The President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Andrew Parsons has called on the entire Paralympic Movement to celebrate today, on what is the 70th anniversary of the first international Stoke Mandeville Games.

countries.Guttman and his family fled to England just before the outbreak of the war in 1939, as the situation in Germany

In retrospect it seems obvious. Every four years, you bring together a group of the most popular European sports championships and hold them at the same time, enabling them to create an exponential level of interest and appeal. Boom.

In Germany, there will be up to almost 13 hours coverage per day.

Germany successfully defended their women’s World Fistball Championship title in Linz today as they defeated

 Germany ?? wins the IFA 2018 Fistball Women's World Championship in Linz, Austria ?

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Australia progressed directly to the quarter-finals of the Women's Hockey Cup in London, despite being held to a 1-1 draw by New Zealand in a repeat of the Commonwealth Games final.

Germany booked their quarter-final place with a 3-1 win over Spain ©Getty ImagesBelgium ended their

Italian Alberto Zorzi recorded his first victory on this year's Longines Global Champions Tour (LCGT) circuit as he claimed an impressive win during the latest stop on the calendar in Berlin.

capital.The duo completed the course in 35.53sec with zero penalties.The Italian rider denied Germany

The United States won four golds on the first day of finals at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Poznan in Poland – with two coming in women’s boat classes introduced this year.

looked like some steering issues towards the end, maintained a lead throughout to finish well clear of Germany

moved up in the third 500 metres, before coming past Italy in the final sprint, with New Zealand and Germany

Japan's Nami Nabekura retained her International Judo Federation Zagreb Grand Prix title with an impressive victory over Olympic champion Tina Trstenjak of Slovenia in the final of the women's under-63 kilograms division.

joining her on the podium by virtue of her win against Brazilian Amanda Oliveira.Dominic Dressel of Germany

Ante Barac's second-half goal denied Russian universities a clean sweep of the football gold medals as the European Universities Games concluded in Coimbra today.

their semi-final defeat by sealing third place.The Kyiv-based side beat the University of Vechta from Germany

Number one seeds and strong favourites Egypt have thrashed the Czech Republic without losing a set, to make the final of the team competition for the eighth consecutive time, at the World Squash Federation (WSF) World Junior Championships in Chennai.

New Zealand beat the hosts India by the same score line, Colombia beat Ireland 2-1 and Australia beat Germany

European Championship of American Football when the 2018 tournament - originally due to be held in Germany

Paris branch of the IFAF, although Robert Huber, President of the American Football Association of Germany

Paris and New York City branches of the IFAF.This year's European Championships were switched from Germany

including qualifying matches that were not played in time and allegations of financial problems.Neither Germany

A special celebration event to mark 70 years since the formation of the Stoke Mandeville Games and the birth of the Paralympic Movement is set to be held in Buckinghamshire in England tomorrow.

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Germany will seek a third consecutive title at the Fistball Women's World Championships in Linz tomorrow

Women's World Fistball Championships semi-finals in Linz - where they will meet defending champions Germany

Germany and Hungary won three golds each on the first day of finals at the International Canoe Federation

Germany won their medals in the men's under-23 C1 and C2 1,000m races, as well as the women's under-23

The first semi-finals at the 2018 World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Poznan, Poland began earlier than originally scheduled today as a weather change was expected later on.

by the home crew, to the excitement of watching spectators, but re-grouped to re-take the lead, with Germany

Three-time Olympic champion Michael Jung of Germany has been confirmed among the entrants for the upcoming