Iran marched into the quarter-finals of the 2021 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Boys' Under-19 World Championship with a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic on home soil in Tehran.

in the only five-setter of the round.Belgium began in confident fashion to take the first set 25-17.Germany

face hosts Iran in the quarter-finals after beating Thailand.Poland will come up against neighbours Germany

Russian Paralympic Committee's Anton Prokhorov won gold in the men's 100 metres T42 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

T63 world record, finished just 0.01 seconds behind to claim the silver medal.Léon Gabrial Schäfer of Germany

The United States retained both the men's and women's titles at the 2021 International Basketball Federation 3x3 Under-18 World Cup, via dominant performances throughout.

stage.In the knockout stages, they dispatched with Estonia 18-4 in the quarter-finals, then squeezed past Germany

competition.In the final, she scored a game-high 10 points and buried a shot from the 3x3 logo.Hungary defeated Germany

The Czech Republic won their second successive Men's Under-19 World Floorball Championship in a dramatic final against Finland, with Sweden taking bronze.

Janis Schwarz made an incredible 13 saves to protects his team's lead as best he could.Latvia beat Germany

Dame Sarah Storey could become Britain's most decorated Paralympic athlete with a gold medal in road cycling, as competition starts tomorrow at the Fuji Speedway at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

male road cyclist at the Games could go the way of four-times Paralympic champion Michael Teuber of Germany

Armenia's Robert Hovhannisyan is the sole leader of the European Individual Chess Championship after remaining unbeaten through four rounds in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Hovhannisyan defeated Niclas Huschenbeth of Germany 1-0 using an early pawn grab in his favour later

of Serbia, with Navara a 1-0 winner.The other standout fixture saw fifth seed Matthias Bluebaum of Germany

Pentathlon (UIPM) 2021 Biathle-Triathle World Championships in style winning gold medals in Weiden in Germany

(@WorldPentathlon) August 29, 2021An impressive Czech team captured the most medals, with 27, while Germany

Denmark beat Norway 2-0 in the final men's Olympic qualification round to earn its first-ever trip to the Olympic Games as five other deciders also took place.

tournament from February 4 to 20 have now been decided.Pool A will feature the US, top seeds Canada, Germany

World number one Novak Djokovic will aim to become the sixth player to complete a calendar Grand Slam by winning the US Open, which will take place with a series of high-profile absentees.

injury.Djokovic’s projected path to the final could see a semi-final clash with fourth seed Alexander Zverev of Germany

From time to time athletics witnesses landmark contests where more than one competitor betters an existing world record. Thirty years ago tomorrow (August 30) it happened in the long jump at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, when Mike Powell and Carl Lewis took the long jump to new lengths.

But he finished 71 centimetres clear of his nearest rival, Klaus Beer of East Germany, who took silver

Olympic silver medallist Rayssa Leal and Gustavo Ribeiro were the victors at the Street League Skateboarding (SLS) Championship Tour's first event of he season in Salt Lake City.

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Switzerland shocked the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship in Calgary, triumphing 3-2 in overtime of the pair's quarter-final clash.

face the daunting task of playing the hosts next.Canada underlined their class with a 7-0 thrashing of Germany

One can only imagine the month Afghanistan’s Paralympic athletes Hossain Rasouli and Zakia Khudadadi have had, with the pair’s hopes of competing at Tokyo 2020 having been dashed last week, only to now be in the Japanese capital.

Saeid Mollaei after he was threatened by officials from Iran, with the organisation helping his stay in Germany

The first knockout round of the 2021 Women's EuroVolley tournament got underway as Sweden and The Netherlands advanced to set up quarter-final clash.

The Dutch beat Germany 3-1 in the first round-of-16 game at the Kolodruma Sport Hall in Plovdiv in Bulgaria.Despite

battle.However, the Dutch had the killer instinct as four brilliant blocks sealed the first set 25-22.Germany

Alexey Sarana has taken over as the top-ranked player at the European Individual Chess Championship in Reykjavik, and is one of seven to have won all three games so far.

The Russian today overcame Vincent Keymer from Germany, who entered the match with a 100 per cent record.Another