The European Handball Championship being co-hosted by Hungary and Slovakia has been hit by a spate of COVID-19 cases among teams competing at the tournament.

Germany have reported at least seven infections, while there have also been cases in the Croatia, Poland

Germany and the United States are the latest countries to warn their athletes over potential surveillance

The US and Germany have joined National Olympic Committees in Britain, Canada and The Netherlands in

Olympic gold medallist Fabian Rießle has been left out of Germany’s Nordic combined squad for next month's Winter Olympics in Beijing after national coach Hermann Weinbuch selected his final three athletes for the Games.

Rießle helped Germany win gold in the men’s team large hill 4 x 5 kilometres and achieved silver in the

Germany is one of the strongest nations in Nordic combined with only Norway registering more Olympic

 Germany has won five gold medals, compared to Norway's 13.At Pyeonchang 2018, Germany claimed three

has confirmed quota places for National Olympic Committees for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, with Germany

Germany have been awarded three quota places in women's skeleton due to the performances of Tina Hermann

to wait on reallocations.World Cup winner Laura Nolte, Kim Kalicki and Mariama Jamanka have earned Germany

could receive re-allocated places.Friedrich and Kripps also head the four-man qualification, where Germany

France had the most successful day at the World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer, winning two Alpine combined gold medals.

champion Marie Bochet of France to the women's standing title by 0.96sec.Finally, Anna-Lena Forster from Germany

Germany and Poland progressed to the main round of the Men's European Handball Championship after winning

after a first half where they displayed some weak defence.More impressive efficiency in attack saw Germany

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) ice hockey team will face Latvia in a pre-Beijing 2022 warm-up match, it has been announced.

tournament, with their eighth place at Sochi 2014 marking their best result to date.Canada, United States, Germany

Marius Lindvik secured back-to-back individual Ski Jumping World Cup victories with the Norwegian triumphing in Zakopane.

back-to-back victories, as he moved onto 743 points.The World Cup season will continue at Titisee-Neustadt in Germany

Kim Kalicki was crowned European champion and Elana Meyers Taylor sealed the overall title during the final two-woman race of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup season in Swiss city St Moritz.

There was also a shock in the four-man event as overall World Cup winner Francesco Friedrich of Germany

races as the Ruhpolding leg of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup came to a close in Germany

Shane Doan has been appointed general manager of Canada's men's ice hockey team for next month's Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, with Claude Julien head coach.

Pyeongchang 2018, beating the Czech Republic after a semi-final defeat to Germany.Canada are set to play Germany

Reigning world and Olympic champion Chloe Kim won the women’s snowboard halfpipe final at Laax in Switzerland on her return to the World Cup circuit.

Cup champion Anna Gasser of Austria was second with 78.56, while third place went to Annika Morgan of Germany

Slovenia won the third men's team event of the season on the Ski Jumping World Cup circuit, clinching victory on the Wielka Krokiew hill in Zakopane.

second, finishing with a total of 1107.3.Pyeongchang 2018 large hill team Olympic silver medallists Germany

settle for fourth in Zakopane with 1011.3 points.They still lead the Nations Cup with 2,896 points, with Germany

The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) claimed half the gold medals in biathlon on the third day of competition at the World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer.

sprint, winning in front of Liudmyla Liashenko and Yuliia Batenkova-Bauman in 17:35.6.Anja Wicker of Germany

claim biathlon gold at the World Para Snow Sports Championships ©Getty ImagesFinally, Anja Wicker of Germany

going to Voronchikhina in 1:11.23.Jepsen took silver in front of the Frenchwoman.Anna-Lena Forster of Germany

Francesco Friedrich of Germany won his fifth International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World