Olympic gold medallists Fintan McCarthy and Paul O'Donovan of Ireland have been named World Rowing Men's Crew of the Year while China's champion quadruple sculls line-up won the women's title at the 2021 World Rowing Awards.

The Irish pair won gold at Tokyo 2020 in the men's lightweight double sculls after defeating Germany

Ryōyū Kobayashi regained the men's Ski Jumping World Cup yellow bib with victory in Willingen, while Marita Kramer extended her overall lead with a win in the return of the women's circuit.

clear at the summit.The Austrian jumped 123.5m for 80.2 points, with second-placed Katharina Althaus of Germany

Sverre Dahlen Aspenes of Norway overcame tricky conditions in the men's pursuit to clinch his second gold medal of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Open European Championships in Arber.

10km event to claim her maiden title at this level.Stremous clocked 30:39.2 to beat Janina Hettich of Germany

of the Moldovan athlete.Norway’s Jenny Enodd completed the podium as she sealed bronze.The event in Germany

World champion Corinne Suter of Switzerland claimed victory in the last downhill race before the opening of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games next week.

Suter triumphed in the women's downhill at the Alpine Ski World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany

Pillow fighting and drone racing are among the sports to have been raised as possible alternatives to riding as the fifth discipline in modern pentathlon at the Olympic Games after Paris 2024.

Office Sports (@FOS) January 24, 2022Drone racing, which has grown in popularity since emerging in Germany

Hosts China have named their men’s ice hockey squad for the Winter Olympics here, with the team largely comprised of naturalised players and those with Chinese heritage.

NHL players, however China will remain major underdogs when they face Canada, the United States and Germany

The four Women's World Rugby Sevens Series frontrunners all began the latest event in Seville with two wins in the pool stage.

three tournaments so far this season, saw off Jamaica 42-0 in Pool B.Ireland came from behind to beat Germany

Slovenia claimed victory in the first mixed team event of the Ski Jumping World Cup season in Willingen in Germany

Jarl Magnus Riiber came back to the Nordic Combined World Cup with a bang, winning the first Nordic Combined Triple leg in Seefeld in Austria.

, which translated to 127.9 points, meant that he was given a 57sec headstart over Terence Weber of Germany

Erlend Bjøntegaard and Ragnhild Femsteinevik secured gold in the respective men's and women's sprint events on a successful day for Norway at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Open European Championships in Arber.

ahead of Franziska Hildebrand of Germany.Hildebrand's team-mate Janina Hettich added another medal for Germany

Benjamin Schenk has been appointed secretary general of the German University Sports Federation (ADH) on a permanent basis after serving in the role in an acting capacity for four months.

office as well as the national and international partners of the Federation," said Schenk.Updates from #Germany

Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany is set to stage the last Alpine Ski World Cup before the opening of

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons will miss the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games as he has COVID-19, becoming one of the first confirmed high-profile absentees due to the the virus.

daily testing, but the Organising Committee has moved to rubbish a suggestion from the Snowboarding Germany

Oriol Cardona Coll of Spain and Slovakia's Marianna Jagercikova claimed victories in the sprint races on the first day of the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) World Cup in Morgins.

claimed the bronze and Candice Bonnel of France was fourth.Completing the top five was Tatjana Paller of Germany

Willingen in Germany is poised to host the final Ski Jumping World Cup event before the Beijing 2022