Women sport news

Émilie Heymans of St-Lambert, Que., took second place in her three-metre semifinal heat to advance to her second final in two days on Friday at the U.S., Grand Prix diving competition.

Swimming is revealed as the nation's most popular participation sport in a Department for Culture Media and Sport survey released this week.

The United States Womens National Team turned in two podium performances on Sunday as Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho/Team Lipton) won the Souvenir Magali Pache Lausanne, a 20.4-kilometer time trial event in Switzerland. photo US Cycling

The 2007 USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships kicked off Friday as Fort Lewis College won the Division I Team Time Trial to capture two national titles and claim the early lead in the overall Division I standings. photo US Cycling

In the women’s 2km pursuit world champion Sarah Bailey, from Great Britain, proved to good for American Greta Neimanas catching her opponent in 1:54.076 minutes. photo British Cycling

The RYA Olympic Classes Spring Series wings its way to Warsash Sailing Club this weekend (12-13 May) for the final event in its three-stop tour for 2007. photo onEdition

Irina Kalentieva won the seventh edition of the AtelierBusche BiketheRock in Heubach in front of many spectators

Kiara Bisaro Iof independiente wins the Open de España - Maxxis - 2 in a time of 1.37.55 in Ager (Lleida), Spain

Doha, Qatar - Qatar IAAF World Super Tour 2007 which is part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour 2007 lived up to all the expectations, with a half dozen meeting records, world leading marks and three valiant attempts at a World record by ‘athlete of the meet’ Blanka Vlasic.

Katie McGregor (Minneapolis, Minn.) won the title in her debut at the distance at the USA 25 km Championships Saturday in Grand Rapids, Mich. McGregor dominated both the open and U.S. womens fields running 1:25:53, also the fifth fastest performance ever for a U.S. woman.

The top four seeds safely negotiated the quarter-finals of the Hurghada Squash International - leaving Australias favourite Rachael Grinham as the sole foreigner amongst three Egyptians contesting the semi-finals

EHF NEWS LINKS 65 with a preview of the matches for the Womens Champions League Finals and European Cup Finals, which will take place during the course of the coming weekend (12/13 May - 1st leg) and 19/20 May (2nd leg).

Number 4 seed Martina Hingis fell to Patty Schnyder 64 60 in the third round. Top seeds Mauresmo and Henin-Hardenne will both play there third round matches today, after having them postponed

Akiko Morigami eased through the second round defeating Milagros Sequera 61 63. Nathalie Dechy of France fell to Bulgarian Victoria Azarenka.

World No.53 Julia Vakulenko claimed her second Top 5 scalp in as many weeks when she defeated No.2 seed Amelie Mauresmo at the Qatar Telecom German Open on Friday.

Top seed Marion Bartoli eases through to the Prague Semi Finals after def Jarmila Gajdosova of Slovakia. Morigami also books her place in the SF

One of the most popular players to have ever graced the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, Kim Clijsters, announced her retirement Sunday, effective immediately. Clijsterss last match was a 76 63 loss to Julia Vakulenko (UKR) in the opening round of the J & S Cup in Warsaw on May 3rd.

The final of the Welsh Women’s Rugby Union / Dragons Trust Tag Rugby Tournament took place on Tuesday 8th May and saw 440 girls descend on the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff for an action packed day of rugby. DEphoto. Left to right: Ysgol Cwm Rhymni, Neath Port Talbot College, Ysgol Plasmawr, Ysgol-y-Preseli.

England Hockey is pleased to announce that Qatar Airways is to become the title sponsor of the EuroHockey Nations Championships 2007, which run from the 18th – 26th August at Belle Vue in Manchester. photo John Coxon

Today marks 100 days to go until the start of EuroHockey Nations Championships 2007. Players, officials and volunteers alike have already begun preparations tournament which will be held concurrently at Belle Vue in Manchester from 18th-26th August.

White Ferns international Suzie Bates is trading her cricket bat for a basketball, but only in the short term.

Just hours after Arsenal Ladies secured the FA Womens Cup Final in front of a record crowd of 24,529, nine of their victorious team will link up with England in Kent tomorrow morning.

Sarah Lee matched the tournament record of 8 under par 63 during the first round of the Michelob Open at Kingsmill by carding 9 birdies and one bogey on the day. Last weeks winner Mi Hyan Kim sits in second place

Synchro Canada is pleased to announce that Synchro Alberta will be hosting the 2008 ASUA Age Group competition. The competition will be held August 5-10, 2008.

Synchro Canada is pleased to announce the members who have been selected to the 2007 Pan American, National B and Junior team.