Trinidad and Tobago’s 4x100 metres relay team have officially had their London 2012 bronze medal upgraded to silver following American sprinter Tyson Gay’s one-year ban for testing positive for anabolic steroids.

the Olympic silver medals ©Getty Images“This is bitter-sweet,” Thompson told The Express in Port of Spain

David Sanz-Rivas, captain of the Spanish wheelchair tennis team at the last five Paralympic Games, will be a keynote speaker at this year’s VISTA conference in Girona, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced.

doctorate degree in Physical Education and Sport as well as the highest tennis coaching certification in Spain

World champions Australia are set to meet Ireland in the quarter-final of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) World League semi-finals in Antwerp following the completion of the pool phase of the tournament.

finish pool stage at Hockey World League semi-final with maximum points as last eight decidedJune 2015: Spain

Barcelona has been celebrating the 60th anniversary of the event which launched Juan Antonio Samaranch on the road to the very top of Olympic sport. Samaranch had a leading role in organising the 1955 Mediterranean Games, the first great international sporting event to be held in the Montjuich Stadium.

established in 1951 and Barcelona’s city councillors were keen to bring more sporting competition to Spain

nbsp;who was enthusiastic.Baron De Guell, then International Olympic Committee (IOC)  member in Spain

“What is built will remain for the city afterwards and also give a positive impression of Spain to

“Spain looks forward to reinvigorating this meeting of Mediterranean countries," he said.

“I salute our friend Samaranch “ he told the assembled gathering at the gala dinner. ”Spain can be

Russia underlined their overall dominance at the European Games by securing a golden double in 3x3 basketball tonight, recovering from early deficits to beat Ukraine's women and Spain's men.

final, her team were very much the favourites heading into the competition.Russia proved too strong for Spain

The emergence of Vero chairman Mike Lee as an adviser of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games bid makes his book, The Race for the 2012 Olympics, a required text for the new contest.

Hidalgo might make a formidable quartet, but they were born in Tarbes, Amiens, Pau and San Fernando, Spain

A finish of just two tenths of a second over 1500 metres and two world junior records topped the bill on the third evening of European Games swimming finals here as Russia continued to dominate with four more titles.

Hungary's Janka Johasz to win in 16min 40.17sec.Johasz touched in 16:40.39 , while Marina Atalaya Castro of Spain

Xiao Tian, vice-president of both the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC), is under investigation for “serious breaches of discipline and the law”, the Chinese Communist Party's Disciplinary body has announced.

Tian was elected vice-president during the last Central Board meeting in September 2014 in Sevilla, Spain

Britain’s women’s team has been revealed for the European Wheelchair Basketball Championships, with the squad aiming aiming to triumph in front of a home crowd at The University of Worcester Arena.

Netherlands being crowned champions ahead of Germany.Britain, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain

Nineteen years after earning a fencing silver for Cuba at the Atlanta Olympics, 43-year-old Ivan Trevejo returned to the international medal podium here today - this time on the middle step after defeating Russia’s Sergey Khodos 15-8 in the final of the men’s individual epee at the European Games.

difficulties in his homeland, and was not able to compete again for almost a decade as he moved on to Spain

Portugal enjoyed multiple successes at the 2015 Boccia World Open as they claimed three gold medals at the event held in Poznan, Poland.

they exited the BC1/BC2 event in the quarter-final stage after falling to Japan who went on to beat Spain

Japan kept their hopes of defending their FIFA Women’s World Cup crown alive as they reached the quarter-finals with a 2-1 victory over The Netherlands at the BC Place Stadium in Vancouver.

record television audiencesJune 2015: South Korea secure second round berth for first time with win over Spain

Lucy Bronze’s long-range strike helped England book their place in the quarter-finals of the FIFA Women’s World Cup as they came from a goal down to beat Norway 2-1 at the Lansdowne Stadium in Ottawa.

record television audiencesJune 2015: South Korea secure second round berth for first time with win over Spain

Italy secured two Baku 2015 European Games golds on the final day of competition here, claiming victories in both the mixed team skeet and mixed team 10 metre air rifle events.

the 5-4 victory by scoring a combined total of 20.4 with their final shots compared to Greece's 19.3.Spain

Great Britain beat China 2-0 to take first place at the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Hockey World League semi-final stage in Valencia.

Ireland 4-0 to take seventh place, while the United States were in a determined mood as they contained Spain