France's Oceanne Marianne Muller was a decisive winner in the women's 10-metre air rifle contest, scoring 251.5 to equal the European record and break the European junior record at the European Shooting Championship in Osijek in Croatia.

 Robin Walter of Germany narrowly missed the final shoot-off, finishing just behind the Russian

for bronze.In the women's 10m air pistol, gold went to Carina Wimmer of Germany with 242.3 points.Silver

Kazakhstan stunned defending champions Finland with a shootout success at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men’s World Championship in Latvian capital Riga.

In the day's late games, Switzerland beat Germany 1-0 courtesy of a first period goal from Timo Meier.The

played two matches with Russia, Slovakia and Switzerland joint top of Group A with six points, and Germany

China and Britain topped the medal table at the second regatta of the Rowing World Cup series after notching three titles each in Swiss city Lucerne.

as well as one silver and one bronze medal.Three thousandths of a second separated world champions Germany

line with Britain taking the gold on the final stroke with a winning time of 5mins 24.26secs ahead of Germany

Great Britain lead Germany over the line by 0.03 seconds in the Men's eight.

18.91 respectively.Ireland and The Netherlands also got on the podium in the men’s double sculls, while Germany

The International Ski Federation (FIS) is planning to stage the 2021-2022 Cross-Country World Cup campaign in five blocks with the final set to be held in Russia.

season.Under the proposals, the World Cup will visit 14 locations across Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Germany

place from December 28 to January 4 and features stops in Lenzerheide in Switzerland, Oberstdorf in Germany

Beijing 2008 gold medallist Eric Lamaze has announced he does not want to be considered for selection for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on health grounds.

team competition.The Canadian team missed out on a bronze medal at Rio 2016 after a jump-off against Germany

Indonesia insists it will continue pursuing a bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, despite the expectation Brisbane will be confirmed as host.

joint bid with North Korea for the Games despite the IOC naming Brisbane as the preferred bidder.Qatar, Germany

Spain's Sandra Sánchez claimed a sixth European title on the penultimate day of the European Karate Championships in Poreč in Croatia in the women's kata event.

beat the favourite for the gold in the men's under-75kg.Croatian Enes Garibović and Noah Bitsch of Germany

Holders Finland got the defence of their International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men's World Championship to a winning start as they beat the United States 2-1.

winners in the group as they beat Norway 5-1.Matthias Plachta scored late in the first period to give Germany

Germans in control at 4-0.Emil Lilleberg reduced Norway’s deficit with four minutes remaining before Germany

the game.Russia top Group A with two wins from their opening two games, giving them six points, while Germany

China’s Huiru Li and Italy’s Niels Torre captured the respective women’s and men’s lightweight single sculls titles at the Rowing World Cup regatta in Lucerne.

other.The lightweight men’s double sculls also took place with Jason Osborne and Jonathan Rommelmann of Germany

Hosts Croatia reached the final of the men’s team kumite on the third day of the European Karate Championships in Porec.

Akyol progressed through their pool before edging out Italy 2-1 in the semi-finals.Turkey will face Germany

Croatia and Tijana Stamenovic of Serbia.In the men’s intellectually impaired K21 class Albert Singer of Germany

Hosts Latvia opened the men's International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship in Riga with a stunning 2-0 win over top seeds Canada.

Championship.The historic result at the Arena Riga, which puts Latvia second on goal difference behind Germany

responsibility for staging it by the IIHF because of political instability in Belarus.Seventh-ranked Germany

Reigning world and European champion Oliver Zeidler progressed to the quarter-finals of the men’s single sculls at the Rowing World Cup regatta in Swiss city Lucerne.

opening heat of the lightweight men’s double sculls.Ireland posted the quickest time in heat two before Germany

Belgium, Italy and Switzerland claimed the top three spots at the first ever World Triathlon Mixed Relay Olympic Qualification Event in Portuguese capital Lisbon to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

available with silver and bronze respectively.The trio will join France, Australia, Britain, New Zealand, Germany

Italy won two of the four team bronze medals on offer on day four of the second Archery World Cup leg in Lausanne, Switzerland today, with France and Russia collecting the others.

the women’s team gold and the Spanish men in their second consecutive title match, this time against Germany

Sweden became the first team to qualify for the playoff stage at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Aberdeen in Scotland as they extended their unbeaten run to seven matches.

Impressive victories over Germany and table-toppers Canada have put @scottishcurling in control of Group

2021That victory took Scotland to a record of six wins and one defeat, following a 7-5 win against Germany

standings.Below these two teams, three more countries have more wins than losses with the Czech Republic, Germany

Federation all sitting with 4-3 records.The Czech Republic beat Spain 7-3 today before their loss to Italy, Germany