Athletes implicated in the Operation Puerto scandal are unlikely to be named after the Provincial Court of Madrid ruled that blood bags could only be used to identify those with open cases.

facilitated blood doping to several of the world's leading cyclists.Doping was not considered an offence in Spain

also alleged to have been part of a doping ring.Operation Puerto has continued to prove detrimental to Spain

On the eve of the London 2012 Olympics, the Korea Herald assessed the prospects for a taekwondo team that, four years earlier in Beijing, had won gold in all four of the events it was entitled to enter.

The country thus finished only equal third with Turkey on the medals table, behind Spain and China.Last

This month's European Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Tenerife will be live streamed on a pay-per-view basis, it has been announced.

Paralympics in the Brazilian city, Sweden, Germany, Lithuania, Turkey and Israel.Paralympic silver medallists Spain

will be hoping to use home advantage to wrap up the European title ©Getty ImagesHosts Spain, who lost

Rio 2016 Olympic silver medallists Spain made it two wins out of two at the EuroBasket Women after beating

Spanish duo Damian Quintero and Sandra Sanchez won the men's and women's kata titles respectively on home soil at the 2017 Karate 1-Series A opener in Toledo.

contest.Both losing semi-finalists took home bronze medals.Sandra Sanchez secured a memorable opening day for Spain

Mexico's Luz Olvera won her country's first-ever International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix gold medal after beating Brazil's Sarah Menezes in the women's under-52 kilograms category final at the Polifórum Benito Juárez in Cancún today.

Jaione Equisoain.In men’s competition, European Championship bronze medallist Francisco Garrigos of Spain

Flicker with a convincing win against Bucharest European Open silver medallist Alberto Gaitero Martin of Spain

strong field will be in action when the 2017 Karate 1-Series A season begins tomorrow in Toledo in Spain

Greece made a flying start to their EuroBasket Women campaign after beating defending champions and Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medallists Serbia at the Kralovka Arena in Prague.

Group B clashes.Group A saw Ukraine beat hosts Czech Republic 59-47 and Rio 2016 silver medallists Spain

Serbia and the Czech Republic will begin their respective men's and women's title defences at the 2017 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Cup in France tomorrow.

Kazakhstan.The French hosts also face a challenging task to reach the quarter-finals.They will compete against Spain

Serbia are poised to begin the defence of their EuroBasket Women title, with competition set to begin tomorrow in Prague.

begin their Group A campaign against Ukraine at the Hradec Králové Arena.Olympic silver medallists Spain

Hosts England will face the challenge of Olympic gold medallists Argentina in the pool phase of the first Hockey World League (HWL) semi-final, which will begin tomorrow.

champions Australia will play New Zealand in Pool A of the men’s competition.The teams will be joined by Spain

Czech Republic’s Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner eliminated top-seeded qualifying team Daniel Bergerud and Christian Sorum of Norway to advance to the main draw at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach World Tour event in Dutch city The Hague.

Caitlin Ledoux of the United States 22-20, 21-12 and second-seeded Elsa Baquerizo and Angela Lobato of Spain

A finalisation of contracts to construct key venues seen as a vital step in ensuring the success of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games is due to be completed by Monday (June 19).

John Chuman told insidethegames.Companies involved in the bidding process include China, South Korea, Spain

Olympic bronze medallist Sony Dwi Kuncoro crashed out of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Indonesia Open as he lost in straight games to Japan's Kazumasa Sakai.

her women’s title with a match against Japan’s Minatsu Mitani, while second seed Carolina Marin of Spain

Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei will aim to defend his men’s Badminton World Federation (BWF) Indonesian Open title when the competition begins tomorrow.

her women’s title with a match against Japan’s Minatsu Mitani, while second seed Carolina Marin of Spain