The United States have been confirmed as the top seeds for the International Basketball Federation's (FIBA) Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in the latest FIBA women's world rankings.

were Portugal and Bulgaria, who climbed to 47th and 50th respectively.The United States, Australia, Spain

Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament due to be drawn on Wednesday ©FIBAReigning Olympic champions Spain

Defending men's hockey champions Argentina have been drawn in the same group as world number one ranked side Australia at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games after the pools were confirmed.

Argentina defeated Belgium 4-2 to win Olympic gold in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 and will also face India, Spain

Pool A.In Pool B, New Zealand, who placed fourth in Rio, have been drawn against Australia, Argentina, Spain

Cherono won the third leg of this season's World Athletics Cross Country Permit series in Alcobendas in Spain

Spain were crowned Davis Cup champions for the sixth time after winning both singles matches in the final

seeking a maiden triumph after reaching the final for the first time.Roberto Bautista Agut sought to give Spain

 The moment @RafaelNadal and Spain became World Champions...

Spain have now won the event six times in 19 years.They had previously triumphed in 2000, 2004, 2008,

Russia claimed team gold at the International Fencing Federation (FIE) Women's Sabre World Cup event in the French city of Orléans.

, China 45-31 and Hungary 45-26 on their way to the final, while South Korea got past Canada 45-31, Spain

In July this year two freestyle swimming medallists at the World Aquatics Championships refused to stand on the podium alongside the multiple champion Sun Yang, of China, because they regard him as a cheat.

of doping disqualifications are Lidia Valentín, the double IWF World Weightlifter of the Year from Spain

Canada booked their place in their first Davis Cup Final after they overcame Russia in the semi-finals of the new-look tournament in Madrid.

best finishes in the Davis Cup, having been beaten at the semi-final stage in both 1913 and 2013.Hosts Spain

Chinese athletes claimed four of the five available gold medals on the opening day of finals at the International Gymnastics Federation Apparatus World Cup in Cottbus.

floor routine to clinch gold.Minami was given 15.100 points from the judges, with Rayderley Zapata of Spain

The third leg of the 2019/20 World Athletics Cross Country Permit series moves to Alcobendas, Spain,

metre circuit.But 21-year-old Ugandan Maxwell Rotich will be in a confident mood, having won in Soria, Spain

having finished seventh at the World Cross Country Championships in March and runner-up in Atapuerca, Spain

Sunday, the 2019 Davis Cup champions will be crowned at Madrid's Caja Majica, with Great Britain playing Spain

Russia booked their place in the last four of the Davis Cup Finals by edging Serbia in a dramatic third set tie-break to win the crucial doubles rubber in Madrid.

their third Davis Cup semi-final by beating Australia 2-1 yesterday in the new-look tournament.Hosts Spain

doubles with Marcel Granollers, as the pair overcame Máximo González and Leonardo Mayer 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.Spain

World champion Uta Abe suffered her first defeat on the International Judo Federation World Tour in three years on the opening day of the Osaka Grand Slam.

under-48 kilogram podium.Tonaki scored twice against Marrakech Grand Prix winner Julia Figueroa of Spain

A "conflict of power" between the elected president of Albania's National Olympic Committee and the organisation's most senior paid administrator has led to a damaging and "baseless" series of allegations of financial crime and an attempted institutional coup.

2018 when Bezhani wanted to send an under-qualified colleague to the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain

Belgium, Colombia, France, Italy and the Netherlands will boast a full team of five riders for the men's Olympic road races, after the International Cycling Union (UCI) confirmed the number of quota places for the competition.

women's road race.Belgium are the only nation to receive three places, with Denmark, Canada, Poland, Spain

events will feature a 40-rider men's field, while 25 women will ride for medals.Australia, Belgium, Spain

Spain ended Croatia’s reign as Davis Cup holders as the host nation booked their place in the quarter-finals

Nikola Mektić 6-1, 6-3 in the opening singles rubber.World number one Rafael Nadal completed the job for Spain

by clinching a straight sets 6-4, 6-3 win over Borna Gojo.The result guaranteed Spain a quarter-final