Austria’s Stefan Kraft has claimed his seventh victory of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup season in Planica in Slovenia, moving him to the brink of winning the overall title.

Kraft’s triumph means he now has an 86-point advantage over nearest challenger Kamil Stoch of Poland

Belgium's Tom Boonen will chase a sixth victory in what should be his final time competing at the Record Bank E3 Harelbeke race before his retirement.

editions of the one day classic.Neither of the two winners over the last two years - Michal Kwiatkowski of Poland

Japanese wrestlers hold leading positions in five of the eight women's freestyle weight categories in latest rankings published by United World Wrestling (UWW).

of Kazakshstan.The trio also won gold, silver and bronze respectively at Rio 2016.Monica Michalik of Poland

Athletes from 22 different countries are set to take part at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup as the series heads to the Egyptian capital of Cairo.

Germany, Britain, Hungary, Guatemala, India, Italy, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland

Top women's qualifying seed Elise Mertens has been eliminated from the Miami Open after losing an all-Belgian encounter with Alison Van Uytvanck on the opening day of action.

unranked Francoise Abanda of Canada.The lone seed in the top three to win was number two Magda Linette of Poland

Ireland defeated France in a tense shoot-out to win the Hockey World League (HWL) Round Two competition in Belfast today.

minutes before Ben Cosgrove sealed the win with a fourth on 55 minutes.Elsewhere, Austria defeated Poland

Ireland and France edged closer to the 2018 Hockey World Cup after making the final of a qualifying competition for the sport’s showpiece event.

line-ups for the remaining play-offs for fifth and seventh places were also decided today.Austria and Poland

Double Olympic gold medallist Kamil Stoch of Poland topped the qualification standings at the International

The semi-final line-up for the second men’s Hockey World League Round Two event in Belfast was completed today.

have also made the last four ©FIHIreland cruised through to the final four with a 5-1 success against Poland

Ireland defeated Italy 1-0 to secure their place as winners of Pool A at the second Hockey World League Round Two event in Belfast.

place having also defeated both Ukraine and Austria earlier in the competition.The Irish will now face Poland

win.France overcame Wales 1-0 today ©FIHIn the other match in Pool B today, Scotland claimed a 2-1 win over Poland

Austria won the men's large hill team competition at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup in Oslo today.

Eisenbichler was part of the silver medal winning German side ©Getty ImagesThe bronze medal was won by Poland

Brazil’s Stefannie Arissa Koyama had an International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Slam debut to remember today as she won gold in the women’s under-48 kilogram category.

57kg category, winning with a waza-ari from an uchi-mata with 45 minutes remaining.Julia Kowalczyk of Poland

Austria's Daniela Iraschko-Stolz has withdrawn from this weekend's International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup Final in Oslo due to injury.

Vikersund - before a final is due to take place in Planica in Slovenia from March 24 to 26.Kamil Stock of Poland

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed that the Polish Government has donated a further $50,000 (£40,800/€47,100) which will be put towards intelligence gathering and investigations.

WADA is grateful to Poland for having responded to the agency's November 2015 call to Governments of

Poland is pleased to respond to WADA's call for additional funding," said Witold Bańka, the Polish Minister

Poland acknowledges WADA's efforts on the investigative front over the last two years."

Via this contribution, Poland is encouraging the agency to carry out additional intelligence gathering

David Lappartient has been re-elected as President of the European Cycling Union (UEC).

Brussels.Sahib Alakbarov of Azerbaijan, Henrik Jess Jensen of Denmark, Martin Wolf of Germany, Agata Lang of Poland