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France advance to main draw of ITTF World Team Championships as group winners

  • Table Tennis

France’s men assured top spot in Group B at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Team Championships at the Stadium Malawati Shah Alamin in Kuala Lumpur after beating Sweden 3-2 today.

move onto six points, one ahead of their opponents.Two ahead of them are leaders Singapore, who beat Poland


France beat second seeds Germany at ITTF World Team Championships

  • Table Tennis

Second seeds Germany suffered a surprise 3-1 loss to France as the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Team Championships continued in Kuala Lumpur today.

Austria.Japan and Portugal have perfect records in Group C, with the Japanese defeating Singapore 3-1 and Poland

with both winning sides undefeated.The Netherlands are going well in Group C as their 3-1 win over Poland


Prevc seals overall Ski Jumping World Cup title with second Almaty win

  • Ski Jumping

Peter Prevc was crowned as the overall International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup champion as the supreme Slovenian continued his domination of the campaign with a second victory within two days in Almaty.

left but only a maximum of 600 points available.The men's World Cup season will continue in Wisla in Poland


Chinese sides begin defence of ITTF World Team Championship crowns with victories

  • Table Tennis

China's women began with two 3-0 victories in Group A as the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Team Championships opened at the Stadium Malawati Shah Alamin in Kuala Lumpur.

England and France defeated hosts Malaysia.Group C saw Japan beat Belarus, Portugal see off Ukraine and Poland


Will new WorldTour take women's professional cycling into the big time?

  • The Big Read

This week in London, the world’s top track cyclists will be hoping to land a double blow to their rivals at the Lee Valley Velopark. A total of 19 titles are due to be decided at the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) annual Track World Cycling Championships across the duration of the five-day event.

A three-day Tour of Poland and Tour of ChongMing Island in China have also been included.The mix of



Late night heroics from Germany silences home crowd at Maceió Open

  • Volleyball

Germany's Karla Borger and Britta Buthe produced a late night shock to beat Brazilian second-seeds Talita Antunes and Larissa Franca to dampen another largely successful day for the host nation at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Tour Maceió Open.

Lombardo Ontiveros and Juan Virgen for a place in the last four.There will also be two Brazil versus Poland


World champions to lead Chinese charge for ITTF team titles in Malaysia

  • Table Tennis

World champions Ma Long and Ding Ning will lead the charge as China bids to defend both the men's and women's titles at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Team Championships.

their preparations were hit after top player Dimitrij Ovtcharov withdrew through injury.Belarus, Japan, Poland

Thailand, Brazil and the Czech Republic in Group B, while Group C consists of The Netherlands, Singapore, Poland


Brazilian and German qualifiers among surprise pool winners at Maceió Open

  • Volleyball

Qualifiers from Brazil and Germany continued their superb runs at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World Tour Maceió Open by each winning their respective pools to advance to the knockout stage of the women's draw.

pool action concluded in the Atlantic resort.Antonelli and Maestrini defeated teams from Germany and Poland

Nick Lucena, the top-seeded pair who enjoyed impressive pool-stage victories over teams from Brazil, Poland



Russia overcome France in Sabre World Cup to book Rio 2016 spot

  • Fencing

Russia claimed a comfortable victory over France in the women’s team final of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Sabre World Cup at Sint-Niklaas in Belgium.

United States securing berths to Rio 2016 as the highest scoring teams in the World Cup.Italy and Poland


Dempsey claims lead at RS:X World Windsurfing Championships

  • Surfing

Britain's Nick Dempsey has claimed the men's blue fleet lead at the RS:X World Windsurfing Championships in Eilat, Israel.

who has plummeted down the standings after failing to finish race three.In the men's yellow fleet, Poland



UK Parliament committee to hear evidence on match-fixing and illegal gambling in tennis

  • Tennis

Key tennis officials will give evidence to the UK Parliament's Culture, Media and Sport Committee tomorrow as the investigation into match fixing and gambling corruption continues.

Nikolay Davydenko and Argentina’s Martin Vassallo Arguello at the Orange Prokom tournament in Sopot, Poland

of several years before the situation was brought to light at the Orange Prokom tournament in Sopot, Poland


Norway win rearranged team ski jumping World Cup in Kuopio

  • Ski Jumping

Norway won the rearranged International Ski Federation Team Ski Jumping World Cup at Kuopio today.

Overall leaders Norway have now won two of the five events held this season after success in Zakopane in Poland