Judge Julia had a chance to show Spain in a positive light in the fight against doping, but instead she's

By Emily GoddardApril 30 - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has said it is disappointed with a decision made by the judge in Spain's "Operation Puerto" doping trial to destroy all the evidence from the case instead of making it available to other sports bodies and has hinted it is considering an appeal.

allegationsDecember 2010: Video evidence set to be used in Spanish doping investigation December 2010: Spain

By James CrookApril 29 - USA Water Polo have secured a sponsorship deal with American beverage chain Jamba Juice, who first sponsored the team in 2011 and held an additional partnership with them last year.

As part of the deal, USA Water Polo players, including the women's team that defeated Spain in the final

By James CrookApril 27 - Panagiotis Giannakis, the man who led his native Greece to European glory in 2005, has taken over at the helm of the Chinese national men's basketball team, who parted company with American coach Bob Donewald Junior after they lost all five of their ties at London 2012.

International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Championships a year later in 2006, before being defeated by Spain

for the Olympics and Paralympics despite new figures released today revealing that unemployment in Spain

Spain has been in recession for much of the past four years as it struggles to deal with the collapse

 Economic Crisis Will Have No Impact on Madrid's Olympic BidJune 2012: Madrid 2020 will win if Spain

By Duncan MackayApril 22 - Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has resigned as Trinidad and Tobago's National Security Minister after he was accused of "fraudulent" management of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF). 

£17.1 million/€19.8 million) Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence, which was built on land in Port-of-Spain

By Mike Rowbottom at the Tower Hotel in LondonApril 21 - Britain's Richard Whitehead relished the feeling of running a marathon on the streets of London, seven months after the Paralympics at which his ambitions had been denied by the decision not to include a marathon in the programme.

limb impairment category - and was third overall - in 2:32:06 from Jose Antonio Castilla of Spain

By Duncan MackayApril 19 - Former FIFA Executive Committee Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer members were both  "fraudulent in their management" of Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), it was claimed today. 

Jack Warner built the Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence in Port-of-Spain on land owned by his companiesCONCACAF

) has signed a broadcast rights deal with Mediaset España for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain

great pleasure for us to announce this signed agreement with Mediaset España - a leading broadcaster in Spain

- especially in view of the fact that the first-ever FIBA Basketball World Cup will be played in Spain

Spain are the two-time reigning European basketball champions As the two-time reigning European champions

Basketball is a sport with a large following and a great future potential in Spain."

The FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain will be the major sports event and a huge basketball celebration

By Emily GoddardApril 17 - Madrid 2020 has named the 12 business start-up projects that will take part in its 2020 for 2020: Startup Madrid initiative that aims to rejuvenate the Spanish economy as part of the Olympic and Paralympic bid.

of the 12 projects are based in the Madrid area, with five of the entrepreneurs hailing from outside Spain

crisis "will not have any impact on our bid" claims Madrid 2020 June 2012: Madrid 2020 will win if Spain

were the target of bomb  blasts while they watched TV screenings of the World Cup final between Spain

By James Crook at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa in TokyoApril 14 - Riccardo Fraccari has been confirmed as the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) President for another term, after the Italian ran unopposed for the post at the Ordinary Congress here.

three members at large, Paul Seiler of the United States, Masaaki Nagino of Japan and Luis Melero of Spain

By Emily GoddardApril 12 - Twenty-seven of the world's top curling squads are gearing up to compete in the 2013 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, which gets underway tomorrow in Fredericton.

Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain

By Emily GoddardApril 12 - Madrid 2020's ten commercial partners and sponsors have formed a new business forum, Empresas por Madrid, to raise the international profile of the Spanish capital as it bids for the 2020 Sumer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

under no obligation, you are demonstrating your commitment to the city and belief in bring the Games to Spain

join the 2020 Olympics programme has received a boost after the national teams of Turkey, Japan and Spain

squash, wakeboard, wrestling and wushu for a single spot on the programme at the 2020 Olympics.Turkey, Spain

demonstrated their support for the bid at the recent 31st "Villa de Madrid" International Karate Tournament in Spain