The Israeli team defeated Great Britain at MCU Park in Brooklyn in New York City to secure their place at next year’s World Baseball Classic (WBC).

Four years ago Israel were cruelly denied a space at the tournament following a last innings defeat to Spain

New UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin has been revealing more about what the next European Championships in 2020 will actually look like. "It will be a true celebration of the game we all love and cherish," he said.

Ronaldo and Portugal this summer ©Getty ImagesBack in 1960, as the tournament reached the last eight Spain

Spain withdrew for political reasons and the Soviets took their place in the semi-finals alongside Czechoslovakia

The final, played in front of 120,000 in the Bernabéu, saw Spain claim their first international honour

results ensured it was England who finished top of the group.In the quarter-finals, England won in Spain

Their win in the final against Spain was an anti-climax by comparison.The eight team pattern lasted for

The 2016 European Canoeing Association (ECA) Ocean Racing Championships were dominated by France as their athletes claimed eight medals in Sardinia. 

senior event with a time of 2:05:17.The 24-year old finished the race ahead of Amaia Osaba Olaberri of Spain

Swedish canoe sprint team, won the title with a time of 2:14:02.Raquel Bota Farres won a silver medal for Spain

The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SRG SSR) has signed a media rights deal for flagship International Ski Federation (FIS) competitions.

broadcast the 2017 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships, due to be held in Sierra Nevada in Spain

Second round action at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Nations Cup has been cancelled due to heavy thunderstorms in Barcelona.

Spain will jump in Division 1 next season as they were placed 12th in yesterday’s first competition.

Eight gold medals were available at Tokyo 2020, and they were won by eight different countries.Japan, Spain

Belgium, Germany and the United States all share top spot after the first round of the 2016 International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Nations Cup Jumping final at the Real Club de Polo in Barcelona, but newly-crowned Olympic champions France have been knocked out.

whilst the last two places went to The Netherlands and Ireland.The remaining countries - Brazil, Qatar, Spain

Denmark's Kim Andersen has emerged as a surprise runner in the race for the Presidency of World Sailing after he joined incumbent Carlo Croce and Paul Henderson in submitting his candidacy before the deadline.

vice-presidents.They are joined by China’s Quanhai Li, W Scott Perry of Uruguay, Fijian Tony Philip, Ana Sanchez of Spain

The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) has announced it will hold a qualifying tournament for two places available at next year's Blind Football European Championships in Berlin.

in England would qualify automatically.That means champions Turkey and runners-up Russia, as well as Spain

The Netherlands were crowned as the winners of the European Baseball Championships after downing Spain

victory.Pitcher Loek Van Mil was in superb form for the hosts in the final two innings, as he shut out Spain

Netherlands have won the Confederation of European Baseball event for the 22nd time in their history, while Spain

Fernando Claro has been re-elected as President of the European Roller Sports Confederation at an Elective General Assembly in Oliverira de Azemeis.

was re-elected at a General Assembly meeting in Oliverira de Azemeis ©FIRSIgnacio Gonzalez Pereira of Spain

A signing ceremony has taken place between the Algerian Olympic Committee (COA) and a Turkish construction company in order to inaugurate a building set to be used as the headquarters for the 2021 Mediterranean Games in Oran. 

France, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has admitted there is the "potential" for athletes to exploit the Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) system after confidential medical information from a host of competitors was made public following a series of cyber-attacks.

from the recent Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro were among 11 high-profile stars from Great Britain, Spain

Thousands of fans gathered at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris today to watch all four disciplines of sport cimbing and the final day of the 2016 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Climbing and Paraclimbing World Championships.

year and was also raucously backed by his home crowd as he went on to claim the gold.Two athletes from Spain

Switzerland’s Marcel Hug arrived in Rio de Janeiro without a Paralympic Games gold medal to his name but he ensured he left the Brazilian city with two after he clinched victory in the men’s marathon T54 to add to his 800 metres success on the track.

Li Chaoyan reigning supreme in the men’s T46 classification as he beat Abderrahman Ait Khamouch of Spain

medal.The T12 men’s race was won by El Amin Chentouf of Morocco in 2:32:17 ahead of Alberto Suarez Laso of Spain