German sliders will be the favourites at their home International Luge Federation Junior World Championships which begin tomorrow in Altenberg.

Tatyana Ivanova, banned from the Olympic Games for life and disqualified from Sochi 2014 for doping, secured her second European title of the weekend as she helped the Russian team clinch relay success at the International Luge Federation World Cup in Sigulda.

Russian Tatyana Ivanova, banned from the Olympic Games for life for her role in the "systematic manipulation" of anti-doping results at Sochi 2014, was crowned European women's champion at the International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup in Sigulda.

Overall crowns and continental titles will be on the line during the International Luge Federation World Cup in Sigulda as the season-ending event also doubles as the European Championships.

Italy’s Dominik Fischnaller earned his first victory of the season in the International Luge Federation World Cup in Lillehammer – but Germany took some of the credit.

America's Summer Britcher announced her potential as a medal winner at next month's Winter Olympic Games at the Lillehammer Olympic track as she earned her first International Luge Federation World Cup since December 2015.

German duo Felix Loch and Natalie Geisenberger will both take a giant step towards sealing the overall Luge World Cup title in the men's and women's events respectively if they can secure victory during the penultimate competition of the season in Lillehammer this weekend.

President of the Russian Luge Federation Natalia Gart claims that banned athletes Albert Demchenko and Tatyana Ivanova will be represented by an American lawyer from Swiss law firm Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd at their Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) hearing.

Germany's Felix Loch has increased his lead in the International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup standings after winning the men’s singles event in front of a home crowd in Oberhof today.

Dajana Eitberger led home a German clean sweep of the podium positions on home ice at the International Luge Federation (FIL) World Cup in Oberhof today. 

Felix Loch and Natalie Geisenberger will aim to strengthen their respective leads at the top of the men's and women's leaderboards when the International Luge Federation World Cup campaign continues in Oberhof this weekend.

World champion Wolfgang Kindl earned gold in the men's event at the International Luge Federation World Cup in Königssee.

Natalie Geisenberger continued her domination of the International Luge Federation World Cup after winning the first women’s event of 2018 in Königssee.

Russia's Tatyana Ivanova is set to compete at the World Cup event in Königssee just days after the International Luge Federation (FIL) refused to sanction her for doping at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games.