The Netherlands and China qualified the first boats for next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo, after winning their heats in the women's quadruple sculls at the World Rowing Championships in Austria.

reigning world champions Poland, and Germany.Poland were second, 0.79sec adrift of the Dutch crew, while Germany

Brazil's Olympic champions Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze started in style at the Sailing World Cup in Enoshima, winning both of their races in the 49erFX class.

any action missed now added to tomorrow's programme.In the men's 49er Tim Fischer and Fabian Graf of Germany

German judo legend Klaus Glahn has been awarded the ninth dan - the second highest ceremonial honour in the sport - in a ceremony at the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Championships.

weight category representing the United Team of Germany.Eight years later he won a silver medal for West Germany

Serbia maintained their unbeaten start to the Women's European Volleyball Championship with a battling victory against France in Ankara.

match hosts Turkey won 25-21, 25-11, 20-25, 25-18 against Bulgaria.At Ondrej Nepela in Bratislava, Germany

withdrawal with appendicitis before their Pool D clash.A topsy-turvy match saw Russia take the lead before Germany

Bulgaria and Nigeria confirmed their spots in the last-16 of the International Volleyball Federation Boys' Under-19 World Championship as the pool phase concluded in Tunis.

triumph against Chinese Taipei.Japan fell to a 23-25, 25-18, 24-26, 21-25 loss to Argentina in Pool C as Germany

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has outlined the qualification process for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne.

the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, the circuit will move to Königssee in Germany

Japan's women beat Chinese Taipei for the second consecutive day but the host nation's men were beaten by Tunisia at the Tokyo 2020 basketball test event.

part of the International Basketball Games.They lost to Argentina on Thursday (August 22) but beat Germany

The Netherlands have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after winning the Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship in Antwerp.

and Lidewij Welten both got on the scoresheet at the Wilrijkse Plein, with the Dutch side defeating Germany

Eighteen-year-old Lin Yun-ju of Chinese Taipei was the victor in the men's singles final at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Czech Open. 

118 positions to number 16 in the world rankings since January 2018, defeated Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany

Olomouc.He had won 12-10, 9-11, 11-2, 11-6, 5-11, 6-11, 11-8 against table tennis veteran Timo Boll of Germany

New Zealand's Lisa Carrington claimed her second gold at the International Canoe Federation Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged as competition drew to a close.

in 1:58.01.Brazil's Isaquias dos Santos upset two-time Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Brendel of Germany

International Cycling Union (UCI) EuroEyes Cyclassics race with a sprint-finish victory in Hamburg in Germany

Slovakia's three-time world champion Peter Sagan finished sixth for Bora-Hansgrohe.Viviani's victory in Germany

Home favourite Vendula Frintová stormed to victory with a sprint finish to claim glory at the International Triathlon Union World Cup in Karlovy Vary.

Gorman clocked 2:09.12 for silver with Caroline Pohle of Germany collecting bronze in 2:10.41.Awesome

Thailand's Sujrat Pookkham and Japan's Sarina Satomi progressed to the women's wheelchair WH1 final at the Para-Badminton World Championships in Basel.

Jakobshalle in the Swiss city.Yin had already delivered a surprise by beating top seed Valeska Knoblauch of Germany

Pre-tournament favourites Brazil came through a shaky encounter against Belarus to secure their passage to the knock-out stage of the International Volleyball Federation Boys' Under-19 World Championship in Tunis.

with their fourth win of the tournament.They defeated Mexico 25-23, 25-23, 25-21 as Japan swept aside Germany

The results of an International Cycling Union (UCI) survey on the future of road events has revealed fears over a small number of teams dominating competition.

proved most popular in the United States, France, Spain, Belgium and Italy with the United Kingdom, Germany