Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud has won his 11th International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup event of the season and is now close to clinching the 2020-2021 season title following a win in Zakopane in Poland.

his closest challengers yet again lost significant ground.His nearest rival, Markus Eisenbichler of Germany

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness is among the officials to have paid tribute to Olympic gold medallist Leslie Laing, who has died at the age of 95.

world record time of 3min 3.9sec in the final.The Jamaican team narrowly beat the United States, with Germany

Silver medallists at the Rio 2016 Olympics Croatia started their men's water polo qualification for Tokyo 2020 with a win in Rotterdam in The Netherlands.

A.Hosts The Netherlands were also looking comfortable in their match, but a late surge from opponents Germany

triumph.Five more preliminary round matches are scheduled for tomorrow, with Romania facing Russia, Germany

Lithuania has become the latest nation to begin vaccinating athletes against COVID-19 ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

their Olympic and Paralympic delegations, however.Other National Olympic Committees, including those in Germany

Kaillie Humphries was crowned as the first women’s monobob world champion on the final day of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Championships in Altenberg.

ending 0.79 behind the winners.Johannes Lochner, Florian Bauer, Christopher Weber and Christian Rasp of Germany

Norway clinched back-to-back cross-country relay titles as they extended their lead at the top of the medals table at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Vuokatti.

45.3sec.While Norway ran out comfortable winners, the fight for the remaining podium spots was intense with Germany

The last three nations who will compete in the men's water polo tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are due to be decided at the final qualifier in Rotterdam.

qualified via the 2020 European Championship.These nations are Montenegro, Croatia, Greece, Russia, Germany

, Montenegro and Greece have been drawn in Group A, while Croatia, The Netherlands, France, Russia, Germany

Kimia Alizadeh has received refugee status in Germany, allowing the taekwondo player to compete in the

Immediately after their arrival in Germany there was a personal meeting with members of the DTU Presidium

We, as the only recognised top association for Olympic taekwondo in Germany, have been committed to ensuring

that Kimia can stay in Germany and actively support you in finding a suitable sporting environment here

Mehdipournejad and Amir Hosseini, there are now three taekwondo athletes with refugee status who train in Germany

The Yonex German Open, which had been the next-but-one tournament on the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour calendar, has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

already been postponed.Coronavirus restriction have also led to snowboard and gymnastics events in Germany

Men’s top seed Novak Djokovic battled through to the fourth round of the Australian Open in five sets despite being hampered by a suspected muscle tear.

the eighth seed, in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.Elsewhere in the men’s draw sixth seed Alex Zverev of Germany

Russia's Alexander Terentev won the men's under-23 sprint events at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Vuokatti.

 Lisa Lohmann of Germany was upgraded to gold for her time of 2:38.07, with Russia's Hristina Matsokina

Paralympics New Zealand (PNZ) has marked its 11th community event as part of The Celebration Project, where the nation's 209 Paralympians since Tel Aviv 1968 are officially recognised and celebrated.

in Whangarei, Hamilton, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Queenstown, Wellington and Bonn in Germany

Alexander Tretiakov could be poised to be one of the first athletes from Russia to win a World Championship title under their neutral status, with the Sochi 2014 Olympic champion leading the men’s skeleton event in Altenberg.

junior world champion Felix Keisinger of Germany.Defending world champion Christopher Grotheer, also of Germany

Next year’s European Championships in Munich will be the highlight of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the 1972 Olympic Games, the city’s Lord Mayor Dieter Reiter has declared.

“This is not only the chance to present Germany as a sport-loving and hospitable country, but hopefully

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has announced additional spots for nations at the this year's re-arranged Olympic Games in Tokyo in the all-around event, following the cancellation of All-Around World Cup events.

Stages in Stuttgart in Germany and Birmingham in the United Kingdom were officially called off due to