Olympic marathon champion Mizuki Noguchi and Japanese footballers who lifted the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2011 are being tipped to play key roles in the Tokyo 2020 Torch Relay.

".The footballers are being considered for a role as their victory at the 2011 Women's World Cup in Germany

On the night of November 9, 1989, 30 years ago, the gates along the 45-kilometre expanse of the Berlin Wall were flung open and the world changed.

The Wall dividing the biggest city in divided Germany, one of the biggest countries in our divided continent

down, it was clear that the state which had come second in the Seoul 1988 Olympic medals table – East Germany

them gold, was destined to be swallowed by the state which had come fifth in that medals table – West Germany

remarkable 45 gold, 38 silver and 29 bronze medals to top the medals table ahead of the United States and Germany

An expected 90,000 spectators will walk down Wembley Way later this evening, heading towards the iconic arch which overlooks the home of English football.

names with sponsorship deals and full-time contracts.They will be taking on two-time world champions Germany

thousand, but will still comfortably surpass the previous record of 45,619, also set at Wembley against Germany

their male counterparts.Wembley Way has been decorated in preparation for the Lionesses' match with Germany

Britain enjoyed home success on the opening day of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Cup as their women’s team pursuit squad clinched gold in Glasgow.

Evans, Elinor Barker, Katie Archibald and Eleanor Dickinson triumphed in a time of 4min 12.244sec, with Germany

Sajad Heidari Chegeni of Iran earned the overall classic bodybuilding title at the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) Men's World Championships here.

enjoyed a successful day on the first day of the IFBB Men's World Championships ©ITGBenjamin Jewko of Germany

Strong planning for transport and accommodation were among the lessons learned by German officials from the this year's Summer Universiade in Naples with a view to hosting the 2025 event, it has been revealed. 

A Universiade in Germany must also serve as an incubator, a pioneer in developing innovative concepts

presented to the public, to achieve stronger support and promotion for university sport throughout Germany

Spain and the Netherlands will co-host the 2022 Hockey Women's World Cup and India has been chosen to stage the men's tournament in 2023.

event in New Delhi, will be the first to host consecutive FIH World Cups.Spain, the Netherlands and Germany

Shooters Barbara Moskal and Oleksii Denysiuk have been shortlisted for the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Allianz Athlete of the Month for October.

Marathon - an eighth consecutive victory in the Marathon Majors ©Getty ImagesHoerauf scored 19 times as Germany

Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medallists Nigeria will target qualification for Tokyo 2020 as they begin their campaign in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Under-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Cairo.

semi-finals on November 19, with the final due to be contested on November 22.Along with hosts Japan, France, Germany

Hong Kong started their qualifying campaign for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games by thrashing Kuwait on the Chinese island of Hainan.

and talked with players Colm Cannon, Benny Welter and head coach Petr Fical, a former Olympian for Germany

It was a drama-packed day two at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Team World Cup in Tokyo, with hosts Japan making the semi-finals of the men's competition.

defeat on Japan yesterday, but a victory over Austria saw them through to a quarter-final clash with Germany

Nina Reichenbach lived up to her tag as favourite when she qualified in first place for tomorrow's women's trials final at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Urban Cycling World Championships in Chengdu.

The two-time defending champion from Germany cruised through qualifying and was at her sharpest as she

Qualifying for the ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing is set to begin in Sanya on the Chinese island of Hainan tomorrow.

qualified for Beijing 2022.They are Canada, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, the United States, Germany

Spain have claimed the first gold medal of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Urban Cycling World Championships by clinching the team trials gold in Chengdu.

qualifiers on 88.45 points, with Czech Republic's Dominik Nekolny second on 87.87 points.Julia Preuss from Germany

An International Hockey Federation (FIH) task force is set to hold a meeting tomorrow to decide on one candidate for each of the men's and women's Hockey World Cups in either 2022 or 2023 to be recommended to the Executive Board.

some of the current bidders considering to change their initial bid to host the other gender event".Germany