By James CrookMay 26 - France and the Netherlands have retained their respective men's and women's BNP Paribas World Team Cup wheelchair tennis men's and women's World Group titles in Turkey, and there was also success for Great Britain and the United States in the junior and quad events.

did take a title in Turkey however, as the formidable Alfie Hewett and partner Lauren Jones saw off Spain

has become the 54th member of UEFA today, despite previous threats from European and world champions Spain

Spain has long has held claim to the territory, which was captured from the Kingdom of Castile in

nation, which led to them being granted provisional membership.UEFA President Michel Platini assured Spain

Gibraltar will not play qualifying matches with Spain - we also have this situation with Armenia and

By James CrookMay 24 - European football governing body UEFA have today announced at their annual congress in London that winners of their Europa League competition will receive an automatic place in the elite Champions League competition as of 2015.

season.If team's from a nation that's league offers four Champions League spots- England, Germany or Spain

between Australia and New Zealand this August - ahead of 17th FIBA Basketball World Cup to be held in Spain

By Emily GoddardMay 23 - Olympic champions Natascha Keller and Teun de Nooijer are among the first athletes to have been inducted in to the newly created European Hockey Federation (EHF) Hall of Fame.

defeat to GermanyDecember 2011: Britain miss out on Champions Trophy glory after heavy defeat to Spain

By Tom DegunMay 23 - Ukraine's Sergey Bubka, Ireland's Pat McQuaid, Germany's Dr. h.c. Klaus Schormann and C K Wu of Taiwan will stand against each other for just three places on the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Council at the organisation's General Assembly in St Petersburg next Tuesday (May 28).

other five members who are Bubka, handball's Hassan Moustafa of Egypt, triathlon's Marisol Casado of Spain

By James CrookMay 22 - Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski will remain in his role as United States basketball coach for Rio 2016 after leading the team to back-to-back Olympic gold medals and a world title in 2010, despite originally insisting that he would be stepping down following London 2012.

the US squad in their defence of their International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup title in Spain

side's FIBA World Cup win in 2010, and he will have the chance to add another to his collection in Spain

By Tom DegunMay 22 - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has opened bidding for the 2014 World Triathlon Series to all cities interested in hosting one of the sport's eight flagship events.

Triathlon Series is a pinnacle focus of the triathlon community," said ITU President Marisol Casado of Spain

By James CrookMay 19 - The International Tennis Federation (ITF) have announced the nominations for the 2013 BNP Paribas World Team Cup wheelchair tennis event at the Club Ali Bey Manavgat in Antalya, Turkey, which starts tomorrow.

US, which saw men's teams from Canada, Greece and Nigeria, and women's teams from South Africa and Spain

By Duncan MackayMay 17 - UK Sport have awarded £1.3 million ($1.8 million/€1.5 million) to the England blind squad and GB Disability Football Association to help them prepare for the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. 

visually impaired footballers which is vital if we're to compete against the likes of Brazil, France and Spain

By James CrookMay 11 - Britain's London 2012 bronze medallist Jonathan Brownlee made a roaring comeback at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Series in Yokohama, brushing aside Spain's Javier Gomez to take victory.

both Jonathan and Alistair Brownlee are due to compete.Jonathan Brownlee held off Javier Gomez off Spain

By Duncan MackayMay 10 - The International Cycling Union (UCI) is to appeal against the decision by a Spanish court to destroy evidence from the criminal trial of Eufemiano Fuentes in a case known as "Operation Puerto".

required by the courts as the trial centres on his medical practices due to a lack of anti-doping laws in Spain

members to vote against Madrid 2020 in protest at Spanish doping scandalMay 2013: Jaimie Fuller - Is Spain

By Emily GoddardMay 9 - Almaty in Kazakhstan, Oberstdorf in Germany, Planica in Slovenia and Seefeld in Austria have submitted bids for the 2019 Nordic World Championships, and Ǻre in Sweden and Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy for the Alpine World Championships in the same year, the International Ski Federation (FIS) has confirmed.

FIS Council and the Technical Committees at the world governing body's 49th Congress in Barcelona, Spain

By Duncan MackayMay 4 - British Olympic gold medallist Nicole Cooke has called on her country's International Olympic Committee (IOC) members not to vote for Madrid's bid to host the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics because of the Operation Puerto scandal.

has been condemned by the World Anti-Doping Agency and, once again, casts doubt over how seriously Spain

"However, by standing idly by, the authorities, both in Spain and even here in the UK, make the pain

This certainly could have supported that a whole lot more and made it look as though Spain was being

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highest levels of football are clear of any suggestion of financial malpractice and the doping problem in Spain

change, plus c'est la même chose".Dick Pound, the former head of WADA, commented: "It's embarrassing for Spain

If the state of this case is embarrassing for Spain, it is surely embarrassing too for those seeking