The draw for the 2018 International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Team World Championships in the host city of Halmstad in Sweden has kept the men's home team in a different qualifying group from defending champions China.

Romania, The Netherlands, North Korea, Poland and Czech Republic.In Group D, Hong Kong, South Korea, Germany

Kirsten Wild delivered home gold on the opening day of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Championships in Apeldoorn.

Britain.Britain and Denmark qualified for the men's gold medal ride, after they overcame Italy and Germany

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) have announced that 250,000 tickets have been sold for the upcoming 2018 Men's Ice Hockey World Championship in Denmark.

went on to add that most international tickets have been sold to buyers in Sweden, Finland, Russia, Germany

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) have revealed the pool stage draw for this year's Men's World Cup in Bhubaneswar, with hosts India due to open their campaign against South Africa on day one.

A and face matches against Spain, New Zealand and France.Pool D features Olympic bronze medallists Germany

locking horns with China.The Netherlands will then play Malaysia to begin Pool D on day four, with Germany

A survey has revealed athletes are "not satisfied" with rules on compensation after dopers cheat at their expense.

Louisa Watt.Former IOC Athletes' Commission chair Claudia Bokel, an Olympic medal winning fencer from Germany

German luge athlete Andi Langenhan has retired from the sport following the conclusion of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics.

Hamlin of the United States and Samuel Edney of Canada, Langenhan, who was born in the former East Germany

Ilya Kovalchuk has been named as the most valuable player of the men's Olympic ice hockey tournament at Pyeongchang 2018.

seven points, which helped the neutral OAR side get to the final and ultimately triumph 4-3 against Germany

 Germany's Danny aus den Birken was named best goaltender, recognising his efforts in helping Germany

Six International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Indoor Championships medals will be reallocated at next month's edition in Birmingham after they were stripped from drug offenders.

Mikhnevich of Belarus.Denmark's Olsen has been upgraded from bronze from Moscow 2006 with Bartels of Germany

Representatives from all 32 teams set to compete at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia will attend a workshop in Sochi this week, to learn more about preparations for the tournament.

year's World Cup, including security and technical issues.Of the 32 teams at the tournament, only five - Germany

Canada remains on top of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) men's world rankings despite having to settle for the bronze medal at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics.

suspension of Russia by the International Olympic Committee following doping offences, saw off the Germany

Russia (OAR) men's ice hockey team after they secured Olympic gold with a 4-3 overtime win against Germany

The Badminton World Federation have confirmed the line-ups for the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup team competitions.

Malaysia qualified as the four semi-finalists from the Asian tournament, along with England, France and Germany

Cup.China's fellow Asian semi-finalists Indonesia, Japan and South Korea qualified alongside Denmark, Germany

A group of National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADOs) have stepped up their criticism of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following the decision to lift Russia's suspension if no fresh new doping cases among their athletes emerge from Pyeongchang 2018, claiming their management of the crisis has "gone from bad to worse".

two golds as Alina Zagitova won the women's singles figure skating and the men's ice hockey team beat Germany

The International Luge Federation (FIL) has marked the 25th anniversary of its partnership with Viessman by awarding the Group’s chief executive with a hand-crafted sled during the Winter Olympic Games here.

The sled, made by Andreas Dengler of the Berchtesgaden sled school in Germany, was presented to Martin

wife Anette and daughter Katharina.Viessmann, which is based in Allendorf in the North Hesse region of Germany

Chinese athletes remained in a class of their own at the opening International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving Grand Prix of the season in Rostock, finishing with eight of the ten golds on a day when four-times world champion Bo Qiu touched perfection.

totalled 270.51.In total, 119 athletes from 24 nations took part in the three days of competition in Germany