Germany, Great Britain, Spain and Turkey secured qualification for the men's wheelchair basketball tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games today.

Championship Division A in Wałbrzych.Britain were the first team to ensure their Tokyo 2020 spot after beating France

refusing to play until they have been paid, following their participation at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France

Jamaica became the first Caribbean team to participate at the Women’s World Cup, in France from June

Women's kata favourites Kiyou Shimizu and Sandra Sanchez will contest a fifth Karate 1-Premier League final after dominating the first day of competition in Tokyo.

semi-final against Carlota Fernandez Osorio of Spain.In the women's under-50kg final, Alexandra Recchia of France

Five-time Olympic biathlon gold medallist Martin Fourcade has been put forward as the French candidate for election to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Athletes' Commission in 2022.

Je tiens à féliciter @martinfkde qui a été choisi pour représenter la France pour la commission des athlètes

Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner of the Czech Republic qualified directly for the last 16 by topping Pool D at the International Volleyball Federation Beach World Tour Finals in Rome.

in Vienna last month, finished first in Pool B.They defeated Quincy Aye and Arnaud Gauthier-Rat of France

Czech Republic stunned Turkey 91-76 to reach the second round of the International Basketball Federation World Cup in China.

host Group K, featuring the US, Czech Republic, Brazil and Greece, with Group L in Nanjing containing France

Belgian Philippe Gilbert timed his late breakaway to perfection as he won the 12th stage of the Vuelta a España.

kilometres journey from Navarra Circuit to Bilbao.Gilbert, who missed out on selection for the Tour de France

Tokyo 2020 has confirmed that a snow-making machine will be tried out at next week's canoe sprint test event, in the latest effort to counter high humidity and summer heat prior to next years Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A spokeswoman for the Organising Committee told Agence France-Presse that artificial snow will be sprayed

Great Britain's Kate French and Germany's Annika Schleu topped their respective women's individual qualification standings, as action continued at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Pentathlon World Championships in Budapest.

down on the rest.The 2018 world silver medallist was followed by Rio 2016 runner-up Élodie Clouvel of France

Great Britain and Spain finished top of their respective groups after making it a perfect five wins out of five at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Men's European Championship Division A.

claim a third win in five outings.Today's other match in the same section ended in a 76-66 victory for France

Egypt's Raneem El Welily and Ali Farag have maintained their positions at the top of the women's and men's Professional Squash Association world rankings, respectively, for September.

-year-old heads an unchanged top 20 ahead of compatriot Nour El Sherbini in second.Camille Serme of France

Spain's David Garcia Fernandez and American Fawn Girard topped qualification in the men's and women's barebow, respectively, on day one of the World Archery 3D Championships in Lac la Biche.

in third position.Girard hit the 11-ring 17 times en-route to her score of 445.Christine Gauthe of France

surged into the overall lead at the Vuelta a España, winning the 10th stage, a time trial held solely in France

Defending champions United States claimed an incredible 93-92 overtime victory over Turkey at the International Basketball Federation World Cup in China.

Montenegro 93-83 to set-up a winner-takes-all showdown with the Greeks for progression.In Group G, France

World champions Great Britain defeated hosts Poland to make it four wins out of four, at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation Men's European Championship Division A.

winless Austria 60-49.In Group B, Spain and Turkey kept up their unblemished run of results.Spain beat France