Switzerland and defending champions Sweden edged into the two automatic semi-final qualifying places on the penultimate day of round robin competition at the World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa.

Olympic gold at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics, also secured a place in the top six with a 9-4 win over Germany

Czech Republic started off their campaign at the 2023 International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship with a 2-1 overtime win over Japan in Brampton.

their first Group A games but get just two points instead of three for winning in overtime.In Group B, Germany

Locatelli scored for France, but it was not enough as they remain pointless after two matches.Finland, Germany

Austria’s Johannes Lamparter and Gyda Westvold Hansen of Norway, respective men’s and women's overall Nordic Combined World Cup winners for 2022-2023, have been voted Athletes of the Year in the Nordic Combined Awards.

shortlisted men’s category were Matteo Baud of France, Jarl Magnus Riiber of Norway and Julian Schmid of Germany

The International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) refugee team of seven athletes will feature some who have never competed internationally and others who have lifted at the Olympic Games and IWF World Championships and have won continental medals.

Yemen and whose ages range from 23 to 32.They are now refugees living in the United States, Britain, Germany

the multiple world record holder and 1972 Olympic bronze medallist Hans Bettembourg, who was born in Germany

non-IWF events and totalled 398kg at a competition in Turkey in 2014.Jahanfekrian, also 28, lives in Germany

The United States were dominant in their opening match against Japan at the International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship, winning 7-1 in Brampton in Canada.

 Germany meet Sweden and France face Hungary in Group B.

Defending champions Sweden saw their unbeaten run of six wins ended as Norway defeated them 8-7 in a tight battle at the World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa, despite a sensational shot by skip Niklas Edin described as one of the best in the sport's history.

beat Turkey 8-2 to sit on a record of eight wins, one defeat.Sweden and Norway, who also edged past Germany

boasting seven wins and one defeat.New Zealand did record their first win of the campaign after defeating Germany

European champions England will wear their new strip for this year's FIFA World Cup when they face Copa America Femenina winners Brazil in the inaugural women’s Finalissima at Wembley Stadium tomorrow before a sell out crowd of around 90,000.

England) April 3, 2023England remain unbeaten since their dramatic European Championship victory over Germany

 They had led through Ella Toone, before Lina Magull levelled for Germany little more than 10 minutes

against co-hosts Australia next Tuesday (April 11) at Brentford.On the same night Brazil are due to face Germany

World number four McLain Ward is looking to regain his show jumping title in front of a home crowd at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) World Cup Finals in the American city of Omaha while dressage and vaulting events are also scheduled.

including the top three in the world Swede Henrik von Eckermann, defending champion Martin Fuchs of Germany

Peters, Anna Buffini and Alice Tarjan.Defending champion and double Tokyo 2020 gold medallist from Germany

Poland says it has cancelled this month's women's foil World Cup in Poznań after the International Fencing Federation (FIE) opted to allow Russian and Belarusians back as neutrals.

Fencing World Cups in Tauberbischofsheim in Germany and Saint-Maur-des-Fossés in France had already been

Sweden continued their streak of victories and made it six games undefeated after a win against Japan at the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship in Ottawa.

currently have the worst record in the standings with no wins and seven losses.Turkey also lost to Germany

Hosts Canada will aim to win their third consecutive title and 13th overall at the International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship, which is set to start tomorrow in Brampton.

strongest pool.They will merely be playing for position in the last eight draw.Finland, Sweden, Hungary, Germany

The match ball used in the 1986 FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and West Germany has been sold

fetch between £30,000 ($37,500/€34,000) and £50,000 ($62.500/€57,000).Argentina's victory over West Germany

The European Olympic Committees (EOC) has celebrated the halfway point of the Guidance to Achieve More Equal Leadership in Sport (GAMES) project.

 The NOCs involved are Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, North Macedonia

Switzerland has been awarded the 2025 UEFA Women’s European Championships, beating a joint Nordic bid from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, Poland and France it was announced today. 

attendance of 574,875 spectators, including 87,192 for the final at Wembley Stadium when hosts England beat Germany

Tickets for the 52nd Luge World Championships are now on sale with just under 300 days to go before competition starts in the German resort of Altenberg.

will be the 17th time - and third time in four years - that the World Championships have been held in Germany

1955.But this will be only the third time that Altenberg, whose track is ocated in Saxony in eastern Germany

electronics and refrigeration system and renovation of the women's and junior start houses.Host nation Germany