By Gary AndersonAustralian swimmers will hold their staging camps in the build-up to the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games at Auburn University, Alabama, in the United States.

Swimming Australia held its staging camp for London 2012 in Spain, but a disappointing performance saw

By Paul OsborneAs the 3x3 Basketball World Championships getting underway in Moscow today, Russian star Maria Cherepanova has made clear the hosts are "not afraid of anyone" as they look to improve on their performance from 2012 in Athens.

C will pit the Czech Republic against Germany, The Netherlands, Estonia, Thailand and Tunisia, with Spain

Meanwhile, the Soviet Union crushed the Hungarian Revolution, leading to the withdrawal of the Netherlands, Spain

By Gary AndersonThe World Air Sports Federation (FAI) has announced the 2015 World Air Games will take place in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

edition of the Games which first took place in Selçuk, Turkey in 1997 followed by events in Seville, Spain

By Zjan ShirinianAzerbaijan's first and so far only golf course has been added to the European Challenge Tour for this year, just 20 months after being completed.

stop European Challenge Tour.It began in the Kenyan capital Nairobi in March, and has already visited Spain

By Zjan ShirinianMaria Sharapova was a game away from exiting the French Open before digging deep to force her way into the last four.

-2, 6-4.Tomorrow will see the other two men's quarter-finals, with world number one Rafael Nadal of Spain

winners: British Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee, younger brother Jonathan, and Javier Gómez of Spain

By Paul OsborneConcerns still remain over the readiness of three World Cup stadiums in Brazil following a visit to the host nation from FIFA secretary general Jérôme Valcke.

Stadium, Arena Fonte, is set to host one of the most highly anticipated opening games of the World Cup, Spain

By Gary AndersonA prize of fund of €10,000 (£8,100/$13,500) will be on offer at next week's International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Women's Match Racing World Championships, which are set to take place in County Cork, Ireland.

Olympic champion Tamara Echegoyen Dominguez of Spain is the current women's match racing world champion

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By Zjan ShirinianDefending champion Serena Williams has slumped to a shock straight sets defeat in the second round of the French Open.

The second round is due to continue in Paris tomorrow with defending men's champion Rafael Nadal of Spain

By Zjan ShirinianA partnership which put highlights of last month's SportAccord International Convention on television screens and computers around the world has been hailed.

managing director Nis Hatt.European broadcasters in Cyprus, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain

On the programme at Baku 2015 will be old sports, new sports, new versions of old sports, and, in the case of gymnastics, a programme combining both established and innovative sports.But there is only one definitively non-Olympic discipline that is confirmed on the programme, and that is karate.

continents, and podium finishes from five, but France finished top of the pile, while Italy, Turkey, Spain

With innovation, youth and excitement three of the key concepts of Baku 2015, nowhere will these components be better displayed than by a beach soccer showdown bringing a novel version of the world's most popular sport to the iconic beaches of Baku.Taking place in the Beach Arena at the Flag Square Venues Cluster where beach volleyball will also be held, the competition is set to form a grand finale of the inaugural European Games, taking place over the last five days before a final on August 28, the same day as the Closing Ceremony.

victories in Baku ©AFP/Getty ImagesWith three of the four round-robin stages having been completed, Spain

next year, you can never write off the Russians, and after an uncertain start the world champions beat Spain

By Zjan ShirinianGerman car manufacturing giant BMW has signed a deal to become a national supporter of this year's Basketball World Cup.

Prague, Czech Republic.Its latest deal sees it back the sport's flagship event, due to take place across Spain

professionalism of the FIBA Basketball World Cup," said Guenther Seemann, Executive President of BMW Group in Spain

FIBA Basketball World Cup announcedFebruary 2014: Venue and finals passes for Basketball World Cup in Spain

go on saleFebruary 2014: America and Spain could meet in final after draw for 2014 FIBA Basketball World

By Paul OsborneAustralian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka has fallen at the first hurdle in France after a shock defeat by Guillermo Garcia-López saw the first big casualty at Roland Garros.

Ashleigh Barty 6-2, 6-1.Action continues at Roland Garros tomorrow where fifth seed David Ferer of Spain