Ukraine’s Veronika Marchenko helped her nation clinch the women’s recurve team title before she earned her maiden individual crown on the final day of the European Archery Championships in Nottingham.

hopes of the title with a slender 5-4 triumph in the final.Bronze went the way of Belgium as they beat Spain

Australia wrapped up their maiden World Rugby Womens’s Sevens title but were unable to finish with victory as they were beaten in the final of the last event of the season by Canada in Clermont-Ferrand today.

The Australians came into the second day of the competition knowing a win over Spain in their quarter-final

Australia edged closer to sealing the overall World Rugby Women's Sevens Series crown as they picked up three victories on the opening day of the final event of the season in Clermont-Ferrand.

form on their way to topping Pool C and they will be officially crowned champions if they get past Spain

they kept in a clean sheet in a straight-forward 22-0 victory against Kenya.The English team beat Spain

International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Moscow Grand Slam champions Adrian Gavira and Pablo Herrera of Spain

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Europe has said that national teams are "currently expected" to take part in major competitions after threatening 16 nations with bans.

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

 The argument surrounds the Euroleague competition ©Getty ImagesOlympic silver medallists Spain,

Defending champions Talita Antunes and Larissa Franca of Brazil kept their hopes of consecutive International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Moscow Grand Slam titles alive by advancing to the quarter-finals today.

seeing off Mariusz Prudel and Grzegorz Fijalek, 15-21, 21-16, 15-12.Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira of Spain

Cristiano Ronaldo comes into the reckoning, but if you were to say that Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr were among the three best footballers in the world right now you would not get many arguments.

came just four years ago in London, where they were beaten 2-1 in the final by Mexico.Victory over Spain

Russia enjoyed a successful day at the European Archery Championships as they booked their place in three of the four team gold medal matches in Nottingham.

then narrowly edged past France 237-235 and they will go up against Denmark, 233-231 winners over Spain

Germany’s Roger Kluge triumphed from a late breakaway to deny the sprinters victory on stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia.

maintained his three minute lead over Colombia's Esteban Chaves.Third place Alejandro Valverde of Spain

Top seeded France have booked their place in the semi-finals of the men’s World Group at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup after completing the round robin phase with a 3-0 victory over the Netherlands at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo.

6-2 scoreline.France will now meet an Australian team, who secured back-to-back 2-1 victories over Spain

A pre-sale ticket phase for the 2017 World Championships in Glasgow has been launched to allow fans to secure seats for the event two weeks before they officially become available.

Games.The current world men’s and women’s singles champions, China’s Chen Long and Carolina Marin of Spain

Pacific rivals Samoa and Tonga will meet in the same group of the men's rugby sevens Olympic qualification tournament in Monaco.

Germany, Uruguay and Sri Lanka while Russia, Chile, Morocco and Tunisia will contest Pool C.Hong Kong, Spain

ImagesThe draw for the opening stage has been made with the exception of the top three seeds Russia, Spain

Ethiopia’s world 5,000 metre champion Almaz Ayana used Rabat’s staging of Africa’s first International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League meeting to serve notice of her Olympic ambitions as she won in 14min 16.31sec, the fifth fastest time in history - but not fast enough to achieve her ambition of a world record.

be a competitor to be reckoned with in Olympic year as he won in 13.12 ahead of Orlando Ortega of Spain

Britain saved the best for last today as the European Aquatics Championships concluded here with two home medley relay successes in front of a raucous home crowd.

Britain’s Jazmin Carlin placed second in 4:04.85, holding off Mireia Belmonte Garcia of Spain

Sixteen different countries were represented at a sitting volleyball coaching course - a number seen as a big step forward for the Paralympic sport.

Cyprus, England, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, The Netherlands, Norway and Spain