By Daniel EtchellsFrance's Yannick Bourseaux marked his return from an Achilles tendon injury by winning the men's PT4 race at the season-opening International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Para-triathlon event in East London, South Africa.

with home favourite Anton Swanepoel completing the podium in third, a further 2:01 behind.Like France, Spain

By Michael PavittThe remaining International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Para-snowboard World Cup events have been cancelled as a result of adverse weather conditions.

snowboard programme this year, as it had been feared that the World Championships held at La Molina in Spain

Belgium                          4-0                            W2.        1931                        Spain

Netherlands                     1-1                            D12.      1965                        Spain

By Michael PavittBritain's David Weir is set to go head to head with Switzerland's Marcel Hug in the men's wheelchair event at the Virgin Money London Marathon, a race that will double as the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Championships. 

champion Richard Whitehead running in the T42-44 race against Eitan Hernan of Israel.Santiago Sanz of Spain

By Nick ButlerSetanta Sports has become the latest addition to the portfolio of broadcasters set to showcase June's inaugural European Games in Baku following the granting of rights in Ireland to the company.

countries around the world, with seven having been announced this month alone: in Finland, Greece, Spain

event at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Para-Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain

By Nick ButlerStoke Mandeville, the English village which gave rise to the Paralympic Games, will be the location for September's Para-Badminton World Championships, it has been announced.

international action beginning next month with the V Spanish Para-Badminton International in Alcudia, Spain

By Michael PavittDebrecen in Hungary will host the 2015 International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 Under-18 World Championships, it has been announced 100 days ahead of the anticipated start of the competition.

at under-18 level, with the tournament enjoying success in Italian city Rimini in 2011, Alcobendas, Spain

By Michael PavittAustralia's legendary sprinter Anna Meares secured her eleventh world title to become the most decorated women's world champion of all time on the final day of the International Cycling Union Track Cycling World Championships in Paris.

pairing of Jasper de Buyst and Otto Vergaerde taking the medal on countback after finishing level with Spain

By Daniel EtchellsBaku 2015 has signed an agreement with Universal Sports Network which will see the inaugural European Games broadcast across the United States.

countries around the world.Earlier this month, agreements were signed with public broadcasters RTVE in Spain

By Michael PavittAustralia shattered the world record for the women's 4,000 metres team pursuit on their way to gold at the Track Cycling World Championships in Paris, a result which ended Great Britain's four-year unbeaten streak in the event.

to take gold seeing off the remaining competition in the final laps, with Albert Torres Barcelo of Spain

Committee (IPC) Para-Snowboard World Championships are set to be streamed live online from La Molina, Spain

By Daniel EtchellsNorthern Ireland's Darren Clarke has been named Europe's captain for the 2016 Ryder Cup as the team bids to secure an unprecedented fourth consecutive crown.

and Denmark's Thomas Bjorn.Recent skippers Colin Montgomerie of Scotland and Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain

By Nick ButlerMaria Komissarova, the Russian freestyle skier who broke her spine in a horrific training crash during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, is still vowing to walk again a year on from her life-changing incident.

also visited in hospital by Russian President Vladimir Putin.But, with the skier opting to remain in Spain

By Liam MorganBaku 2015 today confirmed the list of 25 participating countries who will compete in the beach volleyball event at the inaugural European Games.

current Olympic men's champions Germany, bronze medallists Latvia, Austria, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain

Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Spain