The Netherlands got their Pyeongchang 2018 women's ice hockey Olympic qualifying preliminary round two tournament in San Sebastián off to a flying start today as they thrashed a hapless Slovenian side 14-1.

Spain take on The Netherlands while Italy take on Slovenia.Elsewhere, Great Britain were beaten 4-3 by Poland

superb display to pick up their second win in as many days.Kazakhstan powered to a 4-1 success over Poland

a consolation late on for the Mexicans.There is a rest day tomorrow in Astana before Mexico take on Poland

Top seeds China reached the quarter-finals of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Junior Mixed Team Championships after beating England in play-off A1 at the Bilbao Arena in Spain.

year’s third-place finishers Chinese Taipei, who beat Russia 4-1 to win Group B2 and then defeated Poland

3-1 in play-off B1.Poland, who ensured top spot in Group B1 thanks to a 4-1 victory over Romania, go

Great Britain completed a thrilling comeback with two goals in the final 81 seconds to secure a dramatic 3-2 win over Mexico on the opening day of the Pyeongchang 2018 women's ice hockey Olympic qualifying preliminary round two tournament in Astana.

goal from Saffron Allen.Angela Taylor then struck moments later for a stunning victory.Kazakhstan beat Poland

Two teams will extend their hopes of securing a place at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympics at the second-ever World Wheelchair-B Curling Championships, which start tomorrow in Lohja in Finland.

Slovakia, Sweden and Turkey.Meanwhile, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Japan, Latvia, Poland

Qualification for the women’s ice hockey tournament at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games is due to continue this week with preliminary round-two events scheduled to be held in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana and San Sebastián in Spain.

Group G hosts Kazakhstan will be competing against Great Britain, Mexico and Poland with the four-day

 First up for them tomorrow is an encounter with Britain, while Poland meet Kazakhstan.The opening

Ice Hockey UK have announced McDonald’s franchisee Jerry Nicholls has extended his sponsorship with Great Britain.

preliminary round of qualifying for Pyeongchang 2018, where they will hope to overcome hosts Kazakhstan, Poland

The 2016 European Korfball Championships reached its penultimate day of competition today with a host of classification matches at Sportboulevard in Dordrecht to determine the tournament's final standings.

suffered two consecutive defeats on what proved to be a miserable day.Firstly, they were beaten 15-10 by Poland

-15.In this evening's penultimate match Russia claimed a second victory of the day as they overcame Poland

won the final match of today 19-7.Following today's results, Turkey have finished in tenth place with Poland

The Netherlands will have the chance to defend their European Korfball Championships title after they advanced to the final with a comprehensive win over Portugal in the Dutch city of Dordrecht.

failing to reach the semi-finals, beating Russia 25-9.Completing the day’s action, Germany overcame Poland

William Löfqvist, a goaltender for Sweden at several international ice hockey events, has died aged 69 following a battle with breast cancer.

and helped them to a silver medal.Löfqvist's final World Championship appearance came in Katowice in Poland

World number one Angelique Kerber of Germany and Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulková sealed their places in the semi-finals of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals as both claimed victory in the last round of red group matches in Singapore.

the victor of tomorrow’s crucial white group clash between defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland

Leaders representing worldwide National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADO) have called for a meeting with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to discuss ongoing reforms to global drugs testing systems.

Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland

World number one Angelique Kerber moved to the brink of the semi-finals at the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Finals after defeating Simona Halep in Singapore.

sets.Tomorrow will see the White Group return to the court, with defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland

Iran’s Ali Davoudi held off the challenge of Russia’s Dimitrii Gretsa to earn the final gold medal of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Youth World Championships in Penang.

podium in the men’s 94kg earlier in the day.Chkheidze had been left trailing after Pavel Szmeja of Poland

Belgium thumped Poland to continue their unbeaten run at the European Korfball Championships on the fourth

medal winners behind The Netherlands at the last edition of the Championships in 2014, romped past Poland

The official song of this year's men's World Floorball Championships has been launched less than two months away from the event in Riga.

Czech Republic.Group A consists of Switzerland, Finland, Germany and Estonia with Denmark, Slovakia, Poland