The Israel Sailing Association (ISA) has withdrawn its windsurfers from the upcoming Youth Sailing World Championships in protest at conditions laid down by organisers and after they failed to receive visas for the event in Malaysia.

Omer, boys under-19 gold medallist at the last year’s Youth Sailing World Championships in Gdynia, Poland

Astana has been announced as the host of the 2016 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 Under-18 World Championships.

Israel and Italy.As hosts Kazakhstan will also take part, as well as The Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland

There is a crowded field of 24 contenders for the four slots on the International Olympic Committee (IOC)’s Athletes’ Commission that will become available next summer, yet if success on Twitter determined the outcome, one candidate would win by a landslide.

Sensini Italy 2,7288Sari Multala* Finland 2,0079Britta Heidemann Germany 1,60910Monika Pyrek-Rokita* Poland

Reigning Olympic champions Norway clinched their third Women's World Handball Championships title in style, recording a dominant 31-20 victory over The Netherlands at the Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning, Denmark.

saves and it’s because of the first-half that we won the match.”Romania claimed an impressive win over Poland

to finish third ©Getty ImagesRomania ensured Poland would end fourth for the second successive World

through the contest by scoring 10 goals during the tie.Romania had held a 15-8 lead at the break and Poland

The final two positions for the Rio 2016 wheelchair rugby competition will be awarded at a tournament in Paris in April, it has been announced. 

 They were chosen ahead of bids from Katowice in Poland and Nottwill in Switzerland.

final of the Women's World Handball Championships for the first time ever tonight, comfortably beating Poland

Poland managed to reduce the deficit to just four goals midway through the second half, but that was

Romania held a two-goal lead at one point but ultimately fell short and will now go up against Poland

MoneyGram has announced it will sponsor next month's European Men's Handball Championship in Poland

event will offer an exceptional opportunity to reach fans of the sport across Europe and worldwide, as Poland

Russia’s suspension from athletics competition will cost the country a total of eight Olympic medals if it is still in force during Rio 2016, according to Infostrada Sports’ Virtual Medal Table (VMT).

medals would be distributed among eight different nations: Australia, China, Great Britain, Jamaica, Poland

Four-time champions Russia fell to a surprise quarter-final defeat to Poland at the Women's World Handball

South Korea’s Olympic champion Jeon Ki Yong has led a judo seminar for nearly 200 coaches in the Czech Republic’s capital city Prague.

Championship competition.Coaches from the Czech Republic were joined by those from Slovakia, Austria, Poland

A first mixed doubles training camp has been delivered by the World Curling Federation (WCF) in Budapest ahead of the sport's Winter Olympic debut at Pyeongchang 2018.

six countries participated in the camp in the Hungarian capital - Belgium, China, Estonia, Hungary, Poland

A road map is to be drawn-up to decide the future path of the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) following an Executive Committee meeting in Luxembourg City, the first since Aleksandar Boricic assumed the CEV Presidency in October. 

Serbian elected President of European Volleyball ConfederationOctober 2015: Slovenia stun world champions Poland

France narrowly overcame Olympic bronze medallists Spain today to reach the quarter-finals of the Women's World Handball Championships in Denmark.

13 ahead.The momentum of a thrilling match continued to change hands throughout the second half but Poland

Holders Spain have been handed a challenging start to UEFA Euro 2016 as they will begin their pursuit of a third straight title with matches against Croatia, Czech Republic and Turkey, following the group stage draw at the Palais des Congres in Paris.

Infantino helped to conduct the draw ©Getty ImagesReigning world champions Germany are set to face Poland

Finland, Israel, Romania and Turkey have been announced as host nations for EuroBasket 2017 by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Europe at a ceremony in Munich, Germany.

candidates and presentations delivered this morning, four bids proved successful with the fifth contender, Poland