Olympic and world champions United States thrashed Japan 18-1 as the Women's Water Polo Olympic Games Qualification Tournament began at Groenhovenbad in Gouda in The Netherlands today.

Neushul and Steffens struck.Elsewhere in Group A, Canada thrashed South Africa 17-2 and Greece beat Spain

France clinched the final Rio 2016 berth available after beating Japan in a winner-takes-all International Handball Federation (IHF) Women’s Olympic Qualification tournament match in Metz.

been decided, with world champions Norway bidding to defend their Olympic crown.Angola, Argentina, Spain

International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Cross World Cup title as the season concluded in Baqueira Beret in Spain

France claimed three gold medals on the opening day of the Karate1-Premier League leg as Geoffrey Berens provided the home highlight with Dutch gold at the Topsportcentre in Rotterdam.

event, overcoming Kateryna Kryva of Ukraine in the final.Indonesia's Sari Srunita and Rocio Sanchez of Spain

Spain and Mexico have been declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code after failing to meet

As it relates to testing in Spain during non-compliance, an agreement is being reached for testing to

Spain has received criticism for anti-doping procedures in the past.This has recently centred on a judge

A major catastrophe has been avoided ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games after sporting drugs legislation was passed in Brazil with just one day to go ahead of a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) imposed deadline.

record holder, has failed a doping test and is set to miss Rio 2016.Belgium, France, Greece, Mexico and Spain

Spain faces the prospect of being declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code

Spain was one of six countries placed on a compliance watch list by the WADA Foundation Board in November

came close to obtaining a majority, however, it has proved impossible to negotiate a coalition and Spain

mean that anti-doping laboratories in Barcelona and Madrid would lose their accreditation and that Spain

WADA.This situation could remain unchanged until a fresh general election, likely to be held on June 26.Spain

Spain have received criticism after a judge in Madrid ordered vital evidence in Operation Puerto be destroyed

Brazil has still not made the changes necessary to avoid being declared non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code in time for the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics with just two days to go until the deadline of Friday (March 18).

 Belgium, France, Greece, Mexico and Spain were placed on a similar warning list by WADA in November

The fourth edition of SPORTELAsia is due to get underway here tomorrow as the sports media landscapes in China and Southeast Asia go under the microscope.

and now ambassador of La Liga, and Shen Yanfei, a Chinese-born table tennis player who now represents Spain

Croatia won three gold medals at the World Karate Federation (WKF) Karate 1 World Cup in Laško in Slovenia today.

Gabrielle Petroni.Mijat Vojvodic of Macedonia took silver with Italian Mattia Busato and Antonio Alamo of Spain

Major Spanish sports stars have backed multiple Paralympic champion Teresa Perales to win this year's Princess of Asturias Award for Sports.

manager Vicente del Bosque and golfer José María Olazábal, who twice won The Masters.Del Bosque, the Spain

Olympic and World Cup champions United States have been grouped with Venezuela, China and Australia in Group A following the draw for the Rio 2016 tournament.

champions respectively.In Group B, hosts Brazil have been drawn with London 2012 silver medallists Spain

Olympic bronze medallist and women’s singles second seed Saina Nehwal of India crashed out of the All England Open Badminton Championship as she was stunned by Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the quarter-finals at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham.

lasted for one hour and 16 minutes.There were no such worries for women’s top seed Carolina Marin of Spain

Tampere in Finland and Valencia in Spain have been awarded the World Under-20 Championships and World

Indoor Championships in 2008 and the IAAF World Race Walking Race Cup in 1981.It will be the second time Spain

The 2016 Powerchair Hockey European Championships will be hosted by De Rijp in The Netherlands, the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) has announced.

with competition being held in De Oosterven.The competing nations will remain the same with Finland, Spain