World chess champion Magnus Carlsen has announced the creation of a new online chess tournament series with a total prize pot of $1 million (£826,000/€924,000).

The Invitational was the first online chess tournament to be broadcast on television, going out in Spain

The International Olympic Committee has approved the new dates for the Federation of International Basketball (FIBA) Olympic qualification tournaments, which were announced by the governing body last month.

have already qualified directly for the basketball competition at Tokyo 2020 - Argentina, Australia, Spain

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has extended its Olympic beach volleyball qualification deadlines for Tokyo 2020 after the Games were postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

qualification tournament last year.Italy qualified for the men’s event through the tournament, while Spain

Paralympic gold medalist Abby Dunkin has announced her retirement from wheelchair basketball after Tokyo 2020 was postponed by a year.

 Dunkin, who was born in Spain but grew up in Texas, took up wheelchair basketball after a series

Olympic figure skating gold medallist Tatyana Navka of Russia is in hospital after contracting a mild case of coronavirus.

figures, over 242,000 people in Russia have been infected, the third-highest number in the world behind Spain

Valencia has replaced Paris as the host city for the final phase of the 2021 Women's EuroBasket.

de San Lluís is now scheduled to stage the finals of the tournament, to be co-hosted by France and Spain

planned for France, in a city which FIBA Europe said would be determined at a later stage.France and Spain

Next year's EuroHockey Championships in The Netherlands have been moved from August to June to avoid a clash with the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

both the men's and women's competitions.Reigning world champions and hosts The Netherlands will face Spain

men's tournament, defending champions and World Cup holders Belgium have been drawn to play England, Spain

The World Players Association has warned athletes could be particularly vulnerable to coronavirus and urged that all proposals for the resumption of sport are "rigorously assessed" by experts, with the health and safety of participants not negotiable.

meaning their tie against Hannover 96 has been postponed.Players returned to individual training in Spain

test requiring the person to isolate.Five positive tests among players from the top two divisions in Spain

The European Handball Federation (EHF) has released the draw procedure for the EHF Euro 2020 women's competition.

ehfeuro2020https://t.co/0ppx2YaoD7— EHF EURO (@EHFEURO) May 8, 2020Pot three has Montenegro, Germany, Serbia and Spain

Dynamo Dresden has placed its entire squad into quarantine after two players tested positive for coronavirus, marking a blow to Germany’s efforts to resume its domestic football season.

countries.The Bundesliga is due to resume on May 16 ©Getty ImagesPlayers returned to individual training in Spain

test requiring the person to isolate.Five positive tests among players from the top two divisions in Spain

Minsk, the capital of Belarus, is set to host the 2021 European Athletics Team Championships Super League - the continent's premier athletics division.

competition last year.The nations competing in 2021 will be Poland, France, Germany, Britain, Italy, Spain

Spanish handball captains Silvia Navarro and Raul Entrerrios have each donated a national team jersey to raise funds for the fight against coronavirus.

sleep.Navarro, a goalkeeper, has donated a shirt from December's Women's World Championship in Japan where Spain

silver medals.The jersey from Entrerrios comes from the 2018 European Championships in Croatia, where Spain

Next year's Badminton World Championships in Huelva have been rescheduled for November and December after the original dates clashed with the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Spain's Olympic champion Marín ©Getty Images"The move will allow the BWF World Championships in Huelva, Spain

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has said that no sporting events will be staged in the country before September - even those without any spectators present. 

than 23,000 COVID-19 deaths, the fourth-highest total in the world.Only the United States, Italy and Spain

The 2020 European Junior Shooting Championship has been postponed due to the the ongoing spread of coronavirus, the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) have said.

coronavirus in Europe, resulting in the deaths of more than 124,000 people.More than half of these come from Spain