Sweden's Olympic silver medallists, skipped by Niklas Edin, will be among teams to watch at the World Men's Curling Championships in Las Vegas tomorrow in an event extended for the first time to 13 teams.

rink led by John Shuster which won the gold medal at Pyeongchang 2018.The field also includes China, Germany

Weightlifters who wanted to compete internationally had no option but to go along with systematic cheating by doping, an investigation by a global anti-corruption organisation has revealed.

The athletes who spoke to hetq.am also said the coach had not been involved.On a day when Germany had

Sixth seed Jeļena Ostapenko of Latvia will face American Sloane Stephens for the women's singles title after both players came through their respective semi-finals at the Miami Open.

In the men's draw, fourth seed Alexander Zverev of Germany progressed to the semi-finals with a comfortable

A record 24 events will form this year's World Air Sports Federation (FAI) Drone Racing World Cup circuit, it has been announced.

test for the inaugural World Drone Racing Championships in November of this year, from May 11 to 13.Germany

Japan’s Shiori Saito followed up her victory over number one seed Beatriz Corrales of Spain in yesterday’s women’s singles match by coming out on top against Germany's Yvonne Li today at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Orléans Masters at the Palais des Sports.

Fischer Nielsen and Alexandra Bøje whilst number three seeds Marvin Emil Seidel and Linda Efler of Germany

German ice hockey player Christian Ehrhoff has announced his retirement after winning a silver medal at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics last month.

 Christian Ehrhoff helped Germany to a surprise silver medal at Pyeongchang 2018 ©Getty Images"Thanks

Ehrhoff played 118 times for Germany at four Winter Olympics, seven World Championships and two World

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be a patron of the 2019 International Luge Federation World Championships in Winterberg.

Merkel, who was born in the former German Democratic Republic and has been Chancellor of Germany since

Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro remains on course to clinch a second consecutive title as he battled to a three-set victory over Milos Raonic of Canada to reach the semi-finals of the Miami Open.

Fourth seed Alexander Zverev of Germany takes on Croatian Borna Ćorić and Pablo Carreño Busta of Spain

The Latvian teenager Rebekah Koha won her first senior title, Albania came out top in an exciting men's final watched by Ilya Ilyin, and the Romanian hosts added to their medals tally - but perhaps the biggest achievement of day three of the European Weightlifting Championships was a landmark medal for Sweden's Angelica Roos.

at these Championships.Their last medallist was Maria Bohm, who won a snatch bronze 20 years ago in Germany

The European Weightlifting Federation (EWF), whose 2018 Senior Championships began in Romania today with surprise gold medals for the host nation and Spain, may have to move its Junior and Under-23 Championships because of the Spanish Government's refusal to recognise Kosovo.

anything that might be seen as supportive of separatists.Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was arrested in Germany

Austria’s Markus Salcher begun his quest for the World Para Alpine Skiing Europa Cup title by claiming the men’s super-G standing gold medal on the opening day of the Finals in Obersaxen in Switzerland today.

standing event ©Getty ImagesThe women’s super-G sitting event was won by 26-year-old Ruth Hagspiel of Germany

The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has expressed its desire to further develop the sport by mandating leading marketing agencies for the procurement and negotiation of partnership agreements throughout Europe and North America.

highlights to more than 140 countries on all five continents.IFSC events in Austria, Canada, France, Germany

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has named the 16 referees and 16 linesmen who will officiate at the 2018 Men's World Championships in Denmark.

crew that called the Pyeongchang 2018 men’s ice hockey final between Olympic Athletes from Russia and Germany

Kristina Boe secured her first International Equestrian Federation (FEI) World Cup Vaulting title as hosts Germany

Bresch and Torben Jacobs dominated the Pas-de-Deux event ©FEI/Daniel KaiserThere was further success for Germany

Cup Vaulting Final concluded with the male competition and saw last year’s champion Jannis Drewell of Germany

The third and final International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) SnowKite WorldCup of the season has taken place at the Turkish ski resort of Erciyes.

successful editions in Italian venues Reschensee and Roccaraso, the Erciyes stop produced success for Germany

Austria and Latvia.The eight events saw four competitors earning two victories apiece.Felix Kersten of Germany