Captain Steve Stricker is hoping his local knowledge can be the difference as the United States seek to win back the Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.

captain, and his main call was leaving out Rio 2016 champion Justin Rose.World number one Jon Rahm of Spain

Madrid's Mayor has dismissed a claim made by his Deputy that the city is launching a bid for the 2036 Olympic and Paralympics - but has met with the head of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) to discuss staging the Games in the future.

voting, losing to Istanbul in a run-off.A 2030 Winter Games bid from Barcelona and the Pyrenees in Spain

Medals have been decided in the senior competitions at the sixth edition of the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) President’s Cup in Istanbul, while hosts Turkey dominated the poomsae categories.

Kazakhstan and Server Balaban of Turkey.In the under-58kg category gold went to Adrian Vicente Yunta of Spain

Russia and Ukraine’s Taras Malchenko.In the men’s under-63kg category gold went to Joan Cala Jorquera of Spain

Turan of Turkey and Adrian Del Rio Guerrero of Spain.The men’s under-68kg category saw more gold for Spain

Perez victorious.Russia’s Khanmagomed Ramazanov took silver, with bronzes to Manuel Parada Martinez of Spain

President's Cup ©Getty ImagesIn the men’s under-74kg category gold went to Daniel Quesada Barrera of Spain

Germany's Ingrid Klimke is looking to win a third individual title in a row at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) European Eventing Championships in Avenches in Switzerland, a feat achieved by only two other riders.

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Britain, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Russia, Spain

Czech Republic clinched their seventh men's Inline Hockey World Championship title with a comfortable victory over Canada in the final in Roccaraso.

first men's Inline Hockey World Championship triumph since 2002, had reached the final by edging out Spain

Fernando Martin Vicente, the former head of the Spanish Federation for People with Intellectual Disability (FEDDI), has claimed he did not know about cheating in their basketball team at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games.

Spain was stripped of the gold medal they won at Sydney 2000 after it emerged players had pretended to

total of 10 of the 12 players in the basketball team were found not to have been disabled, leading to Spain

South Africa triumphed in the first World Rugby Sevens Series event held for 18 months in Vancouver in Canada, while Britain clinched the women's Fast Fours competition.

South Africa had beaten Spain 54-5 in the quarter-finals and Britain 26-12 in the semi-finals at BC Place

while Hong Kong came seventh in their first series tournament outside Asia for 14 years as they saw off Spain

Germany won the second edition of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's 3x3 Series, following a final victory over Canada at the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest in Romania.

at the Bucharest Final.It was one week after the team finished second at the FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup to Spain

It was a French double at the second event of the 2021 KiteFoil World Series in Traunsee in Austria as Axel Mazella clinched gold in the men's and Lauriane Nolot in the women's.

€25,000 (£21,300/$29,300) on offer.The World Series then draws to a close with two four-star events in Spain

The Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) has paid tribute to Spanish official Miquel Chalé following his death.

Chalé is considered one of the pioneers of the sport in Catalonia and Spain, helping to set up both the

came during the 1992 Paralympic Games in Barcelona.Miquel Chalé is considered a pioneer of boccia in Spain

England have moved into the top three of the FIFA men's world rankings for the first time in nine years following the latest round of international fixtures.

update published by FIFA this week.European champions Italy are fifth ahead of Argentina, Portugal, Spain

South Africa and the United States progressed to the quarter-finals with 100 per cent records as the World Rugby Sevens Series made an entertaining return in Vancouver after an 18-month break.

opened their campaign with a thumping 53-0 win over Mexico.South Africa eased to a 34-7 victory against Spain

sealing first place in the group thanks to a 33-14 triumph over Kenya.The South Africans will again play Spain

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will have had a pleasing week with the Presidents of two nations having thrown their weight behind potential bids for the 2030 Winter Olympics.

under equal conditions."2030 can become a new 1992 for our country in terms of sports, visibility for Spain

represents are what we want to capture in this joint project for Aragon, Catalonia and the rest of Spain

The Global Champions Tour (GCT) is fascinatingly poised heading into the Grand Prix section of the 13th leg of the season at the Circus Maximus in Rome.

three stages and placed on the podium six times.The Prague Lions pairing of Sergio Alvarez Moya of Spain

The Korea Football Association (KFA) has appointed Hwang Sun-hong as coach of its men’s under-23 football team, with the former striker expected to lead the side into the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games and Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

giving South Korea their maiden win at the FIFA World Cup.He scored in the penalty shootout win over Spain