Italy, Poland and Russia all won gold medals on the opening day of the World University Speed Skating

 They beat Aleksandra Kapruziak, Kaja Ziomek and Andzelika Wojcik of Poland by just two hundredths

Norway's Johann Andre Forfang topped qualification at the Ski Jumping World Cup season finale in Planica.

 Dawid Kubacki of Poland was third on 227.7.Poland's Kamil Stoch, the three-time Olympic gold medallist

Snow volleyball, which was played as an exhibition at last month's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, reaches another milestone tomorrow with its inaugural European Championships in Austria.

Janiak after earning enough points from the European Tour to make the cut.Apart from Russia and Austria, Poland

Athletes on the International Ski Jumping World Cup circuit will compete for the last time this season at the final events of the campaign in Oberstdorf and Planica this weekend.

arduous season, which also included last month's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.Kamil Stoch of Poland

Norway’s Håvard Holmefjord Lorentzen was crowned the overall men’s International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup champion after the final event of the season in Minsk.

Henrik Rukke and Lorentzen combine to good effect to win the men’s team sprint 1:20.89 and followed by Poland

FIFA has endorsed its financial report for 2017 which it says reveals the organisation is $300 million (£215 million/€244 million) over budget.

in Bogota.Two youth tournaments in 2019 were also awarded, with the FIFA Under-20 World Cup given to Poland

The three winter representatives on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes' Council have been chosen following elections held here at Pyeongchang 2018 with French Alpine skier Marie Bochet joined by Nordic skiers Rudolf Klemetti of Finland and Birgit Røkkum Skarstein of Norway.

of Hungary and Claudia Lösch of Austria.Nordic skiers Yuanyuan Peng of China and Witold Skupień of Poland

Israel has hosted a sambo tournament in memory of team member Alex Nerush, a prominent young chemist and a national judo champion.

Canada, Cyprus, Estonia, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, The Netherlands, Poland

Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur is due to host the International University Sports Federation (FISU) Shooting Sport Championship beginning tomorrow.

since a first one in Pilsen in Czech Republic in 2003.The last Championships was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland

The German Football Association (DFB) have appointed Burson-Marsteller Sport to provide international strategy and communication services for their bid for the 2024 UEFA European Championships.

unsuccessful bids to stage the finals in 2008, 2012 and 2016 - losing out to Austria and Switzerland, Poland

Poland’s Kamil Stoch topped the qualification standings at the International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup in Lillehammer.

and fifth position.They ended with scores of 135.7 and 133.9 points, respectively.Dawid Kubacki gave Poland

The latest tranche of events to be awarded by the European Canoe Association has named Ivrea in Italy as hosts of the 2021 Canoe Slalom European Championships.

same year, the Canoe Sprint Juniors and Under-23 European Championships will take place in Poznan in Poland

Simon Yates claimed the outright lead following a solo attack late on the seventh stage of Paris-Nice in La Colmiane,

 His Team Sky team-mate Michal Kwiatkowski of Poland lies just one second behind Caruso, with The

Olympic champion Kamil Stoch of Poland led qualification for tomorrow's large hill ski jumping final

Hosts South Korea's team for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games has been officially welcomed at the Athletes' Village today.

City 2002 and Vancouver 2010.Other countries having a welcome ceremony today were Slovakia, Greece, Poland