Olympic champion Alexander Lesun of Russia is among the athletes who will begin their path to Tokyo 2020 at the season-opening International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup event in Los Angeles.

is also due to compete in the women's event as it includes 2008 Olympic champion Lena Schoeneborn of Germany

Japan's Sara Takanashi will bid to continue her dominance of women's ski jumping by securing a first-ever individual International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic Ski World Championships title in Lahti.

trio of Eric Frenzel, Johannes Rydzek and Fabian Rießle all scheduled to take part.Eric Frenzel of Germany

Brazil’s Rio 2016 Olympic gold medal-winning coach Rogério Micale has been sacked after he failed to guide the country to qualification for this year’s FIFA Under-20 World Cup in South Korea.

Antwerp 1920 and Spain at Barcelona 1992.Talisman Neymar scored the winning penalty in the final against Germany

All three medal winning teams from the previous edition of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Men's European Championships have been placed in the same group for this year's tournament. 

champions Great Britain will meet the team they beat in the 2015 final, Turkey, and bronze medallists Germany

Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany defeated Japan's future star Tomokazu Harimoto in the International Table

completed a hat-trick of victories at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Cup in Cali to help Germany

Germany’s Francesco Friedrich claimed his fourth consecutive two-man bobsleigh global crown after triumphing on home ice at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Championships in Königssee today.

Latvian duo of Oskars Kibermanis and Matiss Miknis.A bronze medal was awarded to a squad of athletes from Germany

Denmark have successfully defended their European Mixed Team Badminton Championships title today as they easily beat Russia in Lubin this afternoon.

to lift the title.Denmark have now won this competition 17 times in the last 23 editions.England and Germany

International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Dressage World Cup Western European League at Neumunster in Germany

Marcel Hirscher once again claimed victory at the International Ski Federation (FIS) World Alpine Skiing Championships in St Moritz as he won the men's slalom gold on the final day of competition.

rival.Another Austrian, Manuel Feller, took second in an combined time of 1:35.43.Felix Neureuther of Germany

Italy's Dominik Fischnaller was the surprise winner of the men’s International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup competition at the Alpensia Sliding Centre today.

Championships in Innsbruck, Fischnaller won in 1min 37.229secs with a 0.149-second lead over Andi Langenhan of Germany

disappointing display but managed to come back to finish in tenth place.Double Olympic champion Felix Loch of Germany

of 2:29.612.The ninth and final stop in the Viessmann World Cup is set to take place in Altenberg in Germany

Budapest are the only one of the three 2024 bidding cities never to have staged an Olympic Games, but a century ago it was all very different. A Hungarian was even at the very forefront of moves to revive the Olympics.

Although they stormed into a two-goal lead, Germany fought back to lift the Jules Rimet Trophy.In 1956

the chance to retain their European Mixed Team Badminton Championships title tomorrow as they beat Germany

victory over Germany's Isabel Herttrich and Mark Lamsfuss.However, Fabian Roth leveled the match for Germany

Elana Meyers Taylor secured her second International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Championships crown as she won the women's bobsleigh event along with brakewoman Kehri Jones in Königssee.

 Reigning world champion Francesco Friedrich of Germany leads the way in the men's two-man bobsleigh

field.Canadian duo Justin Kripps and Jesse Lumsden are second, while Johannes Lochner and Joshua Bluhm, also of Germany

in the women's standing biathlon event at the World Para Nordic Skiing Championships in Finsterau, Germany