Canada's women bounced back from their surprise defeat at the hands of Britain as they beat Spain at the Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Hamburg.

the Canadians continue their pursuit of a sixth title in eight editions of the women’s event.Hosts Germany

.Algeria and China met in the second Group B match of the day later, with the latter keep pace with Germany

by remaining unbeaten with an 80-20 win..Germany (W) ??

edged Brazil 57-49 to earn their first Group C victory, with group leaders Japan beating Turkey 67-62.Germany

Almaty is set to host the World University Futsal Championships with group matches beginning tomorrow in the Kazakhstan city.

in Group A with Argentina, France and Slovakia set to provide opposition.Group C includes Thailand, Germany

Top seed and defending champion Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany made a shock exit from the International

Thailand dominated today’s semi-finals at the Boccia International Sports Federation World Championships in Liverpool as they guaranteed bringing home two medals.

2018WorldBoccia) August 17, 2018Thailand also reached the final of the BC4 event with a 5-3 win over Germany

for the best result we can do.”Hong Kong’s BC4 pair Wai Yan Vivian Lau and Kwan Hang Wong will face Germany

Japan produced a superb display as they recorded a 3-1 triumph over three-time winners Germany to reach

The German Football Association (DFB) have announced that former national team captain Philipp Lahm will lead the Organising Committee should the country be awarded the 2024 European Championships.

Working together with the Bid Committee, I will do all I can in the coming weeks to bring Euro 2024 to Germany

and asserting that the federation had failed to support him regarding the row.Philipp Lahm captained Germany

The pictures with Turkish President Erdogan raised questions for many people in Germany," the DFB stated

Despite the controversy, Germany are viewed as the favourites to be awarded the European Championships

Germany's men's and women's teams had a winning start on day one on their home ground of Hamburg when the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) World Championships got underway.

against Morocco, whom they defeated 84-40.In the final game of the day at the 2018 World Championships, Germany

Britain’s newly-installed individual champion David Smith set out in pursuit of a second gold medal today at the Boccia World Championships in Liverpool.

Edwards and Louis Saunders, he helped earn a 5-1 win over Japan, but then the home team lost 3-2 against Germany

Amelie Delabre scored a first-half penalty as hosts France knocked defending champions North Korea out of the FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup.

but Spain held on to progress to the last four.England play The Netherlands and three-time winners Germany

The United States made a winning start to the Para Cycling Road World Cup at Baie Comeau in Quebec as it won the team relay handbike mixed elite event that opened five days of competition.

classifications will compete on the Canadian courses ©Cycling CanadaThe field also included teams from Austria, Germany

United States and hosts Panama both advanced to the super round phase of the Under-15 Baseball World Cup as they won rain-delayed matches today.

15, 2018The result also put Panama through but the home side did what they needed to anyway, beating Germany

Defending champions Russia thrashed knock-out round debutants Tunisia to book their place in the quarter-finals of the Women's Youth World Handball Championship in Poland.

produced a superb second-half display to overcome Romania 22-20.The other quarter-final will be between Germany

Japan beat hosts Sweden on penalties to reach the play-off for fifth place at the International Federation For Athletes With Intellectual Impairments World Football Championships.

pic.twitter.com/Pt2gvmou5o— INAS (@INASsport) August 15, 2018Japan will go on to face either Russia, who beat Germany

Controversial reforms to the Davis Cup will be voted on at a key International Tennis Federation (ITF) meeting in Orlando tomorrow as President David Haggerty continued to lead calls for the sweeping changes to be passed.

player Lleyton Hewitt criticised the plans earlier this year, while the latest objections have come from Germany

The recently concluded European Championships proved "hugely popular” with television audiences, according to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), with viewers in the ten key European markets tuning in for a total of more than 567 million hours.

Championships men's 1,500m in Berlin, won by 17-year-old Jakob Ingegebrigtsen, right ©Getty Images"In Germany

European Championships, some of the "smaller" sports have seen their viewing figures rise dramatically.In Germany