Reigning Paralympic champions The Netherlands thrilled the home crowd here with a 58-36 victory over Britain in the women’s wheelchair basketball final at the European Para Championships.

Markitantova in the women’s compound open final.Titles were also won in shooting Para sport with victories for Poland

Bahrain went undefeated to become the first International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Paris 2024 Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament champion in the Asian competition in Syria.

is the first Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament to conclude before the others in Nigeria, Argentina, Poland

The Paris 2024 Olympic Games qualifying event for speed climbing is set to take place in Rome on September 15, with two athletes due to book their place.

Bassa Mawem and Pierre Rebreyend of France, Zurloni’s teammate Ludovico Fossali, Marcin Dzienski of Poland

Noya Cardona of Spain.The current world record holder in the women's event, Aleksandra Miroslaw of Poland

speed discipline in sport climbing ©IFSCTwin sisters Aleksandra and Natalia Kalucka, also representing Poland

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badminton competition started ©EPCThe Netherlands thrilled the home crowd with their 73-61 win over Poland

All but one spot in the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Cup open tournament quarter-finals has been decided after round five action in Azerbaijan.

later.A new winner is guaranteed in the open tournament after defending champion Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland

Diede de Groot and Ruben Spaargaren claimed two golds each as hosts The Netherlands completed a clean sweep of wheelchair tennis titles at the European Para Championships here.

team final, while Portugal defeated France 8-1 in the bronze-medal match.The Czech Republic saw off Poland

claimed the European Games contributed to record tourist numbers in Kraków and the Małopolska region of Poland

Vilma Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler had a fantastic day two at the Sailing World Championships in The Hague, recording three bullets in the 49erFX.

battling it out for silver.Despite a fifth place finish in the first race of the day Piotr Cichocki of Poland

did well to claim top spot in men’s Hansa 303.Olga Gornas-Grudzien ensured Poland are dominating the

The United States have reclaimed the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Girls' Under-19 World Championship by overturning a two-set deficit to beat Turkey in the final in the Croatian city of Osijek.

remarkable victory.They had earlier topped Pool D with victories against South Korea, Japan, Mexico and Poland

A total of 40 countries are set to battle it out across four continental men's basketball tournaments aiming to keep their dreams alive of competing at next year's Olympics in Paris.

the National Stadium in Lagos on August 19.The European qualifier is due to be staged across Turkey, Poland

scheduled to stage Group A where they are due to meet the Czech Republic, Macedonia and Israel, while Poland

The Chinese Taipei Basketball Association is refusing to take part in the Paris 2024 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament in Syria due to security concerns.

2024.Argentina, Nigeria, and Turkey are the other confirmed hosts for their continents, while both Poland

Hosts China finished with more than 100 gold medals as the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Summer World University Games ended with a spectacular Closing Ceremony in Chengdu.

distant second with 93 medals including 21 golds, 29 silvers and 43 bronzes, while South Korea, Italy and Poland

Britain's Kieran Reilly and Hannah Roberts of the United States clinched the BMX freestyle park titles at the Cycling World Championships today in Scotland.

the men's sprint final.Britain's Jack Carlin completed the podium with a win against Mateusz Rudyk of Poland

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of the day in the women's singles ©Chengdu 2021Italy claimed men's volleyball gold after defeating Poland

Exiled Belarusian-born sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has been cleared to compete for Poland two years

Tsimanouskaya defected to Poland at the delayed Games in the Japanese capital having alleged she was

following public criticism of the Belarusian national team's coaches.She received a humanitarian visa from Poland

because of the incident at Tokyo 2020, and received a humanitarian visa and later full citizenship from Poland

and the Polish Athletics Federation".The IOC has confirmed Tsimanouskaya is eligible to compete for Poland

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is hopeful of competing for Poland at the World Athletics Championships, scheduled