Women sport news

Peggy LEFEBVRE (BEL) wins the Singles title in Ottweiler. Tessa OTTEN-KERKHOF (NED) - and Nicole GABRIEL (GER) win the Ottweiler

The biggest and strongest womens field the British Mountain Bike Series has ever seen is how organiser Martyn Salt describes the international entry so far for round two of the Freerange Sports Optics XC, this weekend at Sherwood Pines. photo Joolze Dymond

This Saturday, May 12, approximately 300 of the worlds best swim-run specialists will gather in the beautiful Mexican resort city of Ixtapa for the Aquathlon World Championships.

The BG Triathlon World Cup circuit travels to the continent of Africa for only the second time in its 14 year history this Sunday, May 13th. Defending champion Emma Snowsill of Australia will not be in attendance.

Catch up with Sanya and the IAAF-Illness behind her, Richards prepared for something special in Eugene debut - IAAF Dairies

2000 Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion Stacy Dragila will compete in the womens pole vault May 20 at the adidas Track Classic, the first stop of USATFs Visa Championship Series.

Final data on television viewing audiences, from the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Birmingham in March, have been received by European Athletics, the results of which make the event the most watched European Athletics Indoor Championships ever!

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced today that Kimberley Joines of Canada, an athlete in the sport of Alpine Skiing, tested positive for a Prohibited Substance

Hong Kongs unseeded Elise Ng caused one of two upsets on the second day of first round action in the Hurghada Squash International when she beat fifth-seeded Malaysian Tricia Chuah

The biggest womens professional squash event to be held in the Netherlands for 18 years will be staged in Amsterdam later this year when the Forexx Dutch Open welcomes the worlds top players to the Frans Otten Stadion from 28 August to 2 September.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that England women’s vice-captain, Laura Newton will retire from the game with immediate effect.

VALENCIENNES (Ligue Feminine) - USVO Valenciennes eased into the Ligue Feminine finals after beating USO Mondeville 62-60 in their last-four second leg to complete a comfortable aggregate victory.

The Asian Basketball Federation (Fiba Asia) for the first time has upgraded the national womens basketball team from level II to Level I, the same level as the bigger teams in Asia, when they square off at the 22nd Fiba Asia Women Basketball Championship next month.

Britains divers will face a stern test at the USA leg of the FINA Grand Prix in Florida this weekend where a world class field will contest the latest round of the annual series.

The U.S. Elite Water Ski Racing Team, the U.S. Formula2 Water Ski Racing Team and the U.S. Junior Water Ski Racing Team will participate in the four-race biennial event.

Caroline Fisher, a twenty-four year-old senior female competitor, has been added to the Great Britain Taekwondo Team,

Liz Halliday enjoyed a strong showing at the Withington Manor Horse Trials last weekend, just days before jetting out to Valencia to race Team Modena’s Aston Martin DBR9 in the second round of the Le Mans Series.

Carey Lowery wins the SERC #4 (AMBC) -Ducktown, Tennessee

Japan clinched the women’s wheelchair basketball gold medal in style with a resounding 50-17 victory over Spain.

In the final league game before the play-offs, Lightning signed off in front of home fans with an emphatic victory over Northern Thunder. This game never ‘hit the heights’ in terms of flowing netball but the power and pace of Lightnings game was too much for the visitors. photo Perfect Motion

Defending champion Omneya Abdel Kawy took just 19 minutes to secure her place in the second round of the Hurghada Squash International when she beat Englands Georgina Stoker

Organisers of the 2007 Womens World Open Squash Championship in Madrid have confirmed that the sports biggest ever womens event will be staged adjacent to the Royal Palace (the Palacio Real) in the Spanish capital, from 23-27 October. photo Alexwan

Russian seeds Elena Dementieva and Anna Chakvetadze were both forced to come from a set down to win their first-round matches at the Qatar Telecom German Open on Tuesday.

World N0 2 Amelie Mauresmo came through her second round match after a two month layoff through injury. Justine also advances along with Kuznetsova and Hingis

Marion Bartoli eases through to the third round in Prague. Two top seeds Poutchkova and Razzano were defeated in their second round matches.

Two Rugby World Cup finalists in Tamara Taylor and Shelley Rae will go head to head as they lead their teams in the final of the womens Super League series this Saturday at Twickenham, kick-off 11.10am.