Ryoma Kimata and Hinari Asanuma ensured snowboarding competition at Lausanne 2020 ended with further Japanese success, as the pair were crowned Big Air champions at the Leysin Park and Pipe venue.

scores counting to the overall total, Asanuma needed a strong final run to leader Annika Morgan of Germany

Spain eliminated five-time reigning champions Serbia from the Men's European Water Polo Championship after claiming a penalty-shootout win in Budapest this evening.

Russia 14-10.Also held today were the ninth-to-12th play-offs, which saw Georgia beat Turkey 12-6 and Germany

defeat Romania 15-10.Both the ninth-place playoff, between Georgia and Germany, and the 11th-place playoff

Slovenia completed the semi-final line-up at the European Men's Handball Championship before they even played today after their sole challengers for second place in Group II, Hungary, lost 34-26 to Portugal at Malmö Arena in Sweden.

earning a spot in the fifth-place playoff on Saturday (January 25).Awaiting them in that match are Germany

Norwegian star Johannes Thingnes Bø is flying to Slovenia today to continue his season at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Pokljuka.

compete at the first two IBU World Cup stops since the turn of the year, in Oberhof and Ruhpolding in Germany

Spain progressed into the quarter-final of the Women's European Water Polo Championship, after narrowly beating Greece.

 Germany finished seventh after beating Serbia 15-13. More follows.  

Italian ski resort Sestriere will bid to host the 2029 International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Ski Championships, it has been announced.

Congress in Thai city Pattaya from May 17 to 23.Crans-Montana in Switzerland, Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany

Spain set up a quarter-final clash with defending champions Serbia at the Men's European Water Polo Championships in Hungary.

The Spanish side got past Germany 12-6 at Budapest's Danube Arena to progress to the final eight.Serbia

Alexander Czudaj of Germany and Romanian Andrei Robert Nica shared the men's monobob gold medal in a

Lukas David Nydegger of Germany topped the podium in the men's skeleton competition at the Olympia Bob

Holders Spain are through to the semi-finals of the European Men's Handball Championship after maintaining their unbeaten record with victory over Belarus.

Republic 22-21 today.Already assured of a place in the semi-finals following their pulsating victory over Germany

the event.A draw against Croatia will be enough for Spain to win Group I.Today's one other game saw Germany

Russia broke Germany's dominance of the luge events with victory in the mixed team relay at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in St Moritz.

clocked 2min 54.072sec to secure gold at the Olympia Bob Run.The Russian squad finished 0.550sec ahead of Germany

in luge events at Lausanne 2020, which had been dominated by the German team.The Russian squad beat Germany

Ukraine enjoyed a clean sweep of the podium in the biathlon relay standing team sprint at the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Altenberg and Dresden.

Brazil began the defence of their Rio 2016 gold medal with a 1-0 victory over Peru at the South American Football Confederation Pre-Olympic Tournament.

their home Games.Global superstar Neymar scored the decisive penalty in a 5-4 shoot-out victory over Germany

successive victory at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup in Titisee-Neustadt in Germany

Hosts Germany won the Men's EuroHockey Indoor Nations title for a 17th time today as they defeated world

EuroHockey (@eurohockeyorg) January 19, 2020The bronze medal was won by The Netherlands, who had given Germany

Russia’s Semen Pavlichenko set a men’s track record at the International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup in Lillehammer, which is doubling as the European Championship - but it was not enough to win the title.

Zöggeler won the same title.Fischnaller had taken  bronze behind Zöggeler and Johannes Ludwig of Germany