Lithuania's men and China's women claimed gold at the International Blind Sports Federation Goalball International Qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics in Fort Wayne.

Israel won the bronze medal by beating Australia 12-2.

Paralympic champions Lithuania and Turkey qualified for the men's goalball tournament at Tokyo 2020 as United States and China earned berths at the women's event.

women's event hosts United States delighted the home crowd with their Paralympic progression.They beat Israel

Reigning Paralympic champions Lithuania edged hosts United States 6-5 in the quarter-finals of the men's tournament at the International Blind Sports Federation Goalball International Qualifier for Tokyo 2020.

-0 up after the first half with Amanda Dennis contributing six goals in the rout.They will now meet Israel

The quarter-final ties have been decided at the International Blind Sports Federation Goalball International Qualifier for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics after the last day of pool play in Fort Wayne.

had already qualified with the US topping the pile in front of Canada, with Finland third.In Pool X, Israel

their last eight clash with Britain with the Chinese meeting Denmark.Canada will play Australia and Israel

United States women remain on course to qualify for next year's Paralympic Games after qualifying for the quarter-finals of the  International Blind Sports Federation Goalball International Qualifier for Tokyo 2020 in Fort Wayne.

Finland, Ukraine and Greece will all play for survival in the tournament on Saturday (6 July).In group X Israel

and China are still level at the top on 15 points each, with Israel leading on goal difference.They

securing a quarter-final spot, Australia and Great Britain will also advance.Recovering from their loss to Israel

Naohisa Takato of Japan overcame Georgia's Robert Mshvidobadze in a repeat of the World Championships final to secure the under-60 kilograms gold medal at the International Judo Federation Grand Prix in Montreal.

Costa to take gold.Pareto recovered from her semi-final exit to seal bronze alongside Shira Rishony of Israel

China and the United States' women's teams sit top of their respective pool standings after the third day of action at the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball International Qualifier for Tokyo 2020 in Fort Wayne.

Pool X, China came away with a 6-1 victory over South Korea to extend their lead over second-placed Israel

to three points.They, however, have played one more game than Israel, who thrashed Germany 10-1 today.Third

The Palestine Cup final has been postponed after Gaza-based players were refused permission to travel to the West Bank, according to the Palestine Football Association (PFA).

respectively, was due to be held tomorrow.But the PFA was forced to postpone the second leg of the match after Israel

decision not to allow the rest of the team into the West Bank.The West Bank and Gaza are separated by Israel

permits from Israel.The disputed West Bank territory has been a source of tension between Palestine and Israel

played in Palestine without hindrance".The Palestine Cup has been dogged by difficulty owing to the Israel

from world football's governing body.The postponement of the final marks the latest example of the Israel

Places at next year's Paralympic Games will be on line when the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball and Judo International Qualifier for Tokyo 2020 begins in Fort Wayne tomorrow.

Games.Other nations in the women’s tournament are Australia, China, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Israel

Israel will make an historic debut at next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo after booking their ticket with

With just one place up for grabs, Israel got their better of their rivals and Israel will send a jumping

team to the Olympics for the first time.Just a single fault separated Israel from runners-up Poland

Elad Yaniv and Dani G Waldman overhauled their Polish rivals in the latter stages of the contest and Israel

 "We are happy and this is historic - it’s the first time we will have Israel [Jumping team] at

- left for round two but it quickly became a two-horse race as Poland, carrying 13 faults, and Israel

Russia, boosted on the final day of the European Games by more golds from the likes of all-round artistic gymnastics champion David Belyavskiy and track cycling women’s sprinter Anastasiia Voinova, finished with almost twice as many medals - and golds - than its nearest challenger - hosts Belarus.

win over France's fourth seed, Brice Leverdez.The bronze medals were claimed by Misha Zilberman of Israel

Britain’s Olympic bronze medallists and Commonwealth champions Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis upset the odds today as they beat Denmark’s top seeds Anders Skaarp Rasmussen and Kim Astrup, the European champions, to the badminton men’s doubles European Games gold here today.

singles semi-final, second-seeded Anders Antonsen of Denmark  beat fifth seed Misha Zilberman of Israel

It was probably naïve of me to presume that controversy surrounding Australian rugby union player Israel

Vocal supporters of Israel Folau have previously been booed, with fans at April’s Premiership Rugby match

Russia’s Nadezhda Lomova, who was provisionally suspended by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) earlier this year in view of a potential anti-doping rule violation, has been banned for four years.

, won the women's under-63 kilograms silver medal at the 2014 European Championships in Tel Aviv in Israel

Kenya’s Tegla Loroupe will reprise her role as Chef de Mission of the Refugee Olympic Team at Tokyo 2020.

Olympic Committees (NOCs).These includes the NOCs of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Britain, Israel