Germany's male and female teams each guaranteed themselves spots in the quarter-finals of the World Junior-B Curling Championships in Östersund in Sweden with one day of round-robin action to spare.

Poland lead the chasing pack with four wins apiece, although the Poles have the disadvantage of facing Germany

Ireen Wüst and Kai Verbij of The Netherlands claimed the overall women's allround and men's sprint titles on the second day of action at the International Skating Union (ISU) European Speed Skating Championships.

 Nuis crossed the line in a time of 1:08.85 while Nico Ihle of Germany trailed behind in second

German matches at the International Handball Federation (IHF) Men's World Championships starting in France on Wednesday (January 11) will be streamed live online by Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB).

After they first met in Leipzig, Germany on March 11, 2016, another meeting between the agency of ARD

 Germany matches at the World Championships will now be streamed via the online platform ©Getty

standings at the women’s International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup event in Oberstdorf, Germany

Championship title after triumphing on the second and final day of the World Cup leg in Königssee, Germany

Tobias Arlt in the doubles.Germany successfully defended their European team relay title ©FILHowever, Germany

fourth today, Canada lead the World Cup overall standings on 160 points with the US second on 155 and Germany

France will meet the United States in tomorrow’s final of the Hopman Cup after defeating top seeds Switzerland at Perth Arena in Australia to top Group A.

Alexander Zverev helped Germany to victory over Great Britain ©Getty ImagesFrance will be aiming to deny

US are being represented in Perth by Coco Vandeweghe and Jack Sock.Today’s other Group A match saw Germany

Others referred to it as the Anschluss, a derogatory reference to the unification of Austria and Nazi Germany

in their opening match.So when Horst Hrubesch broke the deadlock after just 10 minutes to give West Germany

unacceptable level, in particular for national team players”.Similar criticism has been voiced from Germany

Rio 2016 medallists Diede de Groot of The Netherlands and Australian Heath Davidson are set to make their Grand Slam debuts later this month at the Australian Open Wheelchair Tennis Event.

gold in Rio with Alcott in the men's doubles, his fellow Australian Ben Weekes and Katharina Kruger of Germany

Olympic champion Natalie Geisenberger of Germany has won her third International Luge Federation (FIL

Brazil's Ministry of Tourism have claimed that the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games has contributed to record numbers of international visitors in 2016.

 Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay were next on the list ahead of France, Germany and Italy.This follows

Italy’s Manfred Moelgg claimed his first victory at an International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Skiing World Cup in nearly eight years after overcoming difficult weather conditions to take victory in the men's night slalom in Croatia’s capital Zagreb.

the second run, Moelgg clocked an overall time of 2min 00.03sec to beat runner-up Felix Neureuther of Germany

Latvia earned a thrilling 6-5 win over Russia to maintain their unbeaten run at the World Junior-B Curling Championships in Östersund in Sweden today.

6-5 while Spain defeated England 8-6 elsewhere in the group.Czech Republic, Latvia, China, Denmark, Germany

The Untied States extended their unbeaten run at the 2017 Hopman Cup in Perth today with victory over hosts Australia.

important of the two matches, with the winner going on to face the US in the final.Great Britain take on Germany

Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup title this weekend as the 2016-17 season resumes in Oberstdorf in Germany

A total of 22 countries are set to participate at the International Military Sport Council (CISM) World Winter Games next month, insidethegames has been told, with the event to remain in Sochi, despite evidence of state-sponsored doping in the McLaren Report.

in Sochi are: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Finland, France, Germany