The four groups in the curling competition here at the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games have been decided.

 Hosts Switzerland, Brazil, China, Denmark, Germany and Hungary will play in Group B, while Group

Bulgaria eased to a straight-sets win over The Netherlands to move top of Pool B at the Men's European Volleyball Olympic Qualification Tournament in Berlin.

action is due to conclude tomorrow, when Serbia face Bulgaria and France meet The Netherlands.Hosts Germany

winning start to Pool A, coming from behind to overcome Bulgaria 23-25, 25-20, 25-19, 25-22.In Pool B, Germany

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has strongly rejected claims of doping cover-ups and financial mismanagement made in a German television documentary, and has said it is concerned about possible "organised doping" in Thailand.

accusations in the programme were "very serious and worrying", and the most senior figure in anti-doping in Germany

Thailand.After watching the documentary Andrea Gotzmann, chair of the National Anti-Doping Agency of Germany

Italy's Frank Chamizo, Viktor Lorincz of Hungary and Tamyra Mensah of the United States have been named United World Wrestling (UWW) Wrestlers of the Year for 2019 in the Greco-Roman, freestyle and women's categories, respectively.

wrestler to win a senior world title, finished in second place with 94 points and Aline Rotter Focken of Germany

Bulgaria claimed a thrilling five-set win over France to tighten up Pool B at the Men’s European Volleyball Olympic Qualification Tournament in Berlin.

Netherlands tomorrow before round-robin action concludes on Wednesday (January 8).In Pool A, hosts Germany

Poland's Dawid Kubacki clinched his first overall Four Hills Tournament title after triumphing at the last stage in Bischofshofen in Austria.

the first two legs of the Four Hills Tournament in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen - both in Germany

A German television documentary broadcast today alleges corruption and cover-ups in weightlifting, in doping and finance, and secretly records a conversation with an Olympic medallist who claims girls as young as 13 are doping in Thailand.

rivals ©YouTubeWhen investigators announced the testing figures to Valentín at a recent competition in Germany

were no tests because they knew they would be positive," she said.Another Olympian, Jurgen Spiess of Germany

Canada claimed its 18th International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship title in the Czech Republic today with a dramatic 4-3 win over Russia in front of a sell-out 8,693 crowd at the Ostravar Aréna.

In the first of the main arena’s three concluding games, Germany scored four goals in the second period

Poland's Dawid Kubacki, overall leader of the Four Hills Tournament, qualified efficiently in 13th place at Bischofshofen in Austria today for tomorrow’s concluding large hill HS142 event.

Norway’s Marius Lindvik - ninth in qualifying today - by the healthy margin of 9.1 points.Karl Geiger of Germany

established himself with consistency rather than brilliance, finishing third in the first two legs in Germany

Hosts Australia became the first team to qualify for the quarter-finals at the inaugural Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup as they made it two victories from two in Brisbane.

who claimed a superb win over world number seven Alexander Zverev in their opening day 3-0 win over Germany

-6, 6-3, 17-15.The six group winners and the best two runners-up will reach the quarter-finals with Germany

This weekend is one of the most celebrated in the English football calendar, with the third-round stage of the FA Cup seeing the introduction of teams from the top two divisions against hopefuls from the lower tiers of the pyramid.

including an entertaining part when he dispatches the players on a gruelling army-style boot camp in Germany

Marius Lindvik of Norway secured his second win in three days as Poland's Dawid Kubacki moved into the overall Four Hills Tournament lead in Innsbruck.

overall standings going into the final event of the Four Hills Tournament ©Getty ImagesKarl Geiger of Germany

Johannes Lochner of Germany edged out Olympic champion and compatriot Francesco Friedrich to retain his

Alexander Schüller and Thorsten Margis were forced to settle for silver after finishing in 1:50.56.Germany

The last five places in the men's and women's volleyball tournaments at Tokyo 2020 will be decided next week, following the conclusion of 10 continental qualifiers which get underway in Africa and Europe tomorrow.

January 10).Serbia are among the eight teams competing in the European men's qualifier ©Getty ImagesHosts Germany

World champion Francesco Friedrich of Germany claimed his first four-man victory of the season at the

champion ©Getty ImagesThe Latvian crew edged out the team led by European champion Johannes Lochner of Germany