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Judokas earn critical points at Zagreb GP 2015

Olympic champion Lasha Shavdatuashvili achieved a career first as he won Grand Prix gold for the first time and finally looked at home in the -73kg

02/05/2015

Sport

Juventus win Serie A with four games in hand

Juventus have clinched their fourth straight serie A title with victory over Sampdoria, their 31st Scudetto overall. Juve needed only a single point

02/05/2015

Sport

Smythe-Davis strikes gold at Zagreb Judo Grand Prix

It was an eventful opening day of the Zagreb Judo Grand Prix with five medals up for grabs. It was an all Turkish affair in the Women’s -48kg class

01/05/2015

Sport

Daniel Arnold scales Matterhorn in record time

Mountaineering has had a dark week following the tragedy in the Himalayas but now Swiss climber Daniel Arnold has provided the sport with a welcome

01/05/2015

World

Meeke celebrates maiden WRC victory

The Champagne corks were popping for Kris Meeke over the weekend after the Northern Irishman celebrated his first FIA world rally championship

30/04/2015

Sport

Belgian under-21 international Gregory Mertens fighting for his life after heart failure

Belgian under-21 international, Gregory Mertens, is fighting for his life after he suffered heart failure during a reserve team match at Genk for his

28/04/2015

Sport

Badminton bad boy back on court

Lee Chong Wei, former badminton world number one, is set to return to the court after being handed a eight-month backdated ban by the Badminton World

28/04/2015

United Kingdom

Paula Radcliffe bids farewell in emotional London Marathon

26/04/2015

Sport

Steven Gerrard and Xavi Hernandez hit the 500-match milestone

It has been a weekend of football milestones in Europe. Steven Gerrard Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard has played his 500th match for the Premier League

25/04/2015

Sport

Bobsleigh, Volleyball and Sochi triumph in the inaugural SportAccord awards

The winners of the SportAccord Euronews awards were announced in Sochi. Mariusz Wlazly scooped the Sportsman of the year gong. The Polish volleyball

23/04/2015

World News

Euronews Sportaccord winners in Sochi

The winners of the euronews Sportaccord awards were announced in Sochi. Mariusz Wlazly scooped the Sportsman of the year gong. The Polish volleyball

23/04/2015

World

Future of the Olympic movement at stake in Sochi

Hello and welcome to our special edition of Sports United. Can you guess where we are this week? Well we are in Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi

22/04/2015

World News

Watch live: SportAccord euronews official sport awards ceremony

The inaugural SportAccord euronews awards ceremony honouring the greatest achievers in their fields is taking place in Sochi. As the official partner

22/04/2015

Sport

IOC must choose between clean-up and cover-up: SportAccord chief

SportAccord President Marius Vizer fiercely criticised the International Olympic Committee for a lack of transparency on Monday, sending shock waves

21/04/2015

Sport

SportAccord president Marius Vizer slams IOC

Controversy erupted at the SportAccord convention in the Russian resort of Sochi after its chief Marius Vizer launched a scathing attack on the

20/04/2015

World News

Smashing birdies

Badminton is the fastest racket sport that exists and this clip – from our weekly Sports United show – looks at the fastest shot of the lot – the

16/04/2015

World

World champion Ashour celebrates dream return to squash

The PSA World Series brings the planet’s best squash players together for some of the most prestigious events throughout the season. Most recently

16/04/2015

Germany

Juergen Klopp steps down as Borussia Dortmund coach

15/04/2015

Sport

North Pole Marathon

Czech runner Petr Vabrousek kept his composure to clinch one of the world’s most grueling sporting challenges, the North Pole Marathon. The

14/04/2015

USA

[Watch] Oregon runner beaten after celebrating too early

14/04/2015