There was something Brian Lewis said at the start of the Commonwealth Youth Games which stuck with me throughout the six days of competition plus the Closing Ceremony in Trinidad and Tobago.

featured on the programme, devised to make use of venues including the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain

allowed to showcase the tranquillity and beauty of Tobago alongside the hustle and bustle of Port of Spain

can provide inspiration for future multi-location multi-sport events ©Getty ImagesLearning Port of Spain

A six-member Athlete Refugee Team has been announced for the Budapest 2023 World Athletics Championships.

Championships in 2017 and 2022.The 30-year-old won the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Spain

The Netherlands' wait for a first medal ended in fine style here with two boccia golds and a wheelchair tennis title at the European Para Championships.

There were eight boccia finals today, with Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Israel, France, Greece and The Netherlands

all tasting success.Amagoia Arietta of Spain overcame Kinga Koza 5-3 to win women’s BC1 gold, while

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straight semi-final ©Getty ImagesThe Lionesses are chasing a first Women's World Cup trophy and could face Spain

Australia made history by reaching the semi-finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time with a dramatic 7-6 penalty shootout victory over France in Brisbane today.

The first semi-final is due to take place at Eden Park in Auckland on Tuesday (August 15) between Spain

When the 2023 World Athletics Championships get underway in Budapest on Saturday (August 19) it will be just over 40 years since the staging of the first edition in Helsinki.

the 1978 World Cup finals in Argentina, and which we went on to do at the 1982 World Cup finals in Spain

Britain's Lucy Shuker and Turkey's Ahmet Kaplan won the first wheelchair tennis silverware of the inaugural European Para Championships after winning their bronze-medal matches here.

the Rotterdam Ahoy with two victories for France, while hosts The Netherlands, Hungary, Sweden and Spain

97-35 trouncing of France and Germany beat Britain 48-43.In the men’s matches, there were wins for Spain

FIFA has claimed that the Fan Festival at the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand has been "a resounding success".

concludes on August 20.The Women's World Cup has entered the quarter-finals phase, with Sweden and Spain

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equaliser for the 2019 runners-up ©Getty ImagesThe 19-year-old substitute Salma Paralluelo then propelled Spain

Spain and Sweden were the first two teams to reach the semi-finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup as they

Teenage winger Salma Paralluelo came off the bench to score a 111th-minute winner for Spain at the Wellington

stoppage-time equaliser only for Barcelona’s Paralluelo to find space in the area in extra-time to put Spain

knocking Lineth Beerensteyn to the ground, only to overturn her decision.VAR then stepped in to give Spain

VAR did not do its work properly, but Spain deserved to win," said Dutch coach Andries Jonker.Spain also

Sweden are now set to take on Spain in the first semi-final of the tournament at Eden Park on Tuesday

Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana were among the players to reach the next round of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Chess World Cup in Baku, while world number one Magnus Carlsen earned a win to force a tiebreak.

Etienne Bacrot of France and Nils Grandelius of Sweden, who drew today with Jaime Santos Latasa of Spain

There was a surprise winner in the men’s keirin as Colombian Kevin Santiago Quintero Chavarro took gold on the final night of track action at the Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

points race crown as he won three sprints on his way to a winning total of 123.Albert Torres Barcelo of Spain

completing the podium at 41 seconds behind the winners.In the mixed team final in the trials discipline, Spain

The world’s top ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen of Norway suffered his first defeat of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Chess World Cup in Baku, losing game one of the fourth-round to 18-year-old German Vincent Keymer.

Gujrathi, who beat France’s Etienne Bacrot, Sweden’s Nils Grandelius, who overcame Jaime Santos Latasa of Spain

The Saudi Esports Academy is rejoicing in a "milestone moment" after the graduation of its first batch of students from its master’s degree and diploma programmes.

business had a total of 10 graduates.The degree was run in conjunction with Law and Business School in Spain

Moldovan judoka Ion Basoc brought down double Paralympic champion Ilham Zakiyev of Azerbaijan to capture the J1 men’s over-90 kilograms crown at the European Para Championships here.

sealed victory when she got Havrysiuk into a hold with 90 seconds remaining.Maria Manzanero Ruiz of Spain