After leading Etixx-Quick-Step to team time trial victory on Sunday, German races to his fourth individual world title

Alexander Konychev and Raimondas Rumsas made their Worlds debut

Al Arabi players lift the QVA Cup trophy after beating defending champions El Jaish 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-17, 25-23) in the final yesterday.

Loss completes a first ever 5-0 one-day bilateral series defeat for Australians

El Jaish go head to head against Al Khor at the Lekhwiya stadium today in round three of the QSL.

‘We only had a short time to organise ourselves but the players helped me and I’m proud of them. We now need to focus on the 90 minutes of the next game...’

It is the first time since qualifying began that Brazil have led the standings and they look on course to maintain their record of never having failed to qualify for a World Cup

‘We’ve done our job, taking six points (this past week) and not conceding any goals. We scored our two goals very early and that allowed us to win without suffering’

‘This is without doubt the right thing, we support it completely’

‘There are a lot of candidates for the captaincy but I’ll be putting my name in the ring for sure’

‘It was a great feeling playing like this against Rafa, who is a great champion’

‘We made the comeback against the team known for comebacks’