Denmark overcame world champions Brazil to take control of Group A of the men’s beach handball competition on the first official day of competition at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) World Beach Games here today.

s 4x4 beach volleyball competition as a professional US team suffered a 21-19, 14-21, 15-13 loss to Germany

Kosovo's debut in the World Mixed Curling Championship has been put on hold after trouble getting to Aberdeen meant they had to forfeit their opening match.

celebrate their first international victory.Canada opened the defence of their title with a victory over Germany

 In a tight, tense game, Germany took an early lead before Canada levelled the score at 2-2 going

 Germany were forced to draw to the four-foot for a single point in the sixth end, giving Canada

 "We played really well and that team [Germany] is really good, fun to play against and super nice

Great Britain's women fell agonisingly short of the International Blind Sports Federation Goalball European Championship final, losing 4-3 to Israel.

 In the other game, Turkey were convincing 7-0 winners over Germany.

 A Michael Feistle penalty straight after the restart sends Germany into the final! ?

ibsagoalball) October 12, 2019In the second semi-final, defending champions Lithuania were up against Germany

Freestyle poomsae exponents were the first to mount the podium on the opening day of the World Taekwondo Beach Championship at Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sahl Hasheesh.

Bahrain’s Fajar Al-Binali, who beat Iceland’s Maria Gudrun Sveinbjornsdottir, or Baerbel Reiner of Germany

Former Austrian cross-country skier Johannes Dürr, disqualified from the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi for the use of Erythropoietin, has been banned for life for his alleged involvement in a doping network.

sparked raids during the Nordic World Ski Championships in Austrian village Seefeld and in Erfurt in Germany

Canada will begin their World Mixed Curling Championship title defence tomorrow as competition gets underway in the Scottish city of Aberdeen.

at the Kelowna Curling Club.Skipped by Colin Kurz, they are in Group A alongside Belarus, Estonia, Germany

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Sudaporn Seesondee of Thailand ©AIBAJamuna Boro of India managed a 4-1 victory against Ursula Gottlob of Germany

Yang Liu of China stunned welterweight defending champion Chen Nien-chin of Chinese Taipei here at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women's World Championships.

Philippines.She will battle against Jamuna Boro next, with the Indian boxer overcoming Ursula Gottlob of Germany

they both squeezed past their respective opponents, Krystal Graham of the US and Irina Schönberger of Germany

Hosts Germany recorded back-to-back victories to maintain their unbeaten start to the International Blind

they failed to register a victory in the pool phase.Belgium bounced back from yesterday's 10-0 loss to Germany

8-2, they have picked up just one point from four matches and miss out on the quarter-finals.Hosts Germany

Bahrain-Merida rider Kristijan Koren and sports director Borut Božič have been given two-year bans following Operation Aderlass, the Austrian police investigation which uncovered a blood doping ring.

raids conducted during the Nordic World Ski Championships in Austrian village Seefeld and in Erfurt in Germany

their International Blind Sports Association Goalball European Championships title defence in Rostock, Germany

first match in Rostock.Finland won back-to-back games, defeating both Spain and Czech Republic 11-5.Germany

recorded a 10-0 win against Belgium to earn a second win in two days.Four of the men's sides - Germany

registered a first victory when beating Greece, who had earlier triumphed 3-2 against Finland, 1-0.Hosts Germany

Turkey, 3-2.Finland made amends for their loss to Greece by overcoming Denmark 5-2.Israel then defeated Germany

and Turkey secured their tickets to Japan at last year's World Championship.Pool matches conclude in Germany

Australia, Germany, Kuwait and South Africa have all expressed interest in hosting the 2023 International

South Africa, are all vying to host their first-ever World Table Tennis Championships Finals, while Germany

Olympic champion Teddy Riner won a 152nd consecutive match to win gold on the final day of the International Judo Federation Grand Slam event in Brasilia.

bronze when Chinese judoka Chen Fei was disqualified for picking up three penalties.Anna Maria Wagner of Germany

Huang Hsiao-wen and Chen Nien-chin of Chinese Taipei both triumphed in their round-of-16 bouts here at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women's World Championships.

 The remaining bantamweight bouts saw Ursula Gottlab of Germany edge past Yuliya Apanasovich of

Defending champion Mohamed ElShorbagy maintained his unbeaten start to the season to reach the quarter-finals of the Professional Squash Association US Open Squash Championships in Philadelphia.

losing the first game against Egypt's Mazen Hesham to progress 6-11, 11-2, 12-10, 11-8.Simon Rösner of Germany