When UEFA announced its intentions to hold the 2020 European Championship across the continent rather than in one or two nations, hosting traditionalists like myself were scratching their heads and calling it a public relations stunt.

 Ireland and the Basque Country region of Spain say no; and in turn, will no longer host matches

at Euro 2020.Although a blow to fans in the Basque region, Spain managed to hold onto their matches,

Québec City could enter the race to host the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games after a group of local business people unveiled plans to bring the event to the province.

pushed Tokyo 2020 back to this year, Salt Lake City in the United States, and Pyrenees-Barcelona in Spain

Some of the best young women's heptathlon athletes are set to compete in Lana in Italy at the 34th edition of the Multistars World Athletics Combined Events Challenge meeting, tomorrow and Sunday (April 25).

earlier this year when she was still only 19.In the men's decathlon the favourite is Jorge Ureña of Spain

Dancers from five countries were named winners of the first-ever World Para Dance Sport Freestyle and Showdance Online Competition, which attracted almost 100 participants from 19 nations.

platform.The online competition reached a total of 51 new athletes from 12 countries, with Australia and Spain

Badloe of The Netherlands are set to defend their titles at the RS:X World Championships in Cadiz, Spain

John Furlong, the President and chief executive of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and Paralympics, has said that if the Games were to return in 2030 they would take place largely at existing venues and require only private funding.

meeting in the Canadian city on November 4 but the talks were postponed until 2021.Pyrenees-Barcelona in Spain

India's Hockey Pro League matches away to Britain next month have been postponed after the host nation's Government banned entry to those from the country in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases and the discovery of new variants.

heightened concerns over COVID-19 in India, the country's hockey team is still scheduled to travel to Spain

Defending Olympic men's football champions Brazil will open their Tokyo 2020 campaign against Germany in a repeat of the Rio 2016 final.

France in Group A.Group B consists of New Zealand, South Korea, Honduras and Romania, while Egypt, Spain

Nine table tennis spots at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be on offer at the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) European Olympic Singles Qualification Tournament, which is due to start tomorrow in Guimarães in Portugal.

include Austria's Robert Gardos and Britain's Paul Drinkhall; Portual's Shao Jieni and Maria Xiao of Spain

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) is set to welcome sanctioned sport to its headquarters for the first time when the 3x3 Women's Series - the professional circuit for women's 3x3 basketball - comes to Mies next month.

28 at this year's rearranged Olympics.Hungary, The Netherlands, Mongolia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain

The women's 64 kilograms contest at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships, which start in the Dominican Republic tomorrow, highlights the improved performance of the United States and Canada throughout Olympic qualifying.

South American and Ibero-American Open, which has attracted entries from Belarus, Belgium, Albania, Spain

Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated Russia’s Andrey Rublev in straight sets to capture the Monte-Carlo Masters title.

spot in the ATP Race To Turin.The world number eight notably defeated 11-time champion Rafael Nadal of Spain

Belgium's Marten van Riel claimed a second Super League Triathlon Arena Games title this season in Rotterdam with a perfect score after three rounds of competition at the Zwemcentrum.

Coldwell would win the second stage, but only after overtaking Potter and last leg leader Anna Godoy of Spain

Iran's men's national football team hit a new high at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, narrowly missing the knockout rounds of the competition.

Unfancied in a group featuring European giants Spain and Portugal, as well as Morocco, Iran recorded

World Cup and their first since France 1998.A victory over Morocco followed by a narrow defeat against Spain

France’s Timothee Adolphe claimed his second gold medal in as many days at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Jesolo, Italy.

compatriot Monica Graz Contrafatto claiming silver in 16.05 and bronze going to Desiree Bargiela Vila of Spain