Cities, national governments, sports organisations and other entities are now being invited by the International Paralympic Committee to express their interest and their proposal for the sport.

Sports, the group of international Para sports under the governance of the IPC, currently based in Bonn, Germany

After the three women's qualifying tournaments, the International Handball Federation prepared the draw for both the men's and women's Olympic handball tournaments, with reigning Olympic champions and hosts France finally 'picking' their group.

; in Debrecen, Hungary, the 'Magyars' qualified together with Sweden; and finally in Neu-Ulm, hosts Germany

-Germany-Slovenia-Sweden-Denmark-South Korea. Women's Tournament. Group B:-Hungary.

Hosts Spain and Slovenia qualified in Granollers, Hungary and Sweden in Tatabanya and hosts Germany and

-Germany.-Slovenia.-Sweden.-Japan. Men's Tournament. Group B:-Denmark.-Norway.-Hungary.-France.

Lithuanian athlete Mykolas Alekna broke the world discus record with an incredible 74.35 metres in Ramona, Oklahoma, on Sunday. The record had stood for almost 38 years.

surpassed the previous best mark of 74.08 metres set by Jürgen Schult, representing the former East Germany

After the men's pre-Olympic tournaments in March, it was the women's turn last week in three different cities to decide the last six spots for the Games, completing the handball grill for this Tuesday's draw at 17:00 local time.

 The third and final tournament was hosted by Hanover, Germany, who won all three of their games

Paraguay lost all their matches with a goal difference of -40 (59-99).Germany did not disappoint as favourites

The 2024 Ju Jitsu European Championships U16-U18-U21 took place from 4-7 April in Costanza, Romania.

Athletes from Germany won 29 medals, six of which were gold.

Despite her frail shoulder, 102-year-old Melanie Berger-Volle will carry the Olympic torch as high as she can, promoting the values of friendship between peoples that she championed during her time in the French Resistance during the Second World War.

Fleeing the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938, she disguised herself as a boy and arrived

More than 250,000 new tickets for the Olympic Games have will go on sale on Wednesday 17 April at 10am CEST. This is one of the last opportunities to see the stars of the Games in action, including Léon Marchand, Teddy Riner, Simone Biles, Noah Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson and Lebron James.

 -Women's tournament: USA / Germany - Sunday 28 July at 9pm, in Marseille, from €24.

Germany - Friday 2 August at 21:00, from €50.The French women's team: -France vs.

Germany - Sunday 4 August at 17.15, from €50.

This weekend, all the teams that will take part in the women's handball competition at Paris 2024 will be decided, after the men's groups were determined in the three pre-Olympic tournaments.

Slovenia coming second, Hungary qualified in second place in Tatabanya with Noirway first and finally Germany

participating national teams will be decided this week in Torrevieja (Spain), Debrecen (Hungary) and Neu-Ulm (Germany

) - a great success for the national federations of Spain, Hungary and Germany, because they organised

competition 🕵️‍♀️ The Women's Olympic Qualification Tournaments begin today in Hungary, Spain and Germany

 Germany, who finished sixth at the last World Championships, will have centre back Alina Grijseels

The 74kg competition at the 2024 European Wrestling Qualifiers in Baku ended in a major scandal when one of the semi-finalists, Italy's Frank Chamizo Marquez, disagreed with the judges' decisions in his deciding bout against Azerbaijan's Turan Bayramov.

Three-time world champion and Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist Frank Staebler (Germany): "I'm suffering with

The Islamic State has threatened terrorist attacks at four stadiums during the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, according to the SITE Intelligence Group.

summer, highlighting security concerns for two major European sporting events: the UEFA EURO 2024 in Germany

them.The Olympic Games have been targeted in the past, particularly in two powerful countries such as Germany

After failing to win a single qualification place in Greco-Roman style and women's wrestling, Azerbaijan dominated freestyle wrestling at the 2024 European Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in their capital city of Baku.

Olympic Games.The other six Olympic berths in the women's event went to Romania (Andreea Ana, 53 kg), Germany

A number of hosts have been approved by the International Canoe Federation (ICF) to host World Cups and World Championships in eight of the ten International Canoe Federation disciplines from 2026 to 2028.

The other venues will be Augsburg in Germany, La Seu in Spain, Prague in the Czech Republic and Tacen

A combined Canoe Sprint and Paracanoe World Cup in 2026 has been approved for Brandenburg, Germany.

Pierre de Coubertin, the controversial founder of the modern Olympic Games, will have his own wax figure in Paris, the Grevin Museum has announced in the run-up to the sporting extravaganza.

part.Coubertin died in Switzerland in 1937 at the age of 74, a year after the Olympic Games organised by Nazi Germany

The first tests are the qualifying and repechage rounds, which will continue until the semi-finals, with the final on Sunday 14 April. 34 countries will be represented. Men's single sculls world champion Zeidler and women's Karolien Florijn will be the favourites. It will be a test for Paris 2024.

Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and hosts Italy are the most represented countries.The men's

sculls will be the largest category with 30 rowers and the current world champion, Oliver Zeidler of Germany

competition from last year's World Cup I winner Virginia Diaz Rivas of Spain, young talents Alex Foester of Germany

Raja Sapta Oktohari, chairperson of the National Olympic Committee of Indonesia, announced that the committee is actively investigating the possibility of Indonesia hosting the 2036 Olympic Games.

These nations include India, Germany, with the German government supporting Berlin's bid; Turkey, South