Defending champions Poland are through to Men's Volleyball World Championship quarter-finals and will play the United States, who saw off a Turkish comeback to also advance at the Gliwice Arena.

the war in Ukraine - and Ljubljana is due to stage tomorrow's two last-16 matches.Olympic champions France

Swiss duo Nino Schurter and Alessandra Keller finished safely in the top six of their races at the final International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike World Cup event of the season in Val di Sole to take the men's and women's overall cross-country titles.

race in the Italian resort.That was 5min 27sec adrift of the race winner Pauline Ferrand-Prevot of France

up her victory in the short track race by triumphing in 1:20.23.European champion Loana Lecomte of France

the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup ©Getty ImagesHe finished 35sec behind race winner Titouan Carod of France

the year to top the standings.Downhill titles were decided on Saturday (September 3).Loris Vergier of France

Azerbaijan and Japan each won three gold medals on the final day of the Karate 1-Premier League event in Baku.

decision, while Badawy thrashed Japan's Rikito Shimada 8-1.Olympic and world champion Steven Da Costa of France

World champion Andrea Herzog was among the winners on the final day of Canoe Slalom World Cup action this season, triumphing in the women's C1 event at La Seu d'Urgell.

men's race and likewise the overall extreme kayak title.Manuel Ochoa from Spain and Theo Desvignes from France

and Lee Da-bin sealed the last two gold medals on offer at the Paris World Taekwondo Grand Prix in France

Ukraine claimed four gold medals at the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Judo European Championships in Cagliari in Italy, with competition concluding today.

#ParaJudoCagliari #FierdEtreJudoka pic.twitter.com/TkCGk4raWg— France Judo (@francejudo_) September

Georgia in the women's J2 under-70kg and men's J2 under-73kg categories, respectively.Nathan Petit of France

Carolina Costa in the women's J2 over-70kg.Costa was joined on the podium by runner-up Prescillia Leze of France

held a conference during the Paris World Taekwondo Grand Prix where several local clubs in the Île-de-France

She added: "Just to give an idea, in France, the average number of members in taekwondo clubs is 50."

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Co-hosts Slovenia and European champions Italy were the first teams to book their place in the quarter-finals of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men's Volleyball World Championship.

hosting rights by the FIVB due to the invasion of Ukraine.They finished second behind Olympic champions France

scored with 14 points for Italy in their 25-21, 21-25, 26-24, 25-18 victory.Italy are set to face either France

Olympic medallists Spain and Hungary are set to meet in the quarter-finals of the Women's European Water Polo Championship in Split, after finishing second and third in their groups respectively.

at the World Championships in July, concluded their impressive group stage with a 19-6 win against France

& France ?? all go through to the #wp2022split Quarter Finals. Which team will take gold? ?

Spain.The Netherlands are set to continue their bid to regain their European crown they won in 2018 against France

Tokyo 2020 gold medallists Ricarda Funk and Jiří Prskavec took the final Canoe Slalom World Cup K1 victories of the season in La Seu d'Urgell.

a time of 1min 32.32sec, almost four seconds in front of her closest opponent.Camille Prigent from France

Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, who won the women's mass start gold medal for France at the Beijing 2022 Winter

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Yorgelis Salazar of Venezuela and Anzhelika Terliuga of Ukraine are both on track to win their fifth medals in as many events after reaching the finals in their respective categories at the Karate 1-Premier League in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Alpysbay of Kazakhstan 2-1.In the Male Kumite under-67kg, world and Olympic champion Steven Dacosta of France

Hosts Croatia were among the sides to qualify for the quarter-final as the final preliminary round matches took place at the Men’s European Water Polo Championship in Split.

played out in front of a sold out Spaladium Arena that was holding 9,000 fans.In the group’s other match France

scheduled to take on Romania, Georgia are due to play The Netherlands, Greece are set to face Israel and France

South Africa's Alan Hatherly and Switzerland's Alessandra Keller both clinched podium finishes at the final event of the season in Val di Sole to secure the International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike World Cup cross-country short track titles.

points.Keller finished the race in 21min 3sec, seven seconds behind the race winner Pauline Ferrand-Prévot of France

Austria, fifth for the season, won the qualification race in 3:41.572.Runaway leader Amaury Pierron of France

Former road race cycling world champion Mads Pedersen clinched his first victory on the Vuelta a España, triumphing in a sprint finish on stage 13.

The 26-year-old Dane also claimed his maiden victory on the Tour de France in the 13th stage earlier

found he had a very low risk of infectivity, similar to cases such as we saw at this year's Tour de France