Double Olympic champion Daiki Hashimoto produced a scintillating performance to top the horizontal bar standings as the men's qualifying stage came to an end at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Liverpool.

judges.He is followed by Japan's Yuya Kamoto on 15.433 and Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Lukas Dauser of Germany

United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has been urged to impose sanctions on International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) President Vladimir Lisin after he was linked to Russia's nuclear weapons programme.

Federations from several countries, including Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany

The official Welsh anthem for the FIFA World Cup has been revealed as Yma o Hyd, a famous song by a revered Welsh folk singer, and is to be re-released mixed with the singing of Welsh fans and the men's team.

and Rod Stewart.Stewart also recorded the 1978 anthem Ole Ola with the Scottish team.Meanwhile West Germany

play a trumpet solo as the squad accompanied Peter Alexander, an Austrian crooner equally popular in Germany

a win in the final race of the 470 World Championship while Luise Wanser and Philipp Autenrieth of Germany

Mexico has launched an official bid to host the 2036 Olympics, the country's Foreign Ministry and the National Olympic Committee (COM) has said in a joint statement.

is considering a bid for the 2036 Olympics.Other known interested countries include Britain, Egypt, Germany

Boxing Federation of India (BFI) high-performance director Bernard Dunne has seen positive signs in the squad heading into the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with the Irishman in pursuit of the nation's first gold in the sport.

 "We had training camps in India, Italy and Germany.

Top seeds Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha are set to arrive in Xinxiang seeking to retain the respective men's and women's singles titles at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Cup Finals.

finished runner-up to Fan in last year's WTT Cup Finals, has been drawn against Patrick Franziska of Germany

title and back up her victory at the WTT Champions event in Macao.Sun is due to meet Nina Mittelham of Germany

Germany’s overnight leaders Luise Wanser and Philipp Autenrieth maintained their advantage in the two races that concluded qualifying on day two of the 470 Sailing World Championship in Sdot Yam, Israel.

The 2023 World Athletics Indoor Tour will involve more meetings than ever before, with 54 events so far included on next year's calendar.

per discipline.Gender equality will be respected in terms of prize money at all levels.Karlsruhe in Germany

Norway’s Jenny Stene, who earned silver in the women’s 50 metres rifle three positions event at the World Shooting Championships in Cairo, went one better today in the mixed team version of the discipline.

Stephanie Grundsoee and Steffen Olsen 17-9 in the final.The bronze-medal match was won 16-0 by the Germany

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has launched its Athletes' Career Transition Programme which aims to assist competitors with their lives away from the sport.

medallist Erik Noya Cardona of Spain, and IFSC Para climbing World Cup medallist Tim Schaffrina of Germany

China secured all eight gold medals in the individual events at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving World Cup in Berlin before the United States won the team contest in which the Chinese were absent from.

competition.Kristen Hayden, Zachary Cooper, Tyler Downs, and Katrina Young combined to score 375.80 points, beating Germany

Chinese judokas won both women’s gold medals on the final day of the International Judo Federation’s Abu Dhabi Grand Slam.

Tajikistan’s Temur Rakhimov.Marinic scored a second waza-ari and an ippon as he beat Johannes Frey of Germany

Korean Lee Gun-hyeok narrowly won individual gold at the World Shooting Championships in Cairo while Germany

last 10 shots but it was just enough for gold.Henrik Larsen, Simon Clausse, and Jon-Hermann Hegg of Germany

Dhalluin, Lucas Kryzs, and Brian Baudouin 16-12 in the gold medal match.Jon Hermann-Hegg helped fire Germany

team final.They were joined on the podium by Doreen Vennekamp, Monika Karsch, and Michelle Skeries of Germany

UEFA has partnered with Hospitality Experience AG and tasked the firm with the commercialisation and delivery of the official hospitality packages for the for the 2024 European Championship.

The tournament is set to take place from June 14 to July 14 2024 in Germany.