http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/ Get all the latest Sport news in a convenient RSS feed. en-gb Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:22:34 +0000 Copyright: (C) Play-2-Win Ltd http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/_furniture/gfx/logos/femalefirst.png http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/ Dani Pedrosa in front of a home crowd won the final MotoGP of the season in Valencia.World champion Valentino Rossi came home in second, as Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo took third place.Pole sitter Casey Stoner, ironically missed the race when a cold tyre caused him to crash his Ducati in the warm-up lap breaking his windscreen.This meant Jorge L... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/MotoGP-2053.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/MotoGP-2053.html Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:18:21 +0000 Sport Casey Stoner has grabbed pole position for the Valencia MotoGP.The Australian, who has had two wins in three races since his mid-season lay-off due to a mystery illness, came in ahead of Dani Pedrosa, Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo was third fastest. World champion elect Valentino Rossi with the title already secured was fourth. Stoner, who won the race fr... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/motor/MotoGP+Valencia+GP-2052.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/motor/MotoGP+Valencia+GP-2052.html Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:41:37 +0000 Sport Northern Thunder has announced two incredible signings this week as Northern girls and England duo Sara Bayman and Jade Clarke join the team.Clarke 26 from Partington has spent the past four years playing for Loughborough Lightning, whilst Bayman 24 from Wigan, has played an instrumental part in the success of the undefeated TeamBath side in The Co... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/general/Jade+Clarke-2051.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/general/Jade+Clarke-2051.html Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:39:44 +0000 Sport The Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha brought the curtain down on the 2009 tennis season for the sport's top women.And Svetlana Kuznetsova has even more reason to smile and celebrate during the off season after an impressive 2009 from the Russian.It was all change in the rankings this week and Kuznetsova finishes the year as the world number thre... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/tennis/Svetlana+Kuznetsova-2050.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/tennis/Svetlana+Kuznetsova-2050.html Wed, 4 Nov 2009 10:28:41 +0000 Sport Lewis Hamilton in his McLaren put in the fastest lap time during first practice.for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after getting the better of world champion elect Brawn's Jenson Button.The two Englishmen swopped fastest times for four consecutive laps before Hamilton finally triumphed with a time of one minute 43.939 seconds just 0.096secs ahead of Butt... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/motor/Abu+Dhabi+Grand+Prix-2049.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/motor/Abu+Dhabi+Grand+Prix-2049.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:29:43 +0000 Sport Valentino Rossi took his seventh world MotoGP crown despite finishing third in the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang.Rossi, 30, had started in pole needing to register a top-four finish, to secure his crown the only other rider that could catch him being Yahama team-mate Jorge Lorenzo. Casey Stoner won the race on his Ducati, his second in succession ... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/motor/MotoGP+Malaysian+GP-2048.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/motor/MotoGP+Malaysian+GP-2048.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:45:17 +0000 Sport The Alpine skiing World Cup season gets underway this weekend in Soelden Austria, and with the Winter Olympics just a few months away, it may prove to be an early indication of who will be challenging for the medals in Vancouver in February.Twenty seven year old Chemmy Alcott is currently Britain’s only female skiing at World Cup level, and a... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/general/Chemmy+Alcott-2047.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/general/Chemmy+Alcott-2047.html Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:43:36 +0100 Sport Jenson Button won the drivers' championship with a superb tactical drive in a dramatic Brazilian Grand Prix.The race was won by Mark Webber driving a Red Bull.Brawn's English driver started from 14th but executed a number of superb early overtaking moves before finishing the race in fifth.BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica came second ahead of McLaren... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/motor/Jenson+Button-2046.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/motor/Jenson+Button-2046.html Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:54:33 +0100 Sport Casey Stoner converted his pole position into taking the chequered flag at Phillips Island as he led from start to finish to pip a determined Valentino Rossi and win his home Australian MotoGP.Ducati rider Stoner, held off Rossi (Yamaha) to win the Australian MotoGP for the third straight year, Honda's Dani Pedrosa took third place. Rossi's second ... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/motor/Australian+MotoGP-2045.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/motor/Australian+MotoGP-2045.html Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:29:05 +0100 Sport David Beckham's Fury At Bag SearchDavid Beckham was left fuming when he was held for three hours at Los Angeles airport on Thursday (15Oct09).The soccer ace flew into the city from London and was detained while his 12 bags were searched by officials.A source tells Britain's The Sun newspaper, "David wasn't pleased. He ranted at airport security. He... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/football/David+Beckham-2044.