Italian biathlete Nicole Gontier, who twice won a relay bronze medal at the Biathlon World Championships, has announced her retirement at the age of 29.

races on the circuit, making the individual podium once with a bronze medal in the sprint in Oberhof in Germany

The distinctive bright pink pages have become familiar across the world and since it first appeared in news kiosks 125 years ago this week, Gazzetta dello Sport has become an institution.

mark was superseded a week later when the edition reporting Italy’s World Cup final victory over West Germany

Mexico won the Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship (CMOQ) after the hosts beat Honduras on penalties in Guadalajara.

Honduras, who will compete in a fourth consecutive men’s Olympic football tournament, join Japan, France, Germany

The game schedule has been released for the 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship, scheduled to be held in Nova Scotia in Canada from May 6 to 16.

seeds, will take place at the Rath Eastlink Community Centre in Truro.The opening Group B games see Germany

The top seeds in the singles draws continued their progress at the Dubai Para Badminton International, although David Toupe of France was made to battle hard to win his latest Group A match in the WH1 wheelchair category.

Abdul Latheef Mohamed of the Maldives in Group A.In the WH2 category top seed Rick Cornell Hellmann of Germany

Organisers of this year’s International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship in Edmonton believe the tournament’s global exposure reached new heights despite the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic.

are said to have watched the Championship ©Hockey CanadaThe quarter-final clash between Russia and Germany

Teams from Germany and Sweden registered five and two COVID-19 cases, respectively, shortly before competition

Hasan Akkus is the new President of the European Weightlifting Federation (EWF) after winning today's election ahead of his lone rival, Antonio Conflitti of Moldova.

President of the organisation ©EWFThere are new faces among the three vice-presidents - Patrick Fassott of Germany

German voices have been among the loudest in the cyclical debate over whether the so-called smaller European nations should have to pre-qualify for FIFA World Cup qualification.

Cup dream.Another argument has been that the likes of Gibraltar, San Marino and Liechtenstein playing Germany

Euro 2016, were ranked in the 130s in 2012.North Macedonia, whose victory over former world champions Germany

World Lacrosse has pledged its support to the documentary Sleeping Warrior, which follows the story of the sport's first women's African team to compete in a World Championship.

first-ever victory at a World Championship with a 17-1 win over Jamaica.They suffered a narrow loss to Germany

Seoul has submitted a joint Korean bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, despite the Games appearing destined for Brisbane.

a lack of transparency, while disappointing other contenders for 2032 including the Koreas, Qatar, Germany

Chuck Daly, the head coach of the United States men's basketball team at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics, has been posthumously inducted into the 2021 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Hall of Fame.

with Olympic and world champion Sergey Tarakanov of Russia, three-time NBA All-Star Detlef Schrempf of Germany

Fame is Serbia's Svetislav Pešić, regarded as one of the best national team coaches ever.He took hosts Germany

Two-time World Championships medallist Maayan Davidovich of Israel has been appointed President of a new International Federation governing the sailing discipline of wing foil.

Stand Up Paddle Association chairman Phil Mandeau has been appointed vice-chairman.Gunnar Biniasch of Germany

USA Hockey has named its squad for this year's rearranged International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship after reaching a contract extension agreement with players.

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

A tour of Germany's women's football team to the United States has been postponed for the second year running because of the coronavrius crisis.

We on the sporting side were involved in making the decision not to travel to the USA," said Germany

Germany won the gold medal at Rio 2016, but failed to qualify for Tokyo 2020 ©Getty ImagesThe fixtures

the US will be seeking to add Olympic gold to the FIFA World Cup title they won in 2019.The US and Germany

last five World Cups between them.The Americans won the SheBelieves Cup in Florida last month, while Germany

UEFA is set to discuss lifting the maximum spectator limit of 30 per cent capacity at this year's postponed European Championship when it holds its latest Executive Committee meeting tomorrow.

have said they could house 50 per cent of their respective capacities.Under current plans Munich in Germany