The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has today revealed the groups and schedule for the Baseball Americas Olympic Qualifier and schedule of the Baseball Last Olympic Qualifier, following a live draw in Japanese city Sakai.

and the Baseball Last Olympic Qualifier will contest the Olympic competition alongside hosts Japan, Israel

 Israel qualified as winners of the Africa/Europe Qualifier in September, while Mexico and South

Canadian equestrian athlete Nicole Walker has been provisionally suspended by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) after a positive drug test.

United States, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Britain, France, Israel

The European Union of Gymnastics (UEG) will change its name to European Gymnastics on April 1 next year following approval at the General Assembly in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.

Forsmark of Sweden became honorary vice-president, while Galina Kovalchuk of Ukraine and Jacky Wischnia of Israel

Helsingborg is set to welcome teams for the 2019 European Curling Championships, with 26 countries competing in the Swedish city.

Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Slovakia, Spain and Wales, while Group B includes Austria, Belarus, France, Israel

The quality of the Lima Grand Prix, and the possibility of a "flat" period in weightlifting after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, has led to talk of innovations in the future calendar of the sport.

traditional core events on the calendar.In recent years there have been competitions staged on the beach in Israel

Chinese Taipei booked their place in the second round of pre-qualification for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic ice hockey tournament by topping their group in China.

attentions to preparing for the second stage of qualification next month.They will go up against Iceland, Israel

Coquitlam in Canada has withdrawn as the host city of the 2022 World Lacrosse Men's World Championship, it has been announced.

in a row.Manchester was supposed to host in 2018 but withdrew due to financial concerns.Netanya in Israel

Mexico thrashed Solomon Islands 8-0 to secure their place in the last 16 of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in Brazil.

Andrade in Cariacica saw them qualify as the best third-placed team.Alejandro Gomez, Efrain Alvarez and Israel

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Premier12 is set to begin tomorrow, with two qualification berths for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games baseball event up for grabs at the 16-day event.

the Africa/Europe qualifying event in Italian cities Parma and Bologna in September, finishing behind Israel

Israel's best hope for an Olympic medal at Tokyo 2020 is at the centre of a public scandal that could affect her chances after it was revealed that she has been in an eight-month affair with a coach, who has been fired over the relationship.

Frenchman.Rival windsurfers claim this gave her an unfair advantage in the race for the single spot representing Israel

 The Israel Sailing Association (ISA) has rejected demands for Spychakov to be suspended but have

Since its Olympic debut at Helsinki in 1952, Israel has won a total of nine medals.Three of them have

International Judo Federation (IJF) President Marius Vizer has been praised in Israel for his organisation's

Israel Culture Minister Miri Regev also praised the IJF ban, while telling the Times of Israel that she

World Fair Play Awards ceremony in Abu Dhabi, Vizer praised the decision to lift their opposition to Israel

The German Olympic Confederation and National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark have been shortlisted for the sport organisation of the year award at the Peace and Sport Awards.

on social media prior to the awards evening.Multi-sports outfits Alliance for Middle-East Peace from Israel

Iran is in danger of missing the judo competition at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo, after the International Judo Federation (IJF) banned them from events until they give guarantees that they will not boycott matches against Israeli opponents.

will remain suspended from competition by the IJF until they commit to against against opponents from Israel

Britain's Matt Skelhon shot a world record to secure the mixed 50 metre rifle prone SH1 gold medal on the final day of the World Shooting Para Sport Championships in Sydney.

the mixed 10 metre air rifle prone title on the opening day of the Championships.Yuliya Chernoy of Israel

As many as 42 events feature on the 2019-2020 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour calendar, announced by the world governing body.

including new ones in Singapore and Cancún in Mexico.It also includes new events in Laos, Cambodia, Israel