Holders United States, hosts Japan and Puerto Rico all made it six wins from six games as pool play continued at the Women's Softball World Championship in Chiba.

American success which ended after five innings.Puerto Rico are level with the US in Group A as they beat New

Zealand 4-1.Mexico sit third after winning two matches today 1-0 - against The Netherlands and New Zealand.Chinese

Great Britain and France are poised for a huge Group B showdown at the Wheelchair Rugby World Championship tomorrow with both sides now on a record of three victories and a defeat.

will also play Ireland with the Danes in action just once.A battle of winless nations in Group A saw New

Zealand beat the Irish 52-42.After the group stage concludes tomorrow, the semi-finals will be held

Canada suffered another surprise defeat on day two of the Wheelchair Rugby World Championship in Sydney.

beat neighbours Sweden in Pool A yesterday and were in action twice today, beating Ireland 56-47 and New

Zealand 55-54.Australia, Japan, France and the United States all have two wins from as many games.Hosts

rolled past the Swedes 71-38 in Pool A as they look to add to their Rio 2016 Paralympic title.Japan beat New

Zealand 56-37 elsewhere in the pool.In Pool B, France came through against Colombia, 50-45, and the

Germany won both the men's and women's senior titles as the Canoe Polo World Championships concluded in Welland in Canada.

The German women reclaimed the title they lost to New Zealand at the last edition in 2016."

We don’t focus on that too much, we've been taking on new, younger players on the team every year, and

On a day when International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach came visiting, France's Louis Giard made a flying start in the men's RS:X windsurfing category at the Sailing World Championships in the Bay of Aarhus.

popular across the globe and to demonstrate the fascination this sport can enjoy - because with this new

much for many in the fleet.On a grand day for France, their sailors in the 49er class overhauled the New

Zealand leaders.Two third places took France's Lucas Rual and Emile Amorol top of the leaderboard, ahead

of the two New Zealand crews in this huge 86-boat class with three fleets.But two powerful crews have

Tidey had a second place and a win to move into second overall.Despite a 13th and a fourth place, New

Defending champions North Korea were defeated 3-1 by England as the FIFA Women's Under-20 World Cup began in France.

registered, with Sandra Owusu-Ansah replying for Ghana.The other game in the group saw The Netherlands beat New

Zealand 2-1.The tournament continues tomorrow.

United States, Puerto Rico and hosts Japan all remained unbeaten on the fourth day of competition at the Women's World Softball Championships.

of The Netherlands at the Akitsu Stadium in Narashino City.This was followed by a later 7-0 win over New

Zealand at the same venue.Puerto Rico also moved on to four wins from four elsewhere in the group, albeit

defending champions Australia began the Wheelchair Rugby World Championship in emphatic style by thrashing New

Zealand 66-36 in Sydney.

Chinese Taipei defeated China 22-13 in today's gold medal match to win the Asia Oceania Korfball Championships title in Saitama.

opponents.Other matches today saw Australia pip Hong Kong 18-17 for the bronze medal.Hosts Japan beat New

Zealand 13-10 to finish fifth.

Britain's Edward Wright moved to the top of the Finn leaderboard today at the Sailing World Championships in Aarhus after two second place finishes.

Mills and Eilidh McIntyre by two and Camille Lecointre and Aloise Retornaz of France by 10.Sam Meech of New

Zealand has dominated the early stages of the laser class after three wins and one second place so far.Finland's

Macau and Indonesia each won playoff ties today at the Asia Oceania Korfball Championships in Saitama.

 The four semi-finallists, together with Japan and New Zealand, have also qualified for next year's

The United States have won their second match of the tournament at the World Baseball Softball Confederation World Softball Championships in Japan today to remain unbeaten in Group A.

unlike Puerto Rico they won neither, losing their second match 2-0 to Mexico.The Netherlands beat New

Zealand in a comparatively high scoring game 10-5.Canada top Group B after winning a tense match against

Hosts Australia will become the first team in wheelchair rugby history to hold two Paralympic gold medals and two world title at the same time if they win the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) World Championships which are due to start in Sydney tomorrow. 

Complex as firm favourites to win once again.The Australians are in Group A alongside Japan, Sweden, New

Zealand, Denmark and Ireland.Japan and Great Britain will each be looking to reach their first World

North Korea are the favourites to retain their title when the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup begins in France tomorrow.

The Koreans, who beat this year’s hosts France in the 2016 final in Papua New Guinea, are one of

Zealand and the Netherlands.France, Ghana and New Zealand were all in the same group in 2016 as well.Haiti

Caribbean nation to feature in the finals ©FIFAThat time out France progressed but neither Ghana nor New

Zealand joined them in the quarter-finals.Paraguay's top scorer in qualifying Jessica Martinez will

Zealand are scheduled to play The Netherlands at Stade de la Rabine in Vannes followed by the hosts

Poland have put themselves in a position to win their first-ever men’s medal at an International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Polo World Championships after scraping through to this weekend’s under-21 finals in Welland in Canada.

France, and they beat Britain 7-2 in their pool match.In the other semi-final, Poland will take on New

undefeated, having notched up a 3-3 draw against Germany and a 4-4 draw against The Netherlands.They beat New

Zealand 6-5 in a pool-match thriller on Wednesday (August 1).There are still several second-round matches