Women sport news

After a dominating performance last year that saw the home team win five of the six races contested, Team USA will attempt to equal or better that performance Saturday at USA vs. The World at the 113th running of the Penn Relays.

After Round 6 of the NSL games, Marlins remained undefeated, maintaining top spot in the table. The National U21 team, Sharks recorded their first win of the season with a 47 - 42 victory over Mannas. Congratulations teams! The games continue on 28 April at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall

Champion League and European Cup Finals, which took place on Tuesday 24th April in Vienna, AUT.

N0 2 Seed Martina Muller was ousted from the Gaz de France by Romanian Qualifier Sorana Cirstea. Dulko, and Loit advance to the third round.

At a time when the Rugby Football Union for Women is actively campaigning to attract women into refereeing, 14-year-old Coventry schoolgirl Christine Goldfinch is already two years down the road to becoming a star official.

The USA , currently ranked 9th in the World( following a sixth place in the Samsung World Cup last year) , are currently touring the Netherlands as part of their preparation for this summer’s Pan American Games to be held in Rio De Janeiro July 15th – 29th/photo John Coxon

Following an open recruitment process, former England and Great Britain defender Craig Parnham, 33, has been appointed as Assistant Coach to the England Senior Women’s Squad.

SANTIAGO (FIBA Americas Championship for Women) - Cristian Santander has been appointed as the new coach of FIBA Americas Championship for Women hosts Chile.

The Air Nautique Wake Games began today, but it’s already caught the attention of the media. Click on the link from this morning’s newscast on the local FOX affiliate in Orlando. The TV station actually did four live shots from the Orlando Watersports Complex.

Opening day marked the quarterfinals of the competition for the pro women. “This event kicks off the entire wakeboarding season and it’s a great way to see how the other girls compete,” said pro female rider Emily Copland Durham, who easily advanced to the semis.

U.S. silver medalist and 2006 Olympian Emily Hughes announced today she will attend Harvard University in the fall as a full-time student while continuing to pursue her promising skating career photo Paul and Michelle Harvath

The British Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Team have travelled to Amsterdam (HOL) for the 2nd European Individual Artistic Gymnastics Championships 26th-29th April.Britain’s World beating gymnast Beth Tweddle returns to competitive action after an injury break, ready to return to medal winning action/photo Rona Humphrey

Dee Caffari, not content with one record, now plans to become the first woman to sail solo, non-stop around the world in both directions photo onEdition

Fort William World Championships Ltd, organisers of the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships 2007 - powered by Nissan Sports Adventure - at Fort William in the Scottish Highlands, are delighted to announce that BBC Sport has been announced ....

Local MP, the Rt Hon Charles Kennedy, (MP for Ross, Skye and Lochaber) joined event organisers and the athletes, to unveil some exciting news about a British sporting success story and one of the biggest participation sports in the UK.

The side in question is Academy Netball Club which has added the Premier League division 1 title to the Netball UK Challenge Cup title which the club won earlier this season.

The OKC Lightning opened their fifth season in the NWFA on Saturday, April 21st against the Dallas Rage in Texas at Pennington Field at 7:05 pm with an impressive 60-12 win. Pittsburgh Finally Wins One Against Fusion, 23-14.Bryant Sewall purchases women's football team.

Anne Kremer became the first player to win a second-round match at the Gaz de France Budapest Grand Prix. Top seed Tathiana Garbin withdrew with a leg injury

The Pink Ba-Bas have named a squad full of youth and experience for their debut in the Sunshine 7s at East Grinstead Rugby Football Club (EGRFC) on Saturday 28th April 2007. The Sunshine 7s is the largest charity event of its kind in the South East, and 2007 marks the 50th running of this prestigious rugby event, by the EGRFC.

England’s Jodi Ewart (pictured) has won her first tournament on the US women’s college circuit – and collected two player of the year awards /photo ELGA

MOSCOW (Superleague) - Spartak Moscow Region have signed Australia center Lauren Jackson until the end of the season.

Tamika Catchings and Katie Smith became the unquestioned leaders of the USA women's basketball team during its recent training camp in Italy and coach Anne Donovan would like them to continue to lead when some of the veteran players rejoin the team.

The fourth biennial Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction, presented by Quiksilveredition, has uncovered a new round of true surfing treasures that will go under the hammer at Honolulu's Blaisdell Center 12 weeks from now, on July 20 and 21,

The University of Central Florida won the 2007 Jack in the Box Collegiate Wakeboard Finals, April 20-22, at Mission Bay's Crown Point Park in San Diego, Calif. Thirteen collegiate wakeboarding teams from across the country competed

Things began badly on Friday afternoon in testing when on a first flying lap of the second session a near side drive shaft split as she rounded Corum Curve. The car slewed sideways as the hub assembly sheared and the rear wheel bounced off down the track ahead of Gail who managed to control the car and bring it safely to a halt.

Britain's Downhill World Champion Tracy Moseley reports on her 1st and second finishes in Scotland and San Remo