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Olympic champion Fox has to work hard to progress through ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships heat

  • Canoeing

Olympic champion Jessica Fox of Australia had to go through the second run in the women's canoe heats to progress on the first day of individual competition at the International Canoe Federation Canoe Slalom World Championships at Lee Valley.

first run, placing 33rd in 108.25sec.Defending champion and Olympic bronze medallist Andrea Herzog of Germany

led the way with a time of 84.07, despite a two-second penalty.Defending champion Sideris Tasiadis of Germany


IBA-affiliated Oceania Boxing Confederation claims World Boxing's French Polynesia member a "sleeping organisation"

  • Boxing

The Oceania Boxing Confederation (OCBC) affiliated to the International Boxing Association (IBA) has claimed the National Federation from French Polynesia which has joined World Boxing is a "sleeping organisation" with no ties to its own "authentic boxing federation".

States, New Zealand, Australia, GB Boxing, England Boxing, The Netherlands, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Germany


Germany maintain top five target at Los Angeles 2028 despite disastrous World Athletics Championships

  • Athletics

A place in the top five on the medals table at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles remains the target set by the German Athletics Association (DLV) despite its worst performance at the World Athletics Championships last month.

Germany finished the event in Budapest without a medal for the first time since the World Athletics Championships

a medal was on the last day when Julian Weber finished fourth in the men's javelin.The fear is that Germany

Germany finished second on the athletics medals table the last time Los Angeles hosted the Olympics in

for Christina Obergföll.The last time the United States held the Summer Olympics at Atlanta in 1996, Germany

women’s shot put and discus, respectively.When Los Angeles hosted the Olympics last, in 1984, West Germany


Paris 2024 spots on offer at ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Lee Valley

  • Canoeing

More than 300 athletes from over 50 countries are set to scrap it out for places at next year's Olympics in Paris when they compete at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Championships in Lee Valley.

the Czech Republic and Britain sealed quotas in the respective men’s K1 and men’s C1 events, while Germany

Canoe Slalom World Championships was staged in Augsburg last year.Sideris Tasiadis and Andrea Herzog of Germany


Moregaard earns Sweden ETTU team gold and Paris 2024 table tennis place

  • Table Tennis

Sweden's men won the European Team Table Tennis title for the first time since 2002 on the home ground of Malmo - and secured their Paris 2024 place - as they overcame a German team seeking a fourth successive title.

 Germany earned successive 3-0 wins over Ukraine, Italy, and Portugal in the semi-final, and Romania


Canada retain FIBA 3x3 Women's Series title in Mongolia

  • 3x3 basketball

Canada retained the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's Series title as they edged to a 16-15 win in the final over France in Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia.

£807,000/€938,000).China finished third in the overall standings, followed by the United States and Germany


Prince Harry tells Invictus Games athletes they have been "a shining example to us all"

  • Multi-Sport Games

Prince Harry, founder of the Invictus Games in 2014, told gathered ex-servicemen and women at the Closing Ceremony of the sixth edition in Düsseldorf: "Your mission to heal and grow has been a shining example to us all."

Speaking at the Merkur Spiel Arena, Prince Harry thanked Germany for hosting the Games, and looked ahead

Germany - thank you."You have raised the bar here."How much higher can we go in Vancouver?"


FISU flag arrives in North Rhine-Westphalia prior to 2025 World University Games

  • Rhine-Ruhr 2025

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) flag has arrived in Germany to mark the beginning

Milz and Chairman of the Sports Committee Bernhard Hoppe-Biermeyer received the flag in the event in Germany

World University Games at the Rhine and Ruhr.The FISU World University Games are set to take place in Germany

 Rhine-Ruhr 2025 would be the second time that the Games have taken place in Germany following Duisburg


Thirty-five years on from the Opening Ceremony, the Seoul Olympics in 1988 look like the Polarised Games

  • The Big Read

Thirty-five years ago today the cauldron in the Olympic Stadium in Seoul was set alight to mark the opening of the second summer Games to be held in Asia.

artistic gymnastics team which meant they dropped to fourth in the all-around competition, with … East Germany

US third on a total of 94, 36 of which were gold.In second place, the relatively tiny entity of East Germany

Steffi Graf of West Germany completed a first Golden Slam after beating Argentina's Gabriela Sabatini

Steffi Graf of West Germany took the opportunity to become the first player to win the "Golden Slam"


Six Paris 2024 places on offer at women’s volleyball qualifiers

  • Volleyball

A total of 24 women’s volleyball teams are set to fight it out for six quota places for next year’s Olympics in Paris at three qualification tournaments held across two continents.

group.Reigning Olympic champions the United States headline Pool C that also comprises of Poland, Italy, Germany


Heartbreak for refugee weightlifters unable to fly but more support on the way

  • Weightlifting

A refugee weightlifter said "my heart and soul are broken" after she missed what was due to be the biggest day of her difficult year.

originally from Cuba and now in Italy, completed the first leg of his journey but boarding gate staff in Germany

allow him on to the plane to Riyadh.Despite having a valid travel document and visa that had got him to Germany

effort to avoid a repeat for Jahanfekrian, originally from Iran and now living in a refugee camp in Germany

 "Living in Germany, because I am a refugee I cannot compete in fair conditions."

 The IOC team has one lifter, the former Iranian Yekta Jamali, who lives in Germany now."


Messi remains cover star for Konami's release of eFootball 2024

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Japanese entertainment company Konami has released the updated eFootball 2024, with Argentinian legend Lionel Messi again serving as global ambassador.

2023Partnerships with clubs including English giants Manchester United and Arsenal, Bayern Munich from Germany


NBA leading scorer James keen on Olympic return at Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

The National Basketball Association's (NBA) all-time leading scorer LeBron James is reportedly keen to represent the United States at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

2012, Tatum at Tokyo 2020 and Green at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.The US lost 113-111 to eventual winners Germany

Paris 2024 are available through qualifying tournaments, with hosts France, South Sudan, Canada, Japan, Germany


World Boxing claims Mongolia as first Asian member among four new additions

  • Boxing

Four federations have joined World Boxing to take its membership up to 16, including a first from Asia in Mongolia, although the International Boxing Association (IBA) insists its recognised National Federation from the nation does not intend to resign. 

the sixth European nation to join World Boxing, following GB Boxing, England Boxing, The Netherlands, Germany