Norway followed up their win in the men's 4x7.5 kilometres relay by taking victory in the women's 4x6km relay at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Östersund.

ciQJfAvGkI pic.twitter.com/9h07IObizM— IBU World Cup (@IBU_WC) December 8, 2019Germany, Russia and France

The Ingebrigtsen brothers’ ambition of successfully defending the men’s under-20 and senior titles at the European Athletics Cross Country Championships in Lisbon today were only half fulfilled.

who took bronze in 14:10.Britain won the mixed relay in 17:55 from Belarus, who clocked 18:01, and France

Olympic champions Russia intensified their challenge for the title at the International Handball Federation Women's World Championship in Kumamoto inn Japan, today, winning their opening match to stay top of their main draw group with a perfect record.

in which the top two qualify for the semi-finals due to take place on Friday (December 13).Meanwhile France

Beat Feuz of Switzerland won the downhill title in the men’s International Ski Federation Alpine World Cup at Beaver Creek in the United States.

Feuz stopped the clock at 1min 12.98sec, leaving him a clear winner.Johan Clarey of France and Vincent

Hungary’s triple Olympic champion and nine-times world champion Katinka Hosszú added a third gold medal on the fourth day of the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Glasgow today.

freestyle, clocking 1:28.14 behind a Russian team including Vladimir Morozov which won in 1:28.31, with France

China and South Korea won their final playoff matches to qualify for the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Scotland today.

on a 6-3 scoreline against Latvia, before bowing out against South Korea, with China battling past France

Nathan Chen broke his own free skate and overall total world records to claim glory at the International Skating Union Grand Prix Final in Turin.

FigureSkating pic.twitter.com/B6EuA15U6B— ISU Figure Skating (@ISU_Figure) December 7, 2019Kevin Aymoz from France

New Zealand certainly love playing in Dubai, as they ensured back-to-back titles there in the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, defeating Canada 17-14 in a thrilling final.

comfortable 24-7 victory and a place in the final showdown.Canada had been particularly impressive, defeating France

Ádám Blázsovics delighted the home crowd here at the Teqball World Championships with an emphatic victory in the final of the singles competition here today. 

 The matches were watched by footballing legends Ronaldinho of Brazil, William Gallas of France,

Czech Republic and a more straightforward 20-10, 20-4 result against Julien Grondin and Hugo Rabeux of France

Ronaldinho is far from Brazil here in Budapest, with the Hungarian capital's snow-topped gothic buildings a stark contrast to the tropical warmth of the footballer's home country.

also have the same role, such as Luis Figo of Portugal, Carlos Puyol of Spain and William Gallas of France

Mikaël Kingsbury marked his 100th International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Ski World Cup appearance, with victory in the opening moguls event of the 2019-2020 season in Ruka.

moguls pic.twitter.com/cQvXOyLoY0— FISfreestyle (@FISfreestyle) December 5, 2019Perrine Laffont from France

Hungary’s triple Olympic champion and nine-times world champion Katinka Hosszú won two gold medals on the third day of the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Glasgow today.

earned a home victory as she came home in the women’s 100m freestyle final in 51.49.Beryl Gastaldello of France

:17.14 from Norway’s Henrik Christiansen, who clocked 14:18.15, and bronze medallist David Aubry of France

Manaudou taking silver in 20.66 and bronze going to Hungary’s Maksim Lobanovskii, who recorded 20.76.France

Germany and Italy both secured places at the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, winning their two playoff games today at the qualifier in Scotland.

second.China were defeated 6-4 by South Korea in the first playoff round, but recovered to overcome France

Fiji have missed out on the Cup quarter-finals for the first time in the 21-year history of the World Rugby Sevens Series round in Dubai.

The defending series champions finished third in Pool A behind France and Argentina on points difference.The

three teams all won two matches and lost one to finish on seven points, but France and Argentina's points

pool loss in Dubai since England beat them back in 2010.Today's other Pool A matches saw Fiji overcome France

24-14 and Japan lose 41-5 to France and 33-7 to Argentina.Australia, defending champions New Zealand

ended bottom of Pool C.The Cup quarter-finals take place tomorrow, starting with the encounter between France

World champions France failed to progress to the main round at the International Handball Federation