Germany's Bettina Hoy finished the first day of the International Equestrian Federation European Eventing Championships on top of the leaderboard after the opening dressage action.

 Cross-country in Poland will be held on Saturday (August 19) before show jumping concludes the

Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst lived up to their favourites tag with a strong opening victory at the Beach Volleyball European Championships Final on a day of German success in Jurmala.

21-13, 21-17 over Austria's Lena Plesiutschnig and Teresa Strauss.Piotr Kantor and Bartosz Losiak of Poland

Jarmo Tolvanen has been appointed as the new head coach of the Hungarian men's ice hockey team.

winning the Hungarian title during the 2009-2010 season.The first match for Tolvanen will be a clash with Poland

where promotion to the elite World Championship will again be at stake.Slovenia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland

Caster Semenya underlined her status as one of the most dominant two-lap runners in history by matching her Olympic gold medal here on the final night of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships.

two bronzes.France's earned two bronzes as well as three golds to sit fourth, with China, Ethiopia, Poland

race before retirement.Home relay success continued as Britain the took silver medal in 2:25.00 as Poland

Ukraine's Yulia Tkach and Odunayo Adekuoroye of Nigeria have both climbed to the top of their respective weight categories in the latest United World Wrestling women’s rankings for August.

Kolov events in the spring and has added bronze medals from the European Championships as well as the Poland

Defending champions Russia have been placed into Group A of the World Mixed Curling Championship, which will take place in Champéry in October.

they face Finland in the opening match.Andorra, Australia, Canada, England, Germany, The Netherlands, Poland

Wayde van Niekerk achieved the first step in a tilt towards a sprinting double today with 400 metres victory at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships here on a night France's Pierre-Ambroise Bosse claimed a surprise 800m win.

Adam Kszczot of Poland produced his usual fast-finishing burst to place second, in 1:44.95, as Bett hung

can encourage future generations to participate in the sport, following his attendance at the Tour of Poland

a UCI vice-president and President of the European Cycling Union (UEC).After attending the Tour of Poland

along the race route ahead of the elite competitors, with more than 2,500 participants.A Mini Tour of Poland

for children also took place with over 2,300 taking part.Cookson praised Tour of Poland organisers and

This event underlines how much passion there is for cycling in Poland and I have been delighted to see

how much the Tour de Poland inspires young people, as we saw on the Mini Tour," Cookson said."

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Anita Włodarczyk of Poland threw 77.90 metres to successfully defend her women's hammer throw crown ©

Omar McLeod and Faith Kipyegon each converted Olympic into International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championship success today after perfectly paced efforts in their respective 110 metres hurdles and 1500m finals.

as their double gold.Ethiopia sit third on one gold and two silver medals.South Africa, Venezuela, Poland

Brazilian pair Evandro Goncalves and Andre Loyola spoiled the raucous Austrian party as they beat Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst to clinch the men's Beach Volleyball World Championships title here today.

The last time we played in Poland we did not do well but I knew when we got here that this was a new

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has pledged not to abandon attempts to introduce lifetime bans for convicted doping cheats following Justin Gatlin's World Championships 100 metres victory here last night. 

A next change is likely to be discussed in 2019 at the World Conference on Doping in Sport in Poland.

Slovenian towns of Celje and Lasko have been announced as hosts of the 2018 World Para Table Tennis Championships.

to win a fourth world title next year ©Getty ImagesFour-time Paralympic champion Natalia Partyka of Poland

Athletes from United States, Germany, Denmark and South Africa each impressed in winning single sculls quarter-finals today at the World Rowing Junior Championships on Lake Galvė in Lithuanian city Trakai.

Germany produced the quickest time of the day to win heat two in 7min 06.950sec.Fabian Baranski of Poland

Belgium’s Dylan Teuns clinched the overall victory at the Tour of Poland today as The Netherlands’ Wout

4, 2017Orica-Scott’s Adam Yates of Great Britain came second, while Bora–Hansgrohe’s Rafal Majka of Poland