World number one Rafael Nadal of Spain will bid for a remarkable 11th title at the Monte Carlo Masters this week as the clay season gets underway prior to the French Open.

Nadal, who made his comeback from injury during Spain's recent Davis Cup victory over Germany, is among

Top seeded Spain and third seed Israel are through to tomorrow’s men’s wheelchair tennis final at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup European Qualification in Vilamoura in Portugal.

impressive comeback to win the deciding doubles against Slovakia’s Marek Gergely and Tomas Masaryk 2-6, 6-4.Germany

Oleg Znarok has temporarily stepped down as the head coach of the Russian national men's ice hockey team.

taking over a team that lost in the quarter-finals on home ice at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.OAR beat Germany

Nations with a persistent record of doping in weightlifting are being made to pay in tough new measures announced by the sport’s governing body, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF).

weightlifting programme.Others who can be expected to qualify larger teams than in recent years include Germany

Great Britain’s women wheelchair tennis players earned their second 3-0 wins in successive days at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup European Qualification event in Vilamoura in Portugal.

for Great Britain before they are due resume their campaign against Belgium on Saturday (April 14).Germany

Double Olympic champion Beezie Madden of the United States took a quick step towards replicating her Longines World Cup Show Jumping Final of five years ago as she and her horse Breitling LS won the opening speed competition of the 2018 Final in Paris.

a spectacular ride in the AccorHotels Arena.She finished almost a second clear of Daniel Deusser of Germany

have any room for complacency, because stalking them is three-time title-holder Marcus Ehning from Germany

Montenegro beat Romania today to secure their place in the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Men’s Water Polo World League Super Final, denying Olympic champions Serbia qualification from the European preliminaries.

force for the last decade, from qualifying.Today’s Group B action saw world champions Croatia beat Germany

International Federation of American Football (IFAF) have claimed only around €10,000 (£8,700/$12,000) was found in the organisation’s accounts after regaining control following a major split in the organisation.

Marketinggesellschaft mbH.The companies managing director, Robert Huber, heads the American Football Association of Germany

In regard to payments done to Germany they have been conducted in the same way and always based upon

For the time 2015 and forward IFAF had to uphold daily business under challenging circumstances and Germany

IFAF should in my opinion be grateful towards Germany due to their commitment to IFAF and the mandatory

City Hall in Paris played host tonight to the draws for both the Longines International Equestrian Federation (FEI) World Cup Jumping and FEI World Cup Dressage 2018 Finals.

prestigious titles in front of 60,000 people at the AccorHotels Arena.Defending champion Isabell Werth of Germany

Iran today added a fourth gold medal to their total at the World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Tunisia to stay top of the medal table.

Taekwondo Junior Championships in Hammamet ©Getty ImagesThe bronze medals were won by Vanessa Beckstein of Germany

Samsung Electronics have denied reports that they ran a secret lobbying campaign to boost Pyeongchang's successful bid for the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye.Pyeongchang was awarded the 2018 Games after defeating Munich in Germany

A total of 40 teams from 33 different countries are due to take part in the 3x3 basketball tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, it has been announced.

tournament will feature Andorra, Argentina, Australia, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany

New corruption allegations surrounding Pyeongchang's successful bid for this year's Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games have surfaced in claims that technology giants Samsung led a secret campaign to offer incentives in return for votes.

Pyeongchang's successful campaign.Pyeongchang was awarded the 2018 Games after defeating Munich in Germany

Russia’s men triumphed in the junior team foil event that brought the Junior and Cadets World Fencing Championships to a close at the Cattolica Center in Verona today.

competition with a total of 128 points, with silver going to Singapore, who totalled 104.Bronze went to Germany

Host nation Germany have selected their women's squad for this year's Wheelchair Basketball World Championships

second at the 2010 edition behind the United States in English city Birmingham.At the Paralympics, Germany

European titles before relinquishing their crown to The Netherlands in Tenerife last year.In Hamburg, Germany