A Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) initiative aimed at preventing female athletes from being photographed in a sexualised manner when competing in their events has seen around 2,500 non-consensual objectifying images submitted in complaint.

wore shorts instead of bikini bottoms at a Women’s European Beach Handball Championship match against Spain

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has confirmed the final qualification list for the Birmingham 2022 World Games where canoe marathon is set to make its debut.

Hungarians to star at the recent ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships ©ICFHungary, South Africa, Spain

Kento Momota and Chen Yu Fei have been touted as the favourites for the men and women's tournaments at the Badminton World Federation Denmark Open which starts tomorrow in Odense with both heading into their respective draws as top seed.

the 3-1 victory.Neither of 2020's finalists, champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan and Carolina Marín of Spain

Spain has been crowned the winner of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Women's Junior

Britain's Charlotte Arter triumphed in the first World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold event of the year as she followed up her 2019 victory in the women's race in Cardiff.

event on the 14-leg World Athletics Cross Country Tour is set to take place in Amorebieta-Etxano in Spain

the Finn World Masters after the final day of racing was cancelled due to light winds on Mar Menor in Spain

Spain and Greece booked their places into the International Swimming Federation (FINA) World Women's

Greeks never looked like losing the game.Greece won the quarters 4-2, 3-1 and finally 2-1.Similarly to Spain

the team past the first knockout round and into the quarter-finals where they pummelled Serbia 18-5.Spain

After the 2020 meet was cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions, the World Athletics Cross Country Tour begins again in Cardiff, with Britain's Charlotte Arter looking to repeat her victory from 2019.

Cross Country Tour Gold calendar is scheduled to be the Cross Internacional Zornoza in Amorebieta in Spain

Belgium men's team open their Men's International Hockey Federation (FIH) Pro League title defence in a double-header Germany this weekend.

used to determine the standings.This season has not escaped the clutch of the pandemic, either, with Spain

Spain ended Russia's hopes of winning three consecutive International Swimming Federation (FINA) World

result of the Finn World Masters yesterday to finish second and first in today's races on Mar Menor in Spain

The Spanish Federation of Climbing and Mountain Sports (FEDME) has claimed it does not have enough money to send athletes to competitions for the rest of the year.

Spain can be considered one of the leading nations in sport climbing after Alberto Ginés López secured

famous victory, the 18-year-old felt it was a miraculous achievement due to a lack of infrastructure in Spain

Davide Tizzano has been elected as the International Committee of the Mediterranean Games' (CIJM) first new President for 18 years, succeeding Amar Addadi, with Heraklion in Greece confirmed as host of the 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games.

treasurer.The Mediterranean Games currently feature 26 nations, and were last held in Tarragona in Spain

Top seed Daniil Medvedev is out of the Indian Wells Masters men's singles after losing to Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, while second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece had to go the distance to beat Australia's Alex de Minaur in California.

quarter-finals.Tomorrow's last-eight ties feature Germany's Angelique Kerber against Paula Badosa of Spain

Five men's teams secured their places to the next round of the curling Pre-Olympic Qualification Event, while Latvia and Slovakia's women's teams remain undefeated in Erzurum in Turkey.

fashion by crushing Nigeria 24-2 while the Czechs pulled off a routine 7-4 win over Austria.In Group C, Spain