Two-time winners Germany have been sent crashing out of the FIFA Women's World Cup group stages following a draw against South Korea, while Colombia and debutants Morocco advanced from Group C.

group stage before the round of 16 is due to begin on Saturday (August 5) with Switzerland against Spain

A quartet of gold medals on the third day of the Para Swimming World Championships saw Italy extend their lead over China in the standings.

United States' existing benchmark of 2:32.49 by finishing in 2:27.45 and were followed by Ukraine and Spain

Defending world champion Ju Wenjun of China was held to a draw in the second round of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Cup women's tournament in Baku while highest-rated player Magnus Carlsen of Norway won in the open event.

dominate.IM Medina Warda Aulia (2355, Indonesia) scores an upset against IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (2488, Spain

December during protests against the Iranian Government.After the tournaments, she bought a house in Spain

The International Handball Federation (IHF) has announced the dates for six qualification tournaments for next year’s Olympics in Paris.

qualification tournaments having finished in the top eight at the World Championship.The IIHF has placed Spain

the co-hosts keep their tournament alive with victory over Canada in Melbourne ©Getty ImagesJapan and Spain

for Australia's triumph ©Getty ImagesFans hold a banner promoting women's sport prior to the Japan-Spain

Australia kept their FIFA Women's World Cup hopes alive as they cruised past Canada to advance to the knockout rounds and eliminate the Olympic champions.

in a group stage exit.In Group C, Japan continued their scintillating form to beat world number six Spain

and into the net.Japan are yet to concede a goal so far in the FIFA Women's World Cup as they beat Spain

The World Triathlon Championship Series stop in Sunderland proved a stunning success for France, who enjoyed one-two finishes in both individual events then won the mixed relay.

remains the Championship Series leader with 2,986.57 points going into the Finals in Pontevedra in Spain

Turkish chess prodigy Ediz Gurel, already an International Master at the age of only 14, became the first player to win a game at the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Open World Cup here in Baku.

through to the second round and a potential encounter with Francisco Vallejo Pons, a Grandmaster from Spain

Manuela Vanegas struck in the seventh minute of injury-time as Colombia snatched a shock 2-1 victory over two-time winners Germany in Sydney at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Olympic champions Canada and Republic of Ireland tackling Nigeria in Group B as well as Japan taking on Spain

While working for insidethegames back in 2019, I wrote a blog post about FIFA’s decision to increase the size of the Women’s World Cup to 32 teams.

the best things about this year’s tournament.While there still have been one-sided scorelines, with Spain

France and Hungary grabbed two gold medals each as athletics events continued at the Maribor 2023 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) today.

title when Alexandra Kovacs won the girls 5 kilometres race walk in 22min 42.91sec.Julia Suarez of Spain

World Athletics partner Asics has become official sponsor of the Athlete Refugee Team (ART) in a deal due to run until 2026.

competition as she earned a surprise victory at the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Castellon in Spain

Switzerland's Anja Grossmann and the Czech Republic's Krystof Bazant won the cross-country mountain biking races as the sport made its European Youth Olympic Festival debut in Maribor in Slovenia today.

Italian Simone Giliberto won silver in 47.55, with the bronze medal going to Daniel Isaias Artigas of Spain

Qin Haiyang bagged another breaststroke gold before helping China to mixed 4x100 metres medley relay glory at the World Aquatics Championships, while France’s Léon Marchand tasted success again and Australian Mollie O'Callaghan broke a world record on a thrilling day in Fukuoka.

, while Carlson notched 322.80 for silver and Macaulay earned 320.95 for bronze.The Netherlands and Spain

gold-medal match after emerging victorious from tight semi-finals.The Dutch team edged Italy 9-8 before Spain

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powerful drive to open the scoring against Costa Rica ©Getty ImagesTeresa Abelleira scored the opener for Spain

against Zambia as they sealed qualification ©Getty ImagesJennifer Hermoso scored twice for Spain on