Blogs Posts in Famous Women In Sports category; 53 blog posts

Sport's gender divide: officials must start a gut-busting ru...

IF THERE was an Olympic gold medal up for grabs for eloquence, cyclist Chloe Hosking would not be among the favourites. But in calling Union Cycliste Internationale president Pat McQuaid a "dick" for not supporting minimum wage [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Canadian women beat Cuba for world berth

When the buzzer sounded Sunday at the end of regulation at in the bronze-medal match at the FIBA Americas championship in Cuiaba, Brazil, the Canadian women's basketball team felt they had qualified for the 2010 world championships. Video [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Palin offers concession on gas taxes, blasts

Gov. Sarah Palin surprised state legislators Wednesday by indicating she is willing to negotiate how much the state taxes natural gas in order to attract oil companies to a pipeline project. "We are open to changes in the state's fisc [...]

Posted On : Mar, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

Ana Ivanovic training hard for the start of her Australian c...

Ivanovic will officially kick-start her campaign Down Under on Monday night when she plays her first-round match at the inaugural Brisbane International.The tournament drawcard will face Czech teenager Petra Kvitova, the world No.50, at Pat [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Season-Ending Event Has No Clear Favorite

A year ago, Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova played one of the best finals in the 36-year history of the women’s season-ending championships.That match in Madrid, which Henin won, was a three-set tribute to controlled aggression, lun [...]

Posted On : Nov, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

CANADIAN WOZNIAK WINS FIRST-ROUND BELL CHALLENGE MATCH

Aleksandra Wozniak of Blainville, Que., beat Romanian Edina Gallovits in two sets Tuesday to advance to the second round of the $175,000 Bell Challenge Tier III tennis tournament. Wozniak, the tournament's fifth seed, beat Gallovits 6-4, 6 [...]

Posted On : Oct, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Grand Slam Newcomer Coin Dumps Ivanovic Out of U.S. Open Ten...

Julie Coin yesterday caused one of the biggest upsets in U.S. Open tennis history a few weeks after contemplating quitting the sport. The French qualifier, ranked 188th in the world, dumped the top seed and French Open champion out of the [...]

Posted On : Aug, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Rogers Cup women's draw set

The Russians are coming to the Rogers Cup women's tennis tournament next week in Montreal, hoping to knock off top players Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic of Serbia. The singles draw for the women's event at Uniprix Stadium was set on Fri [...]

Posted On : Jul, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Trailblazer for womens athletics at URI retires

She served under three presidents and eight athletics directors and helped manage a department that became one of the finest in its conference. She coached and mentored more than 1,000 athletes and befriended dozens of colleagues. She r [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2008 | Comments : 0

Driving ambition

Usually race drivers and hospitals only come together during times of crises, but a different relationship has emerged between Stefany Malanka and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. It began because Malanka has embraced a family p [...]

Posted On : Jun, 25 2008 | Comments : 0

Formula One: Can Women Break the Glass Ceiling in This Sport...

Women have scaled the heights of Mt. Everest, they have gone into space and come back. They have achieved the pinnacle of success even in male bastions, such as Wall Street and Big Business. They have scorched their path to dizzying heigh [...]

Posted On : Jun, 20 2008 | Comments : 0

French Open Roland Garros 2008 Women's Second Round Bettings...

Much like the men, the women have also fallen behind on their 2008 French Open Roland Garros schedule, due to incrementing precipitation in the City of Light’s forecast. At this point, some matches have already moved on to the third r [...]

Posted On : May, 29 2008 | Comments : 0

Mia Hamm

Whether you are a fútbol fanatic or don't know a cleat from a hightop, chances are you know Mia Hamm. She is one of the most talented players ever to boot a soccer ball—and surely the most popular. In May, Hamm scored he [...]

Posted On : Apr, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

U.S. topples Canada to win world women's hockey crown

Canada's reign as the world's ice queens has come to a disappointing end. Canada fell 4-3 to the United States on Saturday in the gold-medal showdown at the IIHF world women's hockey championship in Harbin, China, sending the defending cha [...]