Egypt and France both claimed comfortable victories as men's action began at the International Federation for Intellectual Impairment Sport (Inas) World Basketball Championships in Italy.

France, runners-up at the 2015 edition of the event, beat Poland 69-24 in their opening group one encounter

dispatched their Portuguese opponents, who won the 2013 tournament and clinched bronze in 2015, 100-16.Poland

among the victors on the opening day of the Under-23 World Wrestling Championships at Bydgoszcz in Poland

competition when the inaugural Under-23 World Wrestling Championships begins tomorrow at Bydgoszcz in Poland

Men’s and women’s teams from Australia, Egypt, France, Japan, Poland and Portugal have arrived in Loano

 “We do not know how the other teams will be, but we know from their past that Poland and Australia

Bulgarian sixth seed Grigor Dimitrov became the first man for 19 years to win the ATP Finals on his debut appearance with victory over Belgian David Goffin.

nbsp;the second seeds, retained their doubles title with a 6-4 6-2 win over top seeds Lukasz Kubot of Poland

Junshiro Kobayashi claimed his maiden International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup victory as the men’s season began in Wisla.

The Japanese jumper was impressive in the two rounds of competition in Poland, opening with a jump of

Three members of the Nigerian women's bobsleigh team have joined Team Visa prior to Pyeongchang 2018 and are hoping to be the first African representatives to qualify for the Winter Olympics.

encouragement from Visa had been "a dream come true".Team Visa is also sponsoring athletes from Canada, Poland

left off as the International Ski Federation Men's Ski Jumping World Cup season opened in Wisla in Poland

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has awarded its 2019 World Senior Championships to Katowice in Poland

competition from Kolding in Denmark, while Prague was the only bidder for the junior event.The event in Poland

Al Ain will stage a World Shooting Para Sport World Cup competition for the third straight season, it has been confirmed.

weekend in Bangkok, with the event in Thailand’s capital coming after competitions in Croatia, Italy and Poland

Sweden and Russia will hope to defend their men’s and women’s European Curling Championships titles when competition begins in St Gallen tomorrow.

Hungary, Israel, Latvia and Spain contesting Group A.The Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Lithuania, Poland

the women’s A-Division.Belarus, England, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland

FIFA have confirmed the seeding pots for the Russia 2018 World Cup draw after Peru became the final nation to book their place in the showpiece event.

will be joined by current holders Germany in Pot 1, alongside Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, Belgium, Poland

Andreas Wank and Andreas Wellinger are among the star names included in Germany’s team for the forthcoming International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup season.

Cup of the season is due to take place in Wisla on November 18 and 19, with action then heading from Poland

Russian success continued at the International Powerlifting Federation Open World Championships as Anna Ryzhkova earned gold in Pilsen.

Sitdikova completed the podium places with totals of 472.5kg and 440kg respectively.Jaroslaw Olech of Poland

Britain secured team pursuit gold for the second successive day as they concluded their home International Cycling Union Track Cycling World Cup in impressive fashion in Manchester.

Minsk, where action will be held from January 19 to 21, 2018.The series began last week in Pruszków, Poland