France, the Netherlands and Portugal have launched bids to host UEFA Futsal Euro 2022.

every two years.Portugal are reigning champions, having stunned seven-times champions and neighbours Spain

Hosts France overwhelmed South Korea to triumph 4-0 in the first game of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

to under way, with two-times World Cup winners Germany taking on China at Roazhon Park in Rennes and Spain

round of the Professional Darts Corporation World Cup of Darts in Hamburg with an emphatic 5-0 win over Spain

China earned both gold medals on offer in today's competition at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Diving Grand Prix in Madrid.

one-two in the women's 3m springboard final ©Getty ImagesTamai, with a vociferous crowd backing him in Spain

Women's Hockey World Cup silver medallists Ireland will welcome seven teams to Banbridge for the first International Hockey Federation (FIH) Women's Series Finals.

time, were the surprise package of the 2018 World Cup in London.They defeated teams such as India and Spain

Mattia Camboni of Italy and Lilian de Geus of the Netherlands held top positions in the men's and women's RS:X after three days of racing at the Hempel World Cup Series Final in Marseille.

place enabled Australia's Mat Belcher and Will Ryan to overtake Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodriguez of Spain

Winds gusting well in excess of 30 knots made things tough to the point of perilous for sailors racing on day two of the Hempel World Cup Series Final in Marseille, before competition was brought to an early close.

only four of them completed the race with capsizes aplenty.Federico and Arturo Alonso, brothers from Spain

men's 470 race win to move into second overall.Overnight leaders Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodriguez of Spain

Marseille, sailing venue for the Paris 2024 Olympics, witnessed Spain's Jordi Xammar and Nicolás Rodriguez getting off to a flying start at the Hempel World Cup Series Final as they won both of their opening races in the Men's 470.

discard a second place in the men’s RS:X class as he registered two race wins.Angel Granda-Roque of Spain

Viewed as something of an oddity at its conception, the UEFA Nations League appears to have won over the majority of critics with the first ever Finals tournament about to be contested in Portugal.

World Cup campaign and surprise run to the semi-finals, which they built on with an impressive win in Spain

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has delayed the announcement of the host nations for its 2022 and 2023 Men's and Women's World Cups until November following a request from the bidding countries.

expressed its intention to bid for either the men's or women's tournament in 2022, while Malaysia and Spain

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer remain on course for a semi-final battle as the second and third seeds progressed at the French Open.

seed Sloane Stephens, who enjoyed a 6-4, 6-3 win against 2016 French Open champion Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain

Research released to the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) first Global Running Conference in Lanzhou in China shows that, for the first time in history, there were more female runners than male runners in 2018, with 50.23 per cent of runners being female.

while female participants have recently improved.The fastest recreational nation was determined to be Spain

Jeannine Gmelin’s hopes of retaining her European single sculls title in front of her home crowd on Lucerne’s Rotsee today were frustrated by Ireland’s world champion Sanita Puspure.

and Milo Vasic.Romania won a battle to replace Serbia in second place and as the latter crew faded, Spain

Hungary, China and France produced shock results at the International Canoe Federation Canoe Sprint World Cup in Duisburg on a day when two favoured home crews, and Canada’s expected winners of the women’s C2 500 metres, took unfamiliar silver.

s K4 500m final was expected to be a showdown between world champions Germany and silver medallists Spain

the Germans thrilling their home crowd with an emphatic victory.Slovakia took a surprise silver, with Spain

Russia and Ukraine picked up gold medals on the final day of competition at the FINA Artistic World Series in Barcelona.

There was also joy for the home support at Piscina Sant Jordi, with Spain earning medals in all three

triumphant with a score of 93.1000.This edged out home favourites Ona Carbonell and Paula Ramirez Ibáñez of Spain

events to feature male participants.Manila Flamini and Giorgio Minisini of Italy earned silver, while Spain

of the meet was the free team contests, which was won by Russia.Ukraine took the silver medal, while Spain