The European Championships Management (ECM) is looking to develop a sports programme for the 2026 edition of the multi-sport European Championships which features all nine existing sports after the staging of Munich 2022.

chosen.According to the ECM, more than 430 million hours of live television coverage of Munich 2022 was viewed in Germany

A documentary series recounting the triumphs and tragedies endured during the Munch 1972 Olympics has been released.

the pool at a single Olympics.The documentary also sees Mary Peters of Britain and Heide Rosendahl of Germany

United States smashed Switzerland 9-0 at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship in Denmark, winning their third straight game to go top of Group A.

period.Finland picked up a convincing win over Japan today in Denmark ©Getty ImagesCzech Republic defeated Germany

Italy came away with both gold medals today in Larnaca at the European Shotgun Championships, with victories in the final of the men's and women's team trap events.

Seward and Lucy Charlotte Hall won 6-4 against Kathrin Murche, Sarah Bindrich and Katrin Quooss of Germany

Defending world champions Poland and reigning bronze medallist United States took back-to-back victories at the Volleyball Men's World Championship in Katowice.

25, 34-32, 15-7; with Earvin Ngapeth scoring 23 points to help France to victory.Also in Ljubljana, Germany

Italy pulled off an upset against the defending champions Spain, beating them 12-9 in the last pool match of the day at the Women's European Water Polo Championship in Split.

3, in which Maria Myriokefalitaki scored six goals.Hosts Croatia got points on the board by beating Germany

Jessica Rossi and Daniele Resca from Italy delivered in the final of the mixed team trap event at the European Shotgun Championships to claim the gold medal in Larnaca today.

Katrin Quooss, partly aided by a perfect last round.Coelho missed all five opening targets to give Germany

the first-round win, but redeemed herself with a perfect last round as Portugal won 10-9 against Germany

Next year's Under-18 Fistball World Championships have been cancelled, with low participation and financial uncertainty for organisers in New Zealand blamed for the decision.

January 4 and 7, but withdrew following the publication of the participating nations.Australia, Austria, Germany

after failing to secure economic support, the IFA claimed.The worldwide governing body asserted that Germany

Reigning world and Olympic champions Canada kept their impressive form going at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship, as their continental rivals United States claimed victory again too in Denmark.

pic.twitter.com/JjfQdkMXhs— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) August 27, 2022Sweden scuppered a normal-time victory against Germany

Defending champions Spain started off their campaign with a statement of intent, demolishing Serbia 32-3 on the opening day of the Women's European Water Polo Championship at the Spaladium Arena in Split.

Jonstra and Catharina van der Sloot both scored four goals each.Belen Muriel Vosseberg ran the show for Germany

, scoring seven to assist Germany to a 15-10 victory over Romania.

Germany and Italy concluded the International Cycling Union Junior Track Cycling World Championships

Dario Belletta by two.Ukraine's Valentyn Kabashnyi sealed bronze on 49.Schneider added a silver for Germany

clocked at 35.048.Nicolaes took bronze again, with a time of 35.448.The men's points race title went to Germany

third.Italy were also successful in the team pursuit, with their team winning the event in 3:58.853.Germany

In a cast of tens of thousands of wonderful athletes, volunteers, Olympiapark, Local Organising Committee (LOC), federation staff, freelancers, service providers, police, ambulance, security services, and of course the 1.46 million people who attended a sporting or festival event as part of the Munich 2022 European Championships, it is difficult to single out any one person's contribution to what we have just witnessed. 

 As we heard a few times during our stay in Munich, much like what was said about Germany and its

 More than 430 million hours of live coverage were viewed in the eight key markets of Germany (ARD

Co-hosts Poland launched their defence of the Men's Volleyball World Championship crown with a straight-sets victory over Bulgaria in Katowice.

racking up 18 points in the Pool D victory.The other Pool D clash saw Olympic champions France defeat Germany

Exactly 50 years ago today, West German President Gustav Heinemann opened the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich’s Olympic Stadium.

but has praised the Munich Games ©Getty Images"The Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 stand for the new Germany

entered to When the Saints Go Marching In.Then after Venezuela and Vietnam, came the host nation, West Germany

Karsten Warholm's 400m hurdles win at the European Athletics Championships in Munich attracted a viewing share of 63 per cent on the Norwegian television channel NRK, figures released by the European Championships Management (ECM) show.

of Munich 2022 were viewed in the eight key markets that have reported figures to date - Germany

, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and Britain.In Germany, ARD achieved

the day when ARD achieved its largest audience in the host nation ©Getty ImagesZDF's top audience in Germany

21, when victories by men's javelin thrower Julian Weber and the women’s 4x100m relay team enabled Germany