Britain's Rachel Atherton will bid to continue her dominant run during the upcoming International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike World Championships in Val di Sole in Italy, which officially gets underway with the Opening Ceremony tomorrow.

Slavik and Jan Svub, Austria's Hannes Slavik, Quentin Derbier of France and 2015 Champion Aiko Göhler of Germany

BBC digital director Ralph Rivera has been appointed as managing director for Eurosport Digital as the company continue to strengthen their team in preparation for their broadcasting of the Olympic Games.

through the recent acquisition of premium rights such as Wimbledon across Europe and the Bundesliga in Germany

The Refugee Olympic Team was a wonderful initiative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and I congratulate them on enabling ten athletes who are refugees to take part in the Rio 2016 Olympics. How can we not be moved by their individual and collective stories?

She has welcomed refugees to Germany, and copped a lot of criticism and backlash.

Thomas Bach will miss the Opening Ceremony of the Paralympic Games here tomorrow - the first time the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not have attended the event for 32 years. 

instead due to be attending the official state mourning ceremony for Walter Scheel, the former West Germany

Australian star Boyd Exell has successfully defended his International Equestion Federation (FEI) World Four-in-Hand Driving Championship in Breda, The Netherlands.

185.26 for bronze.The Dutch scored 365.09 in the team competition.Hungary placed second with 390.22 as Germany

United World Wrestling (UWW) will provide financial support to improve the standard of referees following controversies at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro last month, it has been announced.

terms.Incumbent members Namig Aliev of Azerbaijan, Michel Dusson of France, Karl-Martin Dittman of Germany

Josef Fendt, the President of the International Luge Federation (FIL), has held a meeting with his Lativan Luge Federation counterpart Atis Strenga.

Oskars Gudramovičs and Pēteris Kalniņš in Sigulda.The pair also earned a bronze medal in Winterberg in Germany

times, winning three silver medals and a bronze.At this year's FIL World Championships in Königssee in Germany

, Latvia also earned the silver medal in the team relay, behind Germany.

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Denmark ended the US Open challenge of home favourite Madison Keys ©Getty ImagesAngelique Kerber of Germany

Slovenia, Norway and Germany all secured their spot in the ice hockey competition at Pyeongchang 2018

Swedish duo Emma Dahlström and Henrik Harlaut were victorious in the first International Ski Federation freestyle skiing Big Air World Cup of the new season in El Colorado in Chile.

to Milan, with a competition due to take place in the Italian city on November 11.Mönchengladbach in Germany

India's world number 75 Anand Pawar upset the odds to beat second seed Misha Zilberman from Israel in the semi-finals of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Brazil Grand Prix in Foz do Iguacu.

doubles competition.They were beaten by number three seeds Jones Ralf Jansen and Josche Zurwonne of Germany

final after they came through a difficult, three game match against Michael Fuchs and Eva Janssens of Germany

Double Olympic medallist Amelie Kober has been awarded a grant by the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) to enable her to study at the Sports Business Academy.

possible fashion for future challenges in sports business.They also partner with other sporting bodies in Germany

American Max Cobb has been elected as the International Biathlon Union (IBU) vice-president of sport during the governing body’s Congress in Chisinau in Moldova.

cities for the 2020 and 2021 World Championships.Nové Město na Moravě in the Czech Republic, Oberhof in Germany

The top seeded singles players justified their status by cruising through to the semi-final stage of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) 2016 Brazil Grand Prix.

Alisson Vasconcell and Rodolfo Au Salles, while their next opponents Michael Fuchs and Fabian Holzer of Germany

A resolution has been passed by the California Senate which calls on the International Olympic Committee and the International Swimming Federation (FINA) to rescind medals won by East German athletes who were part of a notorious state-sponsored doping programme.

doping in the former communist country ©Getty ImagesThe programme yielded spectacular results as East Germany

they competed in before the collapse of the Berlin Wall the following year and the reunification of Germany