Russia’s Vladimir Morozov claimed victory once more in the men's 100 metres individual medley at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Swimming World Cup in Berlin, breaking the world record for the second time in as many races.

time since 2013.Morozov topped the podium on three occasions in Paris and he was in ominous form in Germany

The results of the 2016 World Orienteering Championships (WOC) have decided the national quotas for next year's edition of the event.

the men's competition, the closest relegation contest was in Division Two, where Belarus, Italy and Germany

up, with Belarus’ win over Italy enough to also drop the Italians down into Division Three.Replacing Germany

Hosts Mexico defeated two-time defending world champions the United States in the final of the Under-12 Americas Baseball Championship in Puebla, recording a 10-3 victory over their opponents to take the title.

and Brazil, the third and fourth-places finishers respectively.At last month’s European qualifier, Germany

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Getty ImagesSpaniard Rafael Nadal swept aside Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan ©Getty ImagesDustin Brown of Germany

was comfortably beaten by Canada's Milos Raonic ©Getty ImagesAngelique Kerber of Germany progressed

Leonids Beresnevs has resigned as the head coach of the Latvian national men’s ice hockey team, just days before the final qualification tournament for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics.

will be hosted by Latvia in Riga between September 1 and 4.The Latvian team will compete alongside Germany

Britain’s Kyle Edmund caused a major upset on day one of the US Open as he swept aside 13th seed Richard Gasquet of France to reach round two at Flushing Meadows in New York.

out with a 6-4, 6-2 defeat at the hands of unseeded Chinese player Zheng Saisai.Angelique Kerber of Germany

Slovenia, retired hurt.Italy’s Roberta Vinci, last year’s runner up, is also safely through as she beat Germany

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has opened the process to nominate a new Athletes’ Committee for the next two-year term.

the United States’ Gwen Jorgensen won the respective men’s and women’s triathlons.Gregor Bucholz of Germany

Germany produced a dominant display which saw them claim both the men's and women's team titles at the

representing sixteen countries ©WMF/FacebookThe race was almost as tight in the women's division but Germany

Norway's Anders Fannemel and Japan's Taku Takeuchi were both victorious at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Jumping Grand Prix in Hakuba.

first of the two competitions ahead of local hero Taku Takeuchi (left) and Andreas Wellinger (right) of Germany

 "I now plan to participate in the remaining Grand Prix events in Russia, Austria and Germany."

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has claimed Olympic football tournaments are a “sensitive issue” which he wishes to address with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

appear in this year’s tournament, scoring the host nation’s winning penalty in their final victory over Germany

The 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam concluded today with junior finals for rowers under 19-years-old.

 They won the race ahead of Germany and the United States, giving the Italians a total of seven

Rowing Junior Championships in Rotterdam ©FISA/Igor MeijerWinning two gold and ten medals overall put Germany

 Along with the two gold medals, Germany claimed seven silvers and one bronze.The Czech Republic

 Czech success came in the women’s eight with a win over Germany and Italy.

 The second gold was in the men’s quadruple sculls, followed by Germany in silver medal position

Pedro Solberg and Evandro Goncalves of Brazil and Americans Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena will contest the final of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Long Beach Grand Slam after they beat Latvian and Italian teams respectively in the men's semi-finals.

Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross eased to a semi-final win over Chantal Laboreur and Julia Sude of Germany

Ireland’s Paul O’Donovan has won men’s lightweight single sculls gold at the World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam just over two weeks after he helped secure his country’s first-ever Olympic medal in the sport at Rio 2016. 

Imogen Walsh and Eleanor Piggott combined to win the women’s quadruple sculls in a time of 7:10.60.Germany

pair in 7:32:05 and 7:32:22, while the United States were runners-up in the women’s four in 7:21:53 as Germany

Marieke Keijser claimed a dominant victory in the women’s lightweight single sculls to help The Netherlands finish top of the medal table at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Rotterdam.

of 5:54.10.Their nearest rivals proved to be Britain after they crossed the line in 5:57.26, while Germany

completed the top three positions as they finished in 5:59.23.Germany would end with the largest haul

The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) will appeal in the Swiss Federal Court on Monday (August 29) against the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to uphold a blanket ban on their athletes from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Paralympics on home soil, including 30 golds.They topped the medal table by some distance with second-placed Germany