Katie Archibald of Britain settled for second place in the women's endurance event after Jennifer Valente of the United States beat her to it with 161 points.

title.Short by two points, Harrie Lavreysen of The Netherlands bagged silver and Stefan Botticher of Germany

Olympic and world champion Francesco Friedrich of Germany won his second International Bobsleigh and

 European champion Kim Kalicki of Germany also made it two out of two as she combined with Leonie

Hosts Japan enjoyed a perfect start to the International Judo Federation (IJF) Tokyo Grand Slam, winning gold medals in all six events on the first day of competition.

champion Lasha Bekauri in the semi-finals, and then defeated Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Eduard Trippel of Germany

Austria's Selina Egle and Lara Michaela Kipp capitalised on home advantage to take the premiere women's doubles victory of the Luge World Cup as the new season got underway in Innsbruck.

Sweeney.The world bronze medallist was 0.216 away from gold but managed to hold off Julia Taubitz of Germany

The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) General Assembly's voting members have unanimously approved a motion for the body's aim to bid for future Summer or Winter Olympic Games.

DOSB) December 3, 2022Following that, a public vote is set to take place in 2024 to gauge interest in Germany

earliest potential targets for his desired bid.Since Munich's successful bid for the 1972 Olympics, Germany

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won his fourth International Ski and Snowboard Federation Cross-Country World Cup of the season, as the Norwegian took the men’s sprint free final in Lillehammer, Norway.

the six-strong final, fourth place went to Jessie Diggins of the United States, with Victoria Carl of Germany

Last month was our fifth Teqball World Championships in Nuremberg, Germany.

The event was a huge success and took place in Nuremberg’s state-of-the-art KIA Metropol Arena in Germany

FIFA has claimed that its ongoing World Cup in Qatar has delivered record-breaking television viewership figures "across multiple markets".

second match against Ecuador in Group A, and 65 per cent in Spain following the country's 1-1 draw with Germany

on La1 and GOL MUNDIAL.Spain's match against Germany was widely viewed in Spain, but viewership figures

in Germany are down on previous World Cups ©Getty ImagesIn contrast, viewership in Germany has been

low compared to previous tournaments.DW Sports reported that the match against Germany was the first

million people.The build-up to the tournament featured notable protests from fan groups and ultras in Germany

The International Luge Federation (FIL) gets its 2022-2023 season underway tomorrow at the traditional launching ground of Igls, but with the untraditional addition of women's doubles racing.

junior competition last season, will take its place in a range of men's and women's events.Felix Loch of Germany

Mirela Rahneva earned a first International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup victory in close to four years at Park City, while Christopher Grotheer was also victorious.

fourth-quickest in the field, was enough to earn the win in 1min 38.42sec.Tina Hermann, the world champion from Germany

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Germany were eliminated due to Spain being unable to find a later equaliser against Japan; despite winning

were the latest nations to top their groups and progress to the round of 16, as fancied powerhouses Germany

Having defeated Germany in their opener, Japan looked to have squandered their chance to qualify from

11 minutes, heading home a floated cross from César Azpilicueta.However, much like the match against Germany

with a quickfire double.Ritsu Dōan was on the scoresheet again after scoring the equaliser against Germany

was fumbled by German keeper Manuel Neuer, allowing Yeltsin Tejeda to strike home the equaliser.With Germany

own goal.For three minutes, Japan and Costa Rica were the two teams in the qualification spots, but Germany

Elvira Öberg recovered her form at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup season opener in Kontiolahti to anchor the Swedish team to victory in the women's 4x7.5 kilometres relay.

Germany, with a fast final loop by Denise Herrmann-Wick, finished second, 28.1sec back.Norway, with three

😍🥇🇸🇪 Sweden🥈🇩🇪 Germany🥉🇳🇴 Norway#kon22 | #biathlon pic.twitter.com/RKbtYHtuam— BMW IBU World

Stephanie Frappart is set to become the first woman referee at the men's FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

The Frenchwoman will be in charge of game between Germany and Costa Rica tomorrow (December 1).Brazil's

The World Cup of upsets; I have heard Qatar 2022 described this way a number of times over the past few days.

played so far as I write, after 32 of the 64 scheduled games, can be so categorised: Japan beating Germany

After all, I can remember Algeria beating the then West Germany in Gijón over 40 years ago - yet it was

whether progress at a lower level of attainment is at least being made.Japan defeated 2014 champions Germany

Japan negated their German exploit by losing unexpectedly to Costa Rica.This leaves the European giants Germany