Defending champions France started their International Handball Federation (IHF) Men's Handball World Championship campaign with a victory over Brazil in Berlin tonight. 

 Tomorrow is scheduled see the two host countries in action, with Germany taking on Brazil in Berlin

Top seed Lorraine Winstanley has advanced into the final of the British Darts Organisation Darts World Championship where she will face Japan’s Mikuru Suzuki, after semi-final action today in Frimley Green in England.

meanwhile, it was a day of quarter-finals.In the first match, fifth seed Michael Unterbuchner from Germany

Russia’s Alexander Loginov has finally claimed the first International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup win of his career after four previous podium finishes earlier this season.

 Afterwards Bach claimed he was "very happy" to attend the event in Germany and meet IBU President

In 1973, the combined bands of the Grenadier and Coldstream Guards played the European anthem, Wembley switched on new and improved floodlights and Bobby Charlton made his final appearance at the famous old stadium in a special football match to celebrate Great Britain’s entry into the "Common Market" known more formally as the European Economic Community (EEC). There was even an Irish backstop, goalkeeper Pat Jennings.

He had played the game of his life when West Germany beat England the previous April.Schoen’s original

International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup leader Johannes Ludwig of Germany will be looking to get

 Julia Taubitz of Germany is closing in on World Cup leader and compatriot Natalie Geisenberger

last weekend's leg in Königssee ©Getty ImagesIn the doubles event, Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken of Germany

Co-hosts Germany won the opening game of the International Handball Federation (IHF) Men's Handball World

Germany won 30-19 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin to win the first match of the biennial tournament

Handball World Cup in Berlin, IOC President Thomas Bach met the joint Korean team who had played host Germany

together with Bach meeting their players after the game.The competition is being jointly hosted between Germany

Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi will look to continue his winning ways at the International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup event in Val di Fiemme, after completing a sensational clean sweep at the Four Hills Tournament.

years.Action will also take place in the women's Ski Jumping World Cup in Sapporo, Japan.Katharina Althaus of Germany

Heavy snow has postponed the first day of the fourth stop of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup season in Königssee.

stage whether the IBSF Skeleton World Cup event will be rescheduled.Olympic champion Mariama Jamanka of Germany

World Cup rankings in the two-woman bobsleigh ©Getty ImagesOlympic champion Francesco Friedrich of Germany

bobsleigh, will be aiming to upset current World Cup leader and Olympic champion Mariama Jamanka, also of Germany

action begun today at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Men's Épée World Cup in Heidenheim in Germany

second qualifying seed Jakub Jurka of Czech Republic.China's Shi Gaofeng, left, remains in contention in Germany

The 2019 International Handball Federation Men's World Championship will begin across Germany and Denmark

features 24 teams split into four groups of six, with the French in Group A alongside Russia, joint hosts Germany

27 ©IHFJust two matches will take place tomorrow on day one, with the 2016 Olympic bronze medallists Germany

The next stage of the International Biathlon Union World Cup circuit will begin tomorrow with women's sprint action in Oberhof.

awarded for a race win, Loginov will no doubt be desperate to ensure Bø does not dominate once again in Germany

A stellar field is set to compete in Australia this week when Bendigo becomes the latest city to host one of wheelchair tennis' six Super Series tournaments.

women's singles entries are Japan's Yui Kamiji, The Netherlands' Aniek van Koot and Sabine Ellerbrock of Germany

Jarl Magnus Riiber earned a repeat victory as the International Ski Federation Nordic Combined World Cup in Otepää concluded.

total of 134.3 points gave Riiber a 30 second advantage over his nearest challenger Manuel Faißt of Germany

for the cross-country, as well as Johannes Rydzek.Rydzek, also of Germany, sought to close the gap to

Austria's Reinhard Egger earned a maiden International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup victory in Königssee after only one run was possible in the men's event.

Germany wins at Königssee @Viessmann_Sport Team Relay World Cup presented by BMW ahead of Austria and

second on 413 points after finishing fifth today, with Austria's Wolfgang Kindl slipping to third on 404.Germany

Brazil will face the United States in the women’s final at the International Volleyball Federation World Tour event in The Hague.

make it into the final, as they face each other in the last four.The other match tomorrow will pitch Germany