Winning Thailand's only gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics - and the country's first in taekwondo - has sealed the status of Panipak Wongpattanakit as a national treasure.

an 11-10 victory with a kick in the last seconds after her 17-year-old opponent, Adriana Cerezo of Spain

Diego Schwartzman came from a set and a break down to defeat world number four Stefanos Tsitsipas and seal Argentina's victory over Greece at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup in Sydney in Australia.

Aleksandre Metreveli ©Getty ImagesRoberto Bautista Agut proved too strong for Casper Ruud as he helped Spain

Reigning champions Russia bounced back from world number two Daniil Medvedev’s shock singles loss to defeat France at the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup in Sydney in Australia.

tomorrow with Poland facing Georgia and Greece taking on Argentina in Group D.Norway come up against Spain

Egyptian Sports Minister Ashraf Sobhy has revealed the country plans to bid for the 2036 Olympics and will seek to become the first African nation to stage the Games.

official request to the IOC, according to Sky News Arabia.As well as Egypt, officials in India, Russia, Spain

Hubert Hurkacz and Kamil Majchrzak both helped Poland to their first Group D victory on Saturday against Greece on the opening day of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Cup in Sydney.

little too late as Poland had already secured the 2-1 victory overall.Elsewhere in the tournament, Spain

The sea of long tables scattered with pint glasses, someone's dad dressed up like Geri Halliwell in her Spice Girls days, a bunch of boys looking like they have taken a wrong turn at Aintree, all dressed up as jockeys for a stag do.

was about as exotic as it got - the equivalent of a week in the British settlement of Benidorm, in Spain

Ukrainian Sports Minister Vadym Huttsait has outlined the country's intention to bid for both the 2028 Winter Youth Olympic Games and 2030 Winter Olympics.

Spanish Olympic Committee to explore a potential bid meeting for the first time last week.Officials in Spain

By this time next year, the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be over, the first to be held in the Northern hemisphere winter. 

 Morocco topped the African group but then lost narrowly to Spain in a playoff.

Malaysia's history-maker Cheah Liek Hou has vowed to dethrone Indonesia's Dheva Anrimusthi from the number one spot in the Para badminton world rankings.

the Spanish International I and II from March 1 to 6 and March 8 to 13, respectively, in Cartagena in Spain

The Commission created by the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) to explore a potential bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics has met for the first time.

Officials in Spain have touted a bid for the Games from Barcelona and the Pyrenees, with their intentions

Summer and Winter Olympics ©COEThere is also a role for Ricardo Aparicio, the deputy Chef de Mission for Spain

 Spain has never hosted the Winter Olympics before.If the bid is successful, Barcelona would become

The International Judo Federation (IJF) has opened a dojo in Chad - the fourth facility of its kind that the governing body has built in Africa.

 "In parallel, the structure of the building is made in Spain by Vall Structures.

Eight candidates will stand for three positions on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes’ Council at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.

Birgit Skarstein, Russia’s Akzhana Abdikarimova, South Korea’s Min Su Han, Pol Makuri Redolad Garcia of Spain

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) will restart its electoral process from scratch and wait until June before voting in new leadership, it announced after a Congress today in which 101 nations took part.

respectively in Albania, Mexico and Saudi Arabia.The Youth and Junior events in 2024 will be in Peru and Spain

Rafael Nadal’s participation at the Australian Open has been placed in further doubt after the 20-time Grand Slam champion confirmed a positive test for COVID-19.

tournament I have tested positive for COVID in the PCR test that has been performed on me when I arrived in Spain

Spanish wheelchair basketball player Amadou Diallo Diouf has been disqualified from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games following a positive drug test.

did not score a point in their 66-52 semi-final loss to the United States.The bronze-medal match saw Spain