An ambition to become the dominant company in the lucrative football trading card and sticker market has led to The Topps Company appointing the United States’ two-time winning FIFA Women's World Cup coach Jill Ellis to its Board of Directors.

Champions League ©The Topps CompanyTopps also currently produces a variety of sets for the Bundesliga in Germany

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has brought its judging educational courses for its freestyle, freeski and snowboard disciplines online partly due to the travel and social restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

year too.Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy is set to stage the Alpine World Ski Championships, Oberstdorf in Germany

Russia has confirmed plans to bid for the 2026 European Women's Handball Championship.

of modern infrastructure and increasing the role of Russian handball in the international arena"In Germany

Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands have announced plans to jointly bid to host the 2027 FIFA Women's

also good neighbours, ties in very well with this philosophy.The Netherlands is set to team up with Germany

Heerenveen has been provisionally awarded the hosting rights for the 2023 International Skating Union (ISU) World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships.

provisional awards made in speed skating include the 2023 European Championships to Hamar in Norway.Inzell in Germany

London Roar have opened up a significant advantage of 97 points after the first day of the latest International Swimming League (ISL) match in Budapest.

perfect start for the Roar as she claimed the women's 100 metres fly in 56.45sec.Christian Diener of Germany

took victory in a time of 3:50.27.In the men's race, the Roar's team of Guido, Peaty, Marius Kusch of Germany

Third seed Anders Antonsen came out on top in a thrilling tussle with Danish compatriot Rasmus Gemke to win the men’s singles title at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Denmark Open.

Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota doing enough to see off Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara 21-10, 16-21, 21-18.Germany

The upcoming Luge World Cup series will be held "almost exclusively in Europe" under "strict protection and hygiene measures", it has been confirmed.

and women’s singles, doubles, team relay and sprint.Altenberg, Oberhof, Winterberg and Königssee in Germany

Famous speed skating coach Ab Krook, who was previously in charge of the Dutch men's and women's national teams, has passed away at the age of 76 after suffering a stroke.

Olympic gold and silver respectively.Between 1981 and 1988, Krook then coached the national team of West Germany

The men’s title at the World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia went to Uganda today - but it was 19-year-old Jacob Kiplimo rather than the three-time 2020 world-record breaker Joshua Cheptegei who took gold, after Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir had beaten her own women-only world record to win a dramatic women’s race.

boarding laid down on the concrete over the final stretch, allowing Kejeta - Ethiopian-born, who came to Germany

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach paid tribute to honorary member Günther Heinze after he died aged 97.

 "It was widely appreciated how he paved the way for the reorganisation of sport in Germany after

The European Hockey Federation (EHF) has voiced its support for the bid to include Parahockey Intellectual Disability (ID) as a demonstration sport for the 2023 Special Olympics World Games in Berlin.

demonstration sport at the 2023 World Games in Berlin would therefore be a further boost - not only in Germany

In 2020, getting back to “normal” has been a constant theme in sport. After last week’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board meeting, President Thomas Bach was optimistic that the Olympics would take place next year.

humanity violated.In the final year of the war, Felix Flatow, double gymnastics gold medallist for Germany

Seeded players enjoyed a good day as matches went to form as round one of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Denmark Open concluded at the Odense Sports Park.

Eloi Adam and Julien Maio of France 21-11 21-13 while sixth seeds Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seidel of Germany

Germany has pulled out of this year's European Gymnastics Championships in the artistic and rhythmic