Russia’s skeleton team have been given the green light to compete in this week’s International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup event in Austria after all athletes tested negative for coronavirus.

Double Olympic champion Francesco Friedrich, of Germany, will be chasing a fifth straight victory in

ahead of this month’s International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men's World Junior Championship, while Germany

Spain and Portugal both made dominant starts to qualifying for the 2021 European Mixed Team Championships.

Austria face the Czech Republic, The Netherlands and Slovakia.Group 4 and Group 5 - due to be hosted by Germany

The International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Cross World Cup leg in Feldberg has been cancelled due to "uncertainties" caused by coronavirus pandemic.

to host the event, citing "too many uncertainties" over when ski lifts and resorts would reopen in Germany

and the difficulty in acquiring enough volunteers to implement adequate hygiene measures.Snowboard Germany

and make it possible," said Stefan Knirsch, director of finances, marking and management at Snowboard Germany

I understand the complicated situation that the organisers and Snowboard Germany are facing in these

very unfortunate news, however I really want to thank the Hochschwarzwald Tourismus GmbH and Snowboard Germany

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has cancelled its flagship annual awards for 2021 because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the sport's global calendar.

Hockey Pro League was also halted for six months before it resumed in September with matches between Germany

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has launched the "Road to E-Sports" World Ski Championships with virtual qualification races underway.

and Abelboden and Wengen in Switzerland.The Austrian venue Schladming and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany

Serbia and Slovenia were both agonisingly eliminated from the European Handball Federation (EHF) Women's European Championships on the final day of the preliminary round of the competition in Denmark.

Group II the teams involved are Norway and Croatia, who both start on four points, The Netherlands and Germany

The Czech Republic were dramatically eliminated from the European Handball Federation (EHF) Women's Euro 2020 in Denmark today after a narrow loss to Spain in the final round of Group B games.

ImagesGroup D also came to a conclusion today in Kolding with Poland eliminated following a 21-21 draw with Germany

got off to a good start opening up a 6-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.As half-time approached Germany

perfect record in their group of three wins from three.Norway topped the group with six points ahead of Germany

The UEFA qualification groups for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have been drawn in Zurich today, with 55 countries set to participate with 13 spots on offer.

G along with Turkey, Norway, Montenegro, Latvia and Gibraltar; while four-time World Cup champions Germany

Queensland has officially resumed its bid for the 2032 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games after it was placed on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Chinese cities of Chengdu and Chongqing announced plans for a possible bid.Indonesia, India, Qatar, Germany

Felix Loch earned his second successive win in the men's singles at the International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup event in Altenberg.

Geisenberger, Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken.The FIL Luge World Cup is scheduled to continue in Oberhof in Germany

World Para Snow Sports is planning to stage a two-part course aimed at increasing the number of classifiers - especially in Europe and Asia.

classifiers.World Para Alpine Skiing and World Para Snowboard held a four-day refresher course in Bonn in Germany

Serbia were cleared to play at the European Women's Handball Championship in Denmark after a fresh round of COVID-19 tests came back negative, and duly began their tournament with a win versus the world champions.

victorious in Group D, coming from behind to triumph 28-24 over Poland.Still winless, Poland must beat Germany

Sweden's 21-year-old pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, who set two world records this season, today became the youngest-ever Male World Athlete of the Year winner, with the Female World Athlete of the Year award going to Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas, who set a world indoor triple jump record.

performance of 22.91 metres that moved him to equal third on the world all-time list.Johannes Vetter of Germany

Olympic silver medallist Sebastian Samuelsson secured his maiden individual International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup victory on another successful day for Sweden in Kontiolahti.

Skottheim and Mona Brorsson, to gold in 1 hour 12min and 44.5sec.France were second, 9.6sec back, while Germany