Overall Ski Jumping World Cup leader Ryoyu Kobayashi is the favourite to clinch victory at the prestigious Four Hills Tournament, which begins with the first event of four in Oberstdorf tomorrow.

venues that make up the Four Hills, part of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup - Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany

Slovakia beat Kazakhstan 3-1 today to make a winning start to the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic.

Group B, the United States bounced back from their tough loss against Canada yesterday to overcome Germany

Finland face Slovakia before Switzerland meet Sweden.The Group B matches pit hosts Czech Republic against Germany

Iran’s Olympic champion weightlifter Kianoush Rostami made a career high total in one of the best head-to-head contests of 2019 at the Qatar Cup in Doha, the final Olympic qualifying competition of the year – but he still needs a miracle if he is to go for gold again at Tokyo 2020.

for Italy's Mirko Zanni, who lifted 320kg in the men’s 67kg, while the 81kg winner Nico Mueller of Germany

Sweden claimed a 3-2 overtime win over defending champions Finland on day one of the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic.

Ostravar Aréna in Ostrava.Action is due to continue tomorrow.Slovakia face Kazakhstan in Group A prior to Germany

A green light has been given for one of the International Ski Federation (FIS) highlights of the Christmas and New Year period. 

venues that make up the Four Hills, part of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup - Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany

How are the mighty fallen? One by one England’s football heroes of 1966 are leaving us, the latest being Martin Peters, who died last week after suffering from Alzheimer’s for several years - a condition which, worryingly, has claimed the lives or affected virtually half that wondrous team.

it was he who scored the other goal alongside Hurst’s famous hat-trick for the 4-2 victory over West Germany

Preparations are well in hand for the hosting of the International Ski Federation Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in the German resort of Oberwiesenthal, it has been claimed. 

Finland are set to begin the defence of their title when action begins tomorrow at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic.

States in the final of the last edition ©Getty ImagesGroup B is made up of Canada, Czech Republic, Germany

Quarrycrest Echo, with whom Piggy French helped Great Britain to the eventing team gold medal at last year's World Equestrian Games (WEG) in Tryon, has been sold to Japan.

members of the British team which won silver at this year's European Championships in Luhmühlen in Germany

Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi claimed victory at the second large hill competition at the International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup season in Engelberg.

respectively.Attention is now set to turn to the prestigious Four Hills Tournament, an event split between Germany

Jarl Magnus Riiber returned to the top of the International Ski Federation Nordic Combined World Cup podium in Ramsau am Dachstein.

all five World Cup events before this weekend, but lost yesterday's competition to Vinzenz Geiger of Germany

Martin Peters, who scored England’s second goal in the 4-2 victory over West Germany in the 1966 World

FIFA has announced Costa Rica and Panama will co-host the Under-20 Women’s World Cup next year.

competition.It will be the 10th staging of the tournament, which first took place in 2002.United States and Germany

Jarl Magnus Riiber came second in the first race of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined World Cup event in Ramsau am Dachstein, ending an unbeaten run.

in the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup, but was defeated in the Austrian resort by Vinzenz Geiger of Germany

rival, finishing 1.6 seconds off the mark after scoring 115.5 points on the jump.Vinzenz Geiger of Germany

Japan’s Ryoyu Kobayashi will pursue back-to-back victories as the International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup season continues in Engelberg.

Kobayashi claimed his first victory of the season last weekend at Klingenthal in Germany, which helped