Hosts England will face the challenge of Olympic gold medallists Argentina in the pool phase of the first Hockey World League (HWL) semi-final, which will begin tomorrow.

will be joined by Spain, Japan and France in the pool.Rio 2016 silver medallists Belgium will take on Germany

Great Britain produced a superb performance to cruise into the semi-finals today at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) World Men's Under-23 Championships in Toronto.

strong for their Asian opponents.Three other quarter-final encounters also took place.Australia beat Germany

Czech Republic’s Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner eliminated top-seeded qualifying team Daniel Bergerud and Christian Sorum of Norway to advance to the main draw at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event in Dutch city The Hague.

Camille Saxton of Canada.Other teams advancing were third-seeded Nadja Glenzke and Julia Grossner of Germany

France and Italy claimed the respective men’s foil and women’s sabre team titles at the European Fencing Championships in Tbilisi today as Russia lost out in both finals.

at the Georgian capital's Gymnastic Arena.They had earlier claimed a 45-26 semi-final victory over Germany

Schonach in Germany will play host to the International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined World

down on the Nordic Combined World Cup campaign with the last event from March 24 to 25.It comes after Germany

Cup Final in March, but the penultimate competition took place in Trondheim in Norway.The event in Germany

Africa’s best fencing stars got together at the Cairo International Stadium in Nasr City to battle for gold in the sport’s continental championship.

places.Attention for the African fencers will now shift to the World Championships due to take place in Leipzig, Germany

Turkey completed their unbeaten streak in round-robin action at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) World Under-23 Championships in Toronto.

meet European rivals France in the quarter-finals tomorrow.Australia will face defending champions Germany

Snowboard Germany have confirmed the appointment of Bernard Loer as the head coach of their snowboard

team for the last 14 years.He will be assisted by by former World Cup racer David Speiser as Snowboard Germany

“I'm honoured that Snowboard Germany is placing its trust in me,” said Loer, who had previously led the

Bernard Loer will be tasked with boosting German fortunes at World Cup level ©Getty ImagesSnowboard Germany

Turkey are the only unbeaten team after four rounds of action at the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) World Under-23 Championships in Toronto.

76-17 thrashing of South Africa today.Great Britain defeated them 87-50 before defending champions Germany

emerged 75-51 winners.Further defeats followed against France, 62-54, and Japan, 64-57.Japan, Germany

Over 60 Nordic combined technical delegates have participated in a seminar in Oberwiesenthal, Germany

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) have officially announced the creation of the Hockey Pro League, which will feature the top nine men’s and women’s national sides.

Trophy, which will have its final edition in 2018.Argentina, Australia, China, England/Great Britain, Germany

take part.The men’s competition will feature Argentina, Australia, Belgium, England/Great Britain, Germany

Jean-Charles Valladont of France defeated the United States' Brady Ellison 6-2 in the men's recurve final at the Archery World Cup in Antalya today to become the world number one.

the women's team title.The trio thrashed Japan's Ren Hayakawa, Tomomi Sugimoto and Miki Nakamura 6-0.Germany

Saidiyev, Denis Gankin and Sultan Duzelbayev 5-3.The bronze medal went to Japan as they outclassed Germany

FIFA has reached an agreement to broadcast the Confederations Cup on Russian television after world football's governing body signed a last-minute deal with the 2SPORT2 consortium.

World Cup featuring the home nation.This year's tournament features hosts Russia, World Cup holders Germany

There has been a general ignorance in England to the FIFA Under-20 World Cup, which has been taking place since the middle of May. Until the England team reached today’s final against Venezuela.

England’s first participation in a FIFA World Cup final since 1966, when they famously defeated West Germany

Tbilisi tomorrow as athletes have one final chance to prepare for next month's World Championships in Germany