Krisztián Tóth delighted the home crowd and sent out a message to the rest of the men's under 90 kilograms field ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games by striking gold at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Budapest Grand Prix at the László Papp Sportaréna.

Sanne Van Dijke of The Netherlands to claim the two bronze medals in the weight class.Carolin Weiss of Germany

pinned Ecuador's Freddy Figueroa in the opening bronze medal fight, while top seed Andre Breitbarth of Germany

Hosts France booked their place in the quarter-finals of the UEFA European Championships after surviving an early scare against the Republic of Ireland at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais.

Iceland.Jerome Boateng scored Germany's opening goal in a 3-0 win over Slovakia ©Getty ImagesWorld champions Germany

Two-time world champion Majlinda Kelmendi of Kosovo reasserted her status as favourite for gold at this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Jameiro with victory in the women's under 52 kilograms event on the opening day of the International Judo Federation (IJF) Budapest Grand Prix at the Papp László Sportaréna.

gold medal bout.Olympic bronze medallist Marti Malloy of the United States beat Johanna Mueller of Germany

Ukraine.Georgian Giorgi Katsiashvili and Ukrainian Artem Khomula's respective triumphs against Igor Wandtke of Germany

Chinese Taipei’s Chen Chien-An caused the upset of the day at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Korean Open in Incheon, beating fifth-seeded compatriot Chuang Chih-Yuan in a seven-game contest to progress to the semi-finals.

7, 12-10, 11-6 victory over China’s Wen Jia.Wen, an ITTF World Tour winner in China in 2011 and in Germany

Dear Lord Coe,When it was announced that the Russian team will be banned from the upcoming Olympics last week, the common reaction here in Russia was denial mixed with anger. Many top athletes and officials continue to deny the scope of the problem and are angry that Russia is being singled out while similar issues exist in many places across the world.

have many items which help demonstrate I am clean:Earlier in my career I trained in and competed for Germany

Three countries who reached the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil have been drawn in a tough-looking Confederation of African Football (CAF) qualification group for the 2018 tournament in Russia.

phase in Brazil two years ago.The Algerian team suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of eventual winners Germany

Czech Republic’s Martin Fuksa produced the best time in both his C1M 1,000 metres and 500m heats to qualify directly for the A finals on the opening day of the 2016 European Canoe Association (ECA) European Canoe Sprint Championships in Moscow.

challenger Kristina Bedec of Serbia, while Spicar posted 1:38.896.It was also a productive day for Germany

the K2M 1,000m together with Marcus Gross, 3:10.612.Sabrina Hering and Steffi Kriegerstein, also of Germany

The  schedule for the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Powerchair Hockey European Championships in The Netherlands has been officially announced.

Netherlands and Belgium, the top two seeds, were kept apart in Group A and Group B.The Netherlands will face Germany

The first World Bobsleigh and Skeleton Championships to be held in Russia will take place at the Sliding Center Sanki in Sochi next year between February 13 and 26, it was announced today.

Poland in 2013 when, among the cities they beat, was Whistler.The other candidates were Altenberg in Germany

between December 12 and 17.The World Cup circuit will resume in the New Year with an two events in in Germany

January 9 to 15.St Moritz will be the next stop between January 16 and 22 before the World Cup returns to Germany

The United States remain on course to defend their men’s World Ultimate and Guts Championships after comfortably overcoming Colombia 15-2 to reach the semi-finals at the UCL Sports Ground in London.

The Americans now face a semi-final encounter with rivals Canada, who narrowly got the better of Germany

Russian Nordic skier Nikolay Polukhin tested positive for meldonium in February but will not serve a ban as only a minute trace of the substance was found in his sample, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced.

gold medal at Vancouver 2010, failed a drugs test at an IPC Biathlon World Cup event in Finsterau in Germany

Olympic medallists Didier Cuche and Florence Schelling have been named on the Taskforce which will evaluate the five projects put forward as part of Switzerland’s likely bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

failed because of local opposition or because the SOV did not support them.Trento in Italy, Dresden in Germany

Hosts Italy earned a narrow victory over defending champions the Czech Republic to edge close to earning a place in the quarter-finals of the men’s International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) Inline Hockey World Championships at the Hodegart Arena Asiago.

winners against Sweden to close on a quarter-final spot.Colombia recorded their first win by defeating Germany

Defending champions the United States remain unbeaten in the men’s 2016 World Ultimate and Guts Championships by overcoming Pool J rivals Australia in Pool J at the UCL Sports Ground in London.

tomorrow.Pool L winners Japan will take on Belgium in their quarter-final tie, while Canada will meet Germany

Bulgaria’s Stela Eneva has been stripped of her International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships F57 shot put gold medal and ruled out of Rio 2016 after she was given a four-year ban for doping.

later returned to action in the Paralympics and at London 2012 became the first athlete to represent Germany