The world’s best ice hockey teams will fight for the right to be crowned world champions at the upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship in the Danish capital Copenhagen and the city of Herning.

tournament winners Canada, who will be looking to reclaim the title they lost to Sweden in Cologne, Germany

Once, and only once, a long, long time ago, I met an athlete who openly confessed that he had taken drugs. Not unknowingly. Not unwittingly. Had knowingly taken drugs because he thought he needed them to be competitive.

become inured to matching innocent faces with guilty facts.The sleek, fleet Katrin Krabbe of East Germany

North Korea comfortably dispatched Russia to set up a meeting with South Korea in the quarter-finals of the women's event at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad.

place in the main draw as they defeated Belarus 3-2 in a hard-fought encounter.Austria knocked out Germany

A film crew from Uruguay was in Europe last week, working on the last few interviews for a three-part documentary about the origin of football in that country.

into football's first superstars ©Getty ImagesOther journalists from around the continent - in Spain, Germany

from his rivals to win his fourth consecutive Eschborn-Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz race in Germany

Defending men's champions China survived a scare as they booked their place in the main draw of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad.

Championships quarter-final defeat to Slovenia.The Swedish team recorded a 3-1 win to join top seeds Germany

A first ever "Global Platinum Trophy" is due to be part of the prize pot for the inaugural Athletics World Cup in London in July. 

and field events, up to and including the 1500 metres.United States, Great Britain, Poland, China, Germany

Dirk Matschenz has been appointed head coach of the German skeleton team to replace Jens Müller, the German Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton Federation (BSD) has confirmed.

Matschenz, who competed for Germany before switching allegiance to The Netherlands following a fallout

governing body's annual meeting and was then confirmed as the new head coach.Dirk Matschenz competed for Germany

North Korea continued their perfect start to the women’s event at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Team Championships by beating the Czech Republic in Halmstad.

respectively.Hong Kong and South Korea have yet to lose in Group D, meanwhile, with the former beating Germany

wins out of three having beaten Czech Republic and Brazil 3-0 today.The same can be said for top seeds Germany

in Group A after they whitewashed Romania and Sweden.Top seeds Germany won both of their matches today

Norway’s Alexander Kristoff will be hoping to win his fourth consecutive Eschborn-Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz race tomorrow but will have to cope with a changed course.

Cycling Union WorldTour event are likely to be Rick Zabel and John Degenkolb, both from host nation Germany

The World Squash Federation (WSF) have announced that China will hold its first-ever World Championship when the city of Dalian stages the 2018 WSF Women’s World Team Championship in September.

glass courts.China were chosen ahead of bids from Australia, Canada, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Germany

Two-time Olympic taekwondo gold medallist Steven Lopez and his brother Jean, a former coach for USA Taekwondo, have both been accused of sexual abuse in a United States court. 

her.Jean Lopez, meanwhile, is being sued by Heidi Gilbert after alleging he sexually assaulted her in Germany

Top seeds Germany earned a hard-fought win on the opening day of the International Table Tennis Federation

The International Esports Federation (IESF) have announced that they have opened the bidding process for the Esports World Championship in 2019.

part.The IESF are currently looking for Olympic recognition and have recently been handed a boost by Germany

Israel's Sagi Muki sent home fans into raptures by claiming gold in the men's under-81 kilogram category at the European Judo Championships in Tel Aviv.

the seven-minute mark ensuring she claimed gold.Lucy Renshall of Great Britain and Martyna Trajdos of Germany