Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova earned the biggest victory in her career by overcoming world number one Angelique Kerber to win the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Finals in Singapore.

debutant began as the underdog for the final at the Singapore Indoor Stadium against Kerber, with the Germany

Japan secured their place at the top of the medal table at the 2016 Karate World Championships after claiming both the men’s and women’s team kata titles on the final day of action here. 

gold medal tally to six with victory over Spain.The triumph banished the memories of defeat to hosts Germany

The 2016 European Korfball Championships reached its penultimate day of competition today with a host of classification matches at Sportboulevard in Dordrecht to determine the tournament's final standings.

enjoyed one win but also suffered a single defeat.They narrowly lost their first match of the day to Germany

8-9 before going on to beat the Czech Republic 14-8.Germany then inflicted another defeat on the Czechs

eighth rounding off the bottom three.Czech Republic secured seventh place overall finishing just behind Germany

Germany's Isabell Werth produced a sublime freestyle score to win the second Western European League leg of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) World Cup Dressage competition in the French city of Lyon today. 

had performed the result was never in any doubt.The nine-leg FEI series is now due to to Stuttgart in Germany

The penultimate International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Slam of the year began in Abu Dhabi today with two French athletes claiming gold medals at the IPIC Arena.

Croatia.France's Helene Receveaux, in white, defeated Madrid European Open bronze medallist Theresa Stoll of Germany

Masters silver medallist Helene Receveaux defeated Madrid European Open bronze medallist Theresa Stoll of Germany

The Netherlands will have the chance to defend their European Korfball Championships title after they advanced to the final with a comprehensive win over Portugal in the Dutch city of Dordrecht.

Republic also won after failing to reach the semi-finals, beating Russia 25-9.Completing the day’s action, Germany

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schedule of men's team kumite action today ©WKF/TwitterJapan defeated 2014 world silver medallists Germany

Spain beat defending champions Egypt to reach the final of the women’s team kumite competition on another busy day of action here at the 2016 Karate World Championships.

of Emilie Thouy in the women’s under 55kg individual kumite and the men’s kata team.Japan defeated Germany

will also be contesting the men’s and women’s team kata finals, defeated 2014 world silver medallists Germany

Lillehammer 2016 monobob gold medallist Laura Nolte has made the switch to compete in the two-man bobsleigh event.

tackle the two-man event and has already participated in a training camp on the Winterberg track in Germany

World number one Angelique Kerber of Germany and Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulková sealed their places in

Defending champion Tina Hermann headlines the German women's skeleton team for the new International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup season.

the best performing German during the last men's World Cup season ©Getty ImagesIn the men's squad, Germany

 Germany will host three legs of the new season, in Altenberg from January 2, Winterberg from January

The current blizzard of retrospective doping bans being meted out by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is making the process of clarifying who ends up with what at recent Games resemble studying the Premier League table on a Saturday evening - or of course a Sunday, Monday, or any other evening and what a shame for the TV marketing men that there are only seven of them in each week…

record of 47.60sec has stood since 1985, leaves the world behind as she carries the baton for East Germany

World number 21 Sarah Sayed upset the odds here on the opening day of the Karate World Championships by qualifying for the women’s kata final.

competition, world number one Damian Quintero of Spain defeated 2014 silver medallist Ilja Smorguner of Germany

Leaders representing worldwide National Anti-Doping Organisations (NADO) have called for a meeting with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to discuss ongoing reforms to global drugs testing systems.

the proposals represented countries including: Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany

Portugal and Catalonia secured semi-final spots at the European Korfball Championships today with hard-fought victories over their closest rivals in the Dutch city of Dordrecht.

of a 20-11 success over fourth placed Czech Republic today.Catalonia gained a crucial victory over Germany