Newly-knighted Mo Farah and Andy Murray are among the nominees announced today for the 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards, competing in the Sportsman of the Year category against the likes of Usain Bolt and Cristiano Ronaldo.

career, has also been nominated along with world number one ranked tennis player Angelique Kerber of Germany

London 2012 Olympic champions Croatia maintained their 100 per cent record of regulation time wins as European qualification games in the men's International Swimming Federation (FINA) Water Polo World League continued.

win a lengthy shoot-out 7-6 to win 18-17 overall.The other match in the group also ended level, with Germany

Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko has slammed a joint statement from 19 National Anti-Doping Organisations calling for all sporting competitions, including the FIFA World Cup in 2018, to be removed from his country until it apologises for its alleged state-sponsored drug programme.

statement published yesterday following a meeting in Dublin, representatives from countries including Germany

I may be out on a limb here, but I don’t think this week's FIFA Council reforms for the World Cup finals in 2026 and beyond have gone far enough.

Yes, we’re talking about handicapping.Take Germany, for instance.

biggest event in the world".Mario Goetze kisses the World Cup trophy his goal against Argentina won for Germany

Leaders spanning 19 National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADO) have called for all sporting competitions, including the FIFA World Cup in 2018, to be removed from Russia until the country apologises for the Government-sponsored drug programme alleged in the McLaren Report. 

) statement published today following a meeting in Dublin, representatives from countries including Germany

Scotland's women and China's men claimed gold medals today at the World Junior-B Curling Championships in Östersund.

China.Germany had lost 7-3 to the Turks in the semi-final while China had romped past Italy 7-1.Italy beat Germany

France will begin the defence of their men's World Handball Championship title tomorrow when they play Brazil in the opening match of the 25th edition of the tournament.

comprises of Angola, Iceland, Macedonia, Tunisia, Slovenia and Spain, while Belarus, Chile, Croatia, Germany

FIFA's World Cup expansion from 32 to 48 teams has provoked a mixed response as criticism from the leading football countries in Europe has been tempered by approval in some of the nations set to benefit.

plans to expand the World Cup to 46 countries ©Getty ImagesOpposition has been particularly strong in Germany

Whatever format you have, Germany will be there," Infantino added in response.

In Germany I hope that with time we can discuss it and they can see the benefit for the world, bearing

in mind that in Germany today there are many many players in the Bundesliga from all around the world

We cannot say we were not warned. There it is, spread over three pages of then FIFA Presidential candidate Gianni Infantino’s lavish 50-page manifesto, under the heading "World Cup expanded to 40 teams".

can see to address this.Forty-eight teams will have the chance to win the FIFA World Cup - claimed by Germany

Cristiano Ronaldo and Carli Lloyd received the respective male and female players of 2016 accolades at the inaugural Best FIFA Football Awards ceremony here today.

sensational English Premier League title.Silvia Neid won the corresponding women's crown after leading Germany

China crushed Latvia today to join Turkey, Italy and Germany in the men's semi-finals at the World Junior-B

comfortable in a 6-2 triumph over Poland.Turkey won 8-4 over Denmark while Italy defeated Slovenia, 6-3.Germany

 China beat Germany 5-3 and Japan prospered over Czech Republic 9-4 in the other two.Japan will

The German Ski Federation (DSV) has confirmed that Oberhof will bid for the 2023 International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Championships.

its decision at their Congress in Moldova's capital Chisinau in September last year.This came after Germany

Ski World Championships by the International Ski Federation.These will be hosted in Oberstdorf, with Germany

 Oberhof and Germany, however, have placed their focus on two years later with no competition planned

 Oberhof previously held the World Championships in 2004.They were last held in Germany in 2012,

Gabriela Koukalová earned her second International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup victory in three days as the Czech star triumphed in the women's 12.5 kilometre mass start event in Oberhof.

place with Schempp third on 370.The next leg of the IBU World Cup season will be held in Ruhpolding in Germany

The French men's handball team will start the defence of its world title on home soil this week - but within a relatively unfamiliar sporting landscape altered by big rule changes and the introduction of video technology offering referees unprecedented access and involvement.

, although they will face strong opposition from Denmark, who beat them 28-26 in the Rio final, and Germany

In the past it has mainly been teams from Germany, Sweden and Denmark who have brought on an extra attacker

Now IHF has selected a new company from several applicants, Broadcast Solutions, from Germany, the same

Handball referees will be directly involved for the first time in a new system of video replay technology - overseen by the same company that works with FIFA - that is being pioneered at the 25th Men's World Handball Championship which begins this week in France.

 "Now IHF has selected a new company from several applicants, Broadcast Solutions, from Germany,