By Nick ButlerNext July's International Blind Sport Federation European Goalball Championships in Kaunas have received a ringing endorsement from Lithuanian President, Dalia Grybauskaite.

They will be joined by teams from Spain, Turkey, Germany, Czech Republic, World Championship runners-up

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

By Paul OsborneDouble Asian Para Games medallists China have won the first ever international blind football tournament to be held in Hong Kong.

England.They almost repeated the feat at the 2014 World Championships in Tokyo but lost to European champions Spain

By Paul OsborneTickets are now on sale for next year's International Blind Sport Federation (IBSA) Blind Football European Championships in Hereford, England.

retain their title at the IBSA Blind Football European Championships ©Getty ImagesReigning champions Spain

By Daniel EtchellsOlympic champion and newly-crowned World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) World Grand Prix Series winner Jade Jones has been named GB Taekwondo's Player of the Year for 2014.

Jade Jones beat her rival Eva Calvo Gomez of Spain at this month's World Grand Prix Series finale in

By Emily GoddardSion in Switzerland is set to launch a bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, it has been reported.

number of cities from across the globe, with Trento in Italy, the German city of Dresden, Barcelona in Spain

By Daniel EtchellsSix countries shortlisted to stage the next two editions of the Basketball World Cup have attended a workshop at the International Basketball Federation's (FIBA) headquarters in Mies. 

presentations and reports, including a look back at the staging of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain

the requirements their bids must meet.The United States claimed their fifth basketball world title in Spain

to be extended.On Tuesday (December 16) FIBA's Central Board awarded the 2018 Women's World Cup to Spain

Of all the sports featuring on the programme for the inaugural European Games, table tennis is a discipline where the continent's top players seem among the most excited at the opportunity to compete.

Belarus, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain

By Paul OsborneSpain has been chosen to host the first ever Women's Basketball World Cup in 2018, it was announced today. 

Spain is no stranger to hosting FIBA's flagship events, having staged the men's World Cup earlier this

We would like to thank both Spain and Israel for submitting outstanding bids and giving us every reason

storiesDecember 2014: Israel launch bid to host 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World CupNovember 2014: Spain

By Nick ButlerKenyan-born Turks Polat Kemboi Arikan and Ali Kaya secured a 1-2 finish at the European Cross Country Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria today, while Gemma Steel and Kate Avery of Great Britain were similarly dominant in the women's race.

who won last year after returning from a two-year doping suspension, crossed the line third, helping Spain

women's title ©Getty ImagesMeraf Bahta, an Eritrean-born Swede, was third, as Britain finished ahead of Spain

By Nick ButlerMunich will host next year's International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final in rifle and pistol events on the same range used at the 1972 Olympic Games, while Cypriot capital Nicosia will host the shotgun season finale.

centrepiece of a World Cup series also featuring rifle and pistol stages in Munich, Bangkok and Granada, Spain

By Duncan MackayA total of 39 representatives from 18 countries have taken part in the second Rio 2016 National Paralympic Committees Open Day, with most having left seemingly quite impressed.

Delegates from Austria, Brazil, Bahrain, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, The

By Nick ButlerUnited States Alpine skiing star Tyler Walker made a triumphant return to competition following his horrific crash during Sochi 2014, securing two race wins at both the NorAm Cup and an International Paralympic Committee (IPC) event in Aspen.

fixture, from January 4 to 6 at Winter Park, Colorado, before a World Cup season opener in La Molina, Spain

Tomkins Australia 1,160 (875)16. (14) Barbara Kendall New Zealand 946 (722)17. (15) Marisol Casado Spain

By Mike RowbottomNick Davies, deputy general secretary of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), has described media stories alleging that 150 athletes, including several Olympic champions, had suspicious blood values between but were not subject to proper target testing as "misleading" and "unethical".

claimed that a number of athletes - including many from Russia as well as others from Kenya, Germany, Spain

By Emily GoddardThe International Equestrian Federation (FEI) today revealed that Dubai will stage the 2016 World Endurance Championship as it allocated its Championships and finals for the next two years.

European Dressage Championship for Young Riders, Juniors and Children is due to take place in Madrid, Spain