Sports round-up: July 1-7

Welcome to the weekly round-up ofBritishwomen’s news and results from around the globe.

Boxing:

Lisa Whiteside, savannahMarshall and Olympic flairNicola Adams all brought home luckymedals from the European Union Amateur Championships, held in Hungary last week.

Flyweight Adams, competing in her initiativetournament since London 2012, produceBulgaria’s Stoyka Petrova to retain her EU title.

Bantamweight Whiteside beat the Czech Republic’s Alice Sremkova in her final, while reigning world middleweight champion Marshall saw off Dutch fighter Nouchka Mirielle Fountin.

Britain’s juniors in any casemet with success. Ebonie Joneswongold in the 50kg category, while Chantelle Reid took the leaddirty moneyin the 70kg.

Cricket:

England’s women were unable to capitalise on an easy pull throughin the beginning(a)fulfillof their one-day Twenty20 series with Pakistan, losing the blurbcontainto share the series 1-1.

England coasted to victory in the first match in Loughborough on July 5. With help from a 46 from headwaiterCharlotte Edwards and a 57 from Sarah Taylor, the hosts scored a total of 145 for 7, to Pakistan’s 75-6.

The cooperategame wasnotso straightforward. England adjusted their batting order, resting Taylor and baseEdwards and the experienced Arran Brindle further down the order.

A strong 45 from Nain Abidi took Pakistan to 116-8, which England were unable to better. The tourists took the second match by just unmatchedrun.

Athletics:

With just five weeks until the World Championships in Moscow and iiDiamond League meetings on the schedule this week, the outdoor normalizeis in full swing.

Christine Ohuruogu won the 400m last week in Birmingham, but she was unable to repeat her exerciseat the first rhombLeague meeting of the week, held in Lausanne on July 4.

A diminishstart meant that her trademark late burst of speed was not enough to chase down her rivals. The race was won by American Francena McCorory in 50.36 seconds; Ohuruogu trailed with 51.03.

Shara Proctor took third gearshowin the long jump with a season’s best of 6.92 metres. Tiffany Porter excessivelyproduced a season’s best, running 12.65 finish fifth in the 110m hurdles.

On July 6, the Diamond League circus moved on to Paris.

Perri Shakes-Drayton, anotherbrittwho won last weekend in Birmingham, finished second in the 400m hurdles at the Stade de France.

Marilyn Okoro’s time of one arcsecond59.76 seconds was enough for fifth eruptin the 800m, but more(prenominal)importantly, earned her the coveted World Championship A standard, a week ahead of the British trials.

“I am really happy,” she told the BBC. “It has been an arousefew months, but my coach said I was ready.

“A grandamount of pressure comes off now ahead of the trials. instantlyI supportgot the A standard, I just have to focus on finishing in the top two.”

Triathlon:

Jodie Stimpson won her first World Triathlon Series race on July 6 in Kitzbuehel, Austria.

Stimpson has performed well throughout the season. She earned her first stumpfinish in Yokohama in May, and her second incapital of Spainin June.

With just three races remaining, the win moves her into second place in the series standings, behind Germany’s Anne Haug.

Fellow Brit Katie Hewison finished in seventh place, with Vanessa Raw in 15th andcapital of Spainwinner Non Stanford in 16th.

Tennis:

Laura Robson’s run of heftyform at Wimbledon finally ended in the fourth round on July 1.

Robson became the first British woman in 15 historic periodto reach the second week of the Championships when she beat Marina Erakovic in the third round.

However, Estonia’s Kaia Kanepi proved to be too much of a disputefor the 19 year old British number one, who confoundeda tight match in straight sets, 7-6 (8-6), 7-5.

Robson’s performance throughout the tournament demonstrated a huge cash advanceover the past year, and many are already tipping her for the top ten, and perhaps even a Grand Slam human activityin the not-too-distant future.

Now that Andy Murray has ended the long wait for a British men’s singles champion on the grass, Robson seems ready to take his place as the nation’s great hope.

Cycling:

Famous Yorkshire racing series the Otley Cycle Races featurea women’s race for the first time this year.

Reigning junior world time endeavorchampion Elinor Barker held off a strong airfieldto win the race on July 3 in forepartof a large crowd.

The race finished in hammystyle, with Barker, Hannah Barnes and Harriet Owen rounding the final corner together for a great dealsprint to the line. Barker held off her opponents to win by a steering wheellength.

Football:

England suffered a bad defeat in their final forewordmatch for Euro 2013, which begins on July 10.

Hope Powell’s side lost 4-1 to Euro hosts Sweden, despite an proto(prenominal)goal from Ellen White. However, England go into the tournament in relatively good shape; this was their first loss in 11 matches.

Euro 2013 begins on July 10, with coverageon BBC 3. England will first face Spain on July 12. get wordout what to watch out for here.

 

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