Three-time Olympian Matthew Nielsen has returned to the Australian men's basketball team to take up the role of assistant coach of his home nation for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

had experience playing in the Australian National Basketball League. as well as Greece, Lithuania, Spain

Spain and Scotland are set for a showdown to decide who advances from Group 6 in qualifying for badminton's

- a junior gold medallist in the European Mixed Team Championship - both won singles matches to set Spain

The World Karate Federation (WKF) is hosting a test event in Portugal this weekend to assess the organisation's COVID-19 guidelines.

National competitions have taken place in countries including Belarus, Spain and China since the pandemic

Spain and Portugal look set for a showdown which could decide who qualifies for badminton's 2021 European

After both won their opening matches in Group 6 5-0 yesterday, Spain followed that up with another whitewash

victory against Latvia.Portugal, hosting the group in Caldas da Rainha, lost to Scotland 4-1.Spain and

Olympic champions Russia and defending European champions France both began the second group stage at the European Women's Handball Championship in Denmark with narrow victories.

Both are in Group 1 in Herning, and both came close to losing their 100 per cent records.France led Spain

goals at one stage in the second half, but the Spaniards fought back and ended up losing only 26-25.Spain

Paolo Rossi, the leading scorer when Italy won the FIFA World Cup in 1982, has passed away aged 64.

Rossi inspired Italy to victory in Spain, scoring six goals in four games to win the Golden Boot and

World champion Bradly Sinden secured gold on the opening day of the European Taekwondo Championships for Olympic Weight Categories in Sarajevo.

men's 80kg competition.He overcame North Macedonia's Dejan Georgievski in the final.Daniel Ross of Spain

Croatia has been announced as the new host of the 2021 European Karate Championships, with the continental competition set to take place in Porec following the withdrawal of Sweden.

The 2021 European Karate Championships is set to be the first since Guadalajara in Spain hosted the annual

Spain and Portugal both made dominant starts to qualifying for the 2021 European Mixed Team Championships

Group 6 was the first to get underway in Caldas da Rainha, with Spain facing Ukraine and hosts Portugal

up against Latvia.In a pair of one-sided affairs, Spain swept Ukraine and Portugal also won all five

World Rowing and Eurovision Sport have renewed their media rights agreement until 2024.

Broadcasting Union are covered by the arrangement including the BBC in Britain, RAI in Italy, TVE in Spain

Serbia and Slovenia were both agonisingly eliminated from the European Handball Federation (EHF) Women's European Championships on the final day of the preliminary round of the competition in Denmark.

are Russia and France, who both start on four points, hosts Denmark, who start with two, Sweden and Spain

(December 10), see Montenegro (zero points) play Russia (four points) and France (four points) face Spain

from the European Handball Federation (EHF) Women's Euro 2020 in Denmark today after a narrow loss to Spain

After defeats in their opening two preliminary round matches, the Czechs knew they needed to beat Spain

six goals at one point, and at the end of the third quarter they held a five goal advantage at 22-17.Spain

levelled things at 24-24.Two goals in the 57th minute and a further one in the 59th were enough to give Spain

quarter Russia ended up triumphing 30-26.Russia topped the group with six points followed by Sweden and Spain

The UEFA qualification groups for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have been drawn in Zurich today, with 55 countries set to participate with 13 spots on offer.

pic.twitter.com/sLsXolLR3t— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) December 7, 2020Group B consists of Spain,

The World Air Sports Federation (FAI) has elected David Monks as its new President on a two-year term after the FAI General Conference was held online from December 2 to 5.

will continue as FAI secretary-general too.Suzie Gebb from France and Alvaro de Orleans Borbon from Spain

Serbia were cleared to play at the European Women's Handball Championship in Denmark after a fresh round of COVID-19 tests came back negative, and duly began their tournament with a win versus the world champions.

scored a tournament-leading 18 goals through two games ©Getty ImagesIn Group B in Herning, Sweden and Spain

Republic 24-22, leaving themselves top of the group and the Czechs bottom.The Czech Republic must beat Spain