The top seeds in the men’s and women’s singles draws Rafael Nadal and Ashleigh Barty were among the winners as action continued at the Madrid Open at the Caja Magica complex.

Argentina who lost 2-6 6-4 6-1 to Russia’s Aslan Karatsev, while ninth seed Roberto Bautista-Agut of Spain

UEFA has confirmed squads for this year’s European Championship will be increased from 23 to 26 players in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Petersburg in Russia, Budapest in Hungary, Bucharest in Hungary, Amsterdam in The Netherlands, Seville in Spain

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is searching for a new host city for this year’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals after cancelling its agreement with Budapest.

champions France, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Russia, Slovakia, Spain

Twenty-two athletes from 13 sports and all six populated continents are on the ballot for the summer representative positions of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes' Council.

Michelle Schiffler, Hungarian paddler Katalin Eszter Varga and triathlete Susana Rodriguez Gacio of Spain

Places at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are still up for grabs after the Karate 1-Premier League event in Lisbon, with some dominant displays as the winners of the various disciplines were crowned on the final day in the Portuguese capital.

Premier League event in Istanbul, went one better this time as she took gold by beating Maria Torres of Spain

saw Zabiollah Poorshab of Iran take gold as he won by injury of his opponent.In the team disciplines, Spain

Geraint Thomas won the Tour de Romandie today after recovering his fortunes in the concluding 16 kilometres time trial following his bizarre spill within sight of the line on the previous day. 

Deceuninck-QuickStep finished overall third, 38 seconds back, after taking sixth place today, and Marc Soler of Spain

More final line-ups were confirmed on the second day of action at the Karate 1-Premier League in Lisbon, Portugal.

Turkey's Meltem Hocaoglu Akyol reach a second consecutive Premier League final by beating Laura Palacio of Spain

Ecuador’s women’s 4x100 metres team, who arrived in Poland ranked 40th in the world standings, will be among the 16 teams contesting the Olympic title this summer after setting a national record of 43.86sec tonight at the World Athletics Relays Silesia21.

clocked 3:16.52 and Brazil, who recorded 3:16.53.The Dominican Republic, Belgium, The Netherlands and Spain

The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Europe have announced that Spain will host

World Championships, which are scheduled to take place in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.Britain, Spain

Greece within the next few months, with a date yet to be confirmed.Britain, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain

Reigning champions Slovenia are set to face Lithuania and four other nations in Group B in Cologne after the draw for the 2022 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) EuroBasket was conducted by organisers.

Lithuania as well as France, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary and hosts Germany.In Group A, 2015 champions Spain

Japan’s Naomi Osaka and Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic were among the first round winners as action continued at the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Madrid Open.

with the top eight seeds receiving a first round bye.The top seed for the event is Rafael Nadal of Spain

Six countries claimed gold medals as the inaugural Online World Taekwondo Poomsae Open Challenge reached its conclusion.

TaekwondoBoth South Korea and Iran also won golds in open competitions, along with Thailand, United States, Spain

- the most of any country - with Iran fielding 21 athletes, South Korea and Thailand picking 13 and Spain

The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball has confirmed the countries that will compete at the 2021 European Championships B in Lahti.

up their spots, according to the IBSA Goalball.In the women’s competition, hosts Finland, Denmark, Spain

The draw for the wheelchair basketball tournament at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on May 12 has been moved from the Japanese capital to Stoke Mandeville in England due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

champions the United States, Algeria, Canada, Colombia, Australia, South Korea, Iran, hosts Japan, Britain, Spain

medallists the US, Algeria, Canada, China, Australia, Japan, The Netherlands, Britain, Germany and Spain

International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) Europe has announced the new dates for this year’s rescheduled Men's Under-23 European Championship.

Di Renzo@FIPIC pic.twitter.com/4uXUV83xAb— IWBF Europe (@IWBFEurope) April 23, 2021Turkey, Germany, Spain