As the biographer of Foinavon, it should come as no surprise that I think the late-1960s was the greatest period in the history of sport.

the financial edge enjoyed by clubs in the richest European television markets – England, Germany, Spain

Tickets have gone on sale for next month's International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) European Championships in Tenerife.

been placed in Group B alongside Turkey, Germany, Israel, Sweden and Lithuania.Group A contains hosts Spain

72-62 in the final.Only one group will be played, featuring both of last year's finalists as well as Spain

Russian twins Dina and Arina Averina evenly shared four gold medals on the final day of the 2017 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Budapest.

Israel completed the top three on 16.600.Next year's Championships are due to be held in Valladolid in Spain

Amnesty International has claimed that the mistreatment of those working on Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup stadia is continuing after the newly refurbished Khalifa International Stadium opened.

finished.FIFA President Gianni Infantino was among the 40,000 strong crowd who saw Al Sadd, led by Spain

England and New Zealand produced emphatic displays on the first day of the final World Rugby Sevens Series event of the season in London today.

unbeaten following a busy day of action at Twickenham.England opened their account with a 28-7 win over Spain

Samoa will be hoping to secure a 2018 Rugby Sevens World Cup qualification berth at the final round of World Rugby Sevens Series event in London this weekend.

 Samoa have been drawn in Pool D with hosts England, Australia and Spain this weekend.Pool A will

Bulgaria's Denislav Kodjabashev managed to gain revenge for his exit at the quarter-finals of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games on the opening day of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Para Team World Championships in Bratislava today.

12-10.Slovakia's Jan Riapos, pictured, and Martin Ludrvovsky were victorious today ©ITTFPoland and Spain

Great Britain has named all three of its Rio 2016 medallists in their squad for the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) World Championships in Muju in South Korea.

South Korea.She defended her London 2012 Olympic gold medal in Rio in August, beating Eva Calvo of Spain

Scotland topped their pool for the second time this season as they shocked South Africa on the opening day of the penultimate World Rugby Sevens Series event in Paris today.

their pool stage matches today ©Getty ImagesEngland went unbeaten in Pool C, recording victories over Spain

World Triathlon Series (WTS) leader Javier Gomez will head the men’s startline as the season continues tomorrow in Yokohama.

Fernando Alarza rounding off the top three.Mola and Alarza will both be competing in Yokohama, with Spain

Croatia's Borna Coric shocked world number one Andy Murray of Great Britain to reach the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open today.

Nadal after he saw off Australia's Nick Kyrgios 6-3, 6-1.Japan's Kei Nishikori saw off David Ferrer of Spain

A record 39 nations are set to compete at the 2017 Para World Sailing Championships, due to take place in Kiel in Germany from between June 19 and 25.

unveiled at the Para World Sailing Forum during the November 2016 Annual Conference in Barcelona in Spain

The future of Britain’s most colourful and controversial boxer Tyson Fury, the self-described Gypsy King, is in the balance after a hearing in London.

David Meca of Spain and Igor Majcen of Slovenia were banned for four years.While nandrolone, which is

Defending champions Australia will take on local rivals New Zealand in the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey World League Semi-Final in Johannesburg.

champions, were placed alongside New Zealand in Pool A of the men’s competition.The teams will be joined by Spain

joined by Australia, China, the Netherlands, New Zealand and South Africa.Italy, Malaysia, Scotland and Spain

Turkey won 11 gold medals as action came to a close today at the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) European Poomsae Championships on the Greek island of Rhodes.

 Spain were the runners-up in three of those five events, excluding the recognised poomsae pair