The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has announced the participants at the upcoming Under-19 Men’s and Women’s Basketball World Cups, due to take place in Latvia and Hungary.

Canada, Argentina and Puerto Rico.Australia, China, South Korea and Japan will also compete, alongside Spain

Hosts Hungary will be joined by African qualifiers Egypt and Mali, as well as European representatives Spain

World number 36 Jessica Pegula dumped second seed Karolina Pliskova out of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) 1000 Dubai Tennis Championships for the loss of just two games today.

defeated sixth seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 6-1 2-6 7-5.Elsewhere, ninth seed Garbine Muguruza of Spain

Silvia Mas and Patricia Cantero took the lead of the women's contest at the 470 World Championships in Vilamoura in Portugal.

 There was more success for Spain in the men's contest as Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez maintained

The European University Sports Association (EUSA) is to hold a seminar on the bidding process for the 2026 European Universities Games.

pic.twitter.com/Hy4cqHPo6B— EUSA (@eusaunisport) March 8, 2021Since the first edition was held in Cordoba in Spain

American basketball star Kawhi Leonard hopes to be reunited with old boss Gregg Popovich later this year after announcing his intention to play at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

month, USA Basketball proposed to set up a pre-Games bubble in Las Vegas for the US, Australia and Spain

Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez lead the men's event following the opening day of competition at the 470 World Championship in Vilamoura in Portugal.

Retornaz are leading the women's competition ©Getty ImagesSilvia Mas Depares and Patricia Cantero Reina of Spain

The European Handball Federation (EHF) has organised an event for under-19 teams to lessen the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young players.

Iceland, Serbia, Slovenia and Italy are set to contest Group A at the tournament, with Sweden, Spain,

Top seed Carolina Marín of Spain beat India's PV Sindhu in a repeat of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games final

This year's 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race has been pushed back until August as organisers hope to be able to welcome spectators under COVID-19 safety measures.

the most iconic motorsport races in the world.Two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso of Spain

The top two seeds in the women’s singles draw are set to meet in the final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Yonex Swiss Open, after both came through their last four encounters in Basel today.

Top seed Carolina Marin of Spain and second seed Sindhu Pusarla of India both triumphed in their respective

More than 400 weightlifters have returned to the platform to compete live in Spain and the United States

today, where the men’s winner was David Sanchez.That event was restricted to the top 30 lifters in Spain

The top seeds in the men’s and women’s singles, Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and Carolina Marin of Spain

top four seeds all won in the women's singles quarter-finals, including number one Carolina Marin of Spain

The European Sambo Championships, along with the European Youth and Junior Sambo Championships, are set to be held in May in Cyprus.

pandemic, the European Sambo Championships were not held in 2020, and were last hosted in 2019 in Gijon in Spain

Ajay Jayaram knocked out world number 12 Rasmus Gemke in the second round of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Swiss Open, breaking the seeds' monopoly on men's singles quarter-final places.

games.The same can be said of the top two in the women's singles - Olympic champion Carolina Marín of Spain

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has confirmed the match schedule and tip-off times for the men’s and women’s tournaments at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

quarter-finals of the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China.Another match to look out for is the Group C tussle between Spain

gold medallists Argentina on July 29 at 12pm GMT.Argentina will bid to gain revenue after losing to Spain