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the rebound ©Getty ImagesOnly a fine performance from Costa Rica goalkeeper Daniela Solera prevented Spain

Player award winner Alexia Putellas, left, missed last year's UEFA Women's European Championship for Spain

Olympic champions Canada were held to a goalless draw by Nigeria in their FIFA Women's World Cup opener in Melbourne, with legendary captain Christine Sinclair having a penalty saved.

won their opener 1-0 against Norway yesterday.Group C action began with a comfortable 3-0 victory for Spain

home a second.González buried the rebound after Jennifer Hermoso had headed against the crossbar, and Spain

crossbar helped to keep the score at 3-0, but it was a convincing start to the Women's World Cup from Spain

Faith Kipyegon earned her third world record in less than two months at the Monaco Diamond League meeting as she ran the women’s mile in 4min 07.64sec, obliterating the mark of 4:12.33 set by her long-time rival Sifan Hassan on the same Stade Louis II track in 2019.

Berihu Aregawi, on 12:42.58, and Telahun Bekele in a personal best of 12:42.70, with Mohamed Katir of Spain

Puerto Rico and The Netherlands sealed the remaining two playoff places on the final day of round-robin action in Group B of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Softball World Cup in Valencia.

for Puerto Rico, who are ranked fourth in the world, as they beat The Netherlands 6-1 and thrashed Spain

came from behind to beat The Netherlands in their first match of the day, and trailed 2-0 to hosts Spain

Slovenia's Matej Mohorič prevailed in a photo finish to deny Denmark's Kasper Asgreen back-to-back wins on a chaotic stage 19 of the Tour de France.

in the general classification at 10:45 behind Vingegaard, with Ineos Grenadiers' Carlos Rodríguez of Spain

Swiss Sports Minister Viola Amherd has expressed her support for the country bidding for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics - as long as the Games are "sustainable, tailor-made for Switzerland and widely supported".

re-arranged 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.Bids from Vancouver in Canada and the Catalonia region in Spain

Poland has been stripped of the right to host wrestling's U20 World Championships next month, due to not providing visas to all participants.

as its national anthem ©Getty ImagesIn June, Russia’s youth team missed the European Championship in Spain

Day one of the Open Championship ended with three players sharing the lead at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club.

start feels good.”It was a day of threes at Hoylake as Antoine Rozner of France, Adrián Otaegui of Spain

China and Cuba have both sealed playoff spots in Group B of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Softball World Cup in Valencia, despite the latter suffering their first defeat to Puerto Rico.

berth from Group B.China are now the only team with a perfect record in Group B after thrashing hosts Spain

matches, and The Netherlands' first wins of the tournament put them fourth with 0.500.They edged past Spain

Danish rider Kasper Asgreen earned a surprise victory from the breakaway on stage 18 of the Tour de France, and his compatriot Jonas Vingegaard remains firmly on course to defend his title.

in the general classification at 10:45 off the pace, leading Ineos Grenadiers' Carlos Rodríguez of Spain

New Zealand captain Ali Riley said the victims of the tragic shooting were in their thoughts as they secured an historic win on the opening day of the FIFA Women’s World Cup at Eden Park in Auckland.

tomorrow with the Philippines meeting Switzerland in Group A, Canada taking on Nigeria in Group B and Spain

Britain’s men’s under-16 ice hockey head coach Danny Meyers has praised the 3x3 format  due to be be played at next year’s Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon.

January 15.Britain are due to come up against Austria, China, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland and Spain

China backed up yesterday's shock win against Puerto Rico with a thrilling victory over The Netherlands at the Women's Softball World Cup Group B.

of Group B action.They crushed South Africa 10-3 before narrowly getting the better of host nation Spain

deliver another heavy defeat for South Africa, cruising to an 8-1 win.Competition is set to continue with Spain

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is set to come under new pressure to further investigate Yelena Isinbayeva’s links to the Russian military after the country’s Sports minister publicly criticised her for claiming they were just "nominal" roles.

The two-time Olympic pole vault gold medallist has controversially been given permission to live in Spain

Isinbayeva will continue to live comfortably in Spain and work for the IOC 🤡 pic.twitter.com/rJ60PISJax

Since in recent years my professional life has been connected with sports, I thought I would write about the situation with Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia’s double Olympic gold medal-winning pole vaulter and world record holder.

foundation of the current political regime.Of course, the ease with which she received a residence permit in Spain