Ghanaian skeleton racer Akwasi Frimpong’s hopes of qualifying for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics appear to be all but over after testing positive for COVID-19.

just 11 days to go until the qualification deadline, Frimpong was set for a busy week of racing in Germany

Defending champions Russia silenced the home crowd with a clinical performance to beat Australia at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup in Sydney.

C.Zverev proved too strong for Taylor Fritz as he claimed a 6-4, 6-4 success.Jan-Lennard Struff put Germany

New International Federation of American Football (IFAF) President Pierre Trochet has argued a busy calendar of events in the next two years is an opportunity to "showcase what we are capable of" as the organisation pursues inclusion at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.

With Germany recently confirmed as host for the 2023 Men's World Championship in tackle football, Trochet's

South America, of course in Europe and North America, and then we're going to have another World Cup in Germany

Japan's Ryōyū Kobayashi continued his stellar form at ski jumping's Four Hills Tournament by topping qualification at the Bergisel Ski Jump in Innsbruck.

Kobayashi won the first two legs in Germany at Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen and was the top

Senior Government officials from Argentina and Mongolia have committed to attending the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, while German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has taken a personal decision not to travel to the Chinese capital.

diplomatic boycott is planned from France or Italy, while Baerbock revealed to press agency DPA that Germany

Diego Schwartzman came from a set and a break down to defeat world number four Stefanos Tsitsipas and seal Argentina's victory over Greece at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup in Sydney in Australia.

Chile with a 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 win over Nikola Ćaćić and Matej Sabanov.Action continues tomorrow with Germany

Germany's Julia Taubitz extended her Luge World Cup lead with a women's singles victory on home ice in Winterberg.

of 56.105 was the quickest of the second runs which propelled her into third place.Anna Berreiter of Germany

Reigning champions Russia bounced back from world number two Daniil Medvedev’s shock singles loss to defeat France at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup in Sydney in Australia.

we did what is best for the team," Shapovalov said.Dan Evans inspired Britain to a 2-1 victory over Germany

On this day in 1879, Australian fast bowler Fred Spofforth dismissed three English batsmen with consecutive deliveries at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to complete Test cricket's first "hat-trick".

Paraguay.England's Geoff Hurst scores the second of his three goals in the 1966 World Cup final against West Germany

s Just Fontaine scored a hat-trick against Paraguay in the group stage, and four goals against West Germany

Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States claimed her first two-woman bobsleigh victory in the three years at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup event in Sigulda, while Germany's Francesco Friedrich quickly got his campaign back on track with two-man success.

Start coach Garrett Jones drove with our sled for 20 hours to get it here, and he’ll drive it to Germany

Rostislav Gaitiukevich and Canada’s Justin Kripps who are on 1,137 and 1,120 respectively.Winterberg in Germany

Familiar calls for unity, solidarity and words of a similar effect have featured prominently in sports leaders' end-of-year messages.

 Germany are among the teams whose players have sought to draw attention to Qatar's record on human

Sara Takanashi took her first win of the International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup in Ljubno in Slovenia after leading the way in both rounds.

competition was cancelled as a result of COVID-19.The next event set to take place, in Willingen in Germany

his fourth victory of the International Luge Federation (FIL) Luge World Cup season in Winterberg in Germany

ice #track pic.twitter.com/MvWQtMrK6L— FIL Luge (@FIL_Luge) January 1, 2022There was more joy for Germany

and Armin Frauscher's 1:27.338 saw them finish third.Favourites Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken of Germany

Ryoyu Kobayashi recorded his third consecutive win at the International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen to leapfrog Germany's Karl Geiger into first place in the overall standings.

off a brilliant pair of jumps to score 291.2 points overall to narrowly beat Markus Eisenbichler of Germany

Russia's Rostislav Gaitiukevich celebrated his first International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup victory alongside compatriot Mikhail Mordasov in the two-man bobsleigh event in Sigulda in Latvia.

event since January 2011.It is also the first time since December 2020 that Francesco Friedrich of Germany