Russia won the first two gold medals at the European Aquatics Championships, although proceedings did not follow the organisers' script and a technical glitch meant the duet technical final had to be postponed until later in the week.

contest.Russia scored 431.80 points and were joined on the podium by runners-up Italy, with 428.00, and Germany

Rio 2016 gold medallists Lithuania are set to  face world champions Brazil in the men’s goalball group stages at Tokyo 2020 after the tournament draw was made today.

line-up.Asian champions China, who are ranked third in the world, were drawn into Pool B.European champions Germany

Organisers have announced the cancellation of the 2021 Burghley Horse Trials in the United Kingdom due to the financial risk of attempting to proceed with the event due to the coronavirus crisis.

United States, the Australian International Three Day event in Australia, the Luhmuhlen Horse Trials in Germany

Coronavirus concerns have forced the International Cricket Council (ICC) to cancel three sub regional Europe qualifiers for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2022.

The ICC has also confirmed Italy, Germany and Denmark as the three teams to progress based on team rankings

the Europe C qualifier.The B qualifier was scheduled for June 30 to July 5 involving hosts Finland, Germany

consultation with both hosts, participating members, the relevant Governments, public health authorities".Germany

Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus beat top seed Ashleigh Barty of Australia in three sets to win the women’s singles title at the Madrid Open.

Barty in a rematch of the final from the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tournament in Stuttgart, Germany

Caja Magica, the men’s singles semi-finals took place with Rafael Nadal’s conqueror Alex Zverev of Germany

UK Sport and the British Olympic Association (BOA) have offered tentative support towards exploring a potential bid for a future Olympic and Paralympic Games but say no talks have been held to date, after Sadiq Khan vowed to establish an exploratory committee after winning a second term as London Mayor.

transparency, while disappointing other contenders for 2032 including North and South Korea, Qatar, Germany

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates says Brisbane 2032 is on the final lap, with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) conducting due diligence ahead of confirming the city as host of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

transparency, while disappointing other contenders for 2032 including North and South Korea, Qatar, Germany

Eve Muirhead's Scotland team have been eliminated from the World Women's Curling Championship after suffering two defeats on the final day of the round-robin stage in Calgary.

Yoshimura's Japan.Silvana Tirinzoni's Switzerland topped the table after an 8-3 win over Daniela Jentsch's Germany

"Neutral" Russian Veronika Chumikova secured an emotional late win by fall to book her Tokyo 2020 place as women's freestyle wrestling took centre stage on the second day of the United World Wrestling (UWW) World Olympic Games qualifier in Sofia in Bulgaria.

Ovcharova in the final, with Ovcharova running out a comfortable 8-0 winner against Luisa Niemesch of Germany

Hosts Russia finished top of the medals table at the International Judo Federation’s Kazan Grand Slam with four golds - with the most emphatic win coming in the concluding men’s over-100 kilograms category from Tamerlan Bashaev.

more active against an opponent who was penalised three times.Bronze medals went to Johannes Frey of Germany

France’s Florian Bouziani triumphed in the men’s C3 time trial on the second day of the International Cycling Union Para-cycling World Cup in Ostend.

podium in the Belgian city.He finished with a cushion of 49 seconds over runner-up Matthias Schindler of Germany

The German Olympic Sports Federation (DOSB) has said it is "amazed" by allegations about the current leadership, after an anonymous email claimed more than a third of staff say there is a "culture of fear" within the organisation.

relationship between volunteers and full-time jobs, management bodies and employees for the DOSB and sport in Germany

President and the entire Presidium volunteer every day with great commitment for the DOSB and sport in Germany

Silvana Tirinzoni's Switzerland and Anna Hasselborg's Sweden confirmed their countries' spots at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics as well as the World Women's Curling Championship playoffs on day seven of competition at the WinSport Arena in Calgary.

5.Olympic champions Sweden secured their spot in the playoffs with a 6-1 win over Daniela Jentsch's Germany

Second seed Daniil Medvedev and fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas both suffered surprise defeats during the third round of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Masters 1000 Madrid Open at the Caja Magica.

Austria won in two close sets 7-6 6-4 against Australia’s Alex de Minaur while fifth seed Alex Zverev of Germany

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has confirmed the four candidates bidding to succeed longstanding head Gian-Franco Kasper as President during its virtual Congress next month.

joined by Erik Roeste (Norway), Peter Schroecksnadel (Austria), Enzo Smrekar (Slovenia), Franz Steinle (Germany