Blogs Posts in Women Sports category; 218 blog posts

Wozniacki reaches quarters at Japan Women's Open

Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark overpowered Britain's Katie O'Brien 6-0, 6-1 on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Japan Women's Open. Wozniacki converted six of nine break points in a match that lasted just 44 m [...]

Posted On : Oct, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

U. of I. sophomore wins women's wheelchair marathon

Tatyana McFadden's entry in Sunday's Bank of America Chicago Marathon women's wheelchair division was originally intended as a training exercise. But the 20-year-old University of Illinois sophomore might consider more marathons after winn [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Serena's outburst common among athletes -- but not women

I've seen too much in sports to be outraged by Serena Williams' outburst at the U.S. Open last weekend. I've seen world class athletes head-butt opponents, spit in the face of umpires, fire lethal serves at linespeople, tackle aging bench c [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Womens tennis indicted at Open

While Serena Williams was cracking under the strain on Saturday night, brandishing her racquet and threatening a poor, scared-looking lineswoman - the account of her exact words differs, but it appears that it's generally accepted that she [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2009 | Comments : 0

Have you heard? England's women footballers could win Euro 2...

They may earn less in a year than some of their male counterparts earn in a day, but when England's women face Germany in Thursday night's European Championships final they will achieve something John Terry and co have famously not managed [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Anna Rawson shoots 73 to slip to tie for 10th

Rawson, who shot 64 in the opening round on Thursday, followed up with a 73 to slip to tied 10th at five under, alongside compatriot Karrie Webb.Kim leads at nine under, along with Suzann Pettersen, who shot a 68 on Friday at Priddis Greens [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Sharp optimistic at CN Canadian Women's Open

Competing on home soil in a golf championship with a purse of $2.75 million US, how could 12 Canadians in the field of 50 golfers at this week's CN Canadian Women's Open not be motivated? At one time on its last legs due mainly to the abse [...]

Posted On : Sep, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

England Women 1 Italy Women 2

England women endured a losing start to their European Championship campaign after being reduced to 10 players in the first half. Hope Powell's side had Casey Stoney sent off just half an hour into the match in Lahti and faced an uphi [...]

Posted On : Aug, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Youngsters give U.S. women's hockey team a winning outlook

Many of the 23 U.S. women's hockey players chosen Monday to begin preparing for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver know nothing but winning on the international stage. So the veterans among them — just six players with Olympic [...]

Posted On : Aug, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

U.S. women hold off Europe

The scoreboards around the Rich Harvest Farms golf course were awash in European blue and the holes were beginning to dwindle. Then one red point went up, then another. Soon, one more. With chants of "U-S-A! U-S-A!" echoing [...]

Posted On : Aug, 24 2009 | Comments : 0

Could the Women's 800-meter World Champ Be a Man?

South African runner Caster Semenya's muscular physique helped propel her to victory during the 800 meters at Wednesday night's world track and field championships in Berlin. Now that physique, coupled with an ongoing gender verification te [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Victory For Women's Boxing At The Olympics

The International Olympic Committee is due to give the go-ahead to the sport for the London 2012 Games at a meeting in Berlin on Thursday. Boxing is the only Olympic sport women are currently barred from entering. A similar request was kno [...]

Posted On : Aug, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Stosur charges into semis in LA

The Australian came from a set down to topple Jie 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and book a place in a WTA semi-final for the second consecutive week. The 13th-seeded Stosur will next face Romania's Sorana Cirstea, who edged eighth seed Agnieszka Radwanska [...]

Posted On : Aug, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Coral Springs' Lexi Thompson rolls in Amateur

Amelia Lewis beat stroke-play medalist Danielle Kang 2 and 1 on Wednesday in the first round of the U.S. Women's Amateur in St. Louis, Mo., and 14-year-old sensation Alexis Thompson rolled to an easy victory in steamy conditions. Lewis, th [...]