Increased viewing figures have been announced for this year's World Snooker Championships.

with a total reach of more than 6.9 million.Increased figures were reported in countries including Poland

Two-time Olympic champion Lisa Carrington and team-mate Aimee Fisher secured a hat-trick of gold medals together on a superb day at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Sprint World Cup in Montemor-o-Velho in Portugal.

Janic of Slovenia placed second in 40.279, just 0.014 behind the winner, as Marta Walczykiewicz of Poland

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has assigned hosts for 27 tournaments on its 2018 World Championship programme.

competition, for which the proposed dates are April 22 to 28, by Great Britain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland

United States ensured Brazilian pairs did not have it all their own way with a day of superb performances in rainy conditions at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro.

United States ©FIVBCerutti and Schmidt won 21-11, 21-18 over Kacper Kujawiak and Mariusz Prudel of Poland

Colombia's Fernando Gaviria secured a superb fourth stage win on his Giro d'Italia debut after further sprint success in Tortona.

sixth stage today.New Zealand's George Bennett, who began the day four seconds behind Rafal Majka of Poland

Colombia’s Fernando Gaviria earned his third stage victory at the Giro d’Italia as the Quick-Step Floors rider emerged as the winner of the bunch sprint in Reggio Emilia.

Baldy.Race leader Rafal Majka of Poland ended on the same time in second, finishing two seconds clear

Katowice in Poland will host the 2019 World Conference on Doping in Sport, it was announced here today

Austria’s Robin Seidl and Alexander Huber made a successful return to Rio de Janeiro today as the 2016 Olympic Games’ ninth-place finishers registered qualifying wins with different partners to advance to tomorrow’s main draw at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event.

Glenzke and Julia Grossner of Germany and fifth-seeded Jagoda Gruszczynska and Kinga Kolosinska of Poland

Bulgaria's Denislav Kodjabashev managed to gain revenge for his exit at the quarter-finals of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games on the opening day of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Para Team World Championships in Bratislava today.

 Patryk Chojnowski and Igor Misztal teamed up for Poland to beat the Italian combination of Mohamed

World Shooting Para Sport have announced that an additional World Cup will be held this season in Osijek in Croatia.

Lonato in Italy on September 15 and 16.A World Shooting Para Sport Grand Prix took place in Szczecin in Poland

Russia, the creation of an Independent Testing Authority and the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) governance reform process are set to be key items on the agenda when the organisation's ruling Foundation Board meets here on Thursday (May 18).

asked to select a host for the 2019 World Conference on Doping in Sport.Muscat in Oman, Katowice in Poland

The Polish Ski Association has announced that it is in talks to change its Nordic combined head coach.

Democratic. Progressive. Transparent. During the FIFA Congress held last week in Bahrain, football's world governing body amply demonstrated that it is none of these things. Meanwhile its President, Gianni Infantino, is demonstrating with uncomfortable frequency the tell-tale signs of an autocrat. 

qualification for the 2012 Olympics in London.The following year they excelled at the World Championships in Poland

Noah Lyles of the United States and Kenyan Kipyegon Bett produced the headline performances at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League event in Shanghai as the teenagers claimed victories today.

19, who won 100 and 4x100 metre gold at last year’s IAAF World Under-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland

A record 39 nations are set to compete at the 2017 Para World Sailing Championships, due to take place in Kiel in Germany from between June 19 and 25.

clinics were held earlier this year in Argentina and Hong Kong with further events also scheduled in Poland