Brazil’s Talita Antunes and Larissa Franca retained their title at the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Gstaad Major Series event after comfortably beating the United States' April Ross and Kerri Walsh-Jennings in the final.

19 in the quarter-finals.The other semi-final pits seventh-seeded Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira of Spain

Some of Australia's best snowboard athletes will take time out to help mentor the next generation of stars in the country.

Brockhoff.Brockhoff, winner of an International Ski Federation (FIS) World Cup event in Baqueira Beret in Spain

Double Pan American Games champion Kevin Cordon marched into the semi-finals of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) US Open but European Games gold medallist Pablo Abian was dumped out on quarter-finals day in Los Angeles.

 Abian, winner of the European Games title for Spain in Baku last year, went out in three games

US Open champion Dustin Johnson has become the latest big name golfer to withdraw from the Rio 2016 Olympic competition - with the American joining others in citing fears about the Zika virus.

negative, however, with Spain's Sergio Garcia tweeting: "I know there are some dangers but representing Spain

Euroleague Basketball has pressed ahead with launching a new brand identity for the 2016 to 2017 season amid the ongoing row between their parent company and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).

eight countries - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia and Spain

An unexpected last lunge of a 100 metres victory for home sprinter Churandy Martina provided the first full night of finals at the 23rd European Athletics Championships with a startling climax after a sequence of performances which had seen Belgium’s cancer survivor Thomas van der Plaetsen produce a heroic decathlon win here. 

, which is winning a medal at the Olympics in Rio.”Ruth Beitia claimed the high jump gold medal for Spain

Over 200 blood bags at the centre of the Operation Puerto scandal are now in the possession of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the International Cycling Union (UCI), the two bodies have confirmed today.

the blood and plasma bags; and that the samples are stored in a WADA-accredited laboratory outside of Spain

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

Female players from France and Spain will become the first rugby Olympians since 1924 at Rio 2016, it

competition, which comes just a day after the Opening Ceremony.New Zealand and Kenya will join France and Spain

Bosnia and Herzegovina topped the standings following the conclusion of the World Karate Federation (WKF) Karate1 Youth Cup as they claimed a haul of 19 medals in Umag in Croatia.

the three-day event, where competition in 87 divisions was held.They were followed on the podium by Spain

Former racer Ingemar Walder has been appointed head coach of the Austrian national Alpine snowboard team after leaving a similar position with the Swiss squad.

 "This also includes the up-coming worlds in Spain next March which we will attend to bring home

Samoa Association of Sport and National Olympic Committee chief executive Faamausili Taiva is hopeful that a new elite athletes institute will help improve sporting performances at major events including the Olympic and Pacific Games.

Samoa missed out on a rugby sevens qualifying spot at Rio 2016 after being beaten by Spain ©World RugbySamoa

weightlifting at Rio 2016.They surprisingly failed to qualify a men's rugby sevens team after losing to Spain

Hosts Spain rounded off the European Canoe Marathon Championships in style by claiming gold in the men's

The introduction of the Kunlun Red Star ice hockey team into the Kontinental Hockey League has been hailed as a valuable opportunity to develop Chinese players ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

the opening stage of qualification for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics.China fell to defeats to Spain

Germany beat Italy in a major tournament for the first time to progress to the semi-finals of Euro 2016, winning 6-5 on penalties at the Nouveau Stade de Bordeaux.

Czechoslovakia.Muller was the first Germany player to miss a spot-kick since Uli Stielike at the 1982 World Cup in Spain

successfully defended her women's K1 title at the European Canoe Marathon Championships in Pontevedra in Spain

Portuguese competitor completed the course in 2:08:31 to defend his gold medal, with Emilio Merchan of Spain

front of nearest challenger Pauline Martin of France with a time of 1:51:10 and Raque lRodriguez of Spain