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/football/David+Beckham-2044.html Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:19:01 +0100 Sport Casey Stoner took pole position in Australia Stoner qualifying for his home MotoGP edged world champion Valentino Rossi in Saturday's close qualifying session.Stoner, chasing a third consecutive win at Phillip Island, clocked 1:30.341 seconds, while Rossi was just five hundredths of a second slower. Dani Pedrosa was third-fastest on Honda. Rossi's ... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/motor/Australian+MotoGP-2043.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/motor/Australian+MotoGP-2043.html Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:39:52 +0100 Sport Fernando Alonso topped the timesheets in second practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix as all three title hopefuls finished in the top seven.Rubens Barrichello was third fastest for Brawn GP, 0.145 seconds off the pace while championship leader Jenson Button set the fifth fastest time. Red Bull's title-chaser Sebastian Vettel was seventh quickest. T... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/Brazilian+Grand+Prix+Practice-2042.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/Brazilian+Grand+Prix+Practice-2042.html Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:40:00 +0100 Sport Rafael Nadal continued his return to form as he progressed to the quarter finals of the Shanghai Masters with a straight sets win over compatriot Tommy Robredo.The world number two was barely troubled by Robredo in the opening set as raced to a 6-1 lead showing all the signs of being close to his best.Robredo made more of a match of it in the secon... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/tennis/Rafael+Nadal-2041.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/tennis/Rafael+Nadal-2041.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:10:39 +0100 Sport After defeat to Australia in the first match of the Co-operative International Series the last thing England head coach Sue Hawkins wanted her side to do was start by giving the ball away or fail to convert the centre pass.Annoyingly that was how this match started but unlike the game two days ago, England rallied at the next starting whistle and r... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/general/Netball-2040.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/general/Netball-2040.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:23:38 +0100 Sport Rafael Nadal battled past James Black for the second time in as many weeks to progress to the third round of the Shanghai masters.The pair met the previous week at the China Open in one of the best matches of the tournament and they once again produced a great head to head.Nadal, along with several top player, had complained about the length of the... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/tennis/Rafael+Nadal-2039.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/tennis/Rafael+Nadal-2039.html Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:00:07 +0100 Sport Andy Roddick's chances of qualifying for the ATP World Tour finals in London took another blow yesterday after being forced to pull out of his second round match at the Shanghai Masters because of injury.This came just twenty four hours after the former world number one had complained about the length of the ATP season.He was leading 4-3 in the ope... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/tennis/Andy+Roddick-2038.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/tennis/Andy+Roddick-2038.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:44:06 +0100 Sport Australia showed why they are still the world’s best team after coming on strong to make it a convincing win over England in the Co-operative International Series maintaining their impressive test record against their great rivals.If you don’t count the weekend’s defeat in the Co-operative World Netball Series simply because it wa... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/general/The+Cooperative+International+Netball+Series+2009-2037.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/general/The+Cooperative+International+Netball+Series+2009-2037.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:24:50 +0100 Sport Fernando Gonzalez progressed into the second round of the Shanghai Masters after his opponent Mischa Zverev retired with an injury.Despite the injury to the young German he made tenth seed Gonzalez battle into a third and deciding set before calling it a day.It was a close contest in the opening set but powerful hitting and serving from the seed sa... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/tennis/Fernando+Gonzalez-2036.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/tennis/Fernando+Gonzalez-2036.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:22:01 +0100 Sport Novak Djokovic saw off the challenge from Marin Cilic to win the China Open title yesterday.By winning the tournament in Beijing the Serb has now overtaken Andy Murray in the ATP rankings pushing the Scot down into fourth.It had been an up and down tournament for Djokovic but he was one form yesterday as he overcame the talented Cilic, who had stun... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/tennis/Novak+Djokovic-2035.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/tennis/Novak+Djokovic-2035.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:31:46 +0100 Sport Jo-Wilfred Tsonga triumphed in Tokyo against Mikhail Youzhny to move one step closer to the ATP World Tour finals in London.The fight is now on for the last three places at the coveted end of season tournament that will be held at the O2 in November.It was Tsonga's third ATP victory of the year as he saw off the Russian in straight sets 6-3 6-3.Spe... http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/tennis/JoWilfred+Tsonga-2034.html http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/sport/tennis/JoWilfred+Tsonga-2034.html Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:28:48 +0100 Sport