Japan enjoyed the perfect end to the 2015 World Judo Championships as they claimed gold in both the men’s and women’s team competitions here today.

Naidan to reduce the arrears.Japan also secured gold in the women's team event with a 5-0 win over Poland

Some of the biggest names were to the fore today as the World Rowing Championships opened with the heats Aiguebelette, with New Zealand leading the way with five victories, including for London 2012 Olympic champion Mahe Drysdale.

Canada, Australia and the US were the four heat winners in the coxless four, while crews from Australia, Poland

Hosts England secured their second women’s EuroHockey Championships title with a 3-1 shootout victory over Olympic champions The Netherlands in a dramatic final which brought the event to a thrilling close here today.

Italians to the second tier of European Hockey.Scotland managed to avoid the same fate as they condemned Poland

net.While the result guaranteed Scotland’s place in the 2017 EuroHockey Championships, the defeat saw Poland

Olympic gold medallists The Netherlands secured their place in the final of the women’s EuroHockey Championships with a narrow 1-0 victory over defending champions Germany at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.

contest.Italy secured a vital point in their bid to remain in European hockey's top tier as they drew 1-1 with Poland

EuroHockey ChampionshipsIn the classification group, Italy salvaged a vital point from their clash with Poland

England's visually impaired men joined a lengthy list of football teams from the country to have suffered penalty shootout defeats after they lost agonisingly to Russia in the semi-finals of the Blind European Championships today, while Turkey earned the second final spot after beating Spain.

cent start at IBSA Blind Football European ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Hosts England put seven past Poland

Defending champions Germany clinched their place in the final of the EuroHockey Championships with a dramatic 3-2 shootout victory over hosts England at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London tonight.

Netherlands at EuroHockey ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Hoog hits hat-trick as The Netherlands' women thump Poland

Defending champions Spain secured their passage through to the semi-finals of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Blind Football European Championships in Hereford, England after a narrow 1-0 victory against France.

per cent start at IBSA Blind Football European ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Hosts England put seven past Poland

semi-finals of the women's EuroHockey Championships in style as they recorded a thumping 10-0 victory over Poland

0 win over the Belgians to cap off a remarkable turnaround for Spain.They began their contest with Poland

Netherlands at EuroHockey ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Hoog hits hat-trick as The Netherlands' women thump Poland

The bidding process for the 2018 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships has been opened, the sport’s governing body has announced.

which run from November 20 to 28.Action from the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships in Wroclaw, Poland

Hosts England booked their place in the next round of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Blind Football European Championships in Hereford, winning 2-0 against old foes Germany to make it three wins out of three in Group A. 

cent start at IBSA Blind Football European ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Hosts England put seven past Poland

Hosts England claimed a comfortable 4-0 win against Spain in their final Pool A match to secure their place in semi-finals of the men’s EuroHockey Championships at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London tonight.

due to see the conclusion of the initial Pool stage in the women's competition.In Pool A, Spain face Poland

Netherlands at EuroHockey ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Hoog hits hat-trick as The Netherlands' women thump Poland

A video has been released for the official anthem of this year’s men’s European Volleyball Championships scheduled to take place in Bulgaria and Italy.

Serbia, France, Germany, Belgium, Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, The Netherlands, Poland

On a night when 18-year-old Jianan Wang wowed the Bird’s Nest Stadium by winning bronze in a global final contested, unprecedentedly, by three Chinese athletes, Britain’s Greg Rutherford fed off all the excitement and took gold with a season’s best of 8.41 metres to complete his set of Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European titles.

Herzegovina's first ever World Championship medal in 1:46.30 behind silver medallist Adam Kszczot of Poland

Emrah Ocal scored his second hat-trick of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Blind Football European Championships to fire Turkey to a 3-0 victory against Italy at the Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford, England and maintain their unbeaten record. 

Turkey followed up a draw against Germany in their Group A opener with a 6-0 win against Poland yesterday

past Italy goalkeeper Marco Dottaviantonio.Ocal claimed a three-goal haul in Turkey’s hammering of Poland

RNCIn the other Group A encounter, Germany made it four points from two matches with a 2-0 win against Poland

while Russia played out a goalless draw against Belgium.Tomorrow’s action in Group A is due to see Poland

cent start at IBSA Blind Football European ChampionshipsAugust 2015: Hosts England put seven past Poland

Egyptian pair Eslam Hamad and Haydy Morsy became the latest athletes to secure a spot at next year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro as they both won gold at the Modern Pentathlon African Championships on home soil in Cairo.

the European Championships and she was joined by Russia’s Gulnaz Gubaydullina, Oktawia Nowacka of Poland