Growing up in Jackson Hole, WY, U.S. Ski Team racer Resi Stiegler is used to huge dumps of snow. But the storm, which rolled into this alpine village during the week, helped energize Stiegler to equal the best result of her World Cup career despite a blizzard. photo Lauren Ross
Women's Sports Cares, the organization which recently held the highly successful "Marketing Women's Sports Conference and Summit" is gearing up to produce the "People You Should Know in Women's Sports" annual yearbook.
October was a very successful month for the Netherlands, who are now being rewarded with a historic first, October marks the first ever case of Double Dutch in the European Athlete of the Month website poll! photo Picture Alliance
Englands netballers overcame a feisty South Africa side 62-32 at the New World Netball World Championships today to set up a quarter final
encounter with Malawi,who earlier defeated Wales 55-52. photo Micheal Bradley
After having played host to the LG International in April, the sports complex at Fenton Manor in Stoke on Trent will, once again see in action the best British Rhythmic Gymnasts who will challenge the titles and medals of this year’s British Championships, on Saturday, 17 and Sunday 18 November.
Taking a proactive stance in injury prevention, Brain-Pad mouth guards are now mandated for all participants of the National Women's Football Association (NWFA), announced Executive Director Catherine Masters at the first annual Women's Sports Conference, sponsored by Women's Sports Cares Inc
Que faudra-t-il pour remporter la Finale de Coupe du Monde à Dubaï?
The top 4 archers in the world per category in 2007 qualified for the World Cup Final in Dubai. They beat a field of 500 archers to get there. What will it take now for them to win the big prize money and be sacred World Cup 2007 Winner?
Australia overcame a patchy second quarter to repel a physical Trinidad & Tobago 78-34 at the New World Netball World Championships at The Trusts Stadium, Auckland today. photo Micheal Bradley
What makes a great fan? Obviously a willingness to travel and support your team is a key attribute – and a surprisingly large contingent of English fans have made the journey to Southern Hemisphere to support the team in its quest for a medal. You can spot them all over the city, wearing their Kukri kit with pride and believing that really, this IS England’s year!
The East Midlands premier netball team, Loughborough Lightning, is celebrating wins on both sides of the globe this week after victories in the Co-operative Superleague and the World Championships in New Zealand.
The venues in Sapporo and Kumamoto saw today the end of the 3rd Round of the Women’s World Cup 2007: the standings still have Italy and U.S.A. leading unbeaten. Two rest days will prepare the stage for the final round, the 4th in the World Cup Round Robin, which will be played from Wednesday in Nagoya. photo FIVB
The 12 Head Coaches of the FIVB Volleyball World Cup 2007 had their first press conference all together in Nagoya to launch the 4th and final Round of the competition. Three tough days of matches will decide the podium and the first three Olympic berths. photo FIVB
News links from the weekend's matches. These include the Women's EHF Champions League (3), Women's EHF Cup, Cup Winners' Cup, and Challenge Cup Round 3.
Justine Henin capped a career-best year in unbelievable fashion, battling for three hours and 24 minutes on Sunday to beat Maria Sharapova in the title match of the Sony Ericsson Championships.
After eleven and a half years of loyal service to her country, Doncaster Rovers Belles midfielder Vicky Exley has announced her international retirement. photo The FA
Hope Powell has name a 20-player squad to take on Spain in their final match of 2007, with three crucial Euro 2009 qualifying points at stake at Shrewsbury Town. photo FA
Paula Creamer recorded her fourth career victory this week at The Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions after carding a 21-under-par (67-65-68-68=268). photo Tristan Jones LET
In the women’s field, two swimmers also got three victories each: Iryna Amshennikova, from Ukraine, was the best in the backstroke distances, and Yulia Efimova, from Russia, was the strongest in the breaststroke events.
For some the month of November is a time to get out winter jackets or begin holiday preparations, but for the sailors of the world November is known as the time of the International Sailing Federation's (ISAF) Annual Conference and the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards.
Photo by: Rolex / Carlo Borlenghi
The World Cup slalom season got underway in Reiteralm, AUT Saturday with Austrian Marlies Schild, the defending Women’s World Cup SL champion, taking top spot with a two-run combined time of one minute 55.53 seconds. photo Julian Fritz
Olympian Resi Stiegler (Jackson Hole, WY) ignored a blizzard Saturday to equal her best World Cup result, finishing fourth in stormy conditions during the first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup slalom of the season. photo Lauren Ross
Global Racing Team are pleased to announce a major sponsorship partnership with Swift Group which will fund a significant new initiative to find and train top riders from the UK in the build up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Global Racing Team had a very successful trip to the 2nd round of the women’s cyclo-cross world cup in Pijnaker, Holland. Having fully recovered from a heavy crash the weekend before, Gabby Day lined up with Helen Wyman for the familiar race that had been seriously affected by recent bad weather.
November 6th saw the second and final day of the quarter final groups. Predictably the Netherlands suffocated their perennial rivals, making a fast start and effectively closing out the game after 15 minutes. Superior in all facets of the game, and totally re-emphasising their dominance of world korfball