Hosts Sweden, who have won the last seven editions of the Women’s World Floorball Championship started their campaign with a ruthless display, putting 22 goals past Slovakia.

scoring four.There was another big win in the group’s other game with third seeds Finland overcoming Germany

15-0, with Veera Kauppi scoring three times.Veera Kauppi was the key player today against Germany with

Italy and Slovakia now have two wins from two and are in the driving seat to make the Beijing 2022 Paralympics at the World Para Ice Hockey Qualification Tournament in the German capital Berlin.

Maximilian Dickson Gyllsten and a second from Lundgren was not enough to get an equaliser.The hosts Germany

period rout by scoring three more goals to end with a tally of four.On one win each are Norway and Germany

Britain's David Smith recovered from a disappointing opening day at the World Boccia European Regional Championship to book his place in the semi-finals of the men's BC1 today in Seville.

who won 5-0 against Simona Blazkova of the Czech Republic.Croatian Dora Basic defeated Anne Walter of Germany

semi-final with Michaela Balcova of Slovakia, and on the other side of the bracket Anita Raguwaran of Germany

Terence Weber headed a German one-two-three as yesterday’s winner Jarl Magnus Riiber of Norway was disqualified on the second day of the International Ski Federation Nordic Combined World Cup in Ruka.

# With (+1.2 sec) and With #VinzenGeiger (+1.2 sec) and #EricFrenzel (+2.3 sec) on rank 2 and 3, Germany

Russia collected two gold medals and missed out on three as all eight finals took place on a thrilling last day of the inaugural edition of the World Taekwondo Women’s Open Championships in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh.

overcame Kristina Adebaio in the over-73kg division.Tania Castineira of Spain and Lorena Brandl of Germany

struck gold for Brazil with victory over Petra Stolbova of the Czech Republic as Anna-Lena Froemming of Germany

Georgia claimed their first European Mixed Team Judo Championships gold medal today in the Russian city of Ufa in a dramatic seven-point thriller against The Netherlands.

give them the title.Following two repechage wins over Romania and Israel by 4-2 and 4-1 scorelines, Germany

A former Olympic gymnast who experienced sexual abuse as a child has called for a worldwide study into violence against children in sport.

and 30 took part in the study which is said to be the first of its kind.People from Austria, Belgium, Germany

led by Mike Harill of Edge Hill University in England and Bettina Rulofs of Wuppertal University in Germany

More than 10,000 people from Austria, Belgium, Germany, Romania, Spain and the United Kingdom took part

Sturla Holm Lægreid led a Norwegian one-two in the men's 20-kilometres individual in front of Tarjei Bø as the 2021-2022 International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup season got underway in Östersund in Sweden.

behind in sixth, followed by Norway's Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg, Russian Kristina Reztsova, Anna Weidl of Germany

Bicycles - gloriously, laboriously - are ever-present on the streets of Copenhagen. And so it seems right and fitting that one of the most cycling-friendly of cities should eventually be involved in the greatest of cycling races.

Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain, Ireland, Britain, Monaco have all since done the honours

route in Denmark where we will have the Grand Départ starting in our capital and ending as close to Germany

Almost three-quarters of experiences of violence against children in sport are psychological, with men reporting more past cases of abuse than women, a new survey has revealed.

Hill University in England, who led the study along with Bettina Rulofs of Wuppertal University in Germany

them on their experiences in organised sports as children and teenagers.People from Austria, Belgium, Germany

The Netherlands won the only match of the round in a thrilling shoot-out with regional rivals Belgium in the Men's International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey Pro League on home soil at the Wagener Hockey Stadium in Amstelveen.

ends Belgium's winning streak after a back-to-back defeat of Germany.Only The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany

Germany claimed the bronze medal with two fantastic ends at the climax of their game with Russia, on

Italy defeated hosts Germany 4-1 as the World Para Ice Hockey Qualification Tournament got underway at

finished seventh at Pyeongchang 2018.Japan has not played at the Paralympics since Vancouver 2010, while Germany

 Tomorrow will see Slovakia play Japan, Italy meet Sweden and Norway take on Germany.

Norwegian great Jarl Magnus Riiber continued his run of victories to six at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined World Cup, starting the new season with an opening win at the Finnish resort of Ruka.

cross-country skiing leg.Austrian Mario Seidl was second after the jump with 148.9, while Manuel Faisst of Germany

It is well over a century since Rudyard Kipling wrote The Islanders. It was a poem which spoke of "flannelled fools at the wicket or the muddied oafs at the goals".

application.The 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin went ahead despite fears about the ill-treatment of Jews in Germany

excluded was high jumper Gretel Bergmann.American Olympic Committee President Avery Brundage visited Germany