On International Women’s Day last week - 8 March 2012 - the new Minister for Sport, Senator Kate Lundy, and Minister for the Status of Women, Julie Collins, opened a new round of government grants designed to support women aspiring to be leaders in sport. Read the full story

Australian golf may well have uncovered another superstar after Swede Caroline Hedwall won her first professional tournament, at her first attempt at the Women’s NSW Open today. Read the full story

Australia’s female cricketing heroes, The Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars, have vowed to win back the Ashes. Read the full story

The Cricket Australia Women’s National Selection Panel (WNSP) has today named a 14-player squad for the tour to New Zealand in late December and the home series against England in January. Read the full story