Jeannine Gmelin’s hopes of retaining her European single sculls title in front of her home crowd on Lucerne’s Rotsee today were frustrated by Ireland’s world champion Sanita Puspure.

wore down the challenge of Serbia’s Martin Mackovic and Milo Vasic.Romania won a battle to replace Serbia

Kuwait has been granted provisional membership of the International Luge Federation (FIL) by the governing body's Executive Board.

has to be taken by the FIL Congress.But the ruling body has not accepted a country since 2013, when Serbia

Switzerland’s Jeannine Gmelin, defending the European single sculls title on her home waters of the Rotsee in Lucerne, moved into tomorrow’s concluding day of finals in impressive fashion.

the men’s pair, Croatia’s world champions Martin and Valent Sinkovic dominated their semi-final, with Serbia

Naomi Osaka's bid for a third consecutive Grand Slam title was left in tatters as she crashed out of the French Open.

against Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut.Greek sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas overcame Filip Krajinović of Serbia

France beat defending champions Russia on the first day of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men's Nations League. 

 Hosts Serbia got off to a disappointing start against Japan, losing 25-17, 25-12, 24-26, 25-17.

Czech star Karolina Plíšková was sent packing at the French Open by in-form Croatian Petra Martić on Friday.

seed Belinda Bencic.Men's sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas led 7-5, 6-3, 5-5 against Filip Krajinović of Serbia

Turkey defeated Russia in three sets to top the round-robin table in the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Women's Nations League.

25, 15-11 in pool five.Italy secured an impressive victory at the same venue against world champions Serbia

 Italy defeated world champions Serbia in the FIVB Women's Nations League ©FIVBThe men's event will

commence tomorrow.Jiangmen in China, Mendoza in Argentina, the Polish city of Katowice and Novi Sad in Serbia

World champions Serbia bounced back from their loss against 2018 winners the United States as they beat

Serbia dropped the second set but regained their composure to secure a 25-17, 18-25, 25-12, 25-19 win

 The result came a day after Serbia, who clinched the world title in Japan last year, were condemned

Defending champions the United States beat Serbia in four sets as the International Volleyball Federation

Bulgaria before defeating Japan in four sets during the opening set of matches last week.The defeat for Serbia

Turkey will be aiming to continue where they left off when week two of the International Volleyball Federation Women's Nations League takes place over the coming three days.

 "On the last day, we played a very strong and good team in Serbia in front of their fans, but we

city Ruse, the US have been pitted against the Dominican Republic, hosts Italy and world champions Serbia

Turgay Demirel has been re-elected President of International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Europe for a second term at the governing body's General Assembly in Munich.

in the second round of voting.Dejan Tomašević, the secretary general of the Basketball Federation of Serbia

South Korean sensation Kim Min-jong upstaged former Olympic champion Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar to claim the gold medal in the men's over-100 kilograms event at the International Judo Federation Grand Prix in Hohhot in China.

Nagasawa of Japan topped the under-90kg podium with victory over former world champion Nemanja Majdov of Serbia

A presentation on a European scheme designed to encourage young leaders in sport was made at an event in Olympia.

as a key goal ©Getty ImagesRahkamo was joined by Olympic values promotion manager Natasa Jankovic of Serbia

A refusal to remove officials linked to the Rio 2016 judging scandal and a failure to conduct proper due diligence when opening a new bank account contributed to the suspension of the International Boxing Association (AIBA), the International Olympic Committee (IOC) report reveals.

election of Gafur Rakhimov as President ©AIBAQuestions are raised surrounding AIBA choosing API Bank in Serbia

It is not every day that you see a mention of weapons of mass destruction in a document about a sporting organisation.

able to process in the currencies AIBA trades in and because it is a recognised legal trading bank in Serbia