Venus Williams earned victory in her 1,000th professional singles match to get the defending Fed Cup champions United States off to a winning start in their World Group first round tie against The Netherlands.

World Group matches being played this weekend, last year’s beaten finalists Belarus stand at 1-1 with Germany

Teenagers Daria Bilodid of Ukraine and Abe Uta of Japan produced startling victories at the Paris Grand Slam as a new generation of champions emerged in the World Judo Tour’s flagship event.

Olympic champion Tina Trstenjak, while Agbegnenou had defeated European Games winner Martyna Trajdos of Germany

Norihito in his semi-final and Maruyama progressed over France’s Kilian Le Blouch.Sebastian Seidl of Germany

Hosts Germany justified their top ranking at a packed Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin tonight as they reached

stroke over the bar after just four minutes, but thereafter he made no mistake, scoring twice to help Germany

Germany overcame Belarus in the women's semi-final of the Indoor Hockey World Cup in Berlin to set up

 The final day of action will see Australia and Iran contest bronze at 12pm, with Germany and Austria

earned a semi-final place in the women’s event with a 5-2 win over a valiant Australia side, while Germany

Andreas Wellinger produced a stunning second leap after midnight here to become the first German winner of the men's Olympic ski jumping normal hill event for 34 years at Pyeongchang 2018.

total of 259.3 points.He became the first German to win the event since Jens Weißflog did so for East Germany

A 4-2 win over Belgium earned Australia’s men their first appearance in the semi-finals at the Indoor Hockey World Cup on day three of the International Hockey Federation (IHF) event at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin.

Iran – who beat the Czech Republic 2-1 on a shoot-out after a 2-2 draw – against European champions Germany

2-1 defeat by Ukraine.That victory earned Ukraine second place in Pool B behind European champions Germany

home favourites, but two goals in the final four minutes from Tegan Boucher and Lauren Austin denied Germany

Serena Williams will be "ready to go" when she makes her first tournament appearance since giving birth as part of the United States' defence of the Fed Cup this weekend.

stellar talents, Aryna Sabalenka and Aliaksandra Sasnovich, available for their first round match against Germany

Olympic Nordic combined champion Eric Frenzel will carry Germany’s flag at the Opening Ceremony of Pyeongchang 2018 here today, it has been confirmed.

 "Now team Germany will gather behind the flagship athlete Eric Frenzel and develop the indispensable

Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba claimed the gold medal in the women's 1,500 metres during the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Indoor Tour event at the Gallur Municipal Sports Centre in Madrid.

high jump gold thanks to a clearance of 2.00.Cuba's Yorgelis Rodriguez and Marie-Laurence Jungflish of Germany

Defending champions The Netherlands added to their two wins yesterday with two more victories in the women’s event on day two of the International Hockey Federation (IHF) Indoor Hockey World Cup at the Max-Schmeling-Halle in Berlin.

second round of matches, Belarus thrashed Kazakhstan 8-0 and the US lost 3-1 against Switzerland.Hosts Germany

exciting 3-3 draw with Namibia in the early matchesAustralia then went on to win 2-1 against Russia as Germany

win over 2011 bronze medallists Ukraine to secure their first three points of the competition.Hosts Germany

continued their excellent start to the tournament ©FIHIn the men's tournament, Germany edged passed

Eurosport has unveiled the first images of its studios in Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. 

host to Eurosport’s cast of 150 winter sports experts, including those in countries such as Finland, Germany

The World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup will make the final stop of its tour in Kimberley from tomorrow with 86 athletes set to compete in the event in Canada.

super-G world champion.Her closest rival is likely to be downhill world champion Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany

Organisers of this year's International Ice Hockey Federation Men's World Championship in Denmark have predicted a ticket boom in February.

France and Austria.Hosts Denmark will play in Group B in Herning with Canada, Finland, United States, Germany

Czech Republic's Tomáš Staněk has made the journey from Düsseldorf to Madrid as he seeks further success on the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Indoor Tour circuit.

Staněk competed in Germany last night, where he won gold in the men's shot put with a world lead throw

Three-time champions Germany defeated Kazakhstan on the first day of the men's International Hockey Federation

1-1, Belarus beat Switzerland 5-1 whilst The Netherlands inflicted a 7-0 defeat on Kazakhstan.Hosts Germany

saw Australia beat Czech Republic 2-1 and Ukraine inflict a 6-4 defeat on neighbours Russia, whilst Germany

Germany will be the men's favourites at the Indoor Hockey World Cup, which begins in Berlin tomorrow.

outfit will play in Pool A with Poland, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Switzerland and the United States.Hosts Germany