Thirty-six teams will begin their 2017 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) World League campaigns over the next three days, with Finland taking on Slovenia in the first match tomorrow in South Korea’s capital Seoul.

Gold Coast in Australia on June 24 and 25.Group Three similarly features 12 teams with Chinese Taipei, Germany

Top seeds Talita Antunes and Larissa Franca of Brazil picked up two wins today as main-draw action got underway at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event in Moscow.

21-17, 15-13.Among the other group victors were 19th-seeded Victoria Bieneck and Isabel Schneider of Germany

Vít Přindiš of the Czech Republic finished in front of one world and two Olympic champions to lead qualifying in the K1 class on the opening day of the 2017 European Canoe Association (ECA) Canoe Slalom European Championships in Ljubljana.

the Sava River in the Slovenian capital in 90.19sec.Beijing 2008 Olympic champion Alexander Grimm of Germany

qualified fastest in 116.44 to finish 1.57 seconds clear of Britain's Mallory Franklin.Andrea Herzog of Germany

Czech Republic progressed second in 110.12, with Robert Behling and Thomas Becker of Germany

Japanese 13-year-old wonderkid Tomokazu Harimoto produced a sensational attacking performance to stun team-mate and sixth seed Jun Mizutani at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Championships here today.

qualifier, ranked 191st in the world, beat 21st seed and Olympic team bronze medallist Bastian Steger of Germany

Italy secured their place in the quarter-finals of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup after a narrow 2-1 victory in South Korea over 2013 winners France at the Cheonan Sports Complex.

progressed to the last eight, where they will meet Zambia, who claimed a thrilling extra-time triumph over Germany

Last month's International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men's World Championship attracted the second-highest overall attendance in the history of the tournament, it has been revealed.

beating Canada in the final in Cologne ©Getty ImagesThe IIHF said 10 games at the recent tournament in Germany

Football’s focus turns to Cardiff at the end of this week as Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain meet in the UEFA Women’s Champions League Final at Cardiff City Stadium tomorrow before the meeting on Saturday (June 3) between Juventus and Real Madrid at the National Stadium to decide this year’s winner of the men’s competition.

absurdity at the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals - the shot by England’s Frank Lampard in the match against Germany

Brazil's Maria Antonelli and Carolina Salgado were among the eight teams to come through women's qualification at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event in Moscow today, after overcoming a first-set loss and two match points to beat Japan's Miki Ishii and Yukako Suzuki.

third-seeded Phoebe Bell and Nicole Laird of Australia.Second-seeded Karla Borger and Margareta Kozuch of Germany

FIFA have labelled displays at a parade in Sochi where people dressed in blackface to represent Cameroon as "inappropriate".

incident, which came prior to the start of the Confederations Cup on June 17.Cameroon are due to face Germany

against racism and warned that it will "not be tolerated" inside stadiums.Cameroon are due to face Germany

Former world number one Ratchanok Intanon began her quest for the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Thailand Open title on home soil with a straight-games victory in Bangkok.

with team-mate Suppanyu Avihingsanon, the 16th seed, in the next round.Second seed Marc Zwiebler of Germany

Zambia through to the quarter-finals of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup for the first time as they stunned Germany

had the pulsating match sewn up when Enock Mwepu's strike in the 86th minute gave them a 3-1 lead.But Germany

Ljubljana in Slovenia has been declared "ready" to host the 2017 European Canoe Association (ECA) Canoe Slalom European Championships starting tomorrow after recovering from the impact of flooding on the course.

proposed for inclusion on the Olympic programme at Tokyo 2020 for the first time.Melanie Pfeifer of Germany

Thomas Weikert and Jean-Michel Saive have spent a final day of lobbying here on the eve of an increasingly fractious and bitter campaign to be elected President of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). 

Weikert.He has been supported by Federations in Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany

Federation (IJF) World Championships for athletes with an intellectual disability will be held in Cologne in Germany

Two-time winners Portugal are through to the quarter-finals of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup after beating hosts South Korea 3-1 at the Cheonan Sports Complex today.

be held tomorrow are England against Costa Rica at the Jeonju World Cup Stadium and Zambia against Germany