Azerbaijan won both the men’s and women’s team competitions on the final day of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) European Judo Championships in the English town of Walsall today.

sensational gold medal for Azerbaijan.The bronze medals in the women’s event were won by Ukraine and Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visited the country's Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, located in Kienbaum in Brandenburg.

The renaming to the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center for Germany clearly shows the outstanding

Russian bobsleigh pilot Nadezhda Paleeva has been banned for two years for a violation of the anti-doping whereabouts rules.

event.The 31-year-old from Omsk was a bronze medallist at the 2015 World Championships in Winterberg in Germany

Double world champion Al Hackner has re-joined USA Curling's coaching staff on the high performance programme.

The 63-year-old Canadian skipped his country to global titles in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany in

Olympic gold medallists Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany fought back from a set down to clinch

Canadian duo Ben Saxton and Chaim Schalk stunned reigning Olympic and world champions Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt of Brazil to reach the quarter-finals on a dramatic day at the Beach Volleyball World Championships here.

Their surprise triumph came on a day where Olympic gold medallists Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany

Ross and Lauren Fendrick will take on Olympic gold medallists Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany

German duo Tina Lutz and Susan Beuke claimed their maiden 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championship title today on home waters.

races at the Kieler Yacht Club in Kiel to earn a place at the top of the podium.It was a gusty day in Germany

Athletes from United States, Germany, Denmark and South Africa each impressed in winning single sculls

It came on a day consisting largely of repêchages before medal races begin tomorrow.Moritz Wolff of Germany

South Africa’s Ntando Mahlangu broke the men’s 100 metres T42 world record on another dominant day for the United States at the World Para Athletics Junior Championships in Nottwil in Switzerland.

Compatriot Leonie Duering was the runner-up with 482.00, followed by Australia’s Kailyn Joseph with 410.00.Germany

Former world heavyweight and Olympic boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko has announced his retirement from the ring.

Haye in 2008 and 2011 respectively.After a string of defences, Klitschko, who largely based himself in Germany

Seven countries won gold medals on day two of the World Underwater Federation (CMAS) World Junior Finswimming Championships in Tomsk.

provided Turkish delight in the women's 1,500m surface, touching the wall in 13:46.09.Nele Rudolf of Germany

Germany edged United States in an exciting men's eights dual as action continued at the 2017 World Rowing

and still held the lead in the closing stages.But, despite upping their stroke rate to 40 per minute, Germany

winning heat one in 6:35.690.China edged Belarus by 0.55 to clinch the second automatic berth in 6:39.140.Germany

30.230.Others to reach the final directly today included quartets from Italy, Switzerland, the US and Germany

Olympic 1500 metres bronze medallist Jenny Simpson has urged the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) to reduce the time it takes to reallocate medals stripped from doping cheats.

a triple world champion, will be given her crown here on Sunday (August 6), while Jennifer Oeser of Germany

A potential 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid from The Netherlands is not currently on the cards, according the European country's National Olympic Committee.

bids from Brisbane in Australia and an ambitious 13-city plan in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany

The United States’ Clark Dean was the fastest qualifier for the quarter-finals of the men’s singles sculls event as competition got underway today at the 2017 World Rowing Junior Championships on Lake Galvė in Lithuanian city Trakai.

heat one of eight, Dean clocked a time of 7 min 0.680sec to beat nearest challenger Moritz Wolff of Germany