Japan’s Morinari Watanabe has been elected as the new President of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) after he beat rival candidate Georges Guelzec of France by a huge margin during the momentous vote on the second day of the governing body’s Congress here.

Korea, Youssef Altabbaa of Syria, Ron Galimore of the United States and Jesus Carbello Martinez of Spain

World record holders and Olympic champions dominate the World Athletes of the Year shortlist unveiled today by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).

contenders even though she did not participate at the Olympics ©Getty ImagesHigh jumper Ruth Beitia of Spain

Frits Brink of The Netherlands has been elected President of the World Air Sports Federation (FAI) at the organisation's 110th General Conference at the Westin Nusa Dua Hotel on the Indonesian island of Bali.

Jean-Claude Weber were elected vice-presidents, with New Zealand's Bob Henderson, Alvaro De Orleans Borbon of Spain

The President of the Spanish Paralympic Committee (SPC) Miguel Carballeda has been awarded the Infanta Sofia award for his work involving Para-sports.

Spanish Committee of Representatives of People with Impairment (CERMI).During the ceremony Barcelona and Spain

ImagesThe award was part of the National Sports Awards, which honour athletes and organisations in Spain

who have helped promote sports and physical education the most.During the ceremony, Barcelona and Spain

Defending champions Norway began their World Curling Federation (WCF) World Mixed Curling Championships campaign with a victory over Romania at the Kazan Sports Palace today.

with Poland in Group C, as their rivals overcame Kazakhstan 10-0.Australia got off the mark by beating Spain

Home top seed Hsu Jen-hao was dumped out of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Chinese Taipei Masters on semi-finals day today.

the final.Beiwen beat Liang Xiaoyu of Singapore 21-10, 21-13 with Hsu coming past Beatriz Corrales of Spain

Serbia and the Czech Republic were victorious in the men's and women's tournaments respectively at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Championships today.

the Americans have claimed their first-ever medal at a men's 3x3 World Championships.Slovenia beat Spain

put the game beyond doubt.As a consolation, the bronze medal was won by the US after they defeated Spain

The second edition of the World Curling Federation (WCF) World Mixed Curling Championships began in Kazan today following the Opening Ceremony. 

Spain picked up another two victories to finish the group stage with a 100 per cent record as Uruguay

winning margin.The Netherlands women picked up two victories today ©FIBAHungary matched the feat of Spain

The 2016 International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) Artistic Roller Skating World Championships concluded in Novara today as the hosts, Italy, cemented their dominance with yet another gold medal.

position after their routine could not match the Italians', scoring 130.900 points.On a successful day for Spain

were then brought to an end with the large groups competition.Adding to their earlier bronze medal, Spain

Two-time defending champions United States suffered a shock 21-16 women's defeat to Spain today as their

Reigning European champion Elmira Alembekova is among five Russian race walkers handed four year bans by the Court of Arbitration for Sport today after each failed tests for erythropoietin (EPO).

they will be out of action until 2020.Ryzhov and Alembekova each won Europa Cup titles in Murcia in Spain

Qatar's men will be aiming to retain the title they won in true underdog fashion two years ago when the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Championships begin tomorrow in Guangzhou, China.

previous editions.The American team have been drawn in Pool C with two European countries, Italy and Spain

A total of 48 field archery quota places for the 2017 World Games have been awarded on the back of the recent World Archery Field Championships in Bray in Ireland.

Czech Republic, Finland, France, Britain, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain

Defending champion Novak Djokovic heads a star-studded line-up for the eighth edition of the Shanghai Masters as he returns to action for the first time since losing the US Open final to Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka last month.

the final could also see him have to go through Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov, who beat Rafael Nadal of Spain