The Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) held its annual Great Day of Croatian Sport to celebrate the achievements of the nation's athletes over the past 12 months.

Men's Player award and the Ballon D’Or.That World Cup performance, where Croatia lost the final 4-2 to France

Toni Soderholm has been named as the new head coach of the Germany men's ice hockey team.

were knocked out in the group phase.They will play Canada, United States, Finland, Slovakia, Denmark, France

Mikaela Shiffrin has shown off her formidable form on skis once again to claim another International Ski Federation Alpine World Cup win in Courchevel today.

champion did not do it the easy way, though, coming from behind to beat Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg in France

Five-time world champion Lindsey Jacobellis won the first International Ski Federation Snowboard Cross World Cup gold of the season with victory in the Italian resort of Cervinia today.

bronze claimed her first medal riding for Great Britain.The 23-year-old was born in England but moved to France

victory ahead of Sweden’s Sandra Naeslund and Marielle Berger Sabbatel from France.On the men’s side France

China's Cai Xuetong has won Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup gold on home snow at the Secret Garden contest in Hebei province.

run.The 2015 world champion finished just ahead of her compatriot Reira Iwabuchi who scored 85.21, while France

Swiss skier Andrin Urech has pledged to make an annual contribution to the 2021 Winter Universiade in Lucerne.

The 79-year-old competed at the first two Winter Universiades, in Chamonix in France in 1960 and Villars

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) have cleared 10 more athletes to represent new countries.

completed immediately are Nick Ekelund-Arenander,Denmark to Sweden, Abdelhamid Zerrifi, Algeria to France

Action has started at what has become the first International Ski Federation Snowboard Cross World Cup of the season today, with qualifying runs in Cervinia.

Konstantin Schad finished third, in 1:17.00.Last year’s overall World Cup winner Pierre Vaultier from France

Mikayla Martin who managed a time of 1:21.57.Meanwhile in the men’s event it was Bastien Midol from France

Home favourite Zhang Kexin and Canada’s Simon d’Artois won the respective men’s and women’s halfpipe events as this year’s final action on the International Ski Federation (FIS) Freestyle Skiing World Cup tour took place in China’s capital Beijing today.

Cup is due to resume next month, with a slopestyle competition scheduled to be held in Font Romeu in France

Marcel Hirscher won the slalom event at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup in Saalbach-Hinterglemm to become the greatest Austrian skier of all time with 63 World Cup victories. 

The competition on his home snow replaced October's cancelled race in Val d'Isère, France, with a giant

Biarritz has been announced as the location for the final round of this season's World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

and impact of hosting the final round of the record-breaking series at a time when women's rugby in France

Stade Aguilera, an iconic rugby venue in France, is a perfect match for this great international event

International Korfball Federation (IKF) has awarded the European version of its Beach World Cup to Bonson in France

 "With the presence of the oldest korfball club in France, FJEP Bonson, it is clear that the

Canada, France, Japan and hosts Britain will contest the second edition of the Wheelchair Rugby Quad

Wheelchair Rugby Quad Nations as favourites to claim victory.A strong field is completed by Canada and France

Ilka Stuhec of Slovenia today achieved her first International Ski Federation Alpine World Cup podium place and victory since returning from a knee injury that kept her sidelined from competition for 20 months.

season.Val Gardena-Gröden took over the ladies' speed races originally scheduled in Val d'Isere in France

The line between sport and showbiz grows thinner by the day to the point of obliteration.

the most drugs-ridden sports, cycling again provided the winner in the thankfully untainted Tour de France