Azerbaijan’s Vali Israfilov has credited American rap star Nicki Minaj for helping him to win his first Paralympic gold after he stunned five-times champion Oleksii Fedyna of Ukraine at Tokyo 2020.

Karolina Pelendritou battled it out with Ma Jia for gold ©Getty ImagesElena Krawzow of Germany came from

An International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup event in December has been moved from Lake Placid to Sochi because competitors and officials from Russia and Georgia have been unable to secure United States visas, it has been announced.

over several weeks to get the Russians appointments at the American Embassies in Latvia, Italy and Germany

was the $2 million (£1.5 million/€1.7 million) cost of providing the teams charter air service from Germany

to Beijing to Vancouver to Plattsburgh, New York to Germany to cover the transportation needs over the

pandemic was the root cause in late 2020, leading to a 2020-2021 racing schedule that was held mostly in Germany

Denmark’s Lisa Gjessing is aiming to add a first Paralympic gold medal to her four world and three European titles when taekwondo makes its long-awaited debut at the Games here.

I was in Hamburg [in Germany] with some friends and I got a phone call from my coach."

Croatia annihilated Uzbekistan 31-1 in the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Men's Junior Water Polo Championships 2021 in Prague in Czech Republic.

fourth quarter but fired four goals past their opponents to triumph in dramatic fashion.Hungary overcame Germany

Yousef Kazemi and Erfan Nozouri fired Iran to the semi-finals of the 2021 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship with 16 points each.

25-21 before being pegged back once more in a gruelling 31-29 fourth set defeat.Argentina will play Germany

With the extended Pyeongchang 2018/Tokyo 2020 Olympic cycle finally drawing to a close, two of the grand old names of United States industry will be ending their association with the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s The Olympic Partner (TOP) worldwide sponsorship programme.

Games.This list of 14 companies has consequently taken on a noticeably more international sheen, with China, Germany

Finland and Russia will get the postponed 2020 Women's Under-19 World Floorball Championships underway tomorrow in the Swedish city of Uppsala.

split into two groups, set to compete for the title at the IFU Arena.Finland, Poland, Switzerland, Germany

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Jumping European Championships commence in Riesenbeck in Germany's Surenburg Forest tomorrow, with 15 teams and nine individual riders taking part from 23 countries.

European champion on All In on home soil in Gothenburg in 2017.France, The Netherlands, Britain and Germany

The International Cycling Union (UCI) Junior Track Cycling World Championships returns tomorrow in the Egyptian capital Cairo at the new velodrome in the capital's Nasr City district, featuring 22 events.

Africa since Cape Town in South Africa back in 2008.At its last edition in Frankfurt, it was the hosts Germany

Venezuela won their first two Paralympic Games gold medals of Tokyo 2020 here tonight, thanks to the sprinting efforts of Linda Patricia Perez Lopez and Lisbeli Marina Vera Andrade.

Paralympic record in the women's T64 200m with a mark of 26.22 for gold.Irmgard Bensusan won the silver for Germany

Vladimir Sviridov earned the Russian Paralympic Committee's (RPC) eighth Para-athletics gold of Tokyo 2020 after twice breaking his own world record in the men's F36 shot put.

challengers were Yassine Guenichi of Tunisia with a new African record of 15.12m and Sebastian Dietz of Germany

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women’s World Championship gold medal match will once again be contested by Canada and the United States as they progressed through their semi-finals against Switzerland and Finland respectively in Calgary.

match winning streak at the Women’s World Championships in an impressive 5-1 victory.They vanquished Germany

Dame Sarah Storey rewrote the record books today at the Fuji International Speedway to become the most decorated British Paralympic Games athlete in history following her win in the women's C5 time trial at Tokyo 2020.

bronze medal through the efforts of Gary O'Reilly.Two-times road race world champion Annika Zeyen of Germany

Three players tie for the lead after the fifth round of matches at the European Individual Chess Championship, where overnight leader Robert Hovhannisyan of Armenia lost his first contest of the event.

August 30, 2021Behind the three leaders 12 players are tied on four points - Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu of Germany

Turkey, overnight leader Hovhannisyan, Kacper Piorun and Grzegorz Gajewski of Poland, Vincent Keymer of Germany

World number three Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece advanced to the second round of the US Open men’s singles as he twice fought back from a set behind to beat Britain’s Andy Murray in a thrilling match that went the distance in New York City. 

Alcaraz.Croatia's Marin Čilić was forced to retire with an injury in the fifth set against Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany

Denmark's Holger Rune is due to start tomorrow.Olympic champion and fourth seed Alexander Zverev of Germany