Defending champions and tournament hosts The Netherlands reached the final of the women’s EuroHockey Championships after a 3-1 victory over Belgium in Amsterdam.

in the final from a penalty corner with ten minutes to go which made it 3-1.In the second semi-final Germany

Amidst emotional scenes at the World Karate Federation’s final qualifier in Paris, nine karateka earned places at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where the sport will make its debut.

Bozan of Turkey, who topped the pool, second-placed Alexandra Feracci of France and Jasmin Juettner of Germany

Handbike and tricycle racing took centre stage at the Para-cycling Road World Championships in Cascais in Portugal today.

winner of the women’s H1 time trial over 16.8kilometres in 1hr 00min 08.69sec.Angelika Dreock-Kaser of Germany

Forget what International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach and his vice-president John Coates have to say - Brisbane being awarded the 2032 Olympics is a done deal.

Bach.Any sort of competition - even one conducted largely in secret - results in winners and losers.India, Germany

The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has been criticised by politicians and athletes after refusing to fully implement the recommendations of its Ethics Commission following an investigation into an alleged "culture of fear" within its leadership.

Maximilian Klein (@mximilian_klein) June 11, 2021Athleten Deutschland, an independent athletes group in Germany

The Netherlands beat neighbours Belgium in a dramatic men's EuroHockey Championship semi-final which featured three goals in the last 10 minutes and a shoot-out, won by the host nation.

Alexander Stadler.Sam Ward did score in the 59th minute, but there was to be no grandstand finish as Germany

Three Argentina players have been temporarily banned from the Volleyball Nations League (VNL) bubble in Rimini for breaking COVID-19 regulations.

15-9 to move to five wins from eight.Argentina beat winless Australia and the United States overcame Germany

Nikoloz Sherazadishvili pulled off a sensational throw to defeat Davlat Bobonov with an ippon and claim his second world title at the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Championships in Hungarian capital Budapest.

Netherlands also secured places on the podium after beating Megan Fletcher of Ireland and Miriam Butkereit of Germany

The delayed UEFA European Championship is finally set to begin tomorrow following a year-long delay to the event because of the coronavirus pandemic.

countries - England, Scotland, Russia, Italy, Azerbaijan, Denmark, The Netherlands, Spain, Romania, Germany

as the favourites for the event and will compete in Group F alongside defending champions Portugal, Germany

Brisbane is set to be awarded the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games next month after clearing the penultimate hurdle in the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) new process for selecting hosts for its flagship event.

Brisbane should stage the 2032 Olympics and Paralympics.Countries including North and South Korea, Qatar, Germany

favour of the Australian candidacy.Bach defended the IOC's new approach - which has been criticised by Germany

Greece's Spyros Capralos has been elected President of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) after seeing off acting head Niels Nygaard in the vote at the organisation's in-person General Assembly in Athens.

women.Britain's Annamarie Phelps, Norway's Berit Kjoll, Victoria Cabezas of Spain, Uschi Schmitz of Germany

Poland and Brazil both recorded three-set wins to continue setting the pace at the men's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) in Rimini.

17 points.Earvin Ngapeth had a game-leading 21 points for the French.Serbia came from behind to beat Germany

Belgium and Spain each squeezed through to the semi-finals of the women's EuroHockey Championship by ending the group stage with a 1-1 draw - although not against one another.

match.Men's action takes centre stage tomorrow, ahead of the women's semi-finals on Friday (June 11).Germany

Former world champion Florin Daniel Lascau has been awarded the eighth dan - one of the sport’s highest honours - by the International Judo Federation (IJF).

eighth dan is a big honour for me," said Lascau, who was born in Romania before going on to represent Germany

Quadros in the quarter-finals ©Getty ImagesBrazilian Guilherme Schmidt, in blue, lifts Dominic Ressel of Germany