Vebjørn Sørum topped a Norwegian one-two-three as he clinched the men's 12.5 kilometres pursuit tile at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Open European Championships in Lenzerheide.

teenager Selina Grotian was crowned women's 10km pursuit champion in Lenzerheide.Selina Grotian of Germany

Denmark and France are set to battle it out in the final of the International Handball Federation (IHF) Men's World Championship.

 In the other games, Germany defeated Egypt 35-34 to set up a fifth place match with Norway, who

Germany claimed all four gold medals on the opening day of the International Luge Federation (FIL) Luge

Finland, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Switzerland were the big winners on the penultimate day of the 2023 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival in Friuli Venezia Giulia, with all three nations claiming two gold medals.

Bulgaria taking the bronze.Slovenia claimed the mixed team ski jumping title in front of Poland and Germany

Defending champions Belgium are into the final of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men's Hockey World Cup, having dramatically won a shootout against rivals The Netherlands in the semi-finals today at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.

, but Seve van Ass missed, consigning his team to defeat.Gonzalo Peillat scored a hat-trick to help Germany

to the Men's Hockey World Cup final ©Getty ImagesBelgium's final opponents are Germany, who followed

was his fifth goal of the tournament for the former Argentina national team player, who switched to Germany

Gyda Westvold Hansen made it a seventh victory in a row in the women's International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Nordic Combined World Cup today in Seefeld, while her Norwegian compatriot Jens Lurås Oftebro took the men's gold.

dominating in the ski jumping.Her time of 14min 47.3sec saw her lead 17-year-old Nathalie Armbruster of Germany

Germany's Susanne Kreher triumphed in the women's skeleton in dramatic fashion at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Championships in St. Moritz, while Britain's Matt Weston was utterly dominant in the men's skeleton.

just 0.01, with Wyatt fifth in 4:31.38.Defending world and Olympic champion Christopher Grotheer of Germany

slipped from third to sixth on the second day in 4:34.76, while reigning Olympic champion Hannah Neise of Germany

Norway's Erlend Bjøntegaard defended his men's 10 kilometres sprint title at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Open European Championships in the Swiss resort of Lenzerheide, while Ukraine's Anastasiya Merkushyna returned to the top of the women's 7.5km sprint podium after eight years.

second in 25:08.8, picking up two shooting penalties on the second round.Third-placed Philipp Nawrath of Germany

Tilda Johansson, who clocked 23:15.0 after one shooting penalty on the first round.Vanessa Hinz of Germany

Live TV coverage, shorter competitions and an app that tells you all you need to know are key features of German weightlifting’s "Agenda 2028" project to modernise the sport and make it more attractive to a wider audience.

That is the biggest task, not just in Germany but internationally."

That’s what we want in Germany."

enjoyed considerable success since winning its first Olympic gold medal in 2000.Lisa Marie Schweizer of Germany

The statement yesterday by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that they are continuing to "explore a pathway" for Russian and Belarusian athletes' participation at Paris 2024 under a neutral banner was not new.

1964 until 1992 because of the country’s apartheid policies.Before South Africa, Austria, Bulgaria, Germany

banned by the IOC from the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp on account of their roles in World War One, and Germany

The 2023 International Luge Federation (FIL) Luge World Championships are set to get underway tomorrow in Oberhof, with it set to be the first time the women's doubles and women's doubles sprint categories are to be part of the programme.

Germany will come into their home Championships as the favourites to top the medals table, having won

all four gold medals at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.In 2021, Germany won four of the seven

ongoing sanctions against the country and Belarus due to their involvement in the invasion of Ukraine - Germany

races this year, from four countries.Nico Gleirscher from Austria, Felix Loch and Max Langenhan of Germany

Both snowboard cross gold medals went to France today, on the fifth day of the 2023 Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Friuli Venezia Giulia, as Austria moved to the top of the medals table.

won the boys' snowboard cross title, with Daan Stam of The Netherlands and Felix Kurt Schwenkel of Germany

the cross-country skiing section in a time of 35min 44.1sec, followed by hosts Italy in 36:10.9 and Germany

Britain's Matt Weston and Germany's Susanne Kreher are leading the men's and women's skeleton standings after two of four runs on the opening day of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Championships, as some of the favourites struggled in St. Moritz.

champion last week in Altenberg ahead of fancied home favourites Christopher Grotheer and Axel Jungk of Germany

World Taekwondo has mourned the death of renowned coach and former Technical Committee chair Ko Eui-Min, establishing a memorial altar at its headquarters in Seoul.

Ko was born in Seoul and a resident of Germany, having travelled to Europe to promote the sport in 1978

The Korea-born resident of Germany had contributed widely to the sport, and was a former chair of the

Championships between 1974 and 1977.He is also credited with influencing the development of taekwondo in Germany

Sweden, France, Spain and Denmark qualified for the semi-finals of the 2023 International Handball Federation (IHF) Men’s World Championship today.

Denmark, who beat Hungary.Co-hosts Sweden defeated Egypt and will face France, who got the better of Germany

nbsp;France reached the semi-final after a stunning second-half performance that saw them beat against Germany