Australia caused one of the biggest upsets at the FIFA Women’s World Cup so far as they dumped Brazil out of the competition with a 1-0 victory at the Moncton Stadium to reach the quarter-finals for the first time in their history.

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

Spain suffered a heartbreaking European Games water polo finals defeat for a second night in succession

final quarter on a beautiful evening in Baku ©Getty ImagesThe match was still finely balanced at 6-5 to Spain

Spain's Luis Leon Sanchez claimed Baku 2015 European Games men's cycling road race gold after winning a three-man sprint to the finish here today in a thrilling climax to the 216 kilometres race.

chasing pack which would hold to the finish.With benefit of having two men in the leading quartet, Spain

I want to celebrate with my team and the people of Spain, and tomorrow with my family in my home."

Celia Sacic’s double helped two-times champions Germany into the quarter-finals of the FIFA Women’s World Cup as they cruised to a comfortable 4-1 victory over Sweden at the Lansdowne Stadium in Ottawa.

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

water polo competition here today at the European Games after a dramatic penalty shoot-out against Spain

Goalkeeper Evgeniia Golovina turned out to be the hero, saving Spain captain Paula Crespi Barriga’s

while Crespi Barriga and Russia’s Aleksandra Zelenkovskaia both scored before the interval to put Spain

The medal matches in the men's competition are set to take place tomorrow as Spain face Serbia with gold

The group stages of this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, which came to a conclusion on Wednesday (June 17), broke television records in no fewer than three countries, new figures have shown.

Edmonton.Related storiesJune 2015: South Korea secure second round berth for first time with win over Spain

Germany’s Henri Junghaenel defeated a stellar field to earn European Games gold medal in the 50 metre rifle prone men's event here, and the second gold of the day, in the new event of the mixed team trap, went to the Slovakian pairing of Zuzana Rehak Stefecekova and world champion Erik Varga, who earned an emphatic 27-21 win over Russia’s newly crowned men’s champion Alexey Alipov and Elena Tkach.

While Slovakia dominated the qualifying and their semi-final, in which they beat Spain 28-24, the Russians

Varga did the honours..San Marino picked themselves up to win the bronze play-off with Spain in circumstances

The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has announced they have confirmed there are two debutants among the eight cities who will host a World Triathlon Series event in 2016.

announced.The Series itself is one of the focal points of the sport of triathlon and Javier Gomez Noya of Spain

phase of the FIFA Women’s World Cup for the first time in history as they came from behind to beat Spain

Honour was satisfied at the European Games here today as Azerbaijan’s Aykhan Taghizade and Britain’s Olympic champion Jade Jones earned gold in the respective under 68 kilogram and under 57kg classes.

in the women's under 49kg yesterdayNikita Glasnovic of Sweden and and top seed Eva Calvo Gomez of Spain

A superb performance in the ribbon section of the group ribbon event helped secure European Games rhythmic gymnastics all-around gold for Russia here today.

competition to enjoy a comfortable advantage heading into the clubs and hoops discipline.Israel and Spain

National Olympic Committee of San Marino President Gian-Primo Giardi has told insidethegames how they are targeting a first Olympic medal at next year's Games in Rio after shooter Arianna Perilli's historic silver here at the European Games.

which boasts a population of just 32,000.Only the final was a match too far, as Fatima Galvez of Spain

Cameroon booked a last 16 meeting with China at the FIFA Women’s World Cup after they launched a stunning turnaround to claim a surprise 2-1 victory over Switzerland at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton.

is due to conclude tomorrow when Mexico play France and England take on Colombia in Group F, before Spain

New analysis by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), has revealed that only three of nearly 2,000 anti-doping rule violations in 2013 were uncovered as a result of blood samples.

in third place with a total of 108, 13 ahead of India, will come as a shock to many.Belgium, Italy, Spain

Portugal’s Rui Braganca and Great Britain’s Charlie Maddock claimed the men’s under 58kg and women’s under 49kg titles respectively here today to secure their countries’ second gold medals of the inaugural European Games.

Braganca overcame Jesus Tortosa Cabrera from neighbouring Spain, winning 6-5 in his final.Maddock defeated