Canada defeated defending champions Spain in an International Basketball Federation World Cup thriller to book their place in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, ending a 24-year absence.

scorer with an average of 26.4 points per game.Despite that, he was unable to prevent a 100-71 defeat to Germany

Heats took place across seven disciplines as action got underway at the World Rowing Championships in Belgrade in Serbia.

comfortable winner of the opening heat in a time of 6:45.46.Reigning world champion Oliver Zeidler of Germany

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has topped the Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF) World Youth Championships for the fourth year running.

Host nation Kazakhstan were the next best team with 13 golds ahead of Germany, Greece, and Romania.Aysha

Rio 2016 champion Gwen Jorgensen claimed her first win in a World Triathlon individual race for seven years as the American triumphed at the World Triathlon Cup in Valencia in Spain.

claimed his first ever World Cup win in dramatic fashion as he overhauled Lasse Nygaard Priester of Germany

More than 1,000 athletes are set to take part in the World Rowing Championships, with places at the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics up for grabs in Belgrade.

men’s single sculls includes entries from 48 nations, with reigning world champion Oliver Zeidler of Germany

International Canoe Federation (ICF) President Thomas Konietzko has insisted that "we do not force" organisers to permit Russian and Belarusian athletes after they were refused entry into major events due to a lack of assurances over security.

That was the case with Germany, that’s the case with Italy and that’s the case here."

Ireland’s Ronan Foley timed his finish to perfection to swipe men’s under-23 K1 gold from home favourite Philip Knudsen at the International Canoe Federation Canoe Marathon World Championships here.

Pineiro joined compatriot Duro on the podium when he sealed bronze in 1:36:06.15.There was delight for Germany

The United States is gearing up for the start of a new National Football League (NFL) season on September 7 and it's impossible not to know about it.

Last year, for example, the first-ever regular season NFL game in Germany saw demand for tickets in the

  1967 Summer Universiade, Tokyo: Women’s 100m freestyle bronze; women’s 400m freestyle silver; women’s 4x100m freestyle relay gold.

Pedersen, plus first leg swimmer Jane Barkman, to win Olympic gold in a Games record of 4:02.5, with East Germany

The Iran Weightlifting Federation (IRIWF) has banned Mostafa Rajaei for life after he shook the hand of an Israeli athlete at the sport's World Masters Championships in Krakόw.

Israel's Sagi Muki in the final but claims he was instructed to withdraw.After the event he travelled to Germany

Finland has become the latest country to quit the International Boxing Association (IBA) as it seeks to join rival body World Boxing.

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

Georgia's fairytale run at the International Basketball Federation World Cup will continue after booking its place into the second round with a win over Venezuela.

Group F champions Slovenia, Australia, and Germany.However, they will only play against Australia and Germany

World Boxing has claimed that more than 40 nominations have been submitted for elections at its planned inaugural Congress in November, although details are yet to be provided on who is standing or the date of the meeting.

Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Honduras and Sweden recently joined the United States, New Zealand

Spain's defending champion Carlos Alcaraz had a truncated start to his US Open title defence in New York City with German opponent Dominik Koepfer retiring one hour into the match.

using technology but branded the situation "a bit of a farce".Olympic champion Alexander Zverev of Germany

Canada, Germany, Lithuania, and the Dominican Republic have all advanced to the second round of the International

the next group 3-0 [win-loss record], but we're just in the beginning of what we want to do," said Germany