Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic curling silver medallists South Korea lost to Turkey in their second match on the opening day of matches in the round-robin stage of the women's competition at the World Curling Federation Olympic Qualification Event.

the evening and secure two narrow wins.Japan, who won the bronze medal in 2018, beat Italy 11-6 and Germany

Netherlands 5-4.Italy defeated South Korea 7-3 to move on par with Denmark, while Japan narrowly beat Germany

Austria's Madeleine Egle defied the dominance of German athletes at their home International Luge Federation Luge World Cup in Altenberg today, winning her second World Cup of the season.

excellently to claim the World Cup win, powering down in 41.911 and 41.856 for a total time of 1:23.767.Germany

Robert Pires, a winner of football's FIFA World Cup in 1998, believes "everything is possible" with regards to teqball's future inclusion at the Olympic Games as he visited the Gliwice Arena here today, where the World Championships concluded.

The mission for teqball is to develop teqball in the countries like Germany and the UK [United Kingdom

Austria's Marita Kramer secured her third straight victory and fourth of the International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup season after completing a Klingenthal double this weekend.

Katharina Althaus of Germany claimed her fourth podium of the season after coming third with 236.5 courtesy

leaps of 136m and 137.5m as Poland’s Kamil Stoch came third with 261.9.World Cup leader Karl Geiger of Germany

Sangho Lee of South Korea and Sofiya Nadyrshina of Russia won the first International Ski Federation Alpine Snowboard World Cups of the 2022 season when they triumphed in the parallel giant slalom discipline at Lake Bannoye in Russia.

Lee’s maiden World Cup triumph came in the men's big final when his opponent, Stefan Baumeister of Germany

Double world champion Sandra Näslund of Sweden continued her perfect start to the season with a second straight victory at the International Ski Federation Ski Cross World Cup in Val Thorens.

nation in the big final as he crossed the line in front of compatriot Bastien Midol.Florian Wilmsmann of Germany

Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway will be aiming to cap a breakthrough year when he lines up as the youngest competitor in the men’s senior race at the European Cross Country Championships.

successive senior crowns from 2001 to 2005.Can’s rivals are expected to include Konstanze Klosterhalfen of Germany

France’s Marc-Antoine Olivier will be aiming to claim a hat-trick of wins at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Marathon World Series in Israeli city Eilat.

medallist Ana Marcela Cunha is among the line-up for the women's race ©Getty ImagesNiklas Frach of Germany

Germany moved second in Group 3 with a vital victory over South Korea, securing a quarter-final place

The World Curling Federation (WCF) has announced broadcasting of the men’s and women’s Olympic qualification events will take place as planned, after reaching an agreement with online sex shop EasyToys after their sponsorship had impacted coverage of the mixed doubles event in Leeuwarden.

tomorrow.The qualifier will determine the final places for Beijing 2022.The Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany

Netherlands and Norway are vying for three places in the men’s competition.Britain, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany

Team kits for the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) ice hockey team at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have been revealed.

the men’s ice hockey tournament at Beijing 2022.Hosts China will face Canada, the United States and Germany

leads in the International Luge Federation Luge World Cup as the fourth stop heads to Altenburg in Germany

pair lead the overall doubles standings with 340 points ahead of Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken of Germany

The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have received the latest briefing on Beijing 2022 with less than two months until the Opening Ceremony.

In fact this was a convention which has not been enforced since 1936, when Germany hosted the Winter

Ukraine and Germany made full use of the absence of China at the International Swimming Federation World

The host nation and Germany recorded identical medal tallies of five gold, one silver and three bronze

Hosts Spain overcame Japan in a tight encounter to remain unbeaten at the International Handball Federation (IHF) Women's World Championship.

sides that also reached the main round.Group III was the other one to play, in Granollers.Denmark and Germany

30-19, with Kristina Jørgensen scoring six goals, and Johanna Stockschläder also scored six goals as Germany

been eliminated via those defeats, and are pointless.South Korea have four points, Hungary two and Germany