This week, the next generation of swimmers have been in action at the European Junior Championships in Belgrade but 50 years ago, the same city was the setting for the inaugural World Championships in aquatic sports.

but one of those she had beaten in Munich proved to be a superstar in Belgrade.Kornelia Ender of East Germany

The rise of East Germany is certainly the story of the championships," Australian coach Forbes Carlile

gold in 1976.Sweden's Ulrike Knape won gold in the women's 10m platform and Christa Köhler of East Germany

The schedule for the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-12 Baseball World Cup, to be hosted in Tainan, will see Japan, the world number one team, meeting world number three Mexico on the opening day of July 28.

comprises Australia, hosts Chinese Taipei, who won this event when it started in 2011 and again in 2019, Germany

Horst-Dieter Höttges, who has died aged 79, was a vital member of the revered West German national squad which won the European Championship in 1972 and the FIFA World Cup in 1974.

were not permitted during matches but he returned to the line-up for the World Cup Final which West Germany

scored his only goal for the national team in a World Cup qualifier against Cyprus won 12-0 by West Germany

in 1969 Horst-Dieter Hottges, fourth from right, was a member of the West Germany team which recovered

when the side beat Morocco, Bulgaria and Peru.He also started in the quarter-final match when West Germany

in the 1972 European Championship quarter-final first leg.He went on to play in the final when West Germany

Poland clinched first seed in the Women's Volleyball Nations League (VNL) following the preliminary round's third and final week.

posting a leading 24 points.Poland were forced to go the distance again in their next match against Germany

25-16 to deny the US from stealing pole position.After their victory against Poland, the US downed Germany

Spain claimed a first Men’s Water Polo World Cup title after comfortably beating Italy 10-4 to take gold in Los Angeles in the United States.

Konstantinos Genidounias.Olympic champions Serbia won the seventh-place contest, comfortably beating Germany

If anyone was still in doubt about the fact that politics and sport do mix - however much International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach might like to think otherwise - the actuality was laid out in steadfast fashion in Kraków yesterday.

Russia’s invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.More than 40 years on - in the United States, in Canada, in Germany

Co-hosts Germany triumphed over Hungary in Berlin to win the International Handball Federation Men's

able to lead once in the first half at 5-4 in the 14th minute.A late goal from Elias Scholtes gave Germany

they opened up an 17-13 advantage early in the second which prompted a timeout from Hungary,However, Germany

valuable player.The journey comes to an end on top of the podium for new Junior world champions 🇩🇪 Germany

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Bogdan Marojević and Nikola Mitro of Serbia ©Kraków-Małopolska 2023Olympic champion Elena Lilik of Germany

Britian's Delicious Orie clinched the men's super-heavyweight title at the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games here for the final gold medal in boxing.

Azerbaijan both had to come through semi-finals against Yordan Hernández of Bulgaria and Nelvie Tiafack of Germany

Denmark’s current Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen and Spain’s Rio 2016 gold medallist Carolina Marin won their first European Games badminton titles on the final day of competition which saw Italy finish top of the medals table with 35 golds, followed by Spain and then Ukraine, both on 21.

Hosts Poland finished sixth in the table, one place above Britain, on 13 golds, with Germany fourth on

final.Germany and Finland shared bronze medals, after Sarah Bindrich, Bettina Valdorf and Kathrin Murche for Germany

Michelle Mesmer were bronze medallists.Further golds in kickboxing went to Sandro Gabriel Peters of Germany

Greece's Georgios Tsampodimos Leovari 11-8 in the men's point fighting under-63kg final.Roland Viczian of Germany

Julien Épaillard of France and Donatello d'Auge won the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix du Prince de Monaco four weeks after triumphing in the Grand Prix of Ramatuelle.

two-time Olympic medallist Maikel van der Vleuten is leading the pack on 203 points.Christian Kukuk of Germany

Norway completed a clean sweep in the triathlon event here as Solveig Løvseth, winner of the women’s title, brought them home for a rainswept victory in the mixed relay on the penultimate day of the 3rd European Games.

European Games table tennis record as she won the deciding singles match to earn Romania a 3-2 win over Germany

with 271.8.Georgia earned the sole judo title on offer at these Games as they secured a 4-1 win over Germany

Italy secured a modern pentathlon double at the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games here, with Alice Sotero winning the women's and Giorgio Malan the men's races.

Malan scored lowly in fencing and began the laser run in fifth behind leaders Marvin Faly Dogue of Germany

Saudi Arabia is planning to build a $500 million (£393 million/€458 million) "esports city" in Riyadh as the country seeks to become a "global hub" for the industry.

in 2019 and 2020.It has previously taken place in South Korea, the United States, Singapore, Italy, Germany

Reigning Olympic champions Ricarda Funk of Germany and the Czech Republic’s Jiří Prskavec added a historic