The Dominican Republic has held the Quisqueya Internacional Open Sambo Cup in capital Santo Domingo, attracting athletes from six countries.

Fighters from Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, Haiti, Venezuela and the Dominican hosts competed in the

Einars Fogelis is set to be re-elected unopposed as President of the International Luge Federation (FIL) at next month's Congress in Hall in Tirol.

followed by the FIL World Championships in Oberhof from January 27 to 29.Back-to-back World Cups in Germany

Switzerland recovered from a slow start to beat France as they kept their perfect record at this year’s International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship intact in Finland.

keeps Switzerland at the top of Group A with six wins from six, three points ahead of nearest rivals Germany

Germany also came through a tough test to remain on Switzerland’s coattails as they battled to a 5-4

IIHFHockey) May 22, 2022There were five goals in a frantic first period with Daniel Fischbuch giving Germany

facing a two-goal deficit at the start of the second period.Lukas Reichel scored to make it 4-2 to Germany

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shows her athleticism during her first-round win ©Getty ImagesOlympic champion Alexander Zverev of Germany

Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur and Spain’s Garbiñe Muguruza crashed out on the opening day of the women’s singles at the French Open.

Stephens, a French Open finalist in 2018, was forced to dig deep to defeat qualifier Jule Niemeier of Germany

Argentina’s women’s team showed their class once again as they beat Germany 3-1 in the International

Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League while the men’s team suffered a 2-4 defeat to Germany on penalties

game.With the result, Argentina is on a 12-match winning streak and are top of the FIH Pro League while Germany

are in fourth position.Argentina's men’s team opened the scoring against Germany when Maico Casella

Germany's rhythmic gymnasts Margarita Kolosov and Darja Varfolomeev propelled their nation to the podium on three occasions at the International Gymnastics Federation World Challenge Cup in Pamplona in Spain.

’s Teresa Gorospe.Vedeneeva of Slovenia totalled 30.950 and Gorospe recorded 29.700.Kolosov ensured Germany

Italian home favourite Giulio Ciccone claimed an impressive breakaway victory at the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia in Cogne, while Ecuador's reigning men's road race Olympic champion Richard Carapaz remains in pole position for a second general classification victory.

Britain's Hugh Carthy of EF Education-EasyPost came through in fifth in 4:40:50, with Martijn Tusveld of Germany

The International Cycling Union (UCI) announced Fort William as one of the hosts for the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships during the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup leg in Scotland where Amaury Pierron and Nina Hoffmann claimed the titles.

William Mountain Bike World Cup leg, Pierron of France triumphed in the men's elite and Hoffmann of Germany

South Korea's Kim Woo-jin and Choi Mi-sun triumphed in the men's and women's recurve events at their home Archery World Cup in Gwangju.

recurve titles in Gwangju.Italy and Spain placed second and third respectively in the men's event, with Germany

Scotland and Japan have been crowned champions at the World Junior Curling Championships in Jönköping in Sweden.

Scottish skip James Craik led his national team to a dominant 7-1 triumph over Germany in the men’s event

The World Ninepin Bowling Championships is set to return after a four-year hiatus with the Estonian town of Elva staging the competition between May 23 and 28.

the men’s single, sprint and combination events.The women’s events were shared between Sina Beißer of Germany

England’s men’s hockey team came out on top against France in a thrilling encounter that saw nine goals while the women’s team went down to China on penalties in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League match at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre.

Belgium’s women’s team secured a comfortable win.While Argentina’s men’s team broke the deadlock against Germany

Switzerland have swept aside Canada in a Group A clash at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship in Tampere.

a three-point gap at the top after winning all five matches.Canada are second, on joint points with Germany

Germany are to meet Scotland in the men's World Junior Curling Championships final after they defeated