US comes in second in women&#39;s cycling
117492
The Dutch rider, who was injured in a crash in the women&#39;s road race on Saturday and was unable to defend her Olympic title from Sydney, climbed triumphantly to the top of the podium on Wednesday.
762742
The Rest of the World team took a 3Â½-2Â½ lead over the United States on Friday after the first round of the UBS Cup. The Americans have never lost this Ryder Cup-style match play tournament featuring players aged 40-and-over.
338083
SARAH ULMER gave New Zealand its first ever Olympic cycling gold medal and only their second gold of the Athens Games overnight. And she broke her own world record for the women&#39;s 3km individual pursuit.
742380
STUTTGART, Germany  - A mixture of daring moves and dynamic choreography sent the United States to the top of the women's team standings in qualification at the world gymnastics championships on Sunday.
175176
ATHENS, Greece - A US women&#39;s sprinting corps missing some of its biggest names got off to a strong start Friday on the first day of Olympic track competition, with three Americans  including 37-year-old Gail Devers  advancing from their ...
259536
STUTTGART, Germany  - The United States dazzled on the floor and vault to win the women's team gold at the world gymnastics championships on Wednesday.
375523
Kate Allen of Austria pulled off anupset to win the women&#39;s triathlon in the Athens Olympic Games, beating all-time leader Loretta Harrop of Australia and top-rankedAmerican Barbara Lindquist here on Wednesday.
593181
Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Gunn-Rita Dahle of Norway captured the gold medal on Friday in the women&#39;s mountain bike competition at the Summer Olympics in Athens.
389489
The third-seeded Serena Williams is the first woman in the quarterfinals at the US Open. She beat Switzerland&#39;s Patty Schnyder Sunday, 6-to-4, 6-to-2.
286233
The controversial sport now has female participants  -  with Brazil in the lead
560519
Julia Mancuso slipped to second in the overall World Cup standings after Tanja Poutiainen won a giant slalom race yesterday and Nicole Hosp finished second in Zwiesel, Germany.
121682
The United States won the women's  basketball gold medal at the Olympics on Saturday.
224019
Belarus&#39; Yuliya Nesterenko became the fastest woman in the world, winning the 100m gold medal at the Olympic Games here Saturday evening.
734233
Australian cyclist Katie Mactier has won silver behind New Zealand world champion Sarah Ulmer in the women&#39;s 3000 metre individual pursuit at the Athens Olympics.
239659
Roberto Heras of Spain won his second straight Spanish Vuelta, one of cycling&#39;s top races. Heras, who also captured this event in 2000, finished fourth in Sunday&#39;s final leg, an 18-mile time trial in Madrid.
108195
Brazil played better, and it didn&#39;t matter. The US women&#39;s soccer team occasionally looked slow, even disorganized, and it didn&#39;t matter.
384070
The US Women&#39;s National Team rolled over Ireland, 5-1, on a chilly night at Soldier Field to move to 26-1-3 in 2004, tying a record for most wins in a calendar year that was set in 2000.