Great Britain won their first-ever Olympic women's hockey gold medal after beating defending champions The Netherlands in a dramatic penalty shoot-out at the Olympic Hockey Centre in Rio de Janeiro.

gold medal with their last defeating coming the final of Athens 2004, when they were beaten 2-1 by Germany

Earlier in the day, Germany beat New Zealand 2-1 to take the bronze medal thanks to goals from Charlotte

National Federation counterpart Alexander Starkov at the world governing body’s office in Berchtesgaden in Germany

Argentina have won their first men's hockey Olympic gold medal after they secured a 4-2 victory over Belgium in the final at the Olympic Hockey Centre today in Rio de Janeiro today. 

Germany secured the final spot on the podium after they triumphed in a shoot-out against the Netherlands.Jorrit

Dutch team a 1-0 lead in the third quarter of the tie.Martin Haner equalised shortly afterwards for Germany

Bakker and Sander de Wijn were the unfortunate players for The Netherlands to miss their shots, while Germany

Germany silenced the home crowd and crushed the hopes of the host nation tonight on Copacabana as Laura

China secured their third successive table tennis clean sweep of Olympic gold medals here tonight in the men's team event, but were made to work far harder than expected by a Japanese side led by an inspired Jun Mizutani.

Germany claimed the final place on the podium after recovering from 1-0 down to overcome South Korea,

France's show jumpers have won the Olympic gold medal in the equestrian team event today at the National Equestrian Center in Deodoro Park in Rio de Janeiro. 

 The US were second on five points, while Canada just missed the podium, losing to Germany in a

Engelbert Strauss has committed to another season as the official presenting partner of the Champions Hockey League (CHL), following its original agreement which dates back to the inaugural 2014-2015 season of the ice hockey competition.

materials – including the website and streaming platform.The company, headquartered near Frankfurt in Germany

Due to the strong sportive appeal, we have gained great visibility in our key sales markets including Germany

Germany's former luge world champion Michael Walter has passed away.

World Cup overall title in the 1983-1984 season.Walter also competed in two Winter Olympics for East Germany

China continued their remarkable dominance in table tennis this evening by ruthlessly sweeping aside Germany

has won every women's event held since South Korea claimed the inaugural doubles crown at Seoul 1988.Germany

Russia have been stripped of their 4x100 metres relay gold medal from Beijing 2008 after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed Yulia Chermoshanskaya has been sanctioned after testing positive during the retesting of samples.

medal which will now be upgraded to gold ©Getty ImagesBrazil will now take bronze after clocking 43.14.Germany

Germany's Sebastian Brendel claimed an emotional gold medal in the men's canoe single 1000 metres, just a day after the death of his country's canoe coach Stefan Henze.

Ruslan Nurudonov claimed Uzbekistan's first ever Olympic weightlifting medal with gold in the men's under 105 kilograms division at RioCentro Pavillion 2 here today. 

In 2015 I flew to Germany and there surgery was performed.

Charlotte Dujardin of Great Britain retained her Olympic individual dressage title with a stunning performance riding Valegro in Rio.

Elsewhere in the competition, Germany took both silver and bronze through Isabell Werth and Kristina

the first Ladies’ Nordic Combined events in the Alpen Cup series in Klingenthal and Bischofsgrün in Germany

The first International Ski Federation (FIS) Youth Cup of the 2016-17 season took place in Finland this weekend, with girls taking part for the first time.

for boys and girls would be crowned in the Youth II category.Athletes represented Finland, Estonia, Germany

team.A pancake party and sauna evening after the last event wrapped up proceedings.Jenny Nowak from Germany