Sweden continued their impressive start to the World Floorball Championships today as they coasted past Scandinavian rivals Norway 8-2 at the Arena Riga in the Latvian capital.

Europeans.Slovakia (red) breezed past Australia 12-2 today ©FlickrElsewhere in Group C, Denmark squeezed past Poland

Sweden got their European Women’s Handball Championship campaign on home soil to a perfect start today with a 25-19 victory against Spain in Stockholm.

medallists at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro earlier this year, started with a 31-22 win over Poland

finished the game with seven goals.France had a comfortable opening game of the tournament as they beat Poland

Finland secured their second win of the World Floorball Championships  as they saw off Switzerland 6-4 in the Arena Riga today.

take on Norway.Finland are playing Estonia in Group A while Australia face Slovakia and Denmark meet Poland

Japan’s Miho Takagi claimed her third gold medal and fourth podium finish of the weekend at the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup meeting at the Alau Ice Palace in Astana today.

this proved enough for him to win gold ahead of Kalizhnikov, who was timed at 35.59, and Artur Was of Poland

Russia and Belarus intend to bid to co-host the 2022 European Men’s Handball Championship, it has been revealed.

Germany won this year's edition of the European Men's Handball Championship in Poland ©Getty ImagesAn

Scotland’s capital Edinburgh in June 2018.This year’s European Men’s Handball Championship was hosted by Poland

Japan’s Sara Takanashi claimed her second consecutive victory at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup event in Lillehammer to continue her perfect start to the defence of her overall title.

competition, held in Klingenthal in Germany, double Olympic champion Kamil Stoch spearheaded victory for Poland

Three skaters claimed their first International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup gold medals on the second day of competition at the Alau Ice Palace in Astana today.

and Shane Williamson clocked a winning time of 3:44.10.Canada took the silver medal in 3:44.95 and Poland

Television coverage of the Women’s European Handball Championships is set to be available in 135 countries as Norway prepare to begin their title defence when the tournament is due get underway in Sweden tomorrow.

against Spain in Group A.Olympic silver medallists France are also in action tomorrow as they play Poland

A pair of teenage siblings stole the show as Japan proved predictably dominant in winning four out of five gold medals here on the opening day of the International Judo Federation (IJF) Tokyo Grand Slam.

members Alex Gilady of Israel, Habu Gumel of Nigeria, Nicole Hoevertsz of Aruba and Irina Szewinska of Poland

Croatian brothers Martin and Valent Sinkovic are among the Rio 2016 gold medallists who have been named as winners in the 2016 World Rowing Awards honours list announced today.

2016.The triumph came in their fourth season as a pairing and ensured a first Olympic gold medal for Poland

Russian heptathlete Tatyana Chernova will be stripped of her 2011 world title and the Olympic bronze medal she won at London 2012 for doping, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled today.

finishing in second in Daegu.Jennifer Oeser of Germany should move up to second with Karolina Tymińska of Poland

London 2012 Olympic champion Katie Taylor made a successful debut as a professional boxer with a third-round stoppage of Poland's Karina Kopinska in London.

she could challenge for a world title by the end of 2017.Katie Taylor (left) beat Karina Kopinska of Poland

World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) President Robert Rauch has hailed the recognition of UK Ultimate as the National Governing Body for the sport in the United Kingdom.

Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Finland, Hong Kong China, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Poland

In a press release back in May, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach insisted they were "showing once more our determination to protect the integrity of the Olympic competitions" by retesting samples from Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

my colleagues as “descending into complete disgrace”, as ninth-placed finisher Tomasz Zielinski of Poland

A total of 13 European countries have confirmed their attendance at meeting in Rome tomorrow as in an attempt to help reunify American football. 

Austria, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Israel, Norway, Poland, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia