Both the men's and women's reigning champions have made it through to the knockout stage of the International Basketball Federation 3x3 World Cup in Amsterdam.

ranked 15th in this year's competition, completed the pool stage with a perfect record after beating China

16 victory before their winning streak was ended by the French.Tomorrow's women's quarter-finals see China

Puerto Rico's men and China's women dominated the third day of competition at the International Basketball Federation 3x3 World Cup 2019 in Amsterdam.

China??Who will have a longer run at the #3x3WC?Full story ?

t.co/NsMuTCee73 pic.twitter.com/2ClMZTHEfj— FIBA3x3 (@FIBA3x3) June 20, 2019In the women's category, China

- in Pool A - beat Hungary 21-11 and then the Dutch hosts 13-12.Both China and Hungary advanced to the

A 3-0 win over Serbia in their final preliminary round match meant Olympic champions China advance to

May 21.Bulgaria will be replaced by the winners of the FIVB Challenger Cup.THE #VNL FINAL 6 TEAMS are China

Cities interested in bidding for future editions of the Olympic Games will be asked to hold a referendum before they can be considered as a candidate following a spate of defeats for the International Olympic Committee (IOC), according to Australia’s John Coates.

vice-chair Danka Bartekova, Argentina's Gerardo Werthein, Lydia Nsekera of Burundi and Li Lingwei of China

Serbia suffered a shock defeat as they opened their defence of the men’s title on day two of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Cup at Amsterdam, being beaten for the first time by the United States.

medallists Slovenia gave early notice that they intend to do at least as well this year as they beat China

beaten France 21-17 - by 21-20.Qatar lost their opening match 13-21 to France, but went on to beat China

Poland became the last team to advance to the final round of the 2019 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Women's Nations League after Brazil knocked out Belgium on the penultimate day of pool play.

The Poles join Brazil, Italy, Turkey, the United States and hosts China, who had already secured their

 There were also wins today for hosts China and Germany in Pool 18 at Beilun Gymnasium in Ningbo.China

Defending champion Park Sung-hyun will face fierce competition at the Women's Professional Golf Association (PGA) Championships with 99 of the world's top 100 players competing at Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota from tomorrow.

opening round are two-times champion Laura Davies from England and fellow winners Shanshan Feng from China

Russians Denis Shekunov and Dmitrii Veretiuk had mixed fortunes as the main draw matches of the International Volleyball Federation Under-21 Beach Volleyball World Championships began in Udon Thani, Thailand.

21-9 victory puts the eighth seeds top of the women's Pool H alongside Cao Shuting and Dong Jie of China

Dutch speed skater Douwe de Vries has been named as the new chairman of the International Skating Union's (ISU) Athletes' Commission.

include ice dance representative Yuri Hulitski of Belarus and triple Olympic champion Zhou Yang of China

Spain will be determined to build on their bronze-medal winning performance from the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup in London when they host the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women's Series Finals event in Valencia over the coming nine days.

who despite being the lowest-ranked team at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup beat the much-fancied China

The International Basketball Federation 3x3 World Cup got under way today with plenty of absorbing action in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

tu4LJRhlZP pic.twitter.com/uGXMDxfe5B— FIBA3x3 (@FIBA3x3) June 18, 2019In the women's competition, top seeds China

positioned after beating Latvia 15-9 and winning a tight contest against the Netherlands 13-11.It means China

Germany will be represented by two more teams in the men's draw of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Under-21 Beach Volleyball World Championships as qualifying was held in Udon Thani, Thailand.

Mirkovic and Caroline Schafer of the United States 21-16, 24-22 in round three.YP Wang and H Xie of China

United States qualified for the International Volleyball Federation Women's Nations League final round with a straight sets victory over Russia in Yekaterinburg.

keep alive their own slim hopes of a top-six finish.In Pool 18, held at Beilun Gymnasium in Ningbo, China

challenger sides – defeated Serbia 21-25, 25-21, 25-17, 25-23 for their second win of the year.Pool hosts China

Japan won the women's team foil competition on the last day of the Asian Fencing Championships to end their home event in Chiba with a gold medal.

Kimberley Vanessa Cheung, Yan Wai Liu and Hiu Wai Valerie Cheung 34-33.In the bronze medal contest, China

men's team épée trio ©Getty ImagesThe men's team épée event also took place on the final day today with China

in a tie for ninth, but both nations demonstrated the best strength in depth today.The last four saw China

UniSport Australia have revealed the 23 athletes in the men and women's basketball teams set to compete at next month's 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples. 

gold medal in the men's and women's competitions, with the Emerging Opals drawn into Group D alongside China