The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has opted to postpone "indefinitely" their Under-18 European Championship due to political instability in host nation Turkey.

were due to be welcome 15 other countries.They are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany

The Presidents of both the International Luge Federation (FIL) and the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) have travelled to 2022 Winter Olympic host Beijing to inspect potential locations for the Chinese capital's new ice track.

visit from the Presidents follows a delegation from Beijing travelling to the Königssee track in Germany

Sitting around in the welcome, if overdue, sunshine last weekend with half a dozen friends and neighbours, the conversation turned to the upcoming Olympic Games.

 Another shrugged “no idea” while at least my Aussie pal knew it was “some bloke from Germany, Thomas

Only nine nations have missed an entire Olympics because they have been suspended from the IOC: Germany

A letter from 14 National Anti-Doping Agencies (NADOs) has been sent to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to urge them to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee and provisionally deny Russian athletes entry to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

The NADOs of Austria, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand,

And so the sporting world awaits the next move by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) following the Court of Arbitration for Sport's upholding of the ban imposed on Russia’s track and field athletes by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

report relates what Rodda calls the “disaster in Dresden”, and starts off: “Not since the match with Germany

Reynolds at the 1972 Munich Games, was one of only three British winners in the 1975 match against East Germany

she said that she had been told to take drugs supplied by coaches while training to represent East Germany

that regime produced results in sports such as athletics, swimming and rowing which propelled East Germany

American Noah Lyles claimed the men’s 100 metre title on day two of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Under-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz in Poland.

German resort Oberhof has withdrawn its bid to host the 2021 International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Championships.

Ski World Championships by the International Ski Federation.These will be held in Oberstdorf, with Germany

South Korea, Russia and Italy ended the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Youth A World Championships in style as they each clinched a gold medal on the final day of action in Limerick.

they came fourth.In the women's relay, Aurora Tognetti and Elena Micheli beat off competition from Germany

Another superb day powered Britain to the top of the medals table at the European Athletics Youth Championship in Tblisi, although Greek pole vaulter Emmanouil Karalis produced one of the performances of the final session.

which reached the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup.Britain won five gold medals, one more than Germany

Hosts The Netherlands successfully defended their International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Powerchair Hockey European Championships crown as they overcame Italy in the final in De Rijp today.

one hand on the trophy when they took a 3-0 lead.The Italians, fresh from a semi-final success over Germany

Germany claimed a superb victory at the final leg of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Nations

pipping them for the top spot.They finished on 51 points, ahead of Sweden with 47 and Denmark on 40.Germany

United States claimed their maiden International Triathlon Union (ITU) Mixed Team Relay World Championships title here today, as the governing body looked to boost their hopes for having the discipline included at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Maloy and the 30-year-old started to see his advantage cut, as the six strong group containing hosts Germany

There is no doping within Russian volleyball as all of the tests done on players from the country have been conducted outside of the scandal-hit nation, International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) President Ary Graça claimed here today.

“All the samples were done in Germany so we are out of this problem.”When asked whether he would support

Three judges have been sanctioned by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Disciplinary Commission for giving biased or unsatisfactory scores during the Rio 2016 test event in April.

in the ribbon group finals.Neither Spain nor Portugal were competing in the event, which was won by Germany

the judges sanctioned are said to have given unsatisfactory scores in the ribbon group finals, won by Germany

Hosts The Netherlands will meet Italy in the final of the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Powerchair Hockey European Championships after they overcame second seeds Belgium in De Rijp today.

showpiece finale.Italy enjoyed a rather more comfortable progression to the final as they comfortably beat Germany