Belarusian favourite Dzmitry Asanau earned gold in the men's 60 kilograms lightweight as the first of the 2019 European Games boxing medals were awarded here. 

 Germany had a triumphant day at the Tennis Olympic Centre, earning gold in both the men and women's

The Netherlands were crowned winners of the inaugural women's International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League thanks to a shootout victory over Australia, triumphing in a thrilling final played in glorious sunshine at the Wagener Stadium in Amsterdam.

pic.twitter.com/BCIotqvf6t— International Hockey Federation (@FIH_Hockey) June 29, 2019Earlier in the day, Germany

 Micaela Retegui had put Argentina ahead with a sensational goal in the first quarter before Germany

 
The opening four efforts in the one-on-ones were missed before Germany took control, with Janne

Retegui took the best goal of the FIH Pro League Grand Final thanks to her brilliant strike against Germany

Russia secured progress to the final round of the International Volleyball Federation Men’s Nations League thanks to a thrilling win over Argentina in Brisbane.

Men’s Nations League final round in Chicago following a 25-19, 21-25, 25-14, 25-23 victory against Germany

in Leipzig ©FIVB/TwitterPoland bagged a 25-19, 21-25, 25-14, 25-23 victory over hosts Germany in Pool

Spain won three gold medals on the opening day of the karate competition at the European Games here today, with both kata champions of Baku 2015 - Damián Quintero and Sandra Sánchez - retaining their titles, and Laura Palacio Gonzalez adding another title as she beat Meltem Hocaoglu of Turkey 4-1 to win the over-68 kilograms women’s kumite final.

25.60.In the bronze medal matches, Azerbaijan’s Roman Heydarov scored 25.46 to beat Ilja Smorguner of Germany

to the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Championships in Hamburg, Germany

Poland's Faustyna Kotłowska broke the W20 javelin F64 world record in one of the highlights of day two of competition at the European Para Youth Games in Pajulahti in Finland.

backstroke.Gina Böttcher triumphed in the women's 100m freestyle, while there was also success for Germany

The Netherlands secured top spot in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women's Qualifier Europe today to seal their passage through to the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier and 2020 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.

A nine-wicket victory over Germany at La Manga Club in Murcia meant the Dutch snatched first place from

for the 2020 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier.The Netherlands reached their target of 64 against Germany

overs.Heather Siegers led the way with an unbeaten 36 from 26 balls.Earlier in the day, Scotland beat Germany

Bryce top scored with 65 from 46 balls as Scotland set their opponents a target of 169 to win.In reply, Germany

Austrian lugers Rupert Brüggler and Tobias Angerer have announced their retirement from the sport, according to the Austrian Toboggan Federation.

nbsp;Germany's Chris Rene Eissler is seen after the final run of the 2019 Men's World Championships in Germany

Germany are gunning for a podium finish and a spot at next summer's Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games when

Holders the United States beat hosts France to set up a semi-final with England at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

continue tomorrow with the last two quarter-finals.Italy face the Netherlands in Valenciennes before Germany

It was not quite the perfect ending the host nation had hoped for in the inaugural Dynamic New Athletics final here as they finished just 0.67 seconds behind Ukraine in the final race for gold - but after a stadium that looked close to its 22,246 capacity had been taken on a journey of rising hope as the hosts won five of the eight preceding events it was, broadly speaking, a great result for athletics at the 2nd European Games.

meant that Ukraine and Belarus finished on 74 points after eight events, with the Czech Republic and Germany

metres clear as they clocked 4min 27.14sec to claim gold, with Belarus taking silver in 4:27.81 and Germany

France won nine athletics events in an impressive showing on the opening day of the European Para Youth Games in Pajulahti in Finland.

and prevailed with a throw of 7.50m.Another sport in which medals were awarded today was judo with Germany

Two Italian teams made up of Olympic gold medallists finished first and second in the mixed team shotgun skeet event here. 

multiple world medallist, earned gold in the women’s under-76kg category, beating Francy Raedelt of Germany

Russia bounced back from their defeat to Brazil as they overcame hosts Australia in straight sets in the International Volleyball Federation Men's Nations League.

qualification hopes a boost by seeing off Italy 15-25, 25-20, 25-22, 25-18.In Pool 20 at Arena Leipzig in Germany

, Poland helped their bid with a 22-25, 25-19, 27-25, 25-20 win against Japan, while Germany won a topsy-turvy

France’s last-16 win over Brazil attracted the biggest television audience for a Women’s World Cup match, FIFA has announced.

Korea, a record audience for women's football in the country.The previous high was 4.1 million for Germany