By Daniel EtchellsInternational Paralympic Committee (IPC) Alpine Skiing has announced that the classification for lower-limb impaired snowboarders will be split into two sport classes in the coming season. 

19 and 20, and is scheduled to include the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain

By Gary Anderson­­­­Three stars from the Brazilian squad that won the inaugural Paralympics football five-a-side title at Athens 2004 have been honoured by football legend Romário and revealed they have their sights firmly set on a fourth consecutive gold medal at Rio 2016.

Championships in Tokyo, due to take place November 13 to 25.Brazil are the defending champions after overcoming Spain

By Gary AndersonMiho Minei won women's under 63 kilogram gold in Fort Lauderdale to ensure Japan has won at least one gold medal each day so far at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Junior World Championships.

senior World Championship silver medal winner Krisztian Toth and Nikoloz Sherazadishvili representing Spain

By Nick ButlerAlejandro Blanco and Colonel Hamad Kalkaba Malboum, Presidents of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) and the Cameroon National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSC) respectively, have signed a cooperation agreement in Madrid. 

For Spain the agreement marks the latest in a broad aim to reach out to other countries, following a

Athens.Cameroon's first gold medal had come at Sydney 2000 when their men's football team defeated Spain

By Daniel EtchellsA Gwangju 2015 delegation has provided the International University Sports Federation (FISU) with a detailed report on the preparations for the 28th Summer Universiade.

the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.Today, future host cities of the Universiade, namely Granada in Spain

By Daniel EtchellsJapan's women's goalball team general manager Naoki Eguro believes the standard of competition within the sport has improved significantly since his team's triumph at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

goalball world titleJune 2014: Hosts Finland aiming for gold at IBSA Goalball World ChampionshipsMay 2014: Spain

By Gary AndersonA proposal to offer the world's top riders a share in a €1 million (£794,000/$1.3 million) prize-fund to compete in all three Grand Tour cycling events in 2015 is not "a joke or a publicity stunt" according to one of the men behind the idea, chief executive of the Tinkoff-Saxo team Stefano Feltrin.

Italian Vincenzo Nibali and Colombia's Nairo Quintana to challenge his lead man Alberto Contador of Spain

Vuelta was added to the Grand Tour roster in 1935, while 2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre of Spain

By Duncan MackayOlympic gold medallist Glenroy Gilbert has joined Edmonton's bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games as head of its Athletes' Commission, it was announced today.

It is hoped that the 46-year-old, originally born in Port of Spain in Trindiad and Tobago, will use

By Gary AndersonThe Walserfeld Halle in Austrian city Salzburg was the setting for the conclusion of the World Karate Federation Premier League series and saw 12 athletes crowned this season's overall Grand Winners.

winner, a fact helped with the absence of nearest challenger Sandy Scordo of France.Yaiza Martin of Spain

By Emily GoddardSome of the world's top riders are gearing up for the Furusiyya International Equestrian Federation Nations Cup Jumping Final, with The Netherlands, France and United States being the ones to watch in Barcelona.

set to battle in the final are Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Great Britain, Italy, Qatar, hosts Spain

By Nick Butler at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte CarloLast month's International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Men's World Cup was a major boost for the sport, and the result of a detailed effort to maximise its appeal, director general of FIBA Media and Marketing Services Frank Leenders has claimed.

was won by a star-studded United States team, who defeated Serbia 129-92 in the final, after hosts Spain

the event, and that the strong support for games involving teams other than the likes of the US and Spain

That it was not just a 15-day event of Spain, but a 500-day event with a global reach."

World Cup, particularly the fact that, even in the context of the economic problems still affecting Spain

recent months, including the Asian Games and Women's World Championships in Turkey, where the US beat Spain

By Nick ButlerReigning male and female European champions Romania and Russia head the entries for the 3x3 basketball competition at the inaugural European Games in Baku next year, it has been announced today. 

finalists Slovenia, as well as bronze medals winners Lithuania and fourth placed Greece.Serbia, Belgium, Spain

sternest test for Russia, while The Netherlands, Lithuania, Romania, Turkey, Switzerland, Ukraine, Spain

By Gary AndersonThree legends of international women's basketball have called on fans to get out and support their teams as the countdown to EuroBasket Women 2015 gets underway.

: United States retain Basketball World Championship for Women with victory over SpainOctober 2014: Spain

of the incident.But, my personal favourite came a few years later, during the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain

Basketball World Championship for Women crown with a dominant display against first-time finalists Spain

into the night after securing a fourth world crown in five outings in Istanbul.If European champions Spain

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comeback sees China through to last-eight at Basketball World Championship for WomenSeptember 2014: Spain