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Sweden and Kazakhstan win groups at Men's Bandy World Championship

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Sweden and Kazakhstan kept up their 100 per cent records at the 2018 Men's Bandy World Championship in Khabarovsk, meaning they topped their respective groups.

scoreline.The tournament is taking place at the Arena Yerofey in Khabarovsk ©WikimediaKazakhstan thrashed Germany

7-0 by Finland in their final group stage, in the quarter-finals.Sweden and Russia will face either Germany


Draw made for 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships

  • Wheelchair Basketball News

The 28 teams taking part in the 2018 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships found out their pool opponents following the draw in host city Hamburg.

tournament will see Africa's sole representative in the tournament, Morocco, take on Canada, India and hosts Germany





WADA launch investigation over fears sample bottles can be opened

  • Pyeongchang 2018

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has launched an investigation after learning that newly-introduced sample bottles are susceptible to being opened manually.

WADA was informed by the WADA-accredited laboratory in Cologne, Germany, that security bottles of the


Spain beat Sweden to earn first European Men's Handball title after four silvers

  • Handball

Spain, runners-up four times since the European Men’s Handball Championships began in 1994, earned their first title tonight with a masterful defensive performance in a 29-23 win over Sweden at the Arena Zagreb in Croatia.

their fans,Spain are now directly qualified for the World Championship 2019, to be held in Denmark and Germany


Dujmovits warms up for Olympics at FIS Snowboard World Cup giant slalom defence in ideal fashion at Bansko

  • Snowboard

Julia Dujmovits of Austria and and Switzerland’s Nevin Galmarini ticked the box marked "Ready for the Winter Olympics" as they won the second parallel giant slalom race of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Cup event in Bansko in Bulgaria.

the reigning Olympic champion, earned her season's first gold medal in beating Ramona Hofmeister of Germany


Banned Russian claims second European title with team relay win at FIL Luge World Cup

  • Luge

Tatyana Ivanova, banned from the Olympic Games for life and disqualified from Sochi 2014 for doping, secured her second European title of the weekend as she helped the Russian team clinch relay success at the International Luge Federation World Cup in Sigulda.

Antonov, finished in a total time of 2min 13.428sec.Their combined effort was enough to beat the might of Germany

delivered a medal for the host nation as they clinched bronze.Despite missing out on the European crown, Germany

ahead of Latvia's Andris Sics and Juris Sics.Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt continued the success for Germany


Austria’s Olympic ski jump silver medallist Iraschko-Stolz flying high again after injury

  • Ski Jumping

Austria's Olympic silver medallist Daniela Iraschko-Stolz rounded off an impressive return to International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup competition at Ljubno this weekend by winning gold in today’s event - and in so doing ended the run of six consecutive victories enjoyed by Maren Lundby.

weather.Stoch, whose final effort, a record for the hill, had ensured Poland won the team competition ahead of Germany


Watabe’s Seefeld Triple clean sweep bodes well for Olympic Nordic Combined hopes

  • Nordic Combined

Akito Watabe became the second athlete to secure the Nordic combined triple in its five-year history as he completed his third victory in the Seefeld Triple at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined World Cup in Austria.

He thus matched the feat achieved three times by Eric Frenzel of Germany in the first running of the


Werth wins again at FEI World Cup Dressage Western European League

  • Equestrian

Defending overall champion Isabell Werth secured her sixth victory of the International Equestrian Federation World Cup Dressage Western European League with another dominant performance in Amsterdam.

Arena.Dutchman Edward Gal, riding Glock’s Zonik, was a distant second as he scored 81.860.His performance denied Germany

the current overall leader on 74 points, 15 in front of Von Bredow-Werndl.Dorothee Schneider, also of Germany




Stoch’s final flourish ski jump record earns first World Cup team title for Poland on home ground

  • Ski Jumping

Local hero Kamil Stoch produced a hill record of 141.5 metres with his last effort at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup in Zakopane to earn Poland victory in the team event, sparking huge celebrations from a crowd estimated at 45,000.

dramatic team competitions in recent years as Stoch’s final flourish enabled Poland took finish ahead of Germany