Playground, a hit by German dance music act Cascada, has been chosen as the official song of the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships which start this week.

season's showpiece men's event is due to take place between May 5 and 21 at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany

We are very happy that with Cascada we could allure a global musical export from Germany to provide the

and their official song Playground, the other major element of our entertainment programme comes from Germany

Richie Porte secured overall victory at the Tour de Romandie as Slovenia's Primoz Roglic triumphed in the individual time trial to bring the stage race to a close in Lausanne.

event contested on the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Tour.Competition will take place in Germany

The United States won two of the four gold medals available at the 2017 International Cheer Union (ICU) World Cheerleading Championships in Orlando in Florida.

events respectively.Chile won the Coed Elite gold medal in Orlando ©ICU/InstagramThe English team beat Germany

Boxers from across Asia will be getting in the ring tomorrow in Tashkent as they search for qualification to the World Championships later this year.

featuring.Places at the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) World Championships, being held in Hamburg, Germany

Canada will take to the ice at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris on Friday (May 5) seeking to become the first nation to win a hat-trick of consecutive International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) men's world titles since the Czech Republic in 2001.

In Germany the players plowed the snow off the outdoor rinks every five minutes in a snowstorm before

"We were also interested in the report that Germany and Japan had been admitted to play in next year's

Clark Montgomery of the United States has taken the lead onboard Loughan Glen at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event after the first day of action.

33.6 points, putting him ahead of defending champion and triple Olympic gold medallist Michael Jung of Germany

There was a thrilling finale in the opening qualifier International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Nations Cup Jumping 2017 Europe Division One today as a three-way jump-off was required to decide the winner.

Germany ended up taking the victory in the showdown between them, Belgium and France, after Andre Thieme

who won jumping gold at the Rio 2016 Olympics, a target to beat.Andre Thieme was the rider chosen for Germany

“My Conthendrix has done so many Nations Cups for Germany and he is so consistent, such a fighter,” Thieme

Ukraine proved dominant on the third day of competition at the World Shooting Para Sport Grand Prix in Polish city Szczecin.

Okoniewski.Okoniewski was eliminated on a score of 209.1, giving Poland their first podium of the event.Norbert Gau of Germany

Italy’s Elia Viviani sprinted to victory on the third stage of the Tour de Romandie after a 187 kilometres flat stage in Payerne.

the race lead, with the Trek-Segafredo rider still eight seconds clear of Maximilian Schachmann of Germany

Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu crashed out of the Badminton Asia Championships as she was beaten by China's He Bingjiao in three games.

Antonsen, seeded fifth, also prolonged his stay at the competition by ousting third seed Marc Zwiebler of Germany

Anna Arzhanova has been re-elected President of the World Underwater Federation (CMAS) for a further four-year term at the organisation's General Assembly in Rome.

Frenchman Jean-Louis Blanchard, Simon El Khoury of Jordan, Egypt's Sameh Nabil Elshazly, Michael Frenzel of Germany

I felt a mixture of satisfaction and despair earlier this week when it was revealed that Russia's Tatyana Chernova had tested positive for banned drugs following a re-analysis of her sample from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and the bronze medal she had won in the heptathlon would be stripped away from her and awarded instead to Britain's Kelly Sotherton.

naive to believe that there were not plenty of athletes from the United States, Great Britain and West Germany

Olympic Refugee Team athlete Yusra Mardini of Syria has been named appointed as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

continue with education and not stop at one point in their lives.”Mardini, who has been granted asylum in Germany

Scotland, Switzerland and the United States completed the round robin stage of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships after wins today in Lethbridge, Canada.

morning’s other matches saw China win 9-3 against Poland, South Korea edge Israel 9-8 and England beat Germany

Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard has claimed the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) have sent out the wrong message by welcoming Maria Sharapova back to the sport, claiming the Russian should not be allowed to play again.

Mladenovic was responsible for another shock result, beating tournament top seed Angelique Kerber of Germany