By Michael PavittFollowing the final Hockey World League Round 2 event in Dublin, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) have confirmed the line-ups for the World League semi-final tournaments which will see Olympic qualification for Rio 2016 take centre stage.

States.World League Round 2 qualifiers Ireland, Canada and Uruguay will all participate in Valencia, alongside Spain

and hosts Argentina will be joined by other top 10 nations, including New Zealand, South Korea and Spain

By Nick ButlerChina will play host to its first World Figure Skating Championships when action begins in Shanghai tomorrow, with 164 skaters and couples from 37 nations set to compete.

Three-time European Champion Javier Fernandez of Spain is another leading contenders, along with the

By Daniel EtchellsSpain topped the medal table at the 50th European Karate Federation (EKF) Senior Championships in Istanbul, after claiming three titles during the four-day competition. 

followed by Germany's Jasmin Bleul and Czech Republic's Veronika Miskova.Meanwhile in the male team kata, Spain

league is in a particularly unfortunate position geographically, with almost nine out of 10 downloads in Spain

By Liam MorganMongolia began the second International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix of the season in superb style as they claimed two gold medals on the opening day in Tbilisi.

Cherniak (second left) claimed her first-ever IJF Grand Prix gold thanks to a win over Julia Figueroa of Spain

By Emily Goddard at the JW Marriott Marquis MiamiJavier Tebas, President of Spain's La Liga, has warned that television rights owners will go "belly up" if piracy is not eliminated from the sports media market.

What is the big problem we are having in Spain and the rest of the world?" Tebas said."

Today in Spain say 80 per cent of piracy goes through streaming, goes through the digital environment

last year ©Getty ImagesStatistics released last week revealed that almost nine out of 10 downloads in Spain

By Liam MorganReigning FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup champions Russia will face a rematch with Spain in

team, ahead of the competition which is due to begin on June 24 and conclude on June 28.Russia and Spain

By Michael PavittCanada's Dominique Maltais and Australia's Alex Pullin were victorious in the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard Cross World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland.

bearer at last year's Winter Olympics in Sochi, finished ahead of World Cup leader Lucas Eguibar of Spain

By Michael PavittNew Zealand continued their sparkling World Rugby Women's Sevens Series as they cruised through to the quarter-final phase in Atlanta today. 

overall standings, topped Pool B and will face the hosts in the quarter-finals, following wins over Fiji, Spain

victories, including a narrow 12-10 win over Fiji.The French also ran in six tries in a 36-0 demolition of Spain

By Daniel EtchellsKosovo has been accepted as the 215th national member federation of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), it has been announced.

independence more than seven years ago.Serbia, runners-up at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain

By Daniel EtchellsThe schedule for the opening stages of the 2015 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Worcester has been announced today. 

Defending champions and five-time winners The Netherlands are due to meet Spain in the opening women's

competition, ending on September 6.Five men's teams from the 12 competing nations - Britain, Poland, Spain

and four women's teams from the seven taking part - Britain, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain

By Nick ButlerFrance's Marie Bochet became the first athlete to win all five disciplines at consecutive World Championships with a superb slalom victory as the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Alpine Skiing event drew to a close in Panoroma. 

-year-old standing skier, who claimed a quintet of titles two years ago as a teenager in La Molina, Spain

By Daniel EtchellsThe Centro Nacional de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo (CeNARD) in Buenos Aires has been chosen to host this year's Hockey World League semi-final men's event, where 10 teams will battle it out for places in the final, as well as qualification for Rio 2016.

The nations already confirmed to compete alongside hosts Argentina are Spain, Germany, South Korea, The

The women's equivalent semi-final also consists of 10 teams and is due to be held in Valencia, Spain,

By Mike RowbottomRenaud Lavillenie, France's 2014 World Athlete of the Year, may have struggled to reach the European Indoor pole vault final, managing a clearance of 5.70 metres at his third and final qualifying attempt yesterday, but he excelled in Prague today to win a fourth consecutive title with a Championship record 6.04m.

went to Ukraine's Nataliya Pyhyda, who clocked a season's best of 51.96 ahead of Indira Terrero of Spain

By Nick ButlerAn official website for July's International Blind Sport Federation (IBSA) Goalball European Championships Division A event in Kaunas, Lithuania has been launched.

both London 2012 and the 2014 World Championships in Espoo, Finland.They will be joined by teams from Spain

Championship silver medal in 2014, with opposition due to come from Turkey, Israel, Finland, Germany, Ukraine, Spain