Germany’s Viktoria Rebensburg stormed to a home victory to win her first International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup women’s downhill event in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

 The World Cup event in Germany concludes with tomorrow's super-G race, ahead of the next leg in

International Judo Federation (IJF) President Marius Vizer is set to ask for an increase in the sport's quota for this year's Olympic Games in Tokyo to ensure that Chinese competitors are not disadvantaged by the coronavirus crisis which is having a major impact on sport, he revealed here.

delegation can't participate because of visa issues and it's set to be the same for the Grand Slam in Germany

The last time Tokyo staged the Olympic Games, there were many who felt one medical man had made the operation possible. His name was Ryotaro Azuma. 

Germany and Japan were sporting outsiders and had not been invited to the 1948 Olympics.

Top fencers were shocked in the early rounds of the International Fencing Federation women’s Épée World Cup event in Barcelona in Spain on day one of three.

defeat to Beatrice Cagnin of Italy in her first match of the World Cup.Tenth seed Beate Christmann of Germany

Germany’s defending champion Dimitrij Ovtcharov will seek a sixth title at the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) Europe Top 16 Cup, which starts tomorrow in the Swiss town of Montreux.

youngster, 43-year-old Vladimir Samsonov, who has won this event four times.Ovtcharov, who moved to Germany

Felix Keisinger of Germany and Anna Fernstädt of the Czech Republic are set to defend their titles at

Fernstädt could win her third consecutive in the women's skeleton.She triumphed in St Moritz representing Germany

Kazakhstan and Poland will go head-to-head for a place in the final round of Beijing 2022 qualifying on Sunday after both maintained their 100 per cent records today in their International Ice Hockey Federation (IHHF) Olympic pre-qualification round three group.

World Championship.They are, in order, Canada, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, United States, Germany

downhill lead in the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany

race.Federica Brignone was unstoppable in Russia and will look to win two super-G races on the bounce in Germany

©Getty ImagesViktoria Rebensburg of Germany has been strong in training for the downhill and could have

Golubkov of Russia achieved his fourth gold medal at the Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Finsterau in Germany

Ireland's women's hockey team have cancelled their planned trip to Malaysia in light of growing fears around the spread of coronavirus in the nation.

in a shoot-out, which they won on home soil in Dublin.Ireland could return to play South Africa and Germany

will be against South Africa, having been drawn in a group with The Netherlands, Britain, India and Germany

International Basketball Federation (FIBA) secretary general Andreas Zagklis says preparations are on track for basketball and 3x3 basketball to make a “big impact” at Tokyo 2020.

“I was at the basketball test event last August when Japan faced Germany just before the FIBA World Cup.FIBA

Argentina earned a place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics today as they beat Colombia 2-1 in the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) Pre-Olympic Tournament being held in the Colombian city of Bucaramanga.

champions in 2004 and 2008, held on.Earlier in the day Brazil - whose 5-4 penalty shoot-out victory over Germany

from March 20 to April 1.Japan have qualified as hosts, and the other qualifiers so far are France, Germany

There was opening night success for the host nations in all three of the International Ice Hockey Federation’s Olympic Pre-Qualification Round 3 groups tonight as Slovenia, Kazakhstan and Britain all won.

Hockey Championships.They are, in order, Canada, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, United States, Germany

the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup going into the Willingen Five event in Germany

had the better fortune this season, sitting third in the standings thanks in part to a double win in Germany

The International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track Speed Skating World Cup comes to Dresden in Germany

cannot catch his brother.Dajing is the only skater who can catch the Hungarian, but if he cannot win in Germany