Japan's Koji Sugeno set up a meeting with American top seed David Wagner as he reached the quarter-finals of the Sydney International Wheelchair Tennis Open with victory over Harry Boniface Prabhu.

battled through to the semi-finals as they edged The Netherlands' Marjolein Buis and Katharina Kruger of Germany

The United States progressed directly to the semi-finals as they thrashed Canada 6-2 at the International Ice Hockey Federation Women's Under-18 World Championships in Russia.

scored a sixth early in the third before Audrey-Anne Veillette struck a late consolation.In Pool B, Germany

progressing to the last eight with a narrow 2-1 win over Switzerland.Naemi Bar broke the deadlock for Germany

Chile and Uruguay lead the race to qualify for the Rugby World Cup (RWC) Sevens 2018 after good performances during the first round of the Sudamerica Rugby Sevens Series.

points to their name.Chile were the only team to go unbeaten throughout the pool stages before beating Germany

that had beaten them 19-10 in the pool stages.South Africa had come through matches against Paraguay, Germany

their podium drought when the International Biathlon Union World Cup season continues in Ruhpolding in Germany

Polish ski jumper Jan Ziobro has opted to "suspend" his career after claiming there are people in the sport who want to "destroy" him.

Ziobro said he was not selected for a Continental Cup competition in Titisee-Neustadt in Germany despite

France's Marie Bochet and Arthur Bauchet will continue their preparation for the Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympics when they compete at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Alpine World Cup in Zagreb from tomorrow.

events.Her prospects of further success look strong, with one of her main rivals Andrea Rothfuss of Germany

The Netherlands' Jan Blokhuijsen and Italy's Francesca Lollobrigida were crowned winners of the mass start events as the European Speed Skating Championships concluded at the Kolomna Speed Skating Centre.

following their team managing a time of 2:59.34.Times of 3:01.88 and 3:05.03 were enough for Russia and Germany

Germany swept the top two positions on home ice as International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World

France ended hosts Germany's unbeaten streak with a surprise women's relay victory at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Oberhof today.

 Vanessa Hinz, Denise Herrmann, Franziska Preuss and Maren Hammerschmidt of Germany could only finish

Season tickets have gone on sale for this year's Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in German city Hamburg.

Korea will also compete in the men's event alongside the holders and host Germany.In the women's event, Germany

Aside from the daily updates on whether North Korea will compete at Pyeongchang 2018, one of the main Winter Olympic storylines this week has surrounded the American trials for a variety of sports, particularly the figure skating.

with a brown paper bag over his head, following his penalty miss in the semi-final shoot-out loss to Germany

as well as from Chris Waddle and Stuart Pearce, who missed penalties in England's Italia 90 loss to Germany

If one believed in spirits, it would be tempting to imagine that of Baron Pierre De Coubertin, father of the modern Olympics, hovering approvingly over the proposed meeting between representatives of North and South Korea in the demilitarised zone that lies between them.

a rich sequence of examples where the Games were used - and abused - for political purposes.Neither Germany

country.But Hampson records that the IOC President of the time, Sigfrid Edstrom, favoured the inclusion of Germany

the Olympic Torch is borne towards the cauldron at the 1948 London Games - but there was no place for Germany

South Africa, which had been banned from the Olympics since 1964.More than 60 nations including West Germany

huge change on its own - but it had played a part.Those 1992 Games also saw the first appearance of Germany

Kamil Stoch became only the second athlete to win each of the Four Hills Tournament competitions in a single season after he triumphed in Bischofshofen today.

having done so back in 2002.Stoch had won competitions in Oberstdorf and Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany

Natalie Geisenberger continued her domination of the International Luge Federation World Cup after winning the first women’s event of 2018 in Königssee.

back of producing two strong runs.She finished in a time of 1min 41.397sec to top the standings, with Germany

Canada's Kaillie Humphries extended her lead in the Bobsleigh World Cup standings by winning today's two-woman event in Altenberg alongside hurdler Phylicia George.

took silver with 1:53.31 while the bronze medal was wonder by Anna Koehler and Annika Drazek of hosts Germany