Sweden got their European Women’s Handball Championship campaign on home soil to a perfect start today with a 25-19 victory against Spain in Stockholm.

at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro earlier this year, started with a 31-22 win over Poland while Germany

from behind to defeat The Netherlands ©Getty ImagesThe Netherlands led their opening match against Germany

performance after the break saw the latter edge ahead in the end.Svenja Huber was the stand-out player for Germany

Finland secured their second win of the World Floorball Championships  as they saw off Switzerland 6-4 in the Arena Riga today.

seconds to go.Hosts Latvia were defeated 9-3 by the Czech Republic ©FlickrIn Group A’s other game, Germany

Japan’s Miho Takagi claimed her third gold medal and fourth podium finish of the weekend at the International Skating Union (ISU) Speed Skating World Cup meeting at the Alau Ice Palace in Astana today.

ImagesThe weekend was completed by two mass races, with the women going first.Claudia Pechstein of Germany

Eric Frenzel completed a golden triple for himself and Germany today at the 2016-2017 International Ski

Slovenia’s Domen Prevc continued his superb start to the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup season as he secured his second victory of the campaign by a slender margin in Klingenthal.

Daniel Andre Tande missed out on top spot by a narrow 0.2 point margin ©Getty ImagesSeverin Freund of Germany

Tournament debutants Japan secured a ninth-place finish at the Women’s Junior Hockey World Cup after beating Asian rivals China 2-0 at the Club Deportivo Manquehue in Santiago today.

meet Australia in the bronze medal match.That will be preceded by the fifth-place play-off between Germany

Sungbin Yun continued to show his potential ahead of a home Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang by triumphing at the opening International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Cup of the season in Whistler.

clocked the fastest first and second runs.Peter Rico guided his Swiss team to second place in 1:42.71.Germany

Germany’s Tatjana Hüfner equalled the record for women’s International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup victories by triumphing at Lake Placid.

Tucker West, Matt Mortensen and Jayson Terdiman, who finished in 2:34.815.Defending World Cup champions Germany

Sweden got their World Floorball Championships (WFC) campaign off to the best possible start today as they beat Latvia 6-2 in Riga.

scintillating form in their opening match of the competition in Group A as they controlled their game with Germany

Russia and Belarus intend to bid to co-host the 2022 European Men’s Handball Championship, it has been revealed.

Germany won this year's edition of the European Men's Handball Championship in Poland ©Getty ImagesAn

Edinburgh in June 2018.This year’s European Men’s Handball Championship was hosted by Poland where Germany

Japan’s Sara Takanashi claimed her second consecutive victory at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup event in Lillehammer to continue her perfect start to the defence of her overall title.

place from December 9 to 11 in Nizhny Tagil in Russia.In the men's competition, held in Klingenthal in Germany

finished over 40 points in front of nearest challengers Germany.Markus Eisenbichler led the way for Germany

Europe’s highest-ranking weightlifting administrator says the sport needs to make fundamental changes to its culture, its rules and the way competitions are presented.

75 athletes across all sports tested positive for Turinabol, the hormone used in the old DDR [East Germany

Television coverage of the Women’s European Handball Championships is set to be available in 135 countries as Norway prepare to begin their title defence when the tournament is due get underway in Sweden tomorrow.

Africa region as well as Australia, Canada, the United States and other American territories.SPORT1 in Germany

Argentina will play The Netherlands in the final of the Women’s Junior Hockey World Cup after both teams came through their last-four encounters at the Club Deportivo Manquehue in Chile’s capital Santiago.

In the fifth to eighth-place classification matches, Belgium beat the United States 2-1 before Germany

England 1-0.Prior to the final on Sunday, England will face the US in the seventh-place play-off and Germany

Japan’s Sara Takanashi began the defence of her International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping World Cup title with a victory as she won the opening event of the season in Lillehammer today.

efforts of 92.5m and 88.0m yielded a total of 239.5 points.Olympic and world champion Carina Vogt of Germany

event in Lillehammer is due to take place tomorrow, while the men are also in action in Klingenthal in Germany