Canoe slalom paddlers from 22 nations have started training in Vaires-sur-Marne after the International Canoe Federation (ICF) completed its final inspection of the course to be used at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Australia, Czechia, Germany, Japan and Senegal are among the nations with athletes trying out the venue

FIBA has confirmed that Hangzhou, the capital of China's Zhejiang province, will host the fifth edition of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 Women's Series Final on 7-8 September 2024. The flagship event of the women's professional circuit will mark China's debut as host.

Previous champions include France (2019), Germany (2021) and Canada (2022 and 2023)."

Thirty-seven places for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games were secured at the regattas in Lucerne. Italy qualified in both the men's and women's eights, with the USA leading in the overall standings.

in the women's four to also qualify.In the men's pairs, Denmark was overtaken in the final sprint by Germany

The finish was very close, but in the end it was confirmed that Germany and Lithuania had secured the

The International Fencing Federation has completed its 2023-2024 Senior World Cup competition season. The four events were held last weekend, from 17 to 19 May 2024.

).In the men's team sabre final, the USA (gold), Egypt (silver), Hungary (bronze), France, Romania, Germany

China Women and Uruguay Men were crowned champions of the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenge 2024 with final round victories in Krakow and Munich respectively to book their places in the Madrid Grand Final.

World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenge 2024 following final round victories in Krakow, Poland and Munich, Germany

with their second title of the year, finishing top of the standings with 56 points.Uruguay defeated Germany

tournament in Munich, southern Germany.The pools for the HSBC SVNS play-offs in Madrid will see Uruguay and Germany

Belgium and Poland will join China in the HSBC SVNS women's play-offs, while Uruguay, Chile, Kenya and Germany

Slovenian teenager Žiga Lin Hočevar won the 2024 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championship title in men's canoe, while Germany's Andrea Herzog did the same in women's canoe.

bronze.Athletes from nine countries, including Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Poland, Italy, Germany

Three new world champions were crowned on the first day of the 2024 Judo world championships held in Abu Dhabi on May 19-23.

Bouchard and Mascha Ballhaus from Germany ended the competition with bronze medals.The medal winners

Mascha Ballhaus (Germany)

Poland finishing on the podium in the men's competition to secure their places at Paris 2024, while Germany

wfOwj0Z0zf— FIBA3x3 (@FIBA3x3) May 20, 2024The women's semi-finals were also closely contested, with Germany

😱Take another look at the Maurice Lacroix buzzer beater that sent Germany to the Olympic Games #3x3OQT

(OQT)WOMEN: China (Ranked), USA (Ranked), France (Ranked), Azerbaijan (UOQT 1), Australia (UOQT 2), Germany

The GAMMA European Championships came to a close in Slovakia with the Senior Finals in the High Tatras, marking the end of a week of MMA competition that also saw excellent performances from the Under-18s. In the senior category the glory went to Poland.

Moldova came second, followed by Germany, while the Czech Republic won the most medals overall with fifteen.The

A letter from Pierre de Coubertin, the man credited as the founder of the modern Olympic Games by the governing body, to Adolf Hitler in 1937 was reproduced in a book published last week in France. 

He is a researcher who revisited the entire history of sports in Germany in the 20th century.

UNygKWsUqE— Éditions du Faubourg (@FaubourgE) May 17, 2024Historians have found traces of payments from Nazi Germany

The final day of competition is underway at the Bellevue Hotel in Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia. All is set for the crowning of the Senior MMA and Striking MMA champions.

Lorena Cubero of Germany was given a walkover.

Olympics, with an emphatic “no” and also looked ahead to the upcoming Euro 2024 football tournament in Germany

and accepted there,” he stated.Ukraine will take part in the European Championships to be hosted by Germany

But we believe in our colleagues in France and Germany.

The International Olympic Committee announced last month that World Olympic Partner Intel will launch AI-driven technologies at this year’s Olympic Games in Paris. Powered by Intel hardware and software, these new technologies will provide immersive and interactive on-site experiences, improve universal accessibility and demonstrate how AI can enrich Olympic broadcast coverage.

USA High Performance Centre in Paris and the International Paralympic Committee headquarters in Bonn, Germany

Brazil will host the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup after outbidding a joint European bid from Germany,

Brazil will host the FIFA World Cup for the second time in 13 years, following the 2014 edition in which Germany

in Asia (China), 3 in North America (2 in the United States and 1 in Canada), 3 in Europe (Sweden, Germany

).The United States have won the most championships with 4 (1991, 1999, 2015 and 2019), followed by Germany

FIFA is set to announce the approval of the winning bid to host the premier global tournament following a vote at the FIFA Congress scheduled for Friday in Bangkok, Thailand.

Prior to the 2023 event, China PR, Sweden, the USA, Germany, Canada, and France have all hosted the competition

Spain are the current holders, joining the ranks of nations such as the USA (with four titles), Germany