Runner Marta Domínguez has been stripped of her status as a Spanish athlete less than three months after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) banned her for three years for blood doping and removed her of the gold medal she won in the 3,000 metres steeplechase at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin.

vice-president as a result of the allegations against her.The announcement of Domínguez's ban came shortly after Spain

Sailing spots at Rio 2016 will be up for grabs at the Nacra 17, 49er and 49erFX World Championships which begin in Clearwater Beach in Florida tomorrow.

send their best performers on American water over the next few days to Brazil.Austria, France, Italy, Spain

Rio 2016's education programme has begun its overseas work with a launch event in the Brazilian city. 

Schools from Spain, the United States, Japan, Uruguay, Argentina, Canada, Great Britain, Norway, the

Defending Fed Cup champions Czech Republic were handed a scare in their World Group first round tie as they narrowly edged past Romania in Cluj.

Australia having been named as the seed nations.They will be drawn against either Belarus, Romania, Spain

Reigning world champion Gwendoline Philippe topped the podium in the women’s junior under 59 kilograms kumite category as France bagged a hat-trick of gold medals on the second day of the European Karate Federation (EKF) Cadet, Junior and under-21 Championships in Limassol.

Abbes Mouhiidine of Italy to secure gold in the junior men’s over 76kg weight division.Babacar Seck of Spain

winners of the two available bronze medals.The only other nation to secure more than one title today was Spain

junior women’s under 53kg kumite honours, beating Maya Schaerer in the final.Maria Espinosa Lopez of Spain

Russia’s Ivan Frantsev, Austria's Markus Salcher and South Korean Sang Min Han ensured they finished the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Europa Cup event in Stara Planina with a hat-trick of golds as they all claimed two victories on the final day of competition.

Skiing Europa Cup season continues on Monday (February 8) with the next stop on the calendar in Espot, Spain

Turkey were the dominant nation on the opening day of the European Karate Federation (EKF) Junior, Cadet and under-21 Championships as they claimed a haul of seven gold medals in Limassol in Cyprus.

topped the podium in the under 57kg kumite category thanks to his win over Jiminez Alberto Moreno of Spain

FIFA Presidential candidate Shaikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa has been given a major boost to his campaign for the top job at world football’s governing body after he was promised the backing of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) today.

Football Confederation.The Football Associations in Andorra, Azerbaijan, Austria, Georgia, Poland, Spain

The International Handball Federation (IHF) have announced that Poland, Sweden and Denmark will host its three men's qualifying tournaments for the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Championships which was enough to qualify, will host their tournament at the Malmö Arena, and will welcome Spain

Eight countries have been confirmed for the Rio 2016 Paralympic men's football blind five-a-side tournament.

the iBSA World Games in South Korea's capital Seoul.Brazil top the pile, with Argentina second and Spain

Germany earned their second European Men’s Handball Championship title by overcoming Spain in a low-scoring

Championships ©Getty Images Having fallen short of the title for the fourth time, the 2013 world champions Spain

Laser legend Robert Scheidt began a year which he hopes will end with a home gold medal at Rio 2016 in perfect fashion today with victory at the Sailing World Cup in Miami.

to watch the final day of the Miami-leg of the World Cup ©World SailingDiego Botin and Iago Lopez of Spain

A ban on Spanish hockey clubs playing against ones from Gibraltar has been lifted, it has been announced. 

Hockey matches between clubs from Gibraltar and Spain can resume now a ban has been lifted ©EHF"The GHA

Gibraltar Commonwealth Games Association (GCGA) had been using the event as an opportunity to call for Spain

Hosts Egypt edged Tunisia to claim a sixth African Men's Handball Championship title today in the Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex and duly qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

will conclude at the European Men's Championships in Poland tomorrow with a final between Germany and Spain

Germany broke Norwegian hearts to end the run of the giant killers and reach the final of the European Men’s Handball Championships in sensational fashion this evening at Kraków's Tauron Arena.

They will face Spain in the final on Sunday (January 31) after they overcame Croatia in the second semi-final.Norway

Croatia fought back to prevent clear daylight opening.They never quite got close enough, however, and Spain