Viktor Khmarin has been appointed chair of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) President's Cup Organising Committee, with the tournamnent being held in Saint Petersburg later this month.

, Croatia, France, Georgia, Greece, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Russia, Serbia, Spain

Canoeing European Championships reached their climax today and French athletes dominated in Sabero in Spain

World number two Daniil Medvedev fought back from the brink of defeat as he overcame Poland's Hubert Hurkacz to reach the semi-finals of the Canadian Open in Toronto.

year.He is set to play American Reilly Opelka, who dealt an upset to 10th seed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain

waiting for the Belarusian in the semi-finals after the Czech comfortably defeated Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain

The line-up for this weekend’s finals in the men’s, women’s and mixed cadet and junior team events in the compound and recurve disciplines were confirmed today at the World Archery Youth Championships in Wrocław.

199 in their quarter-final before edging past Italy 226-223 in the semi-final, while Turkey overcame Spain

the men’s compound cadet team final.They clinched narrow victories by a point and two points against Spain

ImagesIndia breezed through to the final with 6-0 wins against Slovakia and Ukraine and a 5-1 triumph over Spain

earlier overcome Italy in a quarter-final shoot-off, and will face Russia tomorrow as they thrashed Spain

by a shoot-off win against Russia.Opponents Estonia progressed to the final thanks to wins against Spain

Constanta in Romania hosts the penultimate regular-season stop of the International Basketball Federation 3x3 Women's Series this weekend, with teams jostling for position in the all-important season standings.

Spain enter the event top of the pile, having picked up 260 points across the first four legs of the

the 3x3 Women's Series season.The Americans are in Pool B, along with hosts Romania and Canada, while Spain

The Vuelta a España, the final Grand Tour of the 2021 season, gets underway tomorrow with Primož Roglič seeking to win a third red jersey in a row.

compatriot and Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar, but several other leading cyclists will be in Spain

Defending champion Bianca Andreescu is out of the Canadian Open after she was beaten in three sets by Ons Jabeur of Tunisia in Montreal.

Daniil Medvedev made it to the quarter-finals at Tokyo 2020 before losing to Pablo Carreño Busta of Spain

The second day of the 2021 World Rowing Junior Championships saw the heats come to a conclusion at Plovdiv in Bulgaria, with six categories being contested.

women's pair too.Italy’s Emma Piersanti and Chiara Fanciulli had open water in heat one, leaving the US, Spain

pic.twitter.com/k3bhZymDrV— World Rowing (@WorldRowing) August 12, 2021In the men's four, Greece and Spain

Men’s pool action and women’s knockout matches took place on another busy day of action at the 2021 EuroBeachVolley tournament in Austria.

women’s knockout matches of the day saw Paula Gutierrez Soria and Carro Marquez de Acuna Maria Belen of Spain

New dates for the European qualifier for the next women's Rugby World Cup have been announced, with Italy to play host next month.

The Italians, Ireland, Scotland and Spain will battle it out for a place at the World Cup - due to be

Home players Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime are both out of the men's Canadian Open, following second-round upsets in Toronto.

Canadian Open could not avoid an early elimination, however - this after fifth seed Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain

Team knockout rounds started on the second day of the World Archery Youth Championships in Wrocław in Poland, across seven categories.

defeated Hong Kong and Germany respectively.Poland won 5-1 against Denmark, Iran thrashed Kazakhstan 6-0, Spain

against Hong Kong and Kazakhstan progressed by a scoreline of 150-147 against Norway.Colombia, Iran and Spain

the first round of the men's junior compound team, while Poland progressed with a 217-215 win over Spain

Mali and the United States swept aside their respective opponents in their round of 16 games as the knockout stage started at the Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Debrecen.

more - with Payton Verhulst being the top scorer in the game with 18.Their quarter-final opponents Spain

20 points scored by top scorer Yua Emura - but were ran over in the final minutes of the game, with Spain

The 2021 World Rowing Junior Championships got underway today in the Bulgarian city Plovdiv, starting with heats in the single sculls, double sculls, quadruple sculls and men's pair.

Poland to qualify for the final, while Americans Wilson Morton and Emmett Infante won heat two with Spain

The International Handball Federation (IHF) has awarded Poland and Slovakia wildcards for the 2021 Women’s World Handball Championship.

qualification.For the 25th edition of the Women’s World Handball Championship, scheduled to be held in Spain

Llíria and Torrevieja.The Netherlands are the current women's world handball champions after edging out Spain

due to take place tomorrow, despite the full line-up for the tournament not yet being confirmed.Hosts Spain

America.The Netherlands won the previous Women’s World Handball Championship in 2019 by narrowly beating Spain