By Paul OsborneThe International Basketball Federation (FIBA) revealed today there are six nations, including Qatar, bidding to host the Men's World Cup in 2019 and 2023. 

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By Paul OsborneOlympic silver medallists Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark have been mugged at knife point in Rio de Janeiro during a training camp ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games.

Mills and Clark won bronze at the 2014 World Championships in Santander, Spain, which qualified their

By Duncan MackaySpanish city Girona will host the seventh VISTA conference for scientists and experts in October 2015, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced today. 

It will be the first time the event has been held in Spain and experts and sports specialists from around

By Paul OsborneThe official draw for Europe's premier basketball event has been held in Disneyland Paris, France, as the continent's hottest basketball nation's battle for one of the sport's most prestigious titles at EuroBasket 2015.

however, as they join Basketball World Cup runners-up Serbia, three-time Olympic silver medallists Spain

The choice of Spain is partly because OBS is already based there and also because, as a member of the

of Malaysia and Austin Sealy of Barbados, asking why it is planned for the TV Channel to be based in Spain

By Daniel EtchellsThe draw for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup has pitted hosts Canada against China, New Zealand and The Netherlands in Group A. 

face the Ivory Coast, Norway and Thailand in Group B, while Group E consists of Brazil, South Korea, Spain

By Nick ButlerA bid for the 2023 Rugby World Cup could form part of a three-pronged Italian effort to host major sporting events, with plans to stage the 2022 Ryder Cup and the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics also in place.

set basis, meaning that the 2022 event is guaranteed for Europe, Austria, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain

By Emily GoddardAustralia are leading the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series seedings after three wins on the opening day of the first round in Dubai.

teams at the end of the series next May, the squad saw off competition from South Africa, France and Spain

battling Canada in the quarterfinals, while the bowl semi-finals will see South Africa facing China and Spain

By Duncan MackayIsrael has launched a bid to host the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, it was announced today. 

So far the only other confirmed bidder is Spain, who earlier this year held a successful Men's World

Turkey where the United States lifted the trophy for the sixth time in eight tournaments.They beat Spain

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By Paul OsborneThe International Triathlon Union (ITU) has confirmed a number of key dates on the Para-triathlon calendar for 2015 as the sport prepares to make its Paralympic debut at Rio 2016.

The world's top Para-triathletes then head to Australia's Sunshine Coast on March 13 before Madrid, Spain

By Duncan MackayMoscow today beat Slovenian town Gaj-Maribor to win its bid to host the 2017 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shotgun World Championships.

UnionThere had initially been eight candidates to host the event but Tuscon in the United States, Granada in Spain

By Paul OsborneHungary has been awarded the 2015 3x3 Basketball Under-18 World Championships after two other countries turned down the opportunity to host the event, it was announced today. 

Championships following the positive feedback from the events in Rimini, Italy, in 2011, Alcobendas, Spain

By Nick ButlerAustralia and Great Britain won two titles apiece at the 2014 International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Cup Final in Abu Dhabi today, with New Zealand, Austria, Slovenia and Belgium among other nations to taste victory. 

Charline Picon of France had to settle for second place while 2010 world champion Blanca Manchón of Spain

By Daniel EtchellsGermany's former World Cup-winning captain and coach Franz Beckenbauer is being investigated over his part in the selection of Russia and Qatar as World Cup hosts, as are three current members of the FIFA Executive Committee. 

footballer and now President of the Spanish Football Federation, was head of the unsuccessful joint bid from Spain

By Daniel EtchellsCountries interested in hosting the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup can now apply after the opening of the tender process today.

successive victories for New Zealand.Editions have also taken place in Wales, Scotland, The Netherlands, Spain