Morocco claimed two gold medals today as the Karate-1 Premier League event opened with action in both kata and kumite events at the Prince Moualy Abdellah Venue in Rabat.

Tunisia.Imane Lkraidi secured a second home medal by sharing the bronze medal with Estela Benita Lopez of Spain

Top seeds Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross roared into the semi-finals of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Cincinnati Open as their bid to win their home tournament continues.

top seeds ©Getty ImagesThe US pair will meet fourth-seeded Elsa Baquerizo and Liliana Fernandes of Spain

Hungary’s Katinka Hosszú reasserted her dominance of the women’s 200 metres individual medley by clinching her fourth straight European Aquatics Championships title in the event but was beaten in the 100m backstroke by familiar foe Mie Østergaard Nielsen of Denmark here tonight.

comprised of Zsuzsanna Jakabos, Evelyn Verraszto and Kapas, clocked a combined 7:51.63 to condemn Spain

British athletes excelled as four world records fell on the track at the 11th International Paralympic Meeting Kern Pharma in L'Hospitalet near Barcelona.

won the men's long jump F44 ©Luis Sánchez "Luison"Out in the field, European champion Kim Lopez of Spain

Portugal’s Rui Braganca successfully defended his European Taekwondo Championships title with a golden point victory over Ron Atias of Israel in the final of the under 58 kilograms category in Montreux today.

positive reasons as he sealed gold in the men’s under 54kg event by overcoming Jesus Tortosa Cabrera of Spain

Kosovo's participation in next year's Mediterranean Games here will not be blocked by the Spanish Government they have been promised after a delegation from the Balkan country were refused visas to attend the European Olympic Committees (EOC) Seminar. 

the EOC, claimed that the decision not to grant Hasani a visa was caused partly by a holiday in Spain

The Football Association of Serbia (FSS) has officially launched an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over Kosovo’s acceptance into UEFA, according to reports there.

TASS.UEFA has often been able to separate nations for political reasons, such as Russia and Georgia and Spain

Hong Kong beat Thailand 4-1 to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Thomas Cup in China.

dropping a point as they cruised past Denmark 5-0.The Danes had already qualified, with Malaysia beating Spain

A replacement for banned former UEFA President Michel Platini will be elected in September at an Extraordinary Congress in Athens, it was announced today.

in Zurich, has confirmed his intention to stand for the role.Acting President Ángel María Villar of Spain

Anna Thea Madsen won a tense final rubber to book Denmark's place in the quarter-finals of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Uber Cup.

“I could see she was a bit tired.”In the other Group A match, China eased past Spain 5-0 in front of

their home crowd at Kunshan Sports Center Stadium.This came despite Spain boasting world champion Carolina

Great Britain’s Ed McKeever is one of three London 2012 gold medallists looking to secure a spot at Rio 2016 through the European Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifier, which is due to begin in German city Duisburg tomorrow.

Championships in Milan.Also still needing to qualify is Olympic silver medallist Saúl Craviotto of Spain

I was at Wembley yesterday to watch my local team, Forest Green Rovers, attempt to become the first village club to make it into one of the four divisions that constitute the English Football League. A club that, since being saved from administration by an environmentalist millionaire, have banned all meat products at their ground and use cow manure rather than chemicals to fertilise the pitch.

And even this week when in Spain for meetings with acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, the IOC press

release thereafter made no mention of Spain being deemed non-compliant with WADA or the continual lack

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Europe has claimed that 16 countries it has banned or threatened with a ban have backed the action the governing body has taken against them.

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

 Olympic silver medallists Spain, the EuroBasket champions, and Lithuania are the only European

27.The governing body's Executive Committee also discussed the issue in Munich on Saturday (May 14).Spain

has praised predecessor Juan Antonio Samaranch's "great legacy" to the sports world during a visit to Spain

along with COE head Alejandro Blanco.It was not mentioned whether they discussed doping problems, with Spain

Home favourite Alexander Slafkovsky led a Slovakian one-two in the men’s C1 final as action continued at the European Canoe Slalom Championships in Liptovsky Mikulaš today.

Gennaro produced the Italian team’s best runs to win a spot at Rio 2016.Elosegi booked a ticket for Spain