A Basketball Champions League seeking to become the continent's premier club competition is set to be introduced for the 2016 to 2017 season, despite a rival Euroleague competition format having been unveiled earlier this month.

club competitions was discussed.The national federations of France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain

I can’t be the only European sports follower of a certain age who last week, when the Brussels suburb of Molenbeek hit the news for the reasons we all know about, thought that the name of the place rang a vague bell.

Stoffels, hitchhiked to the game.Now, nearly four decades on from that frustrating evening in northern Spain

France’s Bruno Jourdren, Eric Flageul and Nicolas Vimont-Vicary are targeting a hat-trick of victories in the sonar class at the Para World Sailing Championships, which are set to take place from November 27 to December 3 in Melbourne, Australia.

already booked their place at Rio 2016.However Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Spain

British Fed Cup captain Judy Murray is set to be one of the keynote speakers at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Worldwide Coaches Conference, which will be held in the Turkish city of Antalya from today until November 28.

at the conference as well as ex-Davis Cup players Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia and Francisco Roig of Spain

Extra places will be available at the International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating final after the Trophee Eric Bompard was cancelled in Bordeaux due to the Paris terror attacks.

Japan's 1998 Winter Olympics host Nagano on Friday (November 27), with the final scheduled to start in Spain

Gijs Kooken, chief executive of the Royal Belgian Tennis Federation (RBTF), has claimed he would be "surprised" if the Davis Cup final in Belgium is postponed due to the country's increased terror alert.

concerns" about the raised terror alert last week, while the Belgian football team saw their match with Spain

with the Netherlands cancelled due to "concrete security threat"November 2015: Belgium's friendly with Spain

Great Britain have opted to delay travelling to Belgium for the Davis Cup final with the country's capital city Brussels remaining on high alert.

as yet been no indication about the three-day final being postponed.Belgium's football friendly with Spain

with the Netherlands cancelled due to "concrete security threat"November 2015: Belgium's friendly with Spain

Next weekend’s Davis Cup final between Britain and Belgium will go ahead as planned despite newly-elected International Tennis Federation (ITF) President David Haggerty revealing they have “great concerns” about the raise of the terror alert in Brussels.

this weekend, with the city's residents told to avoid public places.Belgium’s friendly clash with Spain

with the Netherlands cancelled due to "concrete security threat"November 2015: Belgium's friendly with Spain

Saudi Arabia’s Mansour Abdulrahim M Al Saleem topped the standings in the men’s 56 kilogram Group B on the opening day of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships here today.

overall with 182kg, one behind the runner-up Chanu Saikhom Mirabai of India.Estefania Juan Tello of Spain

Terrorism is the “the number one worry” at the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the city’s security chief Jose Mariano Beltrame has claimed in the wake of the attacks in Paris which killed at least 130 people on Friday (November 13).

France and the Olympics and Paralympics.Two international football friendlies, between Belgium and Spain

with the Netherlands cancelled due to "concrete security threat"November 2015: Belgium's friendly with Spain

Lisa Bunschoten of The Netherlands sealed her maiden International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Snowboard World Cup victory as she reigned supreme in the women’s banked slalom SB-LL2 event on home snow in Landgraaf today.

while Finland’s Matti Suur-Hamari, bronze medallist at the 2015 World Championships in La Molina, Spain

Spain's Marta Domínguez has received a three-year suspension from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), it was announced today, bringing a conclusion to a case which has lasted more than two years.

role as an RFEA vice-president as a result of the allegations against her.The announcement comes after Spain

allegationsDecember 2010: Video evidence set to be used in Spanish doping investigationDecember 2010: Spain

The European Handball Federation (EHF) has revealed all of the EHF Champions League matches taking place this week will be supported by the “Handball stands together for Paris” message following the terrorist attacks in the French capital last Friday (November 13).

went ahead on an emotional night in London on Tuesday (November 17), but matches between Belgium and Spain

2015 conference following terrorist attacks in host city ParisNovember 2015: Belgium's friendly with Spain

Russia was among six countries declared "non-compliant" by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) today following a Foundation Board meeting in Colorado Springs, while six others were warned they face the same action next year if improvements are not made.

illustrated last week by suspending Russia from all competition.Brazil, Belgium, France, Greece, Mexico and Spain

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko told the nation's Parliament today that the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) banned the country under public pressure but predicted the suspension would be lifted within three months.

Russia used illegal methods to beat bids from Belgium and The Netherlands, England and Portugal and Spain