this week with women's action in Maribor in Slovenia and men's racing in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany

tomorrow with a giant slalom contest before slalom takes centre stage on Saturday (February 2), while in Germany

Oberstdorf in Germany is preparing to host the first ski flying action of the men's International Ski

calendar, with the FIS adding an extra competition in Oberstdorf after action in Titisee-Neustadt in Germany

Eleven of the 12 hosts of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Intercontinental Olympic qualification tournaments for Tokyo 2020 have been announced. 

Puerto Rico and Thailand, while Pool B will be hosted by reigning Olympic champions China, with Turkey, Germany

 Both Germany and Brazil will be competing in their respective FIVB Intercontinental Olympic Qualification

Australia and Japan topped their groups at the Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation qualifiers to book their place at this year's Women's World Championships.

opponents France 61-0 in Gdansk.Czech Republic also opened with a win, defeating Estonia 10-3, while Germany

Defending champions Russia joined hosts Sweden in the semi-finals of the Bandy World Championship with a tense 3-2 win over Finland.

play-off round, where the top two teams in Group B meet the bottom two sides in Group A, as they beat Germany

Russia and France claimed gold in the men's and women's junior relays respectively in contrasting fashion at the International Biathlon Union Youth/Junior World Championships in Osrblie today.

Slovakian resort.They crossed the line in a total time of 1 hour 20min 13.5sec, one second in front of Germany

finished 15.1 seconds clear of the rest of the field.The French trio clocked a combined 54:26.4 as Germany

Five-time world champion Lindsey Jacobellis of the United States will defend her snowboard cross title at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships with qualifying beginning the global event tomorrow in Utah.

the Czech Republic.In the men's snowboard cross competition, the favourite could be Martin Noerl of Germany

Germany was represented by 264 athletes at Baku 2015, winning 16 gold, 17 silver and 33 bronze medals.The

USA Weightlifting (USAW) is continuing its attempts to change the voting rules of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) despite an initial lack of support for the idea from a working party.

Budapest last month, chaired by Jose Quinones of Peru and also comprising representatives from Russia, Germany

Britain's James Peters and Fynn Sterritt top the 49er class after day one at the Sailing World Cup in Miami, despite a disappointing result in their first race.

Zohar won both of the women's 470 races to top the leaderboard.Fabienne Oster and Anastasiya Winkel of Germany

Germany and Norway earned youth relay triumphs as they took gold in the men's and women's events respectively

Moeller and Anne De Besche brought home the gold medal for the Norwegian team ahead of squads from Germany

Japan and Australia both made it two victories out of two at the Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation qualification tournament for the Women's World Championships.

 Group Two will see world number two side Finland meet Germany, Russia, Spain and Austria while

Martin Bourgeois Republique of France and China's Fanqi Meng claimed junior individual gold medals as action continued at the International Biathlon Union Youth/Junior World Championships in Osrblie.

challenger Mikita Labastau of Belarus by 2.9 seconds.The bronze medal was earned by Danilo Riethmueller of Germany

the IBU Cup and World Cup circuits, dominated the women's 12.5km race and crossed the line in 40:06.7.Germany

Defending champions Russia bounced back from their opening defeat at the Bandy World Championship by crushing Kazakhstan 22-1.

Arena in Bohus to guarantee a place in the semi-finals.Pool B saw another huge win as Norway thrashed Germany

Denmark clinched the World Men's Handball Championship title on home soil today to add the global crown to their Olympic gold medal.

The Danes, co-hosting the flagship event with Germany, saw off Scandinavian rivals Norway 33-21 in the

goals, as Magnus Jøndal's nine strikes for Norway proved to be in vain.Earlier in the day, France edged Germany