Olympic champions Sweden preserved their unbeaten start to the World Women's Curling Championships by winning a rematch of the Pyeongchang 2018 final against South Korea.

States have two wins and three losses to their name.Denmark and Switzerland both have one win, while Germany

Christian Purslow, the former managing director of English Premier League football club Chelsea, has claimed a boycott of the 2018 World Cup would have a strong impact on Russia in response to its alleged nerve agent attack.

to The Times, Purslow suggested that should fellow North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies Germany

three leading football nations whom bookmakers expect to be at least semi-finalists in the World Cup - Germany

Newly-crowned Olympic champions Sweden thrashed China 10-3 and Italy 9-1 to keep up their good start to the World Women’s Curling Championships on day two of competition in North Bay in Canada.

Canada recorded an 8-1 win over Germany in their only match of the day after two victories yesterday.Russia

Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany claimed the third overall International Ski Federation Alpine Ski World

Russian Curling Federation President Dmitry Svishchev has claimed there are similarities between Aleksandr Krushelnitckii doping case and the country being blamed for the attempted murder of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter.

 At least one of the two had attended the previous three World Cups at Germany in 2006, South Africa

Host nation Canada top the table after day one of the World Women's Curling Championships in North Bay following victories over the Czech Republic and Switzerland.

The morning session also saw Olympic silver medallists South Korea record an 8-3 win over Germany

World number four Antonio Diaz of Venezuela beat top ranked Spaniard Damián Hugo Quintero Capdevila to reach the men's kata final at the World Karate Federation Karate1 Premier League leg in Rotterdam today.

84kg men's heavyweight division.He beat Ridvan Kaptan of Turkey in the semi-finals.Jonathan Horne of Germany

Four figures at the centre of the Operation Puerto doping scandal will face no further punishment from the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC).

small number of cyclists involved have ever been outed, including Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich of Germany

Germany's Fabian Rießle celebrated back-to-back victories at the International Ski Federation Nordic Combined World Cup at his home venue in Klingenthal, three days after his triumph in Trondheim.

tomorrow.The ski jumping round produced a surprise.Third place in today's Nordic Combined at Klingenthal in Germany

American Chris Corning was among those to seal an overall World Cup title with victory today on a busy day of snowboard action across Europe.

overall.Sebastian Kislinger of Austria was second on the day and Rok Marguc of Slovenia third.Selina Joerg of Germany

Sweden won the mixed team event on home snow as the International Ski Federation Alpine World Cup Finals continued in Åre.

skier Mattias Hargin.Anna Swenn Larsson got the better of Romane Miradoli, however, as Sweden won 3-1.Germany

Sandra Sanchez of Spain impressed in the kata division at the World Karate Federation Karate1 Premier League leg in Rotterdam today.

concludes in the category on Sunday (March 18).Sari Sukatendel Srunita of Indonesia beat Shara Hubrich of Germany

Germany will welcome their Olympic heroes at the penultimate leg of the International Ski Federation

Canada will be seeking to make amends for Olympic disappointment when the World Women's Curling Championships begins on home ice in North Bay tomorrow.

from Pyeongchang 2018 ©Getty ImagesOther teams competing are United States, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany

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