Women sport news

Top seed Amelia Pittock won her second WISPA World Tour title when she beat Queensland’s Peta Hughes in the women’s final.

With the FIFA Women's World Cup now less than four months away, the 16 China-bound combatants are fine-tuning their preparations in a variety of different ways.

Lorena Ochoa successfully defended her Championship title at The Sybase Classic presented by ShopRite. She carded a 68-67-67-68 = 270 (-4 ) defeating Sarah Lee.

All week long, talk on the Duramed FUTURES Tour centered around the spectacular golf course hosting the $80,000 Mercedes-Benz of Kansas City Championship. Long rough, narrow fairways and slick greens at this Kansas gem kept players on their toes and probably made the stock of Kleenex rise in the Midwest. photo Futurestour.com

What has been hailed the "Biggest and Best" Arafura Games in its 16yr history drew to a close last night in Darwin, Australia. Fiji can be justifiably proud of its team who finished 15th overall out of 42 nations.

Sunday, 20th May, saw Birmingham triumph with a winning bid to stage the 2011 World Championships in Trampoline, Tumbling and Double-Mini Trampoline. These Championships will be of crucial importance, particularly for the Trampoline gymnasts, since they will also serve as 2012 Qualifications. photo Alan Edwards

Catch up with British Power Boat Racers Shelley Jory and Libby Keir, find out what has kept them busy throughout the Winter Months

Jenn Stuczynski set a new American record in her respective event Sunday, while Meseret Defar broke world mark to highlight a day full of top performances at the adidas Track Classic. Held at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., the meet is the second event of USA Track & Field's 2007 Outdoor Visa Championship Series. photo Jason Randall

It will be Greece vs. Norway for the women’s gold medal, respectively, after they won their semi-final match here Saturday in the season-opening European Championship Tour event. photo FIVB

England's sixth seed Laura Hill powered past third-seeded compatriot Sarah Kippax to claim an unexpected place in the semi-finals of the Women's Carcassonne City Squash Open in Carcassonne, France.

Top seed Line Hansen triumphed in the NSC Squash Satellite No2 after beating her opponent in a contrasting final at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. photo WISPA

Mexico's Samantha Teran upset New Zealander Jaclyn Hawkes in the semi-finals of the Women's Subway Goshen Squash Open to set up a second meeting this month with Hong Kong's Rebecca Chiu

Jelena Jankovic downed Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets for the Internazionali BNL d'Italia singles title Sunday. First-time pair Nathalie Dechy and Mara Santangelo won the doubles.

Liz Janangelo’s dad noticed something different in his daughter as he watched her play the first two rounds this week. John Janangelo had made the trip to Kansas from Connecticut to spend the week with his daughter and observed that she carried herself differently than from the start of the season.

NEWARK -- Vanessa Kabongo, a 5-foot-9 guard from Toronto, Canada, has signed a national letter of intent to join the University of Delaware women's basketball program, coach Tina Martin said Thursday.

ome thick clouds had come during the night, but the waves were still very clean, and the remaining girls of the event were happy to paddle out and get on with their contest. The high tide seemed just perfect for the longboarders and they were the first to hit the water and enjoy the peak, only four of them outside. photo ASPEUROPE.COM

Innsbruck, Austria. The application process for snowboard events to join the Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour Calendar 07/08 ends on Wednesday 23 May 2007.

Sarah Hammer (Temecula, Calif.) successfully defended her world title in the women’s three-kilometer individual pursuit at the 2007 UCI Track World Championships. After besting her own national record in the qualifying round, Hammer posted an even faster time in the final.

Adventure racing is all the rage these days and Scotland is hosting the AR World Champs in 2007. SheCycles contributor and regular adventure racer Allie Northcott will be reporting for us and keeping us informed of how her North Face team get on. In the meantime here's a snippet from a race earlier this year in Poland

Jessica Oughton won a Bronze medal in the K1 (kayak single) women’s sprint event, missing out on Silver by just 0.01 second! A fantastic result for Oughton, especially as this is her first year as a Senior. photo BCU

Vanessa Fernandes of Portugal and Paul Amey of Great Britain are the new ITU Duathlon World Champions. Better known for their triathlon results, Fernandes and Amey both decided to take their turn at the run-bike-run championship today in Györ, Hungary. photo ITU Media

The fourth edition of the USATF National Club Marathon Relay Championships will be hosted for the second consecutive year by the Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon in Denver, Colorado, on Sunday.

After setting the U.S. women's javelin throw record five times in 2006, four-time national champion and 2004 Olympian Kim Kreiner has done it again.

Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Daniela Hantuchova on Saturday to reach her fourth final of the year at the $1.34-million Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where she will face in-form Serbian Jelena Jankovic

Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas played host on Saturday to an eagerly awaited friendly between two sides preparing to compete at the FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007, the USA and Canada.

Four players are tied for the lead after the first round of the $80,000 Mercedes-Benz of Kansas City Championship. And on the toughest-playing course so far this season, Leawood South Country Club showed the field just why it has the respect of locals in this Kansas City suburb.