Women sport news

Cricket Australia announced today that recently-retired Australian fast bowler Cathryn Fitzpatrick has been named the acting head coach of the Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars.

Manchester’s Kelly Tidy (right) won the U21 trophy at the Welsh ladies open strokeplay championship at Newport.

Englands Kerry Smith eagled the last hole to win her match and clinch victory for Great Britain over Australia on the second day of the Commonwealth Tournament in South Africa.

CANBERRA (Exhibition Game) - Australias under 19 womens basketball team, the Gems, outclassed Japans national senior womens side at the AIS Training Hall in Canberra overnight.

The world-record-setting Katie Hoff (Towson, Md.) leads an accomplished field of swimmers set to compete in the Erik Namesnik Grand Prix May 17-20, 2007 in Ann Arbor, Mich. The meet will feature morning finals and evening heats, paralleling the planned schedule for the Olympic Games in Beijing, China. photo US Swimming

Showing starting skill of her usual high standard, Karin Jaggi was untouchable in race 6 and left Sarah Hebert and Ayako Suzuki in their now familiar battle for second and third place. Hebert held her own to score second place over Suzuki in third.

The 2007 Indmar Performance Award payout marks the biggest cash award in tour history for the season winner. A bonus payout will also be presented to the pro women’s champion.

Jamie Anderson, womens snowboarding ingénue will appear on FUEL TV?s ?The Daily Habit? on Wednesday, May 9th at 6pm PST/9pm EST.

Standard antidoping controls carried out at the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Cup Final in Puurs (BEL), April 8 - 9, 2007, revealed two positive cases, the first for furosemide and the second for cannabis.

This weekend (12-13 May) will see over 340 young sailors from all over the UK descend on the Rutland Sailing Club ready for battle at the 2007 RYA Eric Twiname Championships. photo onEdition

Continuing what is fast becoming a fairy tale comeback from serious injury and against the odds , Michelle Dillon came home an impressive second at the 2007 Lisbon BG Triathlon World Cup May 6th behind local girl Vanessa Fernandes

Becky Lavelle took the female title, respectively, at the USA Triathlon Elite Long Distance Triathlon National Championship on Saturday

Triathlete Suzy Degazon reports from the Wildflower Triathlon in California and the Sprint Triathlon in Loma Linda. Both these races completed Suzy raised in total $597 for Breast Cancer with Avon of Puerto Rico .

Triathlon is now the fastest growing sport in the UK and theres never been such a demand for women to give triathlon a go. Over 2,000 competitors are anticipated to take part in this years TIMEX WomenOnly Triathlon on Saturday 30 June in support of Breast Cancer Care, the event’s official charity.

In the womens 100m hurdles, 2001 World Outdoor champion Anjanette Kirkland posted the fifth-fastest time in the world this year with her winning time of 12.85 seconds.

The team is led by Dani Samuels (shot and discus), who has already been selected to compete in the IAAF World Championships in Osaka which will commence the week after the World University Games.

The third Visa Paralympic World Cup will not only excite spectators at the competition venues. For the first time, sports fans around the world can watch top quality BBC footage of one of Paralympic Sports biggest annual events. photo Matchtight

Britains most successful Paralympian, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson is all set for an emotional farewell to international competition at the Visa Paralympic World Cup this weekend.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL, USA – One of the most popular players to have ever graced the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, Kim Clijsters, announced her retirement on Sunday, May 6, effective immediately

Colombus sports network to televise womens football

The womens Super League will make its Twickenham debut on Saturday (May 12th) when the final of the highly successful series reaches its climax at England rugby’s HQ, kick-off 11.10am.

Harrod UK, the UKs leading manufacturer of sports ground equipment and netting, is to become exclusive supplier of hockey goalposts, nets and team dugouts at the EuroHockey Nations Championships

Leading by two points with one quarter to play in the third game of the women’s Russian Superleague Grand Final series, Jackson’s Spartak Moscow side lost to CSKA Samara overnight, 86-83.

Ladies Spirit Tour 4th stop, held at Hammer Heads Billiard Lounge, in Holiday, Florida, April 28-29th. This event was a Qualifier for the WPBA Florida Classic Event, and paid $3450 in cash prizes. Attendance broke a record for Ladies Spirit Tour events with 46 players!

Zoe Sheath aged only 15 who took both the Womens Open and Under 18 titles. Zoe pulled out big backhand snaps and floaters in the final to claim her prize as Headworx English Womens Champion. She explained “the standard has really improved over the years for the girls, it’s really encouraging to see”.

In the womens field, the supremacy of China was notorious with four victories out of four events. Besides the Asian divers, Tania Cagnotto (ITA) and Melissa Wu (AUS) were respectively third in the 3m springboard and 10m platform.