Hosts Malaysia have been drawn against defending champions China in the women’s group stages of the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Kuala Lumpur.

women’s event, the Chinese team will also play European champions Romania, Chinese Taipei, Hungary and Spain

Holders France and hosts Poland secured their places in the next round of the European Men’s Handball Championship after both nations made it two wins out of two in Kraków. 

C and D matches taking place in Wrocław and Gdańsk respectively.Group C sees 2014 bronze medallists Spain

Italy stretched their winning streak to four matches at the European Water Polo Championships to reach the men’s quarter-finals in Belgrade, Serbia.

Group B winners in the women's event ©Belgrade 2016In the women’s competition, defending champions Spain

Holders Serbia breezed into the Men's European Water Polo Championships quarter-finals after recording a 10-5 victory over Slovakia at the Kombank Arena in their capital Belgrade.

tomorrow.The opening day of the men’s last-16 matches failed to provide any shock results as Group A winners Spain

Spain got off to a winning start at the European Men’s Handball Championship in Poland after battling

Valero Rivera top scored for Spain in the Group C clash with seven goals, followed by Victor Tomas with

Joining Spain at the top of the group after the first round of matches is Sweden thanks to their 23-

Defending champions France made a successful start to their European Men’s Handball Championship campaign thanks to a hard-fought 30-23 victory over Macedonia in Kraków.

taking place in Wrocław and Gdańsk respectively.Group C sees Germany take on 2014 bronze medallists Spain

Italy and defending champions Spain have booked their places in the last eight of the women's European

leaves France, Germany and Serbia level in Group B on one victory and two defeats, with Italy and Spain

victories.With the hosts due to meet France in their final round robin match, it means that Italy and Spain

France’s Benjamin Thomas produced two fine performances to claim double gold on the opening day of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Cup in Hong Kong.

medallists Anastasiia Voinova and Daria Shmeleva, after the Russians finished the qualification in 32.839.Spain

The Netherlands and Russia both booked their places in the quarter-finals of the women's European Water Polo Championships in Belgrade by making it three wins out of three today.

the men's competition also continued at Belgrade's Kombank Arena with Atlanta 1996 Olympic champions Spain

Cairo and the Russian city of Astrakhan will both host qualifying events for the handball competitions at Rio 2016, it has been confirmed. 

women’s competition at Rio 2016.Already qualified are hosts Brazil, European Championship runners-up Spain

Defending champions Spain enjoyed a crushing victory to make it two wins from two at the women's European

equally dominant mood as they brushed aside France 21-2 in Group B.Maica Garcia Godoy, part of the Spain

side which won the World Championships gold medal in 2013, netted on four occasions in the match as Spain

Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Series event for the first time as he beat Borja Golan of Spain

The Netherlands' women delivered a devastating attacking display to thrash Turkey in their second match at the European Water Polo Championships in Belgrade.

prevailing 5-4, due to a Yoran Frauenfelder goal, just 54 seconds from the end.Defending champions Spain

Spain’s women’s team produced a masterclass as they began their European Water Polo Championship title defence with a 29-3 demolition of Croatia in Belgrade.

The opening Group B match of the tournament saw a clear gulf in quality between the two sides, as Spain

The Netherlands' women withstood a late fightback to beat fellow medal contenders Hungary 14-10 on the opening day of the women's European Water Polo Championships in Belgrade as Serbia opened their men's account with a hard-fought victory over Croatia.

win over Portugal, while three-time former champions Russia thrashed Turkey 29-0.Defending champions Spain

Slovakia on the opening day of the European Championships ©Belgrade 2016On the men's side, meanwhile, Spain