Germany’s Francesco Friedrich earned his 50th victory in the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup as he maintained his unbeaten record this season in the four-man bobsleigh at the home venue of Königssee.

Germany also dominated the later two-woman event, with gold going to Kim Kalicki and Ann-Christin Strack

Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger recorded her second consecutive Luge World Cup victory to move a step closer to sealing the overall title in Innsbruck.

In contrast to the EBERSPÄCHER World Cup the winners were Julia Taubitz (Germany), Semen Pavlichenko

Dayana Yastremska will remain in quarantine in Melbourne with no possibility of playing in the Australian Open after her appeal against a provisional suspension was rejected by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

quarantine include former Australian Open champions, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Angelique Kerber of Germany

Organisers of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship in Edmonton have said the expulsion of a team official for non-compliance with COVID safety protocols was "key" to the eventual success of the event.

bio-secure bubble in Edmonton to allow competition to be staged during the COVID-19 pandemic.Teams from Germany

Hungary, Spain and Denmark have all reached the quarter-finals of the World Men’s Handball Championship in Egypt, and Argentina are in prime position to join them.

see them through to the quarter-finals and the group's other four teams have been eliminated - even Germany

Arthur Bauchet, Anna-Lena Forster, Giacomo Bertagnolli and Veronika Aigner all earned fourth consecutive victories on the final day of the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup in Veysonnaz.

champion Henrieta Farkasova of Slovakia and last season’s overall crystal globe winner Noemi Ristau of Germany

Norway won their first team event of the men's International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup season, with individual leader Halvor Egner Granerud top of the podium once again.

first-round jump, which scored 131.2, was also pivotal in keeping Poland ahead of bronze medallists Germany

Norwegian duo Jørgen Graabak and Jarl Magnus Riiber stormed from behind to win the men’s team sprint at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined World Cup in Finnish city Lahti.

kilometre sprint as they won in a combined time of 28min 25.1sec.Fabian Rießle and Vinzenz Geiger of Germany

Japanese duo finished in a time of 28:23.7 to clinch third spot ahead of Eric Frenzel and Terence Weber of Germany

Hats off to the tactical racing of Team Norway and Teams Germany and Japan for the big fight they put

outside the top five.Norway, with 1,673 points, are now second in the Nations Cup standings.Leaders Germany

German star Felix Loch secured the overall men's Luge World Cup title in style as he claimed his ninth win of the season in Innsbruck.

than Russian Semen Pavlichenko, who was forced to settle for silver in 1:39.777.Johannes Ludwig of Germany

France's Julia Simon won today's women's 12.5-kilometre mass start in a thrilling finish with Sweden's Hanna Öberg at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Biathlon World Cup in Antholz-Anterselva in Italy.

pic.twitter.com/wVqAgJNZIh— IBU World Cup (@IBU_WC) January 23, 2021Hauser held off Franziska Preuß of Germany

two, but a difficult anchor leg dropped them 50 seconds behind the front.The Russians did hold off Germany

to take third place, with Germany fourth, Italy fifth and Austria sixth.The World Cup action concludes

with victory at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup in Königssee in Germany

skeleton pic.twitter.com/34GvypnQlI— IBSF (@IBSFsliding) January 22, 2021World champion Tina Hermann of Germany

Canada and The Netherlands started International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup in Heerenveen with gold medals in the women's and men's team pursuit respectively.

Marit Fjellanger Bøhm and Ragne Wiklund finished third ahead of Russia.Poland were fifth, with Belarus, Germany

Double Olympic singles champion Felix Loch of Germany is set to be crowned as the men's overall Luge

The first day of the 2021 International Skating Union European Short Track Speed Skating Championships saw most - but not all - of the favourites progress in Gdańsk in Poland.

3,000m relay, Russia, The Netherlands and France won their quarter-finals to progress alongside Poland, Germany

Russia, Italy and Hungary won their heats and will be joined in next stage by France, The Netherlands, Germany

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Athletes' Commission is set to hold its first-ever elections later this month.

beach volleyball candidates are Louise Bawden of Australia, Joshua Binstock of Canada, Julius Brink of Germany