Olympic champion Jean Frederic Chapuis will be hoping to make the perfect start to the defence of his International Ski Federation Ski Cross World Cup title in front of his own fans in Val Thorens tomorrow.

Switzerland and Andrea Limbacher of Austria, as well as five-time World Cup winner Heidi Zacher of Germany

Japan's Shoma Uno has set his sights on hometown glory at the International Skating Union's Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, which begins tomorrow in Nagoya.

Rostelecom Cup and Internationaux de France.Skate America winners Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany

Poland, Latvia, Slovakia and Norway were the big winners at the Women’s World Floorball Championships, in Bratislava.

the competition with a thrilling 6-5 win over Singapore.Hosts Slovakia were in imperious mood against Germany

doubt as to their pedigree.Denisa Ferencikova and Lucia Kosturiakova put Slovakia 2-0 up before Germany

 Germany centre Neumann scored her second goal in the 58th minute only for Lenka Cuprakova to complete

the scoring.Hosts Slovakia were in dominant mood against Germany, winning at a canter ©IFF/twitterLatvia

Hosts Germany were denied a third successive win at the Women’s World Handball Championships as Dragana

win over Tunisia, while Japan are fourth behind Brazil after edging Montenegro 29-28.Competition in Germany

Chinese skip Bingyu Wang guided her side to an extra-end victory over hosts the Czech Republic as the World Curling Federation Olympic Qualification Event began in Pilsen today.

Elsewhere in the women's tournament, Latvia comfortably overcame Germany 10-5 as skip Iveta Stasa-Sarsune

Belgium finished at the summit of Pool A with victory over The Netherlands as Spain stunned Olympic champions Argentina at the Men's Hockey World League Final in Bhubaneswar.

Australia.Both matches are scheduled to take place tomorrow.Argentina will take on England and Pool B winners Germany

Tickets for the annual Four Hills ski jumping tournament are selling faster than ever before and some events have sold out, Organising Committee President Michael Maurer has claimed.

also predicting a record attendance on the opening day of the Four Hills competition in Oberstdorf in Germany

Football clubs which supply squad members for next year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia can look forward to massively increased payments of around $8,530 (£6,360/€7,180) per player per day, in recognition of their “contribution to the successful staging” of the tournament.

million) paid out after the 2010 competition in South Africa.In 2014, Bayern Munich, the largest club in Germany

almost enough for a second-string defender.In 2014, Bayern Munich, the leading club in world champions Germany

Ticket sales for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia go back on sale today, following the group stage draw earlier this month.

increased steadily and accounted for 47 per cent of the figure.Fans from the United States Brazil, Germany

Pyeongchang 2018 places will be on the line from tomorrow at the World Curling Federation's Olympic Qualification Event in Pilsen in the Czech Republic.

for men and two for women.Fifteen teams are taking part with China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany

teams will also be in action at the Winter Arena Košutka - China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany

Following their 14-0 win against Germany yesterday, Switzerland were taught a floorball lesson by world

Kryzywak, Weronika Noga and Justyna Krzywak had ensured that Poland ended the first period 3-0 up.However, Germany

fixtures set to be played:Poland v Estonia; Japan v Australia; Latvia v Denmark; Singapore v Thailand; Germany

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Council has confirmed the referees and linesmen who will officiate at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

referees are made up of three from the United States, two from Slovakia and one apiece from Canada, Germany

Germany secured top spot in Pool B at the Men's Hockey World League Final with victory over hosts India

Australia played out an entertaining 2-2 draw ©FIHIndia were not able to find a way back into the match as Germany

Germany, hosts of the Women’s Handball World Championships, maintained their 100 per cent record with

Despite the resounding support for Germany in the full Arena Leipzig, Korea started the match stronger

4 lead after 10 minutes in their Group D match.Midway through the first half, with Korea 8-6 ahead, Germany

That was the key today,” said Germany line player Julia Behnke after the match, and her teammate Friederike

Gubernatis agreed: “We were better in defence, and in offence we made our goals and didn’t make mistakes.”Germany

Slovakia beat Australia by a 21-1 scoreline on day three of the International Floorball Federation (IFF) Women’s World Floorball Championships 2017 in Bratislava, Slovakia.

recorded comfortable wins today with Switzerland and Finland running out 14-0 and 10-1 winners against Germany