The International University Sports Federation (FISU) is bringing back its "#MascotMonday" campaign on social media - this time pitting the mascots of individual universities against one another.

the ram from New Zealand's Lincoln University and Berti the lion from the University of Wuppertal in Germany

Britain's Dan Evans stunned world number one Novak Djokovic to claim the biggest win of his career and reach the quarter-finals of the Monte-Carlo Masters.

30-year-old will next face Belgium's 11th seed David Goffin, who beat fifth seed Alexander Zverev of Germany

Rwanda - June 2022Sport can be used as a way to mend broken bridges and in Rwanda they certainly hope that is true.

cycling and swimming.It will only be the fourth Games for Rwanda, a country which was a colony of both Germany

Canada's latest selection camp for their home International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship is underway in Halifax, one of two host cities for the event.

Finland, Russia and Switzerland are set to contest Group A at the event, with Group B comprising Japan, Germany

North Korea’s withdrawal from the upcoming Olympics has echoes of the 1964 Games in Tokyo although the reasons behind it are very different.

The IOC had already been confronted by the two Chinas, and East and West Germany.

Olympic recognition.Chancellor Otto Mayer had responded by "calling attention to the arrangements made in Germany

Former Olympic champion Andrus Veerpalu has been banned from International Ski Federation (FIS)-sanctioned events for two years after being found guilty of involvement in the "Operation Aderlass" blood-doping conspiracy.

substances to athletes.It was one of the first major cases since anti-doping legislation was introduced in Germany

With qualifying for this year's re-arranged Olympic Games in Tokyo, or sharpening up for them, very much in mind, a field of almost 200 pentathletes from 41 nations is ready to go again tomorrow in the second of the back-to-back International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup events in Sofia.

2017 world champion, Gulnaz Gubaydullina of Russia, and 2018 world silver medallist Annika Schleu of Germany

favourites along with team-mates Jihun Lee and Jinhwa Jung, who are also rivals in Tokyo 2020 terms, while Germany

The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has been given the all-clear by the country’s Government to allow fans to attend matches at this year’s European Championship.

Irish capital Dublin, Bilbao in Spain and Munich in Germany have yet to provide assurances to UEFA over

The entire 2021-2022 Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup season is set to be staged in Europe after the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) revealed its provisional calendar.

confirmed.Innsbruck in Austria is set to host the second leg from November 22 to 28 before the World Cup moves to Germany

Cup is then due to be held in Latvian town Sigulda from December 27 to January 2 before returning to Germany

Innsbruck and Turin have been chosen to join Madrid as co-hosts for this year’s Davis Cup and will each stage two groups and a quarter-final.

Sweden.Innsbruck will host Group C, comprising France, Great Britain and the Czech Republic, while Serbia, Germany

German Taekwondo Union (DTU) sports director Holger Wunderlich has said he is impressed by the setup and facilities following a visit to the elite school of sport that has been established at the Gymnasium am Rotenbühl in Saarbrücken.

Another high-performance location for competitive taekwondo sport is developing here in Germany.”Holger

Varied guidance for the climbing community during the COVID-19 pandemic has been provided in a recent online meeting held by the International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation (UIAA).

are open in Belgium.No foreign mountaineers are expected in the Himalayas this season ©Getty ImagesIn Germany

India beat Argentina 3-0 in the Hockey Pro League in Buenos Aires to pile on the misery for the men's Olympic champions.

while Los Leones have endured an underwhelming month which began with back-to-back home defeats against Germany

Ekkehard Fasser, a member of the Swiss four-man bobsleigh team that won the gold medal at the Calgary 1988 Olympic Games, has died at the age of 68 after a serious illness.

contention.They sealed gold with a strong final effort to finish in a time of 3min 47.51sec ahead of East Germany

World boxing champion Beatriz Ferreira has been announced as the latest ambassador for the upcoming International Boxing Association (AIBA) Youth World Boxing Championships in Poland.

South American Games gold medallist.Ferreira won the gold medal at the Cologne Boxing World Cup in Germany