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

Alfie Hewett cruised through an all-British encounter today at the British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships in Nottingham without dropping a game.

reached the last four as Diede De Groot thrashed Japan’s Saki Takamuro 6-0, 6-1.Sabine Ellerbrock of Germany

A lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Powerlifting Union has been formed to give the sport’s athletes representation with the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) and mainstream federations.

Games.Nine countries were represented at the LGBT IPC in London with Australia, Belarus, Canada, France, Germany

Defending champions the United States beat Panama today to remain undefeated at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-12 World Cup in Chinese Taipei.

seeds.Today’s other matches in Group B saw Nicaragua defeat Australia 10-4 and South Korea overcome Germany

lock horns in Group A, as were Japan and South Africa.In Group B, all three scheduled games - the US v Germany

A total of 742 rowers from 59 countries are set to compete at the 2017 World Rowing Junior Championships, which are scheduled to begin on Lake Galvė in Lithuanian city Trakai tomorrow.

boats as they attempt to repeat that feat.Also arriving with full teams for the five-day event are Germany

Calgary has been selected as the host venue for the American-Pacific Luge Championships later this year.

the competition will be the last major event before the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.Winterberg in Germany

Asian Winter Games gold medallist Choi Da-bin made a strong start to her bid for selection for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics by winning the ladies event at the Skating Korea Challenge.

there is a final chance for countries to gain quota places at the ISU Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf in Germany

Olympic bronze medallist Alexis Raynaud claimed the men’s 300 metres rifle three positions title at the European Shooting Championships in Baku today.

consisted of Pavlo Korostylov, Roman Bondaruk and Volodymyr Pasternak.They amassed a score of 1,732 with Germany

South Korea have recruited another foreign athlete to represent them in next year's Winter Olympic Games by granting a passport to American ice dancer Alexander Gamelin.

Olympic qualifying event, the Nebelhorn Trophy.The competition is due to take place in Oberstdorf in Germany

Hosts Chinese Taipei defeated the Czech Republic at the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Under-12 World Cup as rain wiped out every other match on the schedule.

caused weather havoc in Taiwan ©Getty ImagesIn Group B all three scheduled games - United States v Germany

Matches at the 2017 International Blind Sports Federation Goalball European Championships Group A will be streamed live on the internet with commentary, it has been announced.

teams will feature in each event this time around.Turkey and Finland will be joined by Czech Republic, Germany

Lithuania, Sweden, Belgium and Lithuania in the men's competition.Turkey, Israel, Sweden, Britain, Germany

Wheelchair fencing was presented to spectators at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) World Championships in Leipzig.

members.This included Ksenia Ovsyannikova, head of the Promotion Commission, and members Lars Pickardt of Germany

Ukraine sealed a sensational hat-trick of gold medals in muaythai as sporting competition concluded at the 2017 World Games here in Wrocław today.

 Germany won both the men's and women's canoe polo titles ©IWGAThere could have been a third title

champion in the 81kg class after he claimed a 29-28 win over Sweden's Constantino Nanga.Elsewhere today, Germany

through to the semi-finals of the UEFA Women’s European Championships and condemned defending champions Germany

place last night but torrential rain forced the match to be rescheduled to today.Olympic champions Germany

Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball World Championships as they beat Markus Bockermann and Lars Fluggen of Germany