Top seeds Andre Loyola Stein and George Souto Maior Wanderley won their pool with a flourish today in the Port Dickson Beach Open near Kuala Lumpur.

Former sprinter Raelene Boyle is to be presented with the Order of Merit, the Australian Olympic Committee's (AOC) highest honour, at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Sydney on Saturday (May 4).

100m and 200m at Munich 1972 where she was beaten in both races by Renate Stecher, left, from East Germany

Germany extended to three matches their winning run after beating the United States 2-1 in the women's

happy that we could win this game in the end," said player of the match Lena Micheel.The victory puts Germany

Olympic Games will be given to the top four teams at the end of the season, with Australia ahead of Germany

The International Luge Federation (FIL) has announced the 2019-2020 international racing schedule for youth A athletes and juniors, the campaign opening in Park City, Utah, site of the 2002 Olympic Games and a venue for a potential 2030 Utah Olympic bid.

to December 1, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, double World Cup – youth A only; December 4 to 7, Königssee, Germany

; December 12 to 15, Altenberg, Germany; January 30 to February 2, Winterberg, Germany.Lausanne 2020

Fifteen of the top 16 male pentathletes – including Russia’s Olympic champion Alexander Lesun and Britain’s world champion Jamie Cooke – are on the start list for the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup that starts tomorrow in Székesfehérvár, Hungary.

Lanigan-O’Keefe of Ireland, Jan Kuf of the Czech Republic, Ilya Palazkov of Belarus, Patrick Dogue of Germany

France and England will defend the respective men’s and women’s titles at the European Team Squash Championships that start tomorrow at Edgbaston Priory Club.

“France and Germany are the obvious threat but I’m confident the boys will be able to reach for that

each progressing to the semi-finals, and the bottom two to relegation play-offs.France, fourth-seeded Germany

Alexander Bachmann is set to defend his men's 87 kilogram title at the World Taekwondo Championships after Germany

Guelec.Huseyin Alperen Canan, Jordanis Konstantinidis, Martin Stach and Cem Unlusoy will also represent Germany

Rio 2016 silver medallist Daniel Perez of the Netherlands will be among the favourites competing at the Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) World Open starting tomorrow at Maurice-Richard Arena in Montreal. 

favourite in the BC4 class, is due to face strong opposition from Canada’s Alison Levine, Boris Nicolai of Germany

Germany have announced their team for next month’s Women’s Under-25 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships

tournament next month in Thailand ©IWBFThe Championships in Thailand will take place from May 23 to 28.Germany

Malaysia starts hosting its second Beach Volleyball World Tour event of the season tomorrow – the Port Dickson Beach Open – which will feature the final weekend of qualifying for the 2019 Beach Volleyball World Championships.

Volleyball World Tour that will qualify for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Hamburg, Germany

list to gain final berths allotted to the FIVB World Tour for the World Championships that return to Germany

Slovakia’s Peter Tarcala has been elected President of Badminton Europe for the next four years.

first Badminton Europe President from Slovakia.Former Presidents have originated from Denmark, England, Germany

lead the men's International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League table after they won 1-0 away at hosts Germany

 Peng Yang put China 1-0 up after two minutes but Germany responded with four unanswered goals.Nike

Hosts Britain defeated the United States in a shootout after their International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League women's match ended at 1-1. 

 The Netherlands consolidated their place at the top after beating Germany 1-0 yesterday at Mönchengladbach

Allysa Seely led an American one-two in the women’s PT2 competition at the season-opening International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Paratriathlon Series event in Milan.

Catala Laparram, who recorded 1:00.09.American Kyle Coon was third.Paralympic champion Martin Schulz of Germany

The United States will contest the recurve and compound mixed team titles at the Archery World Cup in Medellin.

meet top seeds South Korea, who beat El Salvador in a shoot-off before securing 6-2 victories against Germany