Defending champions Russia maintained their machine-like progress at the European Men’s Volleyball Championships today as they won their fourth consecutive preliminary match, beating Finland 3-0.

Russia to the knockout stages as they beat Turkey 3-0.Germany, beaten by Russia in the 2017 final in Poland

Sud de France Arena in Montpellier – with four victories.Earlier in the day, Greece beat Romania 3-1.Poland

More than 200 competitors have converged on Cheongju in South Korea for the Wheelchair Fencing World Championships which start tomorrow and run until September 23.

Dimitri Coutya will aim to defend his titles in the foil and épée B.Coutya left the last World Cup in Poland

A total of 312 players have assembled in Helsingborg in Sweden to contest the European Para Table Tennis Championships that start tomorrow – with a place in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics on offer to men's and women's champions.

gold medallists such as Serbia's Borislava Peric-Rankovic, in women's class four, Natalia Partyka of Poland

World Lacrosse have appointed Nicola John and Tom Lewis as the sport's competition managers for the 2021 World Games in Birmingham, United States.

will make its World Games debut in 2021, while the first women's event took place in 2017 in Wrocław, Poland

United States finished top of the medal table at the inaugural World Urban Games as the three-day competition came to a close here today.

gold came in the men's freestyle parkour, Evguenii Aroian narrowly defeating Krystian Kowalewski of Poland

Triple Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Brendel of Germany was among the winners on the final day of the Tokyo 2020 canoe sprint test event.

was second today in 4:10.891 as European Games champion and world silver medallist Tomasz Kaczor of Poland

Tristan Bangma and Patrick Bos of the Netherlands clinched the men's B title, as road races began at the International Cycling Union Para-cycling Road World Championships in Emmen, The Netherlands. 

14sec.Adolfo Bellido Guerrero and Noel Infante of Spain took silver, while Marcin Polak and Michal Ladosz of Poland

Reigning champions Japan earned a second victory at the 20th Asian Men's Volleyball Championships in Iran, and now face Chinese Taipei to determine the winners of Pool B.

Greece 3-0.While in the other pool A game Bulgaria beat Portugal 3-1.The fourth side from the top pot, Poland

The rest of the basketball world has caught up with the United States, according to one of the game's superstars, Kobe Bryant.

ever.The US men at least finished with a win today, securing that seventh place with an 87-74 victory over Poland

Poland's Maciej Kurowski has been appointed head coach of the development programme at the International Luge Federation (FIL).

competitor has agreed a deal until the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.Kurowski, who represented Poland

development team which competes at events including the World Cup series.Maciej Kurowski represented Poland

World number one Hannah Roberts justified her status as the athlete to beat by topping the women's BMX freestyle qualification standings on the opening day of the World Urban Games here today.

10.Romania bounced back from their loss in the opening match by clinching a dramatic 21-20 win over Poland

International University Sports Federation (FISU) President Oleg Matytsin has congratulated participants at the organisation's Volunteer Leaders Academy in Tatarstan.

Tobiasz Nowacki, a participant from Poland, said he learned a lot from attending the seminar, held annually

Colombian Sergio Higuita commandeered a stunning solo ride to claim stage 18 glory, as overall leader Primož Roglič extended his lead of the Vuelta a España in Becerril de la Sierra.

alongside Spaniard Alejandro Valverde from the Movistar team, Bora-Hansgrohe rider Rafał Majka from Poland

The United States can finish no higher than seventh place at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup in China, after losing to Serbia.

beaten 89-94 at Dongguan Basketball Center.It means they will contest the seventh-place play-off against Poland

in the fifth-place play-off will be Czech Republic, who were helped considerably to their win over Poland

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Intel have confirmed an esports competition will be held in the week leading up to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

series of online qualifiers are taking place early in 2020, before a live qualifier event in Katowice, Poland

A live qualifying event will be held in Katowice in Poland ahead of the main competition in Tokyo next