Broadcast rights for the inaugural World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12 tournament have been awarded in territories across the world, it was announced today.

broadcast rights in The Netherlands, while Eleven Sports Network has obtained them across Belgium and Poland

China and Germany earned team sprint golds as the first International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Cup event of the season began in the Colombian city Cali.

with their trio of Rene Enders, Max Niederlag and Joachim Eilers clocking a time of 43.095 to defeat Poland

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has reached an agreement with Eleven Sports Network for it's television rights within Singapore, starting from 2017.

lifestyle entertainment.It has launched nine channels across four domestic markets in Belgium, Malaysia, Poland

Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova defeated Romania’s Simona Halep in straight sets to close in on a semi-final place at the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals in Singapore.

hunt for a semi-final place at the WTA Finals with a straight-sets win against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland

National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have been urged to support the 2017 World Games in a letter sent by International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach.

the Olympic Movement," he wrote, before encouraging NOCs to participate in 2017's event in Wroclaw, Poland

Georgia's Beka Gviniashvili bowed out of the junior ranks with world title glory after claiming the men's under 90kg honours at the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Junior Championships in Abu Dhabi today.

May.Bronze medals went to  Junior European Championships bronze medallist Piotr Kuczera of Poland

London 2012 men’s volleyball gold medallists Russia have been drawn alongside recently-crowned European champions France for the European Olympic Qualification Tournament event in Berlin in January.

booking their ticket to Brazil at the World Olympic qualifier in May and June.Reigning world champions Poland

Volleyball Championships as surprise package Slovenia reach finalOctober 2015: Slovenia stun world champions Poland

The Finnish city of Tampere is the only bidder in the race to stage the 2018 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Junior Championships while Copenhagen, Sopot and Valencia are the three cities vying to host the World Half Marathon Championships in the same year, the sport’s governing body has announced.

Copenhagen, the host of the 2014 World Half Marathon Championships, the Spanish city of Valencia and Sopot, Poland

France secured their first-ever triumph at the Men’s European Volleyball Championships, beating the tournament’s surprise package Slovenia in the final in Sofia.

Volleyball Championships as surprise package Slovenia reach finalOctober 2015: Slovenia stun world champions Poland

Copenhagen will play host to the 2017 European Short Course Championships in the state-of-the-art new Royal Arena, the European Swimming League (LEN) Executive has announced. 

Denmark's capital beat off opposition from Poland and Italy during the LEN Bureau meeting in Vienna,

Australia’s Mat Belcher and Will Ryan finished fourth in the double-points medal race to complete the successful defence of their men’s title at the 2015 International Sailing Federation (ISAF) 470 World Championship in Haifa Bay, Israel.

Reyes.The three nations securing their place at next year's Games, subject to ISAF ratification, are Poland

France silenced  the home crowd in Sofia as they came from two sets down to claim a dramatic victory over Bulgaria and reach the final of the 2015 Men’s European Volleyball Championships.

first European title.Slovenia, who had secured a stunning quarter-final win over the world champions Poland

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Serbia's Aleksandar Boricic has been elected President of the European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) to replace Luxembourg's André Meyer at a vote held during the body's General Assembly in Sofia today.

Lazarov.Completing the group is Achilleas Mavromatis of Greece, Özkan Mutlugil of Turkey, Pawel Papke of Poland

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Britain enjoyed success on the opening day of team events at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Para-Table Tennis European Championships in Vejle, but there were only two wins for hosts Denmark.

singles tie would see them take the victory over the Paralympic champions and they duly achieved this, Poland

Britain’s team pursuit squads claimed double gold on the second day of the European Track Cycling Championships, although the men’s team had a close battle with the hosts Switzerland in the final at Grenchen.

finishing in 43.21.In the two individual events to take place there was gold medal success for Spain and Poland