Fiji warmed up for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games with a historic 24-12 win over Kenya in today's Hong Kong final - becoming the first side to secure this World Rugby Sevens Series title four times in a row.

their place in the next World Rugby Sevens Series by winning 19-14 in their final qualifier against Germany

for Japan, who earned a place in next season's World Rugby Sevens Series courtesy of a 19-14 win over Germany

automatic qualification to every 2018-2019 event.They had beaten Ireland 12-7 in their semi-final while Germany

Prodigious young United States rider Hannah Roberts won the women's International Cycling Union (UCI) BMX Freestyle Park World Cup today as the first Festival of Extreme Sports (FISE) World Series event to be held in Japan came to a close in Hiroshima.

the first running of the International Gymnastics Federation's Parkour World Cup.Waldemar Mueller of Germany

Iran and Russia each concluded the World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for Buenos Aires 2018 with six quota places for this year's Summer Youth Olympic Games.

States.Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, Georgia, Germany

Eighty years after it was released, Olympia, the epic film of the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, remains one of the greatest sports films of all time. 

Riefenstahl sailed on the liner Europa to America to promote the film.As she arrived, news came from Germany

Claus Hess, a leading figure in the International Rowing Federation (FISA) in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 84.

at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne, reaching the semi-finals.Claude Hess competed as part of a united Germany

Japan were the overall winners at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World University Cross Country Championship in Switzerland as their women won the team event and their men came second.

35:13.4.Japan were clear winners of the women’s team title, however, with 17 points, well clear of Germany

Spain’s Pedro Gomez was fastest in both qualifying and the final in the first ever International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Parkour World Cup on the second day of the Festival of Extreme Sports (FISE) World Series in Hiroshima.

year’s overall winner, took first place in the semi-final with 73.80 points ahead of Lara Lessman of Germany

Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert ensured France took a 2-1 advantage into the fourth rubber of their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final tie against hosts Italy with victory in the doubles at the Valletta Cambiaso in Genova.

victory overall, giving France a 2-1 lead in the tie going into the final two rubbers.Over in Valencia, Germany

doubles to take a 2-1 lead in the overall tie.It had looked like Tim Puetz and Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany

New Zealand and Ireland secured victories in the semi-finals of the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation (IWRF) World Championship Qualification Tournament at the Swiss Paraplegic Centre in Nottwil.

and Brazil securing their spots in it with 45-44 and 52-51 victories over host nation Switzerland and Germany

, respectively.Switzerland and Germany will play for seventh place.After tomorrow’s finals, the World

Ireland’s men will play Japan tomorrow at the Hong Kong stadium for a place in the final of the World Rugby Sevens Series qualifying tournament - with promotion to next season’s World Sevens Series on offer for the winner.

semi-final place with a 26-19 win over Uruguay.The other semi-final on the concluding day of action will see Germany

The anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide has been marked at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, with a minute’s silence taking place at a beach volleyball match featuring the country’s athletes.

admitted without a British colonial past or constitutional link to Britain, having been a former colony of Germany

record breaker today as he returned to action for the first time since January to bring Spain level with Germany

with Feliciano Lopez in Spain’s 3-2 win over Italy in 2005.The victory meant Spain finished 1-1 with Germany

Ireland, New Zealand and Poland sealed the remaining three places on offer at the International Wheelchair Rugby Federation World Championship as the qualification tournament for the event continued in Nottwil.

add to a first day win over South Korea.Poland, who had lost to hosts Switzerland after a win over Germany

Britain's Scott Brash will be bidding to back-up his opening leg win in Mexico City tomorrow at the second leg of the Longines Global Champions Tour in Miami Beach.

ImagesBoth minor medallists from Mexico City will also be in action in Miami Beach.Daniel Deusser of Germany

China's women have earned promotion to the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series 2019 after winning the qualifying tournament attached to the men's Hong Kong leg that got underway today.

the accompanying men's qualifying tournament in the Hong Kong Stadium, Uruguay, Ireland, Uganda and Germany