The draw for the Rio 2016 beach volleyball competition has taken place in the Swiss village of Gstaad with men’s top seeds Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt of Brazil being pitted against teams from Austria, Canada and Italy.

between the other third-placed teams.Making the draw was London 2012 Olympic champion Julius Brink of Germany

Olympic skeleton champion Lizzy Yarnold of Britain believes her triumphant Sochi 2014 experience may prove vital in the bid for gold at Pyeongchang 2018 but is expecting a tougher challenge than ever before at the Games in South Korea.

Tina Hermann of Germany may prove the biggest threat to Lizzy Yarnold's Olympic skeleton crown ©Getty

Around 5,000 athletes from 300 universities are set to compete in the European Universities Games (EUG) which will officially open tomorrow in Rijeka and Zagreb in Croatia.

“From the European countries we have 410 coming from the United Kingdom, 400 from Germany, 330 from France

Hosts The Netherlands will begin the defence of their International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Powerchair Hockey European Championships title tomorrow when action gets underway in De Rijp.

will begin in De Rijp tomorrow ©IWASOther games on the second day of competition are The Netherlands v Germany

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has penned an initial one-year deal with SEL Sport & Events Logistics.

exclusive logistics partner for World Triathlon Series races in Australia, South Africa, Great Britain, Germany

Coverage of doping stories in sport this year has felt at times like being stuck in some sort of endless time-warp. 

Ethiopia, Jamaica, and - before the inevitable “political” criticisms begin - Britain, United States, Germany

The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has criticised a draft sports participation bill, adopted last month by the country’s Federal Cabinet, claiming it hasn't brought about any notable improvements for people with disabilities.

German Disabled Sports Association (DBS), the German Deaf Sports Federation (DGS) and Special Olympics Germany

WikipediaGermany has participated in every edition of both the Summer and Winter Paralympics.Then West Germany

Three victories on the final day of the 23rd European Athletics Championships here - from Adam Kszczot over 800 metres, Angelika Cichocka in the 1500m and hammer thrower Pawel Fajdek - moved Poland to the top of the medals table with a total of six golds.

Germany and Britain finished second and third respectively with 16 medals, including five golds, apiece

British speciality over the years – to come home for gold in 38.17, with France second in 38.38 ahead of Germany

compatriot Adel Mechaal, who was given the same time.Astonishingly the bronze medallist, Richard Ringer of Germany

her home in 55.33, with Switerland’s Lea Sprunger claiming bronze in 55.41.Gesa-Felicitas Krause of Germany

 Poland, in 3:01.18, earned silver ahead of Britain, who clocked 3:01.44.David Storl of Germany

Svein Arne Hansen, President of European Athletics, has hailed the Amsterdam 2016 Championships that came to a close yesterday as “a great success”, praising the range of innovations which have distinguished the 23rd running of the event.

television figures for the first couple of days from across Europe, especially in territories like Germany

Britain's Richard Whitehead showed sensational pre-Paralympic form by breaking his own 200 metres T42 world record at the Beim Integrativen Sportfest in Leverkusen.

 Heinrich Popow of Germany lowered the long jump T42 world record ©Getty ImagesThis added two centimetres

Seventeen athletes have been selected to receive places in Para-triathlon competition at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games by the International Triathlon Union’s (ITU) Bipartite Selection Panel.

Australia’s Nic Beveridge were allocated spots in the men’s PT1 competition, while Stefan Loesler of Germany

Dutch heptathlete Anouk Vetter managed to better home heroine Dafne Schippers last night as she earned a third Dutch gold at the 23rd European Athletics Championships with 6626 points, breaking the national record of the woman who has since turned to sprinting in a big way.

record of 66.34m which proved beyond a field including the current world champion, Katharina Molitor of Germany

Brazil’s Talita Antunes and Larissa Franca retained their title at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Gstaad Major Series event after comfortably beating the United States' April Ross and Kerri Walsh-Jennings in the final.

Walsh-Jennings advanced to the final by overcoming third seeds Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany

Former Olympic champion Chiara Cainero won the women’s skeet title at the European Shotgun Championship in Lonato del Garda as the Italian triumphed on home soil ahead of Cyprus’ Konstantia Nikolaou.

silver medallist Konstantia Nikolaou (left) of Cyprus and bronze medallist Vanessa Hauff (right) of Germany

Euroleague Basketball has pressed ahead with launching a new brand identity for the 2016 to 2017 season amid the ongoing row between their parent company and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).

with the ECA.They were all invited to submit their position to avoid a possible ban, with France and Germany