Tokyo has reached 10,000 coronavirus cases in a month for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, raising fresh question marks over the staging of next summer’s delayed Olympic and Paralympic Games.

England - including London - into tier four, the highest level of restrictions.Italy, The Netherlands and Germany

Three-time PDC Darts world champion and current world number one Michael Van Gerwen reached the third round of this year's tournament after a comfortable four-set win on day five at Alexandra Palace in London.

Huybrechts comprehensively defeated China's Di Zhuang 3-0.In other evening first round action Nico Kurz of Germany

Norway’s Halvor Egner Granerud extended his International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup winning streak with victory in Swiss resort Engelberg.

Piotr Zyla came fifth ahead of Andrzej Stekala in seventh and Dawid Kubacki in ninth.Pius Paschke of Germany

Olympic champion Francesco Friedrich extended his overall two-man bobsleigh lead with his sixth International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation victory of the season in Innsbruck.

, 0.68 clear of Latvia's Oskars Kibermanis and Matiss Miknis.Johannes Lochner and Christian Rasp of Germany

record of 44 set by Germany's André Lange.Defending overall two-woman champion Stephanie Schneider of Germany

Johannes Lochner in Innsbruck last weekend.Defending overall two-woman champion Stephanie Schneider of Germany

Isola della Scala in the Italian province of Verona has been awarded the hosting rights for the 2022 International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Endurance World Championship.

is expected to make a decision in March.The dressage event was due to be held in Donaueschingen in Germany

Germany's Julia Taubitz won her third International Luge Federation (FIL) Luge World Cup race of the season in the women's singles, in the first of two races in Winterberg.

year.Madeleine Egle of Austria and Italy's Andrea Vötter completed the top five, while Dajana Eitberger of Germany

Yukiya Sato topped the qualifying round of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup in Engelberg. 

24-year-old leads the World Cup standings with 400 points.He is followed by Markus Eisenbichler of Germany

Federation (FIL) World Cup season, and will look to add fifth and sixth victories in Winterberg in Germany

with the likes of Italy's Dominik Fischnaller and Latvia's Kristers Aparjods.Natalie Geisenberger of Germany

Koller in Oberhof and both teams will start as favourites in the doubles.Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt of Germany

Defending overall champion Martins Dukurs continued his unbeaten start to the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Cup season by recording his fourth men's skeleton victory of the campaign in Innsbruck.

finished second, 0.20sec adrift of the victorious Latvian.Reigning world champion Christopher Grotheer of Germany

has already established a considerable 156-point lead over nearest challenger Alexander Gassner of Germany

standings.Third place went to Olympic silver medallist and former world champion Jacqueline Lölling of Germany

Norway's Aleksander Aamodt Kilde claimed gold in the men's super-G race at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup event in Val Gardena in Italy, earning the fifth World Cup win of his career.

#fisalpine pic.twitter.com/yntFsyfK3Y— FIS Alpine (@fisalpine) December 18, 2020Andreas Sander of Germany

The European Judo Union (EJU) President, Sergey Soloveychik, has been re-elected to his position at the EJU Congress, serving in his role until 2024.

re-elected in his position and will again head the Executive Committee until 2024.Otto Kneitinger of Germany

Four-time world champion Benjamin Karl defeated Austrian team-mate Andreas Prommegger to win the parallel giant slalom competition at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Cup in Carezza.

was joined on the podium by compatriot Selina Joerg who clinched bronze after Cheyenne Loch, also of Germany

Olympic champion Francesco Friedrich will aim to continue his superb form when the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup season resumes in Innsbruck this weekend.

season, after he was beaten by team mate Johannes Lochner in Innsbruck last weekend.Janine Flock of Germany

England's Lisa Ashton was edged out in the final set of her first round match at the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Championship in London, as she aimed to become the second female to win a match at the tournament.

David Evans, William O'Connor of Ireland against Niels Zonneveld of the Netherlands and Max Hopp of Germany

Russia took the team title on the final day of women's action at the United World Wrestling (UWW) Individual World Cup in Belgrade.

Makhynia.The final category of the competition was the 76kg with gold going to Aline Rotter Focken of Germany

points with Ukraine in second on 115 just ahead of Turkey on 113.Completing the team standings were Germany