A proposal to expand the International Ski Federation (FIS) Council to improve gender equality and reopening the bidding process for the 2024 Ski Flying World Championship were among the key decisions taken by the body at its meeting in Dubrovnik in Croatia.

been reopened ©HarrachovThe Council approved Crans Montana in Switzerland, Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany

Britain’s Alice Tai claimed her fourth title of the weekend in the women’s 100 metres butterfly on the final day of the World Para Swimming World Series meeting in Ligano Sabbiadoro.

points.Italy finished top of the medals table with 16 golds – four times more than nearest rivals, Germany

Norwegian top seeds Anders Mol and Christian Sørum lived up to their favourites tag as they won the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Tour title in Ostrava.

pressed on to win 21-19, 21-17 for their first tournament victory since the World Tour Finals in Hamburg, Germany

Italy's Mario Scarzella was re-elected first vice-president of World Archery as the governing body awarded its 2021 World Championships to Yankton in the United States on the final day of its Congress in the Netherlands.

elected to serve a further four-year term unopposed at the meeting in 's-Hertogenbosch.Jörg Brokamp of Germany

Germany beat World Cup winners Belgium in a shootout after their men's International Hockey Federation

France maintained their status as mixed relay champions at the European Triathlon Union Triathlon European Championships following a tight race in Weert in the Netherlands.

The French team of Sandra Dodet, Paul Georgenthum, Emilie Morier and Léo Bergere pipped Germany to keep

Jeannine Gmelin’s hopes of retaining her European single sculls title in front of her home crowd on Lucerne’s Rotsee today were frustrated by Ireland’s world champion Sanita Puspure.

earned them so many medals down the years got straight to the gold standard, holding off Poland and Germany

Olympic champions Brazil overcame world champions Poland in a titanic clash in the International Volleyball Federation Men's Nations League.

record thanks to victory over Japan ©FIVBIran matched Brazil's feat thanks to a three-set victory over Germany

Hungary, China and France produced shock results at the International Canoe Federation Canoe Sprint World Cup in Duisburg on a day when two favoured home crews, and Canada’s expected winners of the women’s C2 500 metres, took unfamiliar silver.

The men’s K4 500m final was expected to be a showdown between world champions Germany and silver medallists

the Longines Global Champions Tour Championship with a triumphant victory on home soil in Hamburg, Germany

Rio 2016 silver medallist Josef Dostal achieved a long-overdue K1 1,000 metres win at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Sprint World Cup in Duisburg today.

victory from lane nine ahead of a field that included double Olympic champion Sebastian Brendel of Germany

Olympic champions Brazil beat Australia in a high-scoring five-set thriller to clinch their second consecutive victory in the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Men's Nations League. 

25-22, 25-18, 25-21 win.Italy recovered from their loss at the hands of Iran yesterday by defeating Germany

On Friday, June 9, 1939, meeting in London, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to award the 1940 Winter Olympics to Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

It was a mere 18 days after Germany had signed its "Pact of Steel" military alliance with Mussolini’s

of aggressive acts, including invading Austria and the rest of Czechoslovakia, when the IOC awarded Germany

Bouverie, Appeasing Hitler - that Britain had not "abandoned all desire to reach an understanding with Germany

re-arm.Former British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had pioneered an appeasement policy towards Germany

, told the House of Lords that Britain had not “abandoned all desire to reach an understanding with Germany

Benjamin Savšek claimed his and Slovenia's second gold medal of the European Canoe Association European Canoe Slalom Championships in Pau, France.

upstaging Savšek but had to settle for the silver medal, just 0.79 seconds behind.Sideris Tasiadis from Germany

Amalie Hilgertova claimed a surprise gold in the women's kayak final.Defending champion Ricarda Funk of Germany

Naomi Osaka's bid for a third consecutive Grand Slam title was left in tatters as she crashed out of the French Open.

comfortable passage into round four as he beat Italian Salvatore Caruso 6-3, 6-3, 6-2.Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany

 Fifth seed Alex Zverev of Germany also took five sets to reach the second week at Roland Garros.After