive “Ladies Day” to be held at Edgbaston on Tuesday June 26 as she posed alongside the current Miss England, Miss Birmingham, Miss Worcester and Neil Carter on a Beauty Bus in Birmingham City Centre.

The ECB’s Super 4s competition gets underway this Bank Holiday weekend with the Twenty20 Challenge.

Seventy six players made the 36 hole cut at The LPGA Corning Classic which came at 1 under par 143. At the start of the third round Beth Bader holds a one stroke lead after carding a six under par 66 during the second round to finish at 13 under par. Young Kim holds on in second place. photo Seoulsisters.com

Yorkshire’s Naomi Edwards made it third time lucky when she won the English ladies’ close championship at Littlestone in Kent. photo ELGA

Most of the best female surfers in the country are set to enter the second Roxy Surf Jam Presented By Virgin Mobile in association with Resolution Health, with a healthy number of entries confirmed for the event.

People in Suffolk are being given the opportunity to get in the swim through Everyday Swim's Suffolk Swim Weekend running from 9-10 June. The pioneering project, led by the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) and funded by Sport England, aims to break down the barriers of participation in swimming to affect a culture change across the country

Synchro Canada’s Espoir National Synchronized Swimming Championships are now underway at the Canada Games Aquatic Centre in Saint John, NB. A record 340 swimmers arrived to compete, together representing 33 clubs from 9 of the Provinces, ensuring that this year’s Espoir competition truly is a national affair.