from Puerto Rico to win an Olympic Games gold medal after beating world number two Angelique Kerber of Germany

An eventful Olympic rowing regatta concluded under blue skies here today, with Great Britain and Germany

An American record effort from Michelle Carter with her last throw tipped the women’s shot put final on its head here tonight and denied New Zealand's Valerie Adams a third consecutive Olympic victory.

and China’s Lijiao Gong had both reached 19.39m.World and European champion Christina Schwanitz of Germany

The natural order of things in Olympic team dressage was restored here today, when Germany, clear leaders

medals, six of which are gold.Isabell Werth won her ninth Olympic medal and sixth gold when she helped Germany

Great Britain claimed a quickfire double gold in rowing today as the men’s four romped to victory less than 15 minutes after Helen Glover and Heather Stanning defended their women’s pair crown at the Lagoa Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.

 Britain now lead the rowing medals table with two golds and one silver with Germany second on two

Diana Bacosi emerged victorious from an all-Italian gold medal match against Beijing 2008 champion Chiara Caineiro to secure the Olympic women's skeet title at Rio 2016 today.

contingent at the Olympic Shooting Centre.In the other event to be held today, Henri Junghaenel of Germany

told on Wei, who missed with her seventh shot following Rhode's successful effort.Henri Junghaenel of Germany

Schneiderheinze has become the first athlete from her sport to receive the Kienbaum Award in her native Germany

World Championships in Innsbruck in Austria along with brakewoman Annika Drazek, was given the prize by Germany

American judoka Kayla Harrison confirmed her retirement after successfully defending her women’s under 78 kilograms Olympic title by overcoming France’s Audrey Tcheumeo in the gold medal match at Carioca Arena 2 in Rio de Janeiro. 

France’s Cyrille Maret beat world silver medallist Karl-Richard Frey of Germany for a bronze medal on

Slovakian cousins Ladislav and Peter Škantár sealed the Olympic men's C2 canoe slalom title as they emerged victorious from a dramatic final at Rio 2016 at the Whitewater Stadium today.

Peche claiming bronze, a further 1.66 adrift.Reigning world champions Franz Anton and Jan Benzien of Germany

The first day of Rio 2016 rowing finals ended with Germany heading the medals table after taking gold

 Germany clocked a time of 6:06.81 to win the men's quad sculls, finishing 1.15 seconds ahead of

The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has extended its long-running partnership with Adidas for the next eight years, which will extend the collaboration to more than 50 years.

Schulz and Hans Gruhne in the men's quadruple sculls and shooter Barbara Engleder also secured gold for Germany

Teenager Kyle Chalmers sensationally claimed Australia's first 100 metres freestyle Olympic title for nearly half-a-century tonight as his room-mate - and pre-race favourite -  Cameron McEvoy finished seventh. 

at Mexico 1968.He also became the youngest winner of the event since 17-year-old Jörg Woithe of East Germany

Judo is now among the most international of sports, with medal contenders from all over the globe, but founding fathers Japan showed they remain the team to beat here today by winning both Olympic gold medals decided today with clinical ruthlessness.

beat French world champion Gévrise Émane on her way a surprise bronze medal, Laura Vargos Koch of Germany

The schedule for the 2017 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Men's World Championship has been revealed.

The tournament, which will be split between Cologne, Germany, and Paris, France, gets underway on May

the first match of the competition as Sweden take on 2016 bronze medalists Russia, followed by hosts Germany

consists of Russia, ranked second in the 2016 IIHF men’s world ranking, plus the US, Sweden, Slovakia, Germany

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tried out virtual reality skiing during an event at Pyeongchang House ©Getty ImagesMichael Jung of Germany