Osaka and Gdańsk are set to host the final preliminary round fixtures in the Men's Volleyball Nations League (VNL), with Olympic champions France and Poland leading the way in the chase for places in the knockout stage.

from eight ©Getty ImagesHosts Japan are fourth with six victories out of eight and well placed, with Germany

Athletes from 36 nations have secured quota places for the 2023 Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games in Bali after qualification in open water swimming, beach handball and karate.

total of 31 nations sealed at least one of the 54 qualification places available including Brazil and Germany

Republic and Serbia.Among the other nations to earn places in the women’s event include France, Italy, Germany

Republic, Turkey, China, Canada, South Korea, Peru, New Zealand, Seychelles and Slovenia.Croatia and Germany

Olympic champions the United States and world champions Serbia are set to meet in the knockout stage of the Women's Volleyball Nations League (VNL), following the conclusion of the third week of the pool stage.

Thailand.They topped the rankings for the pool stage, while Serbia placed sixth with 3-1 wins against Germany

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has described the terrorist attack on the Israeli team at the Athletes Village during the Munich 1972 Olympics as "an attack on the entire Olympic Community and its values", during a visit to the Olympic Park to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Munich Games.

They stand for the new Germany of the post-war period," Bach told guests at the anniversary celebration

In a battle of two prodigies, Italy's 10th seed Jannik Sinner advanced to the quarter-finals in four entertaining sets against Spanish fifth seed Carlos Alcaraz 6-1, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 at Wimbledon in the men's singles.

23rd seed Frances Tiafoe of the United States in five sets 7-6, 5-7, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5.Tatjana Maria of Germany

 Argentina, the Tokyo 2020 silver medallists, earned a resounding 4-1 win over co-hosts Spain at the 2022 Women's International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey World Cup.

ninth overall, maintained their impressive start as they won their second match in pool A, against Germany

The Netherlands, seeking a third consecutive title at the 2022 Women's International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey World Cup, earned an emphatic 5-1 win in their opening Pool A match on home ground at Amstelveen against the team they defeated in the 2018 final, Ireland.

co-hosts, who are sharing staging rights with Spain, for further success.Earlier in the same arena, Germany

Sports Ministers from 35 nations, including 25 in the European Union (EU) as well as Japan and the United States, are calling on International Federations (IFs) to suspend their members from Russia and Belarus because of the war in Ukraine.

join in are Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany

The Czech Republic, Germany, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and the United States all improved

Spain, co-hosts with The Netherlands for the Women's International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey World Cup, opened the competition with a comprehensive 4-1 win over Canada at the Estadi Olimpic de Terrassa.

5Tf2jLeVqs— Vinayakk (@vinayakkm) July 1, 2022This will be followed by two Pool B matches, the first between Germany

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it into the fourth round of Wimbledon for the first time in her career ©Getty ImagesTatjana Maria of Germany

Zhang Shuai ©Getty ImagesCarlos Alcaraz, the Spanish fifth seed, was dominant against Oscar Otte of Germany

Henri Aymonod's absence did not stop Italy taking gold today as Cesare Maestri secured the senior men's uphill mountain running title on the opening day of the European Athletics Off-Road Running Championships at El Paso in the Canary Islands.

seconds clear of Britain’s Scout Adkin, sister of the defending men's champion Jacob.Lukas Ehrle of Germany

When the last World Games opened in the Polish city of Wrocław five years ago, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach was present to make the official declaration.

/otdmfpvzJy— The World Games (@TheWorldGames) May 18, 2020The United States, Canada, Japan and West Germany

Twenty nations were in action at the World Lacrosse Women's Championship today in the United States as the event completed its second day with a bumper 10-match schedule at Towson University in Maryland.

made waves with the result of the day, upsetting Wales 10-7 in pool C.Wales are the seventh seed and Germany

on their results from the 2017 World Championship.At the 2019 European Championship, Wales defeated Germany

Jacob and Scout Adkin are among the top contenders at the European Athletics Off-Road Running Championships in El Paso in the Canary Islands this weekend, with the siblings part of a strong British team.

Vasinova head into the women's trail race among the favourites, while Rio 2016 Olympian Anna Hahner from Germany