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ImagesRussia players charge forward after the winning penalty is scored ©Getty ImagesSergio Ramos of Spain

Slovakia finally beat Uzbekistan to team success on the final day of the International Swimming Federation Artistic Swimming World Series season finale in Tashkent.

and two bronze.Japan and Mexico each managed 11 golds while Italy, China and Russia all managed 10, Spain

Italy won the last gold medal of Tarragona 2018 in a barnstorming men's volleyball final here at the Mediterranean Games.

They beat hosts Spain to win in the heart of the city, 25-22, 25-17, 33-35, 25-23.The Italians won the

 The two sides were locked together until Spain finally broke the deadlock to win it.

 It was more straightforward in the bronze medal match as Spain beat Turkey 30-19.Over at the pool

, Serbia beat Greece 12-10 to win the men's water polo final.Earlier, Montenegro had beaten Spain 6-4

Enrico Dall'Olmo might just return home as the biggest sports star in San Marino after his Mediterranean Games gold medal here at the Campclar Velodrome in Tarragona.

is tiny in comparison with the Italians who brought 502, a larger contingent even than host nation Spain

Japan and Poland stood out like beacons in the group stages of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, not because of their less than brilliant football, but because they were the only two teams who played all their games in the right colours.

Australia and Poland shirts for only £64.95 ($85/€73).The Adidas roll-call includes Germany, Argentina, Spain

Russia's World Cup star Denis Cheryshev has denied doping after his own father was reported as saying that he was injected with "growth hormone" in the build-up to the tournament.

Russia advanced through the group stage and is expected to lead their charge in their last-16 tie with Spain

Committee.Denis Cheryshev has starred for Russia at the FIFA World Cup ©Getty ImagesCheryshev has lived in Spain

Yahya Berabah of Morocco won the men's long jump after a tremendous Mediterranean Games contest here that will live long in the memory. 

1,500m, coming home to win in 4min 12:83sec.Compatriot Malika Akkaoui was second and Marta Perez of Spain

Italy clocked a personal best 13.49sec to win the men's 110m hurdles, as Yidiel Islay Contreras of Spain

came home in 1:47.43 to win the men's 800m.It was an echo of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics when Spain

also cheered a 1,500m triumph from Fermin Cacho.Nicolas Quijera brought Spain further gold when he threw

the 4x400m relay.Italy's women also won gold in the women's 4x400m in 3:28:08France were second and Spain

Samoa all but assured their qualification for the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan as they hammered Germany in the first leg of their play-off clash in Apia.

event.The Germans had only made the play-off game thanks to the ineligible players scandal which saw Spain

A hat-trick from Barcelona's rising star Abel Ruiz gave Spain gold in a thrilling men's football final

 It seemed as though Spain had only to hold on but Italy forced a corner and Manolo Portanova rose

Japan ensured that they ended karate's qualification tournament for the Buenos Aires 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games by advancing three athletes out of three in Umag in Croatia.

Sawashima beat Britain's Lauren Salisbury in the final as Greta Zorko of Croatia and Adriana Gil Alvarez of Spain

De La Roca of Guatemala in the final as Kazakhstan's Olzhas Kulazhan and Alberto Jimenez Moreno of Spain

Local politicians and Spanish International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials have met to potentially resurrect the idea of a Barcelona bid for the Winter Olympic Games. 

snowboarding would take place in the nearby mountains.It is possible that a sliding sports track outside Spain

Twenty-four countries will bid for glory at the Women's Junior World Handball Championship which begins tomorrow in Debrecen.

Union.They will play 2014 winners South Korea, China, Slovenia, Chile and Iceland.France, Germany, Spain

World champion Ramil Guliyev of Turkey raced to gold in the men's 200 metres here at Campclar in a Mediterranean Games record 20.15 seconds.

nbsp;She won in a new personal best 15:52.33 as Ines Monteiro of Portugal was second and Ana Lozano of Spain

race for competitors in wheelchairs, Zubeyde Supergeci of Turkey went head to head with Eva Moral of Spain

Egypt's Ramadin Darwish made it three Mediterranean Games golds in a row here in the men's 100-kilograms judo at Cambrils. 

 Joaquin Blanco took gold for Spain in the men's laser and the host nation could also celebrate

 They edged past Spain 10-8 to win the first Mediterranean Games gold ever awarded in the sport

A collective sigh of disappointment was audible across the footballing world yesterday as fans woke up to a troubling realisation.

frenzied end to Group B is a case in point as the technology almost completely changed the fortunes of Spain

A meeting with a tough opponent in Uruguay in the last 16, while Spain play Russia - the tournament's

the PSG striker and a Costa Rican defender.Iago Aspas was the beneficiary of a VAR decision which saw Spain