An emotional minute's silence was observed before tonight's men's quarter-final at the European Water Polo Championships in Barcelona between Spain and Greece to mark the tragic impact of wildfires in the latter country which have claimed at least 70 lives.

SerbiaSwimmFed pic.twitter.com/21nHm1nV5x— LEN EuropeanAquatics (@LENaquatics) July 24, 2018The Netherlands and Germany

Defending champions Germany began strongly at the Women's Fistball World Championships by winning both

Hot favourites Egypt began the boys team event at the World Junior Individual Squash Championships in Chennai with two victories.

Squash Academy, beating Scotland 3-0 in Group B.Malaysia began their tournament with a victory over Germany

South Africa 2-1 and shut-out Ireland 3-0.Fourth seeds Malaysia played once in Group D, whitewashing Germany

Defending champions France claimed a hard-fought win over Spain today to maintain their perfect record in Pool A at the Inline Hockey World Championships in Italy.

Slovakia.In Pool E, Sweden preserved their 100 per cent start by beating Great Britain 2-0 after Germany

Defending champions Hungary came from behind to reach the women’s European Water Polo Championship semi-finals in Barcelona today.

LEN EuropeanAquatics (@LENaquatics) July 23, 2018They will meet either The Netherlands, who thrashed Germany

University of Coimbra celebrated gold as canoe sprint finals began at the European Universities Games.

the title in a time of 1min 43.73sec.They were followed by crews from the University of Mannheim in Germany

France begun their bid to retain the men's title at the Inline Hockey World Championships by beating Colombia in Asiago today.

with Brazil beating Australia 4-1 in Roana and Argentina defeating Slovakia 3-2 in Asiago.In Pool E, Germany

Hosts Japan clinched 10 gold medals on the last day of competition at the World University Karate Championships in Kobe, losing just two of the finals in which they were represented.

Ando lost 4-1 to Iran's Saleh Abazari.Joining Italy and Iran in winning one gold medal were France, Germany

Hosts England were held to a frustrating 1-1 draw by India as the Women's Hockey World Cup got underway in London.

Park.In the other match in the group, Ireland stunned the United States with a surprise 3-1 win, while Germany

Sweden’s Stefan Olsson, this year’s Wimbledon singles champion, has won the men’s doubles at the British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships today alongside his partner Joachim Gerard from Belgium.

Groot from The Netherlands and Yui Kamiji from Japan took that title, beating Sabine Ellerbrock from Germany

Quarter-final ties were the focus of the final day of group action at the women’s European Water Polo Championship in Barcelona today.

victory saw the Dutch team top the Group A standings ahead of Greece, meaning they are due to face Germany

This year's World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin is to be livestreamed, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced.

 Hosts Germany announced a 41-strong team including Paralympic champions Markus Rehm, Heinrich Popow

Britain’s Andy Lapthorne is through to the men’s quad singles final at the British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships on a day which saw play repeatedly suspended for rain.

semi-final 6-2, 6-1 to make the final of the women's singles ©TwitterDe Groot saw off Sabine Ellerbrock from Germany

Organisers of the upcoming Women's Hockey World Cup in London have been criticised in India before the tournament has started after an incorrect version of the country's flag was displayed at a promotional event.

against South Korea on Sunday (July 22).They will also play China and Italy in Pool A.Pool C includes Germany

Germany became the last team to book their place in the quarter-finals of the women's European Water