Sweden and Scotland will meet in the women’s final at the European Curling Championships in Lillehammer after both nations recorded narrow wins in the last four today.

match between the teams that ended first and fourth after the round-robin stage saw Scotland overcome Germany

standings winning eight out of nine matches, scored a double on end nine and a single on the tenth, after Germany

advance to the gold medal game.Earlier in the day the final women’s round-robin session took place, with Germany

with both matches set to be contested tomorrow, and the women’s bronze medal game between Russia and Germany

scheduled to follow.The top four men's teams will be joined by Switzerland, Denmark, Czech Republic and Germany

Marita Kramer of Austria, who has won the last four women’s Ski Jumping World Cup legs, topped qualifying at the first event of the new season in Nizhny Tagil, Russia.

Cup standings, ended in second place with 114.5 points, after jumping 93 metres.Katharina Althaus of Germany

Britain's two-time BC1 Paralympic champion David Smith has suffered a shock loss in his opening pool match at the Boccia Regional European Championship in Seville, with Russian Nikolas Anozov beating him 6-3 in men's Pool A.

Diego Gilli of Italy.Spain's Amagoia Arrieta won 8-3 in her women's BC1 opener, beating Anne Walter of Germany

Britain's three-time and reigning world champion Bianca Walkden booked her place in the heavyweight final at the World Taekwondo Women's Open Championships in Riyadh.

the over-73 kilograms final at the inaugural edition of the event.Adebaio saw off Lorena Brandl of Germany

Six countries will battle it out for two Beijing 2022 places at the World Para Ice Hockey Qualification Tournament, which begins tomorrow in Berlin.

Hosts Germany, Norway, Italy, Slovakia, Sweden and Japan are all hoping to book their place at next year's

sealed their places in Beijing.Japan has not played at the Paralympics since Vancouver 2010, while Germany

younger talent.Japan will take on Norway in tomorrow's opening game, before Sweden meet Slovakia and Germany

Three of the four women's semi-finalists have been decided at the European Curling Championships in Lillehammer, with defending champions Sweden among them.

Sweden overcame Germany 7-6 in a match which required an extra end and pitted two two-loss teams against

Ethiopia's Olympic medallists Haile Gebrselassie and Feyisa Lilesa have pledged that they are willing to join the front line in support of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Government as a year-long conflict with rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) forces escalates.

worsening of the security situation have prompted several nations, including the United States, France and Germany

Spain will look capitalise on home-court advantage during the Davis Cup Finals, which start tomorrow across three different locations for the first time.

B, comprising Canada, Kazakhstan and Sweden.Olympic champion Alexander Zverev declined to play for Germany

top-100 players including Jan-Lennard Struff.Olympic champion Alexander Zverev declined to play for Germany

The European Lacrosse Sixes Cup is scheduled to be the first international competition on the 2022 lacrosse calendar, taking place over three days in Portugal in February.

Men's teams already confirmed are Belgium, England, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland and Ukraine.Belgium

, England Under-23s, Germany, Britain, Italy, Spain and Ukraine are set to compete in the women's tournament.World

Sweden's women picked up two wins at the European Curling Championships in Lillehammer today, underlining that the defending champions will not go down without a fight.

but only four of the top five will advance to the semi-finals.Russia, world champions Switzerland and Germany

Hall, a 1994 Winter Olympic venue, after squeezing past Demark 9-8.Defending champions Sweden defeated Germany

Defending champions India will be looking to deliver further home success at the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men’s Junior World Cup in Bhubaneswar.

Netherlands, South Korea, Spain and the United States are in Pool C, while Pool D includes Argentina, Egypt, Germany

Scotland's dream start to the European Curling Championships continued in Lillehammer today, with the nation's women and men both winning two games and both now the only unbeaten team in their respective tournaments.

The Scottish women beat Germany 9-5 in their first match of the day at Håkons Hall, a 1994 Winter Olympic

world champions Switzerland 8-3.Sweden, Switzerland, Russia and Turkey all now have three wins, with Germany

Mouat (@TeamMouat) November 22, 2021In the men's contest, Scotland thrashed the Dutch 9-2 and then beat Germany

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has said International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach’s video call with Peng Shuai failed to alleviate or address its concerns over her well-being.

Britain's tennis governing body - and the National Olympic Committees of The Netherlands, Britain and Germany

Jens Perlwitz has succeeded new International Canoe Federation (ICF) President Thomas Konietzko as the head of the German Canoe Federation (DKV).

Germany won seven canoe medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, including two golds, one silver and four bronzes.Ricarda

Germany beat world champions Switzerland as they continued their impressive start to the women's tournament

and are the only undefeated team left.The host nation lost 6-5 to Denmark in the evening session and Germany

beat the Czech Republic 9-8, leaving Scotland the only side with an unblemished record.The Czechs, Germany

, Norway and defending champions Sweden are all one win behind Scotland in the standings, with Germany