A new partnership has been unveiled between the International Surfing Association (ISA) and the Association of Paddlesurf Professionals (APP) World Tour in order to develop stand up paddle (SUP) racing.

development of the sport of stand up paddle worldwide".A stand up paddle World Cup leg in Scharbeutz, Germany

This weekend, in the somewhat unlikely environs of the Centurion Club in St Albans in England, golf has teed off in search of an alternative future - a brighter, shorter, more youth-friendly future - as it launches the GolfSixes concept.

France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, left, and Tommy Haas of Germany relax during last year's Tie Break Tens

Germany began the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men’s World Championships in fine fashion

A crowd of 18,688 packed into the LANXESS Arena as Germany met the tournament fourth seeds in their opening

Group A tie.Tobias Rieder gave Germany an ideal start by finding the net in the 11th minute, with the

advantage staying at 1-0 when the close of the first period came.While Germany maintained their narrow

Didier Canesse, the ambassador of France to Belarus, has been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as they called for an investigation into the search of their national ice hockey team at the Paris Montparnasse train station.

showpiece men's event is due to run until May 21, with action taking place at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany

Italy’s Viviana Bottaro continued her impressive form at the European Karate Championships today by helping her country reach the women’s team kata final in Kocaeli.

medallist and her team-mates in the final are France’s Lila Bui, Marie Bui and Sandy Scordo, who beat Germany

Antonio Espinós was unanimously re-elected as the President of the European Karate Federation at the organisation's General Congress in Kocaeli in Turkey.

Michael Dinsdale of England, Slavoljub Pipper of Serbian, Finland's Yrsa Ranki and Wolfgang Weigert of Germany

A proposal to rewrite athletics' history books by overhauling the record lists and eliminating any doping doubts surrounding performances caused a predictable storm.

 After Harting was elevated to status of national hero in Germany following his gold medal at the

2009 World Championships in Berlin, Goldmann was asked about his period in East Germany.

Canada will begin their hunt for a third consecutive International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships crown when they face the Czech Republic on the opening day in Paris tomorrow.

showpiece men's event is due to run until May 21, with action taking place at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany

A match tomorrow in Cologne, where all their round robin matches will be held.A clash between hosts Germany

Shock sporting news of the week for me was the decision of the European football body, UEFA, to switch from a Shakespearean to a Petrarchan sonnet form.

first-to-five will persist, with sudden death thereafter if this is insufficient to separate the teams.)Germany

Four bids have been made for two International Ski Federation (FIS) World Championships taking place in 2023.

2021.The Nordic World Championship will next head to Seefeld in Austria in 2019, before Oberstdorf in Germany

Children's rights organisation Terre des Hommes has warned that UEFA must still pass the "reality test" following their recent announcement that countries bidding for future editions of its quadrennial European Championships will have to adhere to human rights and anti-corruption criteria.

on Monday (May 1) following a bid opening workshop held last week, attended by representatives from Germany

Germany, hosts in 1988, and Turkey were the only two countries to submit a bid for UEFA Euro 2024.The

Fifteen countries remain part of the selection process for the International Hockey Federation's (FIH) new home and away league after Italy, South Korea and South Africa declined to submit an application before the April 30 deadline.

have said each league will contain a maximum of nine teams.Argentina, Australia, Belgium, England, Germany

Swiss cross-country skier Peter von Allmen has accepted a role on his country's women's coaching team.

season.The triple Olympic champion clinched bronze in the 20 kilometres skiathlon in Oberstdorf in Germany

Trousering the thick end of £15 million ($19.4 million/€17.8 million), a fraction of what is likely to come his way in the future, Anthony Joshua declared after his stunning conquest of Wladimir Klitschko on Saturday night that his proudest possession remained not a world championship belt, but his Olympic gold medal.

adopted back yard against Tyson Fury.Tyson took the ageing warrior to school on that night in Dusseldorf, Germany

Countries bidding for future editions of the UEFA European Championships will have to adhere to human rights and anti-corruption criteria, it was announced today.

announcement was made following a bid opening workshop held last week, attended by representatives from Germany