By Gary AndersonIndia's former Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra is one of four athletes that have been elected to the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Athletes' Committee as the World Championships in Granada draw to a close.

polled the highest number of votes from a shortlist of 13 during elections in Spain.Zorana Arunovic of Serbia

By Gary AndersonThe International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has hailed the success of the World Cup in Spain, revealing that the posts on its Facebook page topped more than five million "likes", while more than four million tweets were sent during the 16-day tournament.

The United States defeated hosts Serbia 129-92 in the final of this year's Basketball World Cup last

By Gary AndersonA new mechanism to help tackle match-fixing and fraud has been launched in Macolin, Switzerland today with a number of European nations signing up to the Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions.

Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Serbia

By Gary AndersonInternational Olympic Committee (IOC) member Richard Carrión is one of a number of additional appointments made to the Central Board of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which now consists of 26 members.

Association (NBA), was appointed as its representative, while President of the National Olympic Committee of Serbia

him being inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2010.President of the National Olympic Committee of Serbia

Emily GoddardThe United States today defeated Serbia 129-92 to win the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup

points and nine rebounds.Nikola Kalinić and Nemanja Bjelica both scored 18 points to lead the way for Serbia

where they will also hope to defend their title from London 2012.The silver is also the first medal for Serbia

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By Paul OsborneA hard-fought victory over pool leaders France has given hosts Poland a berth in the third round of the Volleyball World Championships as pool play comes to a close.

rounds.The pair will be joined by Iran after the nation pulled off a convincing 3-1 win over fifth-placed Serbia

By Duncan MackayFrance beat Lithuania 95-93 at the FIBA Basketball World Cup in the third-place playoff in the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid to complete their best performance at the tournament. 

Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs.Holders United States meet the tournament's surprise packages Serbia

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By Paul OsborneBrazil, Russia and France sealed their spots in the third round of the Volleyball World Championships today in Poland following emphatic wins on the penultimate day of Round II pool play.

Championship crown since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.France recorded an impressive 3-1 win over Serbia

By Paul OsborneSerbia saw off a late fight back from France to book their spot in the final of the FIBA Basketball World Cup with a dramatic 90-85 victory at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid.

Despite winning just two of their opening five group fixtures, Serbia ensured a first final appearance

since securing the World Championship title in 2002, when still playing as Serbia and Montenegro, with

scorer Nicolas Batum, who ended the game with an impressive 35 points.Miloš Teodosić led the scoring for Serbia

overturn the 15 point deficit as they continued to pile on the pressure, however, it was not to be with Serbia

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By Paul OsborneSouth Korea Jung Jeehae has pulled off one of the shocks of the tournament at the World Shooting Championships in Granada, notching victory against 2004 Olympic champion Olena Kostevych of Ukraine to win the women's 10 metre air pistol final.

bronze with 177.0.In total six shooters qualified for Rio 2016 with one, 48-year-old Jasna Sekaric of Serbia

an eighth appearance at an Olympic Games, a record for female shooters.Sekaric's performance helped Serbia

By Paul OsborneViktor Didukh caused the biggest stir of Para-Table Tennis World Championships today as he defeated London 2012 gold medallist Patryk Chojnowski to help Ukraine to a surprise victory over Poland in the men's team class nine-10 contest inside the National Para Training Centre in Beijing.

hosts strongly backed to secure the title.One gold medal was awarded, in the women's class five where Serbia

By Emily GoddardReigning champions the United States are now in the closing stages of defending their title having tonight secured their spot in the FIBA Basketball World Cup final. 

plough on to see the US taking a 45-35 lead into the locker-room.The US will now face either France or Serbia

Lithuania with 15 points.The US will now face the winner of tomorrow's semi-final between France and Serbia

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By Gary AndersonPoland got their Volleyball World Championship campaign back on track but did not have it all their own way against Italy, while Brazil recorded win number 100 in the tournament's history.

at the Atlas Arena in Łódź.The Italians were also coming into the match off the back of a defeat to Serbia

Atlas Arena, the US followed up their win over Poland by sealing a 23-25, 31-29, 25-17, 25-21 win over Serbia

By Emily GoddardSerbia and France booked their places in the semi-finals of this year's FIBA Basketball World Cup with victories at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid in the Spanish capital tonight.

Serbia saw off the challenge of Brazil with a 84-56 win to make it their fourth top-four finish at the

each.Teodosić laid the cards on the table when he scored eight points in the first six minutes to see Serbia

taking a 14-9 lead.Brazil did get within one point, but Serbia ploughed ahead and were leading 21-17

wanting to be defeated, Brazil's Nene Hilario spurred a 9-0 run that put them up 32-29 but once again Serbia

top scorers, with 15 and 13 points respectively, while Pau Gasol had 17 for Spain.The winning pair of Serbia

By Gary AndersonReigning champions Brazil continued their quest for a fourth consecutive title by cruising passed Bulgaria in straight sets on the opening night of Round II at the FIVB Volleyball World Championships, recording their 99th win in the tournament's history.

following a 25-23, 25-21, 21-25, 25-17 loss to Iran, who remain fourth in Pool E.The Iranians are headed by Serbia