Japanese judokas prove their dominance at the Düsseldorf Grand Slam, winning nine gold medals out of a total 14 on offer at the thrilling tournament

Germany's Markus Eisenbichler on Sunday helped destroy the opposition to win gold in the large hill ski-jumping team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Austria

Vonn takes bronze and is congratulated by Roger Federer

Whilst smashing the course record by about 12 hours, remarkably, she expressed milk for her baby daughter along the way.

England's Midlands was the scene for the bi-annual world 25-metre pole-climbing championships on Saturday (September 22).

A man from Hungary and a woman from England have won the World Stone Skimming Championships which takes place in Scotland.

Apollo Racing won round five of the British Pedal Car Championship at Blackbushe Kart Track on Sunday.

Athletes get down and dirty in mud Olympics.

Making croquet balls is a tedious, demanding profession. Only three people in the world are qualified croquet ball makers. Paul Manwaring is one of them.

The Purple Hull Pea Festival played host to the Rotary Tiller World Championships on Saturday (30th June) in Emerson, Arkansas, USA.

The USA became World Quidditch Champions for the third time at the Quidditch World Cup in Florence, Italy on Sunday (1st July), after defeating Belgium in the final.

Winners of the the 'European Tree Climbing Championship' (ETCC) were announced on Sunday (July 1) after a weekend of contests.

The fourth edition of International Quidditch Association World Cup kicked off two days ago in Florence, Italy, with the Aussies scoring a landslide defeat against the Italian team.

The Welsh 2018 snooker world champion made a bet with the press before the tournament that if he won, he would speak to them in the buff. He kept his word, but also kept his modesty with a towel, at promoter Barry Hearn's insistence.

Skiers taking part in the Speed Skiing World Cup soar down at over 200 km per hour.