Defending men's champions Croatia confirmed their advance to the main round as Group A winners at the Beach Handball World Championships in the Russian city of Kazan today.

the latter side to elimination.Greece beat Paraguay 2-1 in the remaining Group A match.In Group B, Poland

Defending men's champions Croatia won both of their matches in Group A to advance to the next round of the Beach Handball World Championships in Kazan in Russia.

made it through after two Group A games.Spain beat Greece 10-20, 14-8, 2-0 and Paraguay 24-15, 20-6.Poland

Poznan is poised to stage five days of action as the World Rowing Under-23 Championships takes place in the Polish city.

hope to defend their titles.The World Rowing Under 23 Championships start just next week in Poznan, Poland

Croatia and Spain will begin their bids to defend their respective men's and women's titles when the Beach Handball World Championships begin in Kazan in Russia tomorrow.

champions Spain have been drawn against Australia, Greece and Paraguay in Group A.Group B is made up of Poland

The biggest-ever edition of the Women's Fistball World Championships will begin tomorrow in Linz in Austria.

and Switzerland.Germany will begin their defence in Group B with Argentina, Czech Republic, Italy, Poland

Hosts Japan earned their place in three of the four team event finals as action continued today at the World University Karate Championships in Kobe.

against Iran.Japan will face Austria in the men's team kata final ©SportsdataThe Iranians overcame Poland

The International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) has announced that the recently published revision to the ball holder rule will be rescinded for its 2018 World Championship in Sydney, and replaced by the previous rule.

Denmark and Ireland.Pool B contains the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Colombia and Poland

Defending men's champions Bosnia and Herzegovina eased into the quarter-finals of the men’s World Sitting Volleyball Championships in Eindhoven.

emerge as comfortable 25-12, 25-9, 25-20 winners to head into the last eight on a high.The result left Poland

Glasgow 2018 have announced the teams for the inaugural European Golf Team Championships at Gleneagles.

teams and three women’s.Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Spain, Poland

The United states lead in three classes at the 2018 World Youth Sailing Championships after day one, with the event being held in America for the first time in 30 years.

class is tightly bunched.Nicolo Renna from Italy sits second on four points, Alexander Przychodzen from Poland

Holders China beat Iran today to make it two wins out of two in the women’s event at the Sitting Volleyball World Championships in The Netherlands.

Herzegovina followed up their Pool D victory over Iraq yesterday by overcoming Egypt 25-18, 27-25, 25-19.Poland

The first version of a newly established Athletics World Cup finished in some disarray at London's Olympic Stadium as the host nation, in with a chance of finishing second overall from the eight countries involved, failed to start the concluding men's 4x400 metres.

States, overnight leaders, finished as winners with 219 points, well clear of their nearest challengers, Poland

featured eight individual nations - China, France, Germany, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Jamaica, Poland

in a season’s best of 2:59.78.In the men's hammer, this year's form thrower Wojciech Nowicki earned Poland

82.80m.In the men's 400m hurdles, Kenny Selmon secured a win for the US in 48.97, with Patryk Dobek of Poland

Turkey's Nisantasi University claimed the first gold medal of the 2018 European Universities Games after beating Poland's Rzeszow University of Technology in the men's team table tennis final in Coimbra.

The russian university won over University of Warsaw (Poland) 3-2 in the Women's Table Tennis final.

Poland's world and Olympic hammer throw champion Anita Wlodarczyk offered the inaugural Athletics World Cup event at London's Olympic Stadium some serious statistical credibility on the first of two evenings of competition as she produced a winning effort of 78.74 metres, the farthest thrown this year.

featuring eight individual nations - China, France, Germany, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Jamaica, Poland

point.After the first evening of competition, the US team leads with 109 points from France, who have 85, and Poland

as he won the men's triple jump with a season's best of 16.74m.And there were eight more points for Poland

Great Britain have named their men’s squad for next month’s World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Hamburg in Germany.

Britain face Poland, South Korea and the United States, the reigning Paralympic champions and 2014 World