Germany's men and The Netherlands' women have retained their number one spots in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Indoor World Rankings.

FIHThe Netherlands, who disappointingly finished seventh in Prague, hold on to third place, with Russia, Poland

Rahel Aschwanden of Switzerland fought back from the brink of defeat to reach the main draw of the women’s singles at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Belgium Open in De Haan.

The Swiss player trailed 3-1 in her clash with Magdalena Sikorska of Poland before she won three straight

Scotland’s capital Edinburgh is set to host the third edition of the sambo President’s Cup on Saturday (September 24) as some of the sport's top athletes battle it out for honours at the Meadowbank Sports Centre.

Manchester ©ITG"Our family (of sambo) has been recently joined by athletes from the United States, Poland

Five members of the Cuban national volleyball team have today been jailed for rape after they were convicted by the district court of Pirkanmaa in Finland following an incident in Tampere in July.

 finished 11th after suffering defeat in all five of their group matches - against Argentina, Poland

Japan's Tomoa Narasaki won the gold medal in the D4 men's boulder classification final today at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Championships at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris today.

Garnbret won the gold medal in the women's difficulty climbing competition ©IFSCMarcin Dzienski of Poland

Tragedy overshadowed the Paralympic Games cycling competitions today as the final four road races were held at the Pontal course in west Rio de Janeiro.

 The Netherlands claimed two gold medals while Britain and Poland added one apiece ©Getty ImagesBritain

before fighting back in the second half to eventually win by two minutes in 2:15.42.Anna Harkowska of Poland

American Kurt McHenry produced a fine display as he beat European champion Mahir Mammadazada of Azerbaijan to secure the gold medal in the men's 42 kilograms freestyle competition at the Cadet Wrestling World Championships in Tbilisi.

Warner and Russia's Aleb Shebzhukov each taking home a bronze.The duo prevailed over Jakub Szymula of Poland

Poland stunned China in a battle of top quality table tennis today in the women's class 6-10 Paralympic

bronze medal.In the final event of the day in the men's class 9-10 division, China overcame Spain 2-1.Poland

Anna van der Breggen clinched the inaugural European Road Cycling Championships road rice title as she led from start to finish to add the continental crown to her Olympic gold medal in Plumelec in France.

time trial at last month's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, took victory ahead of Katarzyna Niewiadoma of Poland

China brought the curtain down on wheelchair fencing events at the Paralympic Games in style as they clinched another two gold medals by winning the men's and women's team foil competitions at the Carioca Arena 3 in Rio de Janeiro today. 

team foil tournaments as favourites and they didn't disappoint, with the men comfortably overcoming Poland

World champions France won the Paralympic men’s épée team title on a virtual coin toss with nothing to separate them and China after added time of the final at Carioca Arena 3 here.

The bronze medal match saw Poland beat Greece 45-29.Wheelchair fencing competition is being held at Carioca

Hungary edged Poland 45-44 in the bronze medal match.

Iranian archer Zahra Nemati successfully defended her London 2012 individual recurve title by beating Wu Chunyan of China at the Rio 2016 Paralympics at the Sambódromo.

The bronze medal was won by Milena Olszewska of Poland, who beat Lee Hwa-Sook of South Korea.A shoot-off

Russia have been asked to help fight against the hackers who have again infiltrated the website of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and published the confidential information of 25 athletes from eight countries, including British cyclists Sir Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome.

involving 10 American athletes, five Germans, five Britons and one each from the Czech Republic, Denmark, Poland

Some things in sport are relatively easy to predict.

Four years ago at the London 2012 Olympics, Tomasz Zielinski of Poland finished an honourable ninth in

Italy's wheelchair fencer Beatrice Vio finally got her hands on the title she so desperately craved as she reigned supreme in the women's individual foil category B event to clinch her maiden Paralympic gold medal at the Carioca Arena 3 in Rio de Janeiro today.

finishing on the right side of a 15-11 scoreline in his third-place play-off with Dariusz Pender of Poland