The International Judo Federation (IJF) has announced a protective suspension of the Iran Judo Federation, following pressure applied to judoka Saeid Mollaei at the World Championships to avoid facing an Israeli athlete.

made threats against him and his family.The Iranian athlete has since revealed he will seek asylum in Germany

shall fully comply with the Olympic Charter and the IJF Statutes".Saeid Mollaei has sought asylum in Germany

World Lacrosse has announced its most comprehensive digital viewing and broadcast plan for the Men's Indoor World Championship, starting tomorrow (September 19) in Vancouver, British Colombia.

The Netherlands and Hong Kong.Third pool, green division, is comprised of the Czech Republic, Germany

Defending champions Russia lost their opening match as the Blind Football European Championships began in Rome today.

to a winning start, but they will need to be in top form as they take on France tomorrow.England and Germany

Russia and Austria booked their places at the Women’s Under-19 World Floorball Championships by finishing as the top two countries in the final qualification event.

eight seeds feature, can win the title.Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Poland, Switzerland, Norway, Germany

Defending champions Russia maintained their machine-like progress at the European Men’s Volleyball Championships today as they won their fourth consecutive preliminary match, beating Finland 3-0.

hosts strengthened their chances of accompanying Russia to the knockout stages as they beat Turkey 3-0.Germany

The Russian Federation 2 pairing of Zilia Batyrshina and Nikolay Teplyy earned the skeet mixed team gold on the concluding day of the European Championship Shotgun at Lonato del Garda in Italy.

junior team event at the European Championship Shotgun ©ESCThe skeet mixed team junior title went to Germany

Two Russians were due to defend their titles on the second day of Greco-Roman finals at the World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan – and only one was successful.

Turkey.The bronze medals in the 67kg class were claimed by three-times world champion Frank Staebler of Germany

Russia are favourites to defend their title at the Blind Football European Championships which begin tomorrow in Rome.

final in Berlin and have been placed in Group B in the Italian capital.They will meet France, England, Germany

with the top two sides from each group in Rome reaching the semi-finals.England will begin against Germany

defence of their title tomorrow against the French, with the 2017 bronze medallists England meeting Germany

Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is confident a future bid for the Games from his home country of Germany

 that there was less skepticism surrounding entering a future race with talks continuing about Germany

I dare to say that of course there has been talk about the topic of a possible Olympic bid from Germany

 "We also see the interest in Germany for the Games afterwards, and that is a sign that the reforms

Reigning champions Japan completed the preliminary round with a perfect record at the Asian Men's Volleyball Championship after beating Chinese Taipei 3-1 to finish top of Pool B.

wins tonight after disposing of Turkey in straight sets.Earlier in the day, Belarus beat Finland 3-2.Germany

consecutive European Baseball Championship title as they eased to a 5-1 victory over Italy in the final in Germany

pic.twitter.com/5gDAYIDqsi— HonkbalSoftbalNL (@HonkbalSoftbal) September 15, 2019The Czech Republic beat Germany

Three-time Paralympic champion Carol Cooke of Australia produced another vintage display to secure the gold medal in the women's T2 road race on the final day of the International Cycling Union Para-cycling Road World Championships in Emmen.

47sec, one second in front of nearest challenger Angelika Dreock-Kaser of Germany.Jana Majunke, also of Germany

continued China's impressive showing at the event by winning the men's T1 in 45:47.Maximilian Jager of Germany

Georgia claimed a pair of gold medals on the first day of Greco-Roman finals at the World Wrestling Championships in Nur-Sultan.

Hungary's Bálint Korpási, who were both defeated semi-finalists.Mnatsakanian defeated Michael Widmayer of Germany

Triple Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Brendel of Germany was among the winners on the final day of

and Volha Klimava of Belarus managed 2:07.086 for third.Tom Liebscher, an Olympic gold medallist for Germany

Former German national team and National Basketball Association (NBA) superstar Dirk Nowitzki has been appointed as chair of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Players' Commission.

becomes a member of the FIBA Central Board.The 41-year-old has had an illustrious playing career for Germany