Greece's Spyros Capralos has been elected President of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) after seeing off acting head Niels Nygaard in the vote at the organisation's in-person General Assembly in Athens.

elected, including six women.Britain's Annamarie Phelps, Norway's Berit Kjoll, Victoria Cabezas of Spain

Belgium and Spain each squeezed through to the semi-finals of the women's EuroHockey Championship by

parity in the 12th, again from a penalty corner.It finished 1-1, and that result was enough to see Spain

scored.Both sides finished the group with four points and a goal difference of negative three, but Spain

takes centre stage tomorrow, ahead of the women's semi-finals on Friday (June 11).Germany will face Spain

The International Swimming Federation's (FINA) Artistic Swimming Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament (ASOGQT), offering 13 Olympic berths across two disciplines, is due to begin in Barcelona tomorrow.

routines on Friday (June 11).Three team places at Tokyo 2020 are due to be decided at the ASOGQT.Hosts Spain

representatives from Egypt, Canada, Japan, ROC, Australia, China, Ukraine, South Africa, Mexico, Kazakhstan and Spain

Angola made a powerful start to the defence of their title at the delayed African Women’s Handball Championship in Cameroon.

2021 World Women's Handball Championship.The top four teams will all qualify for the competition in Spain

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has underlined its commitment to bringing more women into the sport by publishing a comprehensive survey into the current state of the women's game.

with 1.8 million licensed female players registered by its National Federation, with Japan, France, Spain

Tomorrow morning at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Athens the 50th anniversary General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) will elect either Spyros Capralos, from the hosting nation, or Denmark’s Niels Nygaard as President for the next four years.

Ireland President Sarah Keane, Berit Kjoll of Norway, Cristina Vasilianov of Moldova, Victoria Cabezas of Spain

Tamara Zidansek and Anastasiya Pavlyuchenkova reached their first Grand Slam semi-finals after coming through marathon quarter-final matches on the tenth day of the French Open at Roland-Garros in Paris.

Zidansek, the world number 85 from Slovenia, upset 33rd seed Paula Badosa of Spain 7-5, 4-6, 8-6 in a

England and The Netherlands topped their pools after a day that saw 33 goals scored in four matches at the men’s EuroHockey Championship in Amsterdam.

a last minute goal from Sam Ward, which in the process completed his hat-trick, helped them defeat Spain

the Russians, who sit bottom of the pool.Belgium finished second behind England with six points while Spain

place on Thursday (June 10) and see England face Germany and Belgium up against The Netherlands.Wales, Spain

Hosts Cameroon made a winning start to the postponed African Women's Handball Championship in Yaoundé.

2021 World Women's Handball Championship.The top four teams will all qualify for the competition in Spain

I seem to have spent most of my adult life watching Didier Deschamps win football trophies.

with a mixed bag of results, including a loss to Russia, draws with Norway and Sweden, and wins over Spain

Defending champions The Netherlands issued a warning to their rivals with a 7-1 thrashing of Spain as

rout with five minutes remaining with another field goal before Laura Barrios netted a consolation for Spain

KzgOeLrJfB— EuroHockey (@eurohockeyorg) June 7, 2021The Netherlands lead the pool with six points, with Spain

Britain’s Dave Ellis savoured victory in the home setting of Roundhay Park, Leeds as he won his race in the visually impaired category (PTVI) at the World Triathlon Para Championships leg, which was part of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics qualification process.

Tokyo later this year were hugely enhanced as he finished clear of rivals Hector Catala Laparra of Spain

wheelchair race went to United States H2 racer Kendall Gretsch, ahead of H1 racer Eva Maria Moral Pedrero of Spain

since bronze in Lausanne in 2019, with Yannick Bourseux of France taking silver and Jairo Ruiz Lopez of Spain

Medals in five classes have been awarded after the first half of World Sailing’s World Cup Series concluded at the Allianz Regatta in Medemblik, The Netherlands.

Netherlands today ©Getty ImagesCamboni finished sixth which was enough for second.Angel Granda Roque of Spain

on the water and earned seventh place.Silver went to the final day’s race winner Joel Rodriguez of Spain

Angola is set to defend its 2018 title at the postponed African Women's Handball Championship in Yaoundé in Cameroon with competition set to start tomorrow at the Yaoundé Multipurpose Sports Complex.

2021 World Women's Handball Championship.The top four teams will all qualify for the competition in Spain

World Lacrosse has announced the seedings for next year's World Lacrosse Women's World Championship, with hosts the United States set to be the top seed for the competition.

Netherlands, Latvia, Hong Kong, Switzerland and Mexico complete the top 20.Finally, Sweden, China, Spain