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FIFA Women's World Cup 2027 hosts to be announced

  • Football

FIFA is set to announce the approval of the winning bid to host the premier global tournament following a vote at the FIFA Congress scheduled for Friday in Bangkok, Thailand.

Spain are the current holders, joining the ranks of nations such as the USA (with four titles), Germany


IBA: Umar Kremlev and Board of Directors mark two years since re-election

  • Boxing

On 14 May 2022, the organisation's President was re-elected for a second consecutive four-year term. During this period, the IBA has promoted new competition formats. One of these is the Champions' Night, a professional event. His priorities have been stability, financial security, expansion and athlete support.

Morocco, Yousuf Al-Kazim from Qatar, Lourdes Avendaño Rodríguez from Bolivia, Marta Forcen Celaya from Spain


Daedo International and ETU renew sponsorship contract

  • Taekwondo

Daedo International, the leading provider of Taekwondo equipment, renewed its sponsorship contract with the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) for the period 2025-2028. The contract signing ceremony took place on 12 May at the Metropol Hotel in Belgrade, Serbia, with Daedo’s Director Sam Park and ETU Secretary General Antonio Barbarino officiating the event.

addition to its collaboration with the ETU, Daedo continues to sponsor national Taekwondo federations in Spain


Taekwondo European Open Championships: Asian athletes win 4 gold medals

  • Taekwondo

The 2024 Para-Taekwondo European Championships were held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 9 to 12 May in parallel with the 2024 European Taekwondo Championships.

Joel Martin (Spain)3. Askhat Akmatov (Individual Neutral Athlete)Men’s 63 kg1.

Dalia Santiago Moreno (Spain)



Leftist party asks Spain to renounce Olympics in pro-Palestine show of support

  • Olympic Games History

Podemos, the left-wing, anti-austerity, Yes We Can political group that once partnered with the reigning Socialist party to form Spanish government, has asked current president Pedro Sanchez to pull the country out of Paris 2024 and sever ties with Israel to protest the war in Gaza.

After Spain competed in the Eurovision music festival in Sweden over the weekend, Podemos’ spokeswoman

María Teresa Pérez held a press conference on Monday where she argued that Spain should stop attending

believes Israel’s presence in the Olympics would be an example of “sportswashing by a genocide state”.Spain

Erdan, who vehemently opposed the resolution in New York.A day after regional elections took place in Spain

said countries in the canoeing qualification tournament in Szeged.Asked about the forthcoming visit to Spain


Paris 2024 Olympians shine at European Taekwondo Championships

  • Taekwondo

The 2024 European Taekwondo Championships took place from 9-12 May in Belgrade, Serbia. 

Tokyo 2020 runner-up Adriana Cerezo (Spain) defeated reigning world champion Merve Dincel (Turkey) to

Adrian Vicente (Spain)Men’s 63 kg1. Omar Gergely Salim (Hungary)2. Hakan Recber (Turkiye)3.

Daniel Quesada Barrera (Spain)2. Zurab Kintsurashvili (Georgia)3. Javad Aghayev (Azerbaijan)3.

Ivan Garcia Martinez (Spain)3. Krystian Haremza (Poland)3.

Adriana Cerezo Iglesias (Spain)2. Merve Dincel Kavurat (Turkiye)3. Supharada Kisskalt (Germany)3.


Bayer Leverkusen extend unbeaten European record to 50

  • FIFA

Bayer Leverkusen remain unbeaten in all competitions in the 2023/24 season, reaching the European record of 50 matches without defeat after a 5-0 win away to Bochum in the Bundesliga, where they have already been crowned champions.

/12) and Arsenal (38 in 2003/04) have done the same in Europe's top five leagues (England, Germany, Spain


Manchester United top the 50 most valuable clubs in the world

  • FIFA

Sports analysis website Sportico has published a list of what it claims are the 50 most valuable football clubs in economic terms. Manchester United tops the list, despite their poor performances in the Champions League and Premier League. Real Madrid and Barcelona are close behind.

SPORTICODespite occupying 2nd and 3rd positions in the table, Spain is far from being the league with


Atletico Madrid wins appeal over partial stadium ban in racism case

  • Football

The Spanish Football Federation approved Atletico Madrid's appeal to overturn a partial stadium ban imposed due to racial abuse aimed at Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams on Thursday.

shut down their stadium for two LaLiga matches subsequent to incidents of monkey chants directed at Spain


Guinea secure final ticket to Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Guinea's U-23 football team booked their place at the Olympic tournament in Paris with a play-off victory over Indonesia. Ilaix Moriba scored the only goal of the match in the French town of Clairefontaine.

Group A: France, USA, Guinea and New Zealand.Group B: Argentina, Morocco, Ukraine and Iraq.Group C: Spain


FIFA delivers message on hosting the World Cup

  • Football

Yon de Luisa Plazas, a member of both the FIFA Executive Council and the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Football (Concacaf), stressed the importance of each host nation having clear objectives for its participation.

The 2030 World Cup in Spain, Portugal and Morocco will be very technological and focused on fan connectivity


Four more years: Spain's basketball boss renews coaching staff

  • Basketball

Newly re-elected president of the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) Elisa Aguilar confirmed that national team coaches Sergio Scariolo and Miguel Méndez, of the men's and women's sides, respectively, will extend their contracts until 2028.

well as a gold medal at the World Cup in China in 2019, and collected five other medals in Europe with Spain

decorated tenure as the men's side coach, Scariolo has yet to seal the deal when it comes to Paris 2024, as Spain


Judge confirms Rubiales to stand trial for non-consensual kiss

  • FIFA

The former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Luis Rubiales, will stand trial for kissing Jenni Hermoso without her consent, according to the Spanish player herself, after winning the Women's World Cup last year.

trial over the controversial incident, which took place after the conclusion of the World Cup in which Spain

46, sparked worldwide outrage when he gave Hermoso an unwanted kiss during the medal ceremony after Spain


Carolina Marin wins Princess of Asturias Award for Sports

  • Badminton

Spanish badminton star Carolina Marin has been announced as the recipient of the 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports on Wednesday.

year-old will receive the esteemed award at a ceremony held in the city of Oviedo, located in northern Spain

International Cooperation, Technical and Scientific Research, and Concord.Born in Huelva, a city in southwest Spain

IMAGESThe awards jury emphasised that Marin is "the greatest player in the history of badminton in Spain

in October, featuring a solemn presentation presided over by Their Majesties The King and Queen of Spain

They will be accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses Leonor, Princess of Asturias, and Infanta Sofia of Spain