The eight teams who will contest the quarter-finals at the International Ice Hockey Federation Under-18 World Championship have been confirmed after the fourth day of group stage action in Texas.

Latvia have been eliminated and cannot reach the playoffs.Matvei Michkov scored four as Russia thrashed Germany

Russia enjoyed a good day on the opening day of the European Championships in Trampoline, Tumbling and Double Mini Trampoline as their athletes impressed in senior qualification and the country claimed junior girls trampoline gold.

and Veronika Shmeleva claimed gold with a score of 161.455.Silver went to Belarus with 156.555 while Germany

Daniil Pshanko who scored 173.090.Portugal took the silver medal with 162.440 while bronze went to Germany

Men's world number one Novak Djokovic will not defend his Madrid Open title after deciding against travelling to the Spanish capital for the Association of Tennis Professionals Masters 1000 event.

start.Fresh from capturing her third title of the season at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart in Germany

victorious, winning 2-6 6-3 7-6 (7-5) in a thrilling encounter.Former world number one Angelique Kerber of Germany

Competition is set to begin tomorrow at the World Women’s Curling Championships in Alberta after approval was granted by medical officials amid a COVID-19 scare.

official pre-competition practice today.The World Curling Federation say remaining team members from Germany

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has held the first coordination meetings with Trondheim and Saalbach, the hosts of the 2025 Alpine and Nordic World Ski Championships respectively.

votes, with the two remaining candidates, Crans-Montana in Switzerland and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) expects at least 60 per cent of athletes to be fully vaccinated prior to the postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

All competitors from countries including Brazil, China and Germany are set to have been given the COVID

International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Europe has announced the new dates for this year’s rescheduled Men's Under-23 European Championship.

Claudio Di Renzo@FIPIC pic.twitter.com/4uXUV83xAb— IWBF Europe (@IWBFEurope) April 23, 2021Turkey, Germany

Canada produced a powerful opening flourish at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Under-18 World Championship in Texas as they hammered the defending champions, Sweden, 12-1.

whom they led 5-1 in the second period, the hosts returned to business as usual with a 5-3 win over Germany

The announcement that an excerpt of Piano Concerto No. 1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky has been accepted for use at medal ceremonies for Russian athletes in Tokyo will cause eyebrows to be raised for a number of reasons.

When East and West Germany competed under a united flag in the 1950s and 1960s, an extract of the Ode

Danish eighth seeds Daniel Lundgaard and Mathias Thyrri were the biggest names to be knocked out on day one of the European Badminton Championships in Kyiv, losing to England's Matthew Clare and Max Flynn.

Anastasiya Cherniavskaya and Alesia Zaitsava of Belarus.Eighth seeds Linda Efler and Isabel Herttrich of Germany

Organisers of the the rearranged Olympic Games in Tokyo have announced the schedule for football tournament following the draw conducted by FIFA last week.

are set to play South Korea in Group B, later followed by Honduras against Romania.Brazil defeated Germany

action against Saudi Arabia at 5.30pm at the International Stadium Yokohama.Brazil are set to play Germany

Russia produced the headline performance in the first round of matches at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Under-18 World Championship in Texas as they came back from 5-1 to beat the hosts 7-6 in overtime.

for an overtime loss.The table is topped by the Czech Republic, who registered a 3-1 opening win over Germany

are due to see Sweden meeting Canada and Switzerland playing Belarus in Group A, while the US play Germany

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates has paid tribute to Rome 1960 Olympic gold medallist John Konrads, who has died at the age of 78.

Janis and Elza, grandmother, and sisters Eve and Ilsa in August 1944.The family initially moved to Germany

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pledged that the Federal Government will cover half the costs for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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

Marco Scolaris has been re-elected unopposed as President of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC).

Paralympics ©IFSCElections for the IFSC Executive Board were also held, with new members Wolfgang Wabel of Germany