Welcome to our bulletin of British women’s sport news and results.

Curling:

Scotland’s curlers lost to Sweden in the final of the European Championship in Norway on 30 November.

Eve Muirhead’s team were clear favourites after having won all nine of their round-robin games, including beating the Swedes 6-5.

Margaretha Sigfridsson’s Sweden team, however, had different ideas in the final and won 10-5.

Athletics:

The participation of British 400m hurdler Perri Shakes-Drayton in both the 2014 European Championships and Commonwealth Games is in doubt, due to injury. She tore her posterior cruciate ligament and cartilage at the World Championships in August.

It was operated on a week after the Championships but it is unfortunately a serious injury.

She told the BBC, “You do have days when you doubt whether you’ll be back but some athletes have done it in the past. I will be back, and I just have to keep saying that to myself.

“I’ve come a long way because I was in a brace. And now you still see me hobbling along, but it’s nice getting my independence back as I’ve got rid of the crutches.

“When I start running, then we can see whether it’s going to take a season [to recover].”

It’s awards season!

FA Women’s Football Awards

In addition to the usual categories, Gillian Coultard, the first England woman to reach 100 caps, was awarded a gold cap, as was Alex Scott, England’s current vice-captain, who also reached the 100-cap milestone this year.

The Special Achievement Award went to Dawn Barnard for her contribution to the game since 1986. Barnard formed Chelmsford City Ladies and ran both the Essex County Girls’ and Women’s Leagues. In 2011 she was awarded the FA’s Outstanding Contribution to Grassroots Football and she received an MBE this year for services to football.

The other winners on the night were:

Top Goalscorer (Premier League Northern Division) – Jodie Michalska (Sheffield) Top Goalscorer (Premier League Southern Division) – Fran Kirby (Reading) Top Goalscorer (Premier League National Division) – Beth Mead (Sunderland) Top Goalscorer (FA WSL) – Natasha Dowie (Liverpool) Manager of the Year (FA WSL) – Matt Beard (Liverpool) Manager of the Year (Premier League) – Mick Mulhern (Sunderland) Players’ Player of the Year – Natasha Dowie (Liverpool) Goal of the Year – Steph Houghton (Arsenal)

Sunday Times and Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Year Awards

The shortlists have been announced:

Sportswoman of the Year 2013: Charlotte Dujardin, Becky James, Heather Knight, Christine Ohuruogu, Shelley Rudman and Non Stanford.

Young Sportswoman of the Year 2013: Dina Asher-Smith, Charley Hull, Becky James and Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

Team of the Year 2013: England Cricket team, England Netball team, Europe’s Solheim Cup team, and Team Pursuit Cycling squad.

Disability Sportswoman of the Year 2013: Hannah Cockroft, Sophie Hahn, Amy Marren and Eleanor Simmonds

The awards ceremony will take place on 5 December and will be shown live on Sky Sports.

BBC Sports Personality 2013

The shortlist contains two women. The full shortlist is: Ben Ainslie (Sailing), Ian Bell (cricket), Hannah Cockcroft (Disability athletics), Mo Farah (athletics), Chris Froome (cycling), Leigh Halfpenny (rugby union), A P McCoy (horse racing), Andy Murray (tennis), Christine Ohuruogu (athletics) and Justin Rose (golf).

Not surprisingly Andy Murray is nailed on to win, but the other two places are definitely up for grabs.