Two radical proposals to reform the voting procedures and sports programme for the World Games were rejected following fierce debate to approve new statutes at the organisation's Annual General Meeting here this morning.

non-Olympic disciplines to showcase themselves ahead of being added to the Olympic programme.Wrocław in Poland

Japan’s Kiyou Shimizu continued her domination of the female kata discipline as she secured her fifth successive gold on the international stage at the latest stop on the World Karate Federation (WKF) Karate1 Premier League calendar in Salzburg in Austria.

bronze.Hong Kong were the surprise winners of the men’s equivalent, edging Croatia to the title, with Poland

New sports seeking to become members of the International World Games Association (IWGA) have been told they must wait at least a year before their applications are considered.

The next edition of the World Games is due to take place next year in Wroclaw in Poland and will be followed

Italy’s Enrico Gasparotto claimed victory at the Amstel Gold Race for the second time in his career after defeating Denmark’s Michael Valgren in a sprint to the line.

group was eventually caught, the major surprise was that defending champion Michal Kwiatkowski of Poland

The Netherlands enjoyed an impressive start to the World Rowing Cup series after earning men’s and women’s eights gold in Varese.

time of 5min 42.720sec.Italy were forced to settle for the silver medal after clocking 5:43.720, with Poland

Lasha Talakhadze produced the outstanding performance of the week at the European Weightlifting Championships in Forde, Norway, when he won gold for Georgia in the final event, the men’s +105kg.

for Armenia in the women's heaviest category ©Getty ImagesSilver was won by Arkadiusz Michalski, of Poland

The other qualifiers who, like Britain, receive one team quota place each, were Italy, France, Poland

Holders Hungary began the defence of their World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship title with victory at the Löfbergs Lila Arena in Karlstad today.

also successes for Switzerland, who thrashed Belgium 13-2 in Group A, as well as Lativa who dispatched Poland

Eight countries have been thrown out of EuroBasket 2017 by the Board of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Europe while Olympic qualifiers face losing their spots at Rio 2016.

will not be implemented.The remaining six countries in the 14, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Poland

Gaelle Nayo Katchenko had two chances to win gold for France, whose team has had a terrible week at the European Weightlifting Championships in Forde, Norway.

on state television, she said – because they had gone to church to pray for her.In the men’s 94kg Poland

Poland also won a snatch medal. Roman Grela, fourth overall, won the bronze.

A record number of 42 teams will compete at the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, set to begin tomorrow at the Löfbergs Arena in Karlstad in Sweden.

divided into six pools with defending champions Hungary pitted against Belgium, Bulgaria, Latvia, Poland

The Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (COSR) has held the first meeting of the National Olympic Committees (NOC) in Central and South-East Europe in 2016.

Czech Republic, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Moldova, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland

The opening World Rowing regatta of the 2016 season is set to begin tomorrow in the Italian city of Varese, where 528 rowers from 46 countries will be in action.

s two other stages are due to take place in Swiss city of Lucerne from May 27 to 29 and Poznań in Poland

Another 36 tickets to Rio 2016 will be available this weekend when the Serbian city of Zrenjanin plays host to wrestling’s final continental Olympic qualifying tournament.

and Mindaugas Mizgaitis of Lithuania.A pair of London 2012 bronze medallists, Damian Janikowski of Poland

In the women’s events, Beijing 2008 bronze medallist Agnieszka Wieszczek-Kordus of Poland and London

non-Olympic weight category of 60kg and is entered at 58kg.London 2012 bronze medallist Damian Janikowski of Poland

him to the 66kg world title in 2013, while European Games silver medallist Magomedmurad Gadzhiev of Poland

There’s a message waiting for Ernest Brown, chairman of the Little Stoke Parish Council in Britain's West Country which has caused an almighty hoo-hah this week by insisting that parkrun - the organisation which runs free, weekly five kilometers timed runs open to everyone - needs to pay for its increasingly popular local event.

2.35m registered participants globally across 12 countries including Australia, South Africa, Poland

This year’s European Men’s Handball Championship in Poland was the most-watched ever, it has been claimed

There was widespread interest in the host nation Poland, which garnered a cumulative television audience

- and we can see this reflected not just in the record number of fans following the event live in Poland