There was double team success for hosts Italy on the penultimate day of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Championships in Milan, where they won women's foil and men's épée gold.

against the US.Defending champions Hungary went through to a quarter-final against Greece after beating Poland

Qatar 45-16 and Belgium 45-29 to reach the quarter-finals against Hong Kong.The US are set to face Poland

women's under-48kg category on day one of judo action in Chengdu ©Getty ImagesThe United States defeated Poland

Russian and Belarusian players will not be allowed to participate in next week's Prague Open, part of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour.

AP reports.It comes just a week after Russian tennis player Vera Zvonareva was banned from entering Poland

France and Hungary grabbed two gold medals each as athletics events continued at the Maribor 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) today.

after jumping 2.09 while Paschalis Gennikis of Greece got bronze with an effort of 2.06.Germany and Poland

contested 3x3 basketball finals.The Germans beat Serbia 17-16 to claim the title among boys.Germany and Poland

Hungary in the men's sabre and Poland in the women's épée earned the first team gold medals of the International

bronze.South Korea were also dethroned as world champions in the women's team épée, losing 33-32 to Poland

Ukraine's Olha Kharlan has been promised an "additional quota place" for the Paris 2024 Olympics by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) if she does not qualify, after yesterday's highly controversial disqualification at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Championships.

stance, a move which proved highly controversial in fencing and led to international events in Germany, Poland

Five-times International Chess Federation (FIDE) champion and world number one Magnus Carlsen is set to begin his bid for his first FIDE World Cup this week here in Baku.

Baku ©ITGAt the 2021 FIDE World Cup in Sochi, Carlsen lost to eventual winner Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland

has withdrawn from competing at the Under-20 World Championships next month after it was moved from Poland

United World Wrestling (UWW) stripped Warsaw and Poland of the Under-20 World Championships hosting rights

recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), UWW was compelled to find an alternative host after Poland

The Czech Republic had an impressive day in athletics at the Maribor 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival today.

clocked 6:36.01.In the 200m final, Taborska crossed the line in 23.61 before Maja Barbara Wozniak of Poland

final.It was an exciting sprint finish in the end as Spaniard Paula Jessica Ostiz and Maria Okrucinska of Poland

There was anger at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Championships in Milan, where Ukraine's four-time Olympic medallist Olha Kharlan was removed from the women's sabre competition after refusing a handshake with Russian opponent Anna Smirnova.

invasion of Ukraine.The decision has proved highly controversial in fencing, and events in Germany, Poland

World Archery's Working Group chair has revealed the organisation remains "quite far away" from a return for Russian and Belarusian athletes, given responses to the required conditions from both countries' National Federations.

thanked World Archery and National Federations who have provided support to Ukraine, including Germany, Poland

Switzerland's Anja Grossmann and the Czech Republic's Krystof Bazant won the cross-country mountain biking races as the sport made its European Youth Olympic Festival debut in Maribor in Slovenia today.

athletics finals as action continued at the Poljane Athletics Stadium.In the girls race Anastazja Kus of Poland

Qin Haiyang bagged another breaststroke gold before helping China to mixed 4x100 metres medley relay glory at the World Aquatics Championships, while France’s Léon Marchand tasted success again and Australian Mollie O'Callaghan broke a world record on a thrilling day in Fukuoka.

pic.twitter.com/175abG7uub— World Aquatics (@WorldAquatics) July 26, 2023Krzysztof Chmielewski of Poland

Estonia's Chef de Mission at Kraków‑Małopolska 2023 Martti Raju has described medals at the European Games as "highly commendable".

The country won its first ever gold medals at the European Games in southern Poland through Robin Jäätma

Chinese athletes impressed at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championships in Changwon, winning 12 of the available 48 gold medals.

Korea taking three at their home event.France, Switzerland, Norway and Slovakia earned two apiece, with Poland