Azerbaijan will play the world number one ranked team The Netherlands in the group stage of the women’s 3x3 basketball competition at the Baku 2015 European Games.

and Lithuania in Group D, with Czech Republic, Belgium, Turkey and Ukraine making up Group B, and Spain

who they beat in the European Championships final last year, as well as Lithuania and Israel.Russia, Spain

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has extended its partnership with the International Federation of Sport Medicine (FIMS) for a further five-and-a-half-years.

professionals within FIMS.”The 2015 VISTA Conference is due to take place from October 7 to 10 in Girona, Spain

Teenage Russian star Margarita Mamun led the way as the European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships opened today in Minsk, leading qualification in both the ball and hoop competitions and propelling her nation towards an eighth straight team title.

on course to match the bronze medal they won in Baku last year.Ukraine, 2014 runners-up Italy and Spain

Remember the date: April 30 may well turn out to be a more significant day for the medium-to-long-term future of FIFA than May 29.That might seem a strange claim, given that the latter is the date of the FIFA Presidential election to determine the occupant of the second-most powerful post in sport for the next four years.

, was famously involved in the disallowing of a French goal against Kuwait at the1982 World Cup in Spain

Norway qualified for the quarter-finals of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship after completing the round-robin stage with their undefeated record intact at the Ice Cube in Sochi. 

win against Romania, while Hungary finished third after stealing two points in an extra end against Spain

Hosts Russia booked their place in the quarter-finals of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship after beating Switzerland in Group A at the Ice Cube in Sochi. 

Despite losing 7-3 to Spain in the morning session, Estonia scored two points in the final end of their

South Korea and Spain finished the day in joint-fourth position following afternoon defeats to England

A switch of venues for the women’s goalball at the World Games has been announced by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA), with events to be switched to the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium at the Olympic Park in Seoul.

competing as they were drawn in Pool X and they take on Ghana in their opener as well as Israel, Spain

Hosts Russia took the outright lead in Group A at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship after maintaining their 100 per cent record with victory against the United States.

points in the first end before scoring another four points in the fourth to lead 9-3 by the break, and Spain

but they still face an extremely strong challenge from South Korea, who defeated Romania, 12-0, and Spain

South Korea have claimed the gold medal and secured promotion back to Division IA of the Ice Hockey World Championship at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Division I Group B tournament in Eindhoven.

Reykjavik were a 3-2 win for already promoted Romania over hosts Iceland and a 4-3 victory for Serbia over Spain

China’s women’s 4x100 metres T11/13 relay team sent the crowd into raptures as they broke the world record on home soil on the final day of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Grand Prix in Beijing.

round the track in a rapid time of 48.49, knocking 0.3 seconds off the previous record posted by Spain

Hosts Russia and the United States will battle it out for Group A supremacy tomorrow after both nations recorded back-to-back victories on day two of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Sochi.

Victoria Moiseeva (right) for Russia ©WCF/Alina Pavlyuchik 2015As for Group C, Canada, South Korea and Spain

Thomas won 9-2.South Korea beat Belarus 7-1, and England 8-6, while last year’s bronze medallists Spain

Australia, New Zealand and hosts Canada boasted unbeaten records in the pool stage of the fourth World Rugby Women's Sevens Series leg of the season in Westhills Stadium in Langford, British Columbia.

in their opening Pool A matches, firstly beating Fiji 38-14, before running in seven tries to beat Spain

teams, while England by finishing as runners-up in the pool, after drawing with Fiji 19-19 and beating Spain

Finland, Norway and Sweden each claimed two wins out of two on the first day of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship at the Ice Cube Curling Centre in Sochi.

On the other sheets, Spain won 11-7 against Belarus and South Korea beat Poland 8-4.The round-robin

Great Britain moved to within a single victory of guaranteeing promotion from the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Division I Group B after beating hosts The Netherlands in Eindhoven.

ImagesIn Division II Group A, Romania gained promotion to Division I Group B after beating second-placed Spain

four wins out of four in Reykjavik.Hosts Iceland beat Australia 6-1 to move level on six points with Spain

France’s Jean Quiquampoix set a junior final world record of 29 hits on his way to winning the men’s 25 metres rapid fire pistol event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Rifle and Pistol World Cup in Changwon, South Korea.

year-old secured an Olympic quota place for Germany at the 2014 ISSF World Championship in Granada, Spain