Norway’s Daniel-André Tande secured gold at the biennial International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Flying World Championship in Oberstdorf.

World Cup tour, finished second at today’s competition with a total score of 638.6.Richard Freitag of Germany

Lindsey Vonn of the United States continued her good form in Cortina d’Ampezzo by following up yesterday's silver medal with a gold in today’s downhill competition at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup.

37.46.Germany's Thomas Dreßen claimed a shock downhill win in Kitzbühel ©Getty ImagesThomas Dreßen of Germany

Germany will field a strong team for the first elite jumping event of the year as the International Equestrian

Equestrian is a very popular sport in Germany and has a broad following throughout all walks of life.

Defending champions Germany recovered from a half-time deficit against the Czech Republic to record victory

cause a huge shock as they went 18-16 up with just 13 minutes remaining.Two-time European champions Germany

the final 10 minutes to seal victory in their first match of the main round.This result means Germany

Top seed Fan Zhendong of China eased into the quarter-finals of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Hungarian Open as he comfortably beat Kirill Gerassimenko of Kazakhstan in Budapest.

success.Liu's reward is a quarter-final meeting with Denmark's Jonathan Groth, who overcame Ruwen Filus of Germany

South Korea's Yun Sung-bin dramatically ended Martins Dukurs' run of eight successive International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) Skeleton World Cup overall crowns even though he was absent from the final race in Königssee today.

events so far.He appeared likely to miss out, however, after announcing he was skipping the event in Germany

won the final race for a first ever World Cup win in a combined time of 1min 41.61sec.Axel Jungk of Germany

Norway’s Johannes Høsflot Klæbo will be looking to keep up his 100 per cent record in the classic sprint event this season as the International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup gets back underway in Planica.

sprint wins for the first time since January 2016 after his victory in the free sprint in Dresden, Germany

Skiers from Germany will be among the favourites to take the top prizes from the upcoming World Para

game after failing to live up to expectations on home snow last time out.Andrea Eskau has represented Germany

Egypt's Omar Assar was a big casualty as main draw action began today at the International Table Tennis Federation Hungarian Open.

from the women's draw ©Getty ImagesThe world number two, who beat top ranked Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany

Top competitors will head to Erfurt as the first International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup event of the year gets underway.

departure of coach Michael Crowe ©Speed Skating CanadaOne of the other headline names at the event in Germany

Even though they were due to take place on opposite sides of the globe, today’s International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Flying World Championship and Ski Jumping World Cup events suffered the same fate as they were forced to be cancelled following bad weather.

The athletes at the Ski Flying World Championship, taking place in Oberstdorf in Germany was cancelled

Triple Olympic medallist Tiril Eckhoff became the first Norwegian winner of a women's International Biathlon Union World Cup race this season as she took sprint honours in Antholz-Anterselva.

hold of the overall World Cup lead which she gained at the previous leg of the season in Ruhpolding in Germany

Representatives from 19 National Anti-Doping Organisations have urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to establish "clear" and "transparent" criteria for the participation of Russian athletes at Pyeongchang 2018.

meeting in Bonn, includes delegates from four continents, including United States, Japan, Great Britain, Germany

Defending champion Roger Federer defeated Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany in straight sets to book his

A record 71 athletes from 22 countries are due to participate at the 2018 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Longboard Surfing Championships in Wanning in China.

on Riyue Bay at the event due to start tomorrow, including non-traditional surfing nations such as Germany