France, winners of four of the available nine medals at the first International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup event of the season at Cairo earlier this month, are now focusing attention on the second World Cup due to start in Los Angeles tomorrow.

Sarolta Kovács of Hungary, Kim Sunwoo of Korea, Alice Sotero of Italy, Ilke Ozyuksel of Turkey and Germany

Ma Long belied his seeding to underline his status as the best player in the sport - still - by winning the International Table Tennis Federation German Open men's singles title in Bremen today.

I think Germany is a lucky country for me, and Bremen a lucky city," Ma said after a fifth German Open

4-1.She became the third Japanese player to win the women's singles at an ITTF World Tour event in Germany

Germany is also a lucky place for me, because I won the mixed doubles at the World Championships here

Already-confirmed World Cup champion Akito Watabe ensured he finished a season to remember by securing his second victory in two days at the final International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined event of the campaign in Schonach.

pic.twitter.com/sZKyVns2Ac— FIS Nordic Combined (@fisnc) March 25, 2018Fabian Rießle of host country Germany

Britain's Scott Brash began his pursuit of a third Longines Global Champions Tour title with victory in the season opener in Mexico City.

capital.Brash finished at the summit of the standings in front of Olympic bronze medallist Daniel Deusser of Germany

World number two Caroline Wozniacki has claimed the Miami Open crowd subjected her parents to death threats during her second-round defeat to Olympic champion Monica Puig.

Verdasco, who overcame compatriot Guillermo García López 4-6, 6-0, 6-2.Fourth seed Alexander Zverev of Germany

Japan’s Akito Watabe, already secure as overall winner of this year’s International Ski Federation Nordic Combined World Cup series, secured his 16th World Cup victory of the season in the German resort of Schonach.

seventh place on the first of two days' competition at the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup in Schonach, Germany

An investigation into historical allegations of doping in China is still ongoing and could look to find links with the present day situation in the world's most populous country.

existing across all sports.Xue, a 79-year-old who fled China two years ago and sought political asylum in Germany

Japan's Sara Takanashi finally won a 2017-2018 Women's Ski Jumping World Cup event at the penultimate competition of the season in Oberstdorf.

as they ended on 1620.2 points at the Slovenian venue.This was a long-way in front of second-placed Germany

China's Jieli Li broke her own world record to clinch the gold medal in the women's C1 time trial in style on day two of the Para Cycling Track World Championships in Rio de Janeiro.

trial in 42.091.Giglia won the title from yesterday’s individual pursuit victor Denise Schindler of Germany

Many of the top names in show jumping have gathered in Mexico City for the opening event of the 2018 Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT), that gets underway tomorrow with the first round of the team competition.

ago.Simon Delestre of France, Eric Lamaze of Canada, Bertram Allen of Ireland, Marcus Ehning of Germany

, Christian Ahlmann of Germany, Gregory Wathelet of Belgium, Lorenzo de Luca of Italy, Steve Guerdat

of Switzerland, Daniel Deusser of Germany, Kevin Staut of France, Nicola Philippaerts of Belgium, Olivier

Kamil Stoch added yet another win to his victory tally at the International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup Final in Planica.

234.5m and ending on 443.0.Maren Lundby topped the qualification round at the women's World Cup in Germany

South Korea won a battle of the Winter Olympic minor medallists to become the third team to guarantee their progression to the play-off round at the World Women's Curling Championships in Canada.

8-7 to move onto 10 wins and one defeat.Russia now share fourth place with United States, who beat Germany

Norway's Johann Andre Forfang topped qualification at the Ski Jumping World Cup season finale in Planica.

globe for the overall World Cup title last weekend in Vikersund in Norway.Andreas Wellinger of Germany

place.The top 40 athletes progressed to tomorrow's finals.Olympic normal hill champion Andreas Wellinger of Germany

Hosts Canada remain as the only undefeated team left at the World Women's Curling Championship as they saw off Olympic gold medallists Sweden.

Sweden had earlier kept their unbeaten start alive in the morning session, defeating bottom-side Germany

World champions Croatia became the first European side to reach the super final of the International Swimming Federation Water Polo World League as European qualifying continued.

The Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallists went through despite not playing as Russia beat Germany 16-12

nine points.Russia have now played all four of their matches and have five points in second, while Germany