Amanda Ilestedt netted a late winner as Sweden came from behind to defeat South Africa in their first match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

to continue tomorrow with Italy taking on Argentina in Group G, Brazil facing Panama in Group F and Germany

Russian athlete Iana Bekmurzova, competing as a neutral, reached the women's épée round-of-64 on the first day of the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Fencing World Championships in Milan.

Committee (IOC) lifted its advised outright ban implemented due to the invasion of Ukraine.FIE events in Germany

Almost 2,500 athletes are poised to compete across 11 sports at the Summer European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Maribor.

the overall standings with 21 golds in a 47-medal haul and will hope to do so again in Maribor, while Germany

A total of seven Russian fencers are set to compete under a neutral flag at the Fencing World Championships in Milan where the Ukrainian team are also due to feature.

affiliated with the military.Organisers of World Cup competitions in Bonn and Tauberbischofsheim in Germany

Olympic gold medallist Remigius Valiulis has died at the age of 64, the Lithuanian Athletics Federation (LLAF) have announced.

final as, alongside Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetskiy and Viktor Markin, the Soviet Union beat East Germany

gold medal in the event.Remigius Valiulis, left, ran the opening leg as the Soviet Union beat East Germany

British ice hockey star Mike Hammond has died at the age of 33 following a fatal car crash in Canada.

Clan and Nottingham Panthers.Hammond also had spells for Lausitzer Füchse and Hannover Scorpions in Germany

securing Austria’s first-ever artistic swimming gold at the World Aquatics Championships, while China and Germany

Australia and Japan secured team jumping qualification spots for Paris 2024 at the Olympic Qualifying Event for Group G in Valkenswaard.

secured of a team jumping place at Paris 2024, while Sweden, The Netherlands, Britain, Ireland and Germany

A week from now the International University Sport Federation (FISU) World University Summer Games are set to begin in Chinese city Chengdu.

Cambridge Universities also began regular sports encounters with Harvard and Yale in the United States.In Germany

Tourism Australia has chosen rising stars from Queensland’s Indigenous women’s football team to appear in a worldwide advertising campaign to coincide with the start of the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

 These include the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Germany, Japan and South Korea.

World Taekwondo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Korea Taekwondo Association, the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation, the Jeollabuk-do Province and the County of Muju "to strengthen operations for the World Taekwondo Central Training Centre."

Taekwondo Regional Training Centres which are operational in 10 different countries.China, Uzbekistan, Germany

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Hosts Japan picked up two more artistic swimming golds as China continued their diving dominance and Germany

418.30.While China and Japan strengthened their grip on diving and artistic swimming respectively, Germany

Germany confirmed their place at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with a thrilling mixed relay victory at

Lindemann as they combined for a winning time of 1hour 22min 8sec at the Rathausmarkt.The result gave Germany

onto its feet and opened up a substantial gap.Laura Lindemann surged to line to clinch victory for Germany

World Triathlon President Marisol Casado feels that Hamburg hosting the organisation's Championship Series Grand Final is a logical next step.

 "The Hamburg Triathlon was already an event with elite and age-group athletes from Germany so this