American bantamweight Duke Ragan showed his medal credentials by beating seventh-seeded Cuban Javier Ibanez Diaz on the opening day of the 2017 International Boxing Association World Championships here.

the 40 bouts contested.Victory continued his good recent form which has seen him already triumph in Germany

Belgium's men inflicted a rare penalty shootout defeat on Germany to join their female counterparts in

Florent van Aubel’s head.Tom Boon - whose sister Jill scored the winner for Belgium's women against Germany

2csqkJsiUf— Belgian Red Lions (@BELRedLions) August 25, 2017"It’s a really great team effort to beat Germany

Hosts Germany were denied a final flourish as they lost the fifth-place play-off to Turkey at the International

Overall rankings leaders Janja Garnbret and Romain Desgranges each eased through their respective qualification competitions in lead events at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup in Arco today. 

impress in women's lead qualifying ©TwitterHe tied with Stefano Ghisolfi of Italy, Alexander Megos of Germany

Jill Boon's 28th minute goal gave Belgium a shock win over two-time champions Germany to set-up a 

lead after a strong opening half in which they won eight penalty corners.But Olympic bronze medallists Germany

A Swedish team inspired by Peder Fredricson moved into the overall lead after the first round of competition at the International Equestrian Federation European Championships at Ullevi Stadium in Gothenburg today.

the time limit after yesterday's qualifier to remain at the top of the leaderboard.Marcus Ehning of Germany

Women's top seed Kasumi Ishikawa cruised into the last 16 as action began at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Czech Open in Olomouc.

through 4-0, 11-8, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6 against Chia-Husan Lin.Timo Boll was another comfortable winner for Germany

Japan clinched three of the four gold medals on offer but were denied a clean sweep by Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus' dramatic late victory over Mayu Mukaida as women's competition at the United World Wrestling (UWW) World Championships concluded here today.

Grigorjeva of Latvia and Sweden's Malin Mattsson won the bronze medals by beating Luisa Niemesch of Germany

Three swimmers doubled their gold medal tallies at Taipei 2017 as finals continued at the Taiwan Sport University Arena.

medal contest was a closer affair, with Russia eventually earning a 3-2 win over Italy.France beat Germany

defeated Russia 4-1.Poland fell to a 5-0 defeat to the Brazilian team in the first bronze medal tie, while Germany

The importance of the Mikhail Burdikov Memorial Sambo Tournament has been stressed following the second edition in Russian city Kstovo.

top field with 220 athletes competing in all.Nine countries joined Russia in taking part - Belarus, Germany

Olympic gold medallist Helen Maroulis produced one of the all-time great performances as she stormed to the women's 58 kilograms title without conceding a point on a dominant day for the American at the United World Wrestling (UWW) World Championships here.

at the top of the medal table with three gold and a bronze.Armenia are second with on two golds and Germany

England beat Germany 3-0 to maintain their 100 per cent record at the International Blind Sports Federation

Germany needed to win on home soil at the Lilli-Henoch-Sportplatz in order to jump into the top two in

England's men battled back from a goal down against Ireland to join their female counterparts in the semi-finals of the EuroHockey Championships in Amsterdam.

Germany finished top of the group after beating Poland 7-3 elsewhere today.Belgium guaranteed their progression

They will face England in the second semi-final on Friday (August 25) after Belgium lock horns with Germany

Germany's Timo Boll, top-seeded for the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Czech Open that gets underway in Olomouc tomorrow, is seeking a 20th career title on the ITTF World Tour.

maintain her momentum.None of the players seeded second, third and fourth - respectively Han Ying of Germany

Three Universiade records were set on a frantic night of swimming competition at Taipei 2017 here.

Italy set a new best of 15min 57.90sec to win the women's 1,500 metres freestyle title.Sarah Koehler of Germany