Fischnaller celebrated his first ever Luge World Cup victory at the VELTINS-EisArena in Winterberg, Germany

second run to secure the gold medal in a combined time of 1min 45.528sec.Favourite Felix Loch, from Germany

each.There were no surprises in the doubles event with favourites Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken of Germany

Top seed and defending champion Kim Jung-jun will take on compatriot Kyung Hoon-kim in an eagerly-anticipated men's WH 2 final at the Para Badminton World Championships in Ulsan.

the final will be China's Qui Zimo, who impressively dispatched second seed Thomas Wandschneider of Germany

The Lithuanian Olympic Committee (LTOK) organised an Olympism training course which attracted attendees from nine European countries.

Representatives from Germany, Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Portugal and Romania joined the

French star Martin Fourcade will aim to get his pursuit of a seventh straight International Biathlon Union World Cup title off to a winning start when he competes during the opening event of the campaign in Östersund.

will hope to pick up from where he left off in Östersund.Defending women's champion Laura Dahlmeier of Germany

World Olympians Association (WOA) Patron Prince Albert II of Monaco has become the latest to add OLY to his name as part of a drive by the organisation.

everyday life.Other notable recipients of the award are IOC President Thomas Bach, who won gold for West Germany

Nathan Chen took the lead in the men's competition at Skate America after producing an impressive short programme in Lake Placid, New York.

Hao Zhang putting the Canadians under pressure by scoring 73.67.Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany

Newly elected European Olympic Committees (EOC) President Janez Kocijančič has defended Russia following evidence of institutional doping and expressed doubt about banning the country's flag at next year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

the World Anti-Doping Agency-commissioned McLaren Report last year.Kocijančič cited the example of Germany

The immediate idea is wrong and stupid and, if you take this case, Germany [after World War Two]

Germany was strongly sanctioned and handed reparations after World War One but West Germany was largely

The Swiss team saw off competition from Slovakia, Germany and hosts Austria to take the ACT 4 artistic

Austria's Stefan Kraft topped qualification for the second consecutive week as the International Ski Federation Ski Jumping World Cup season continued in Ruka.

best in qualification today, leaping 138.5m for 144.1 points.Third place went to Richard Freitag of Germany

Espen Andersen of Norway secured his maiden International Ski Federation Nordic Combined World Cup victory as he battled through tough conditions to take gold at the season-opening event in Ruka.

points following a jump of 131m.Olympic gold medallist and defending World Cup champion Eric Frenzel of Germany

Day three of the UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters at Sportcentrum de Schaapskooi in Bemmel, The Netherlands, saw the last pool matches of the tournament take place and the semi final line-up decided.

Paralympic silver medalists Marjolein Buis and Diede de Groot in the semi final.Sabine Ellerbrock of Germany

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) is set to hold an Executive Board meeting and Congress over the coming three days, during what is a crucial period for the sport. 

independent hands, and the sport recently confirmed its intent to do so.Advice from independent experts from Germany

International Luge Federation World Cup of the season will see sliders cross the border to Winterberg, Germany

mixed team event on their Olympic debut at Sochi 2014.Felix Loch will be looking to make a comeback in Germany

Hosts New Zealand have qualified for the gold medal match at the Women's Hockey World League Final after defeating England 1-0 in Auckland today.

New Zealand's win followed Argentina's 4-0 victory against Germany earlier in the day in the fifth-place

Uzbekistan veteran Oksana Chusovitina rolled back the years with a superb performance as she topped qualification in the women's vault event at the International Gymnastics Federation Individual Apparatus World Cup in Cottbus.

15-point mark with a decent total of 15.033 points.Double Olympic silver medallist Marcel Ngyuen of Germany