By Duncan MackayNovember 19 - FIFA President Sepp Blatter will continue to try to get futsal or beach football on to the Olympic programme, he has promised.

popular with the home supporters after Brazil lifted this year's World Cup with a 3-2 victory over Spain

By Sara Evans November 19 - The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced that NH Hoteles has extended its sponsorship of the Davis Cup to 2015, an additional three years.

final in Prague at the recently opened NH Prague hotel.Czech Republic won the final after defeating Spain

By Tom DegunNovember 19 - Madrid's famous Santiago Bernabéu Stadium could have a striking new look by 2020 when the Spanish capital hopes to host the Olympics for the first time. 

Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates another goal for Real Madrid The current economic crisis that has gripped Spain

Perhaps we are already getting our answer.Madrid and Spain are currently in one of the worst economic

By Duncan MackayNovember 14 - Basketball wants to increase its presence at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by adding 3x3 as a medal event and increasing the number of men's team taking part from 12 to 16. 

Greenwich Arena - better known as the O2 Arena - with the United States retaining their title by beating Spain

 America's LeBron James in action of the London 2012 final against Spain at the North Greenwich

By Tom Degun November 14 - Gwangju has successfully hosted the 2012 World University Badminton Championships (WUBC) in an event they were using largely to prepare for the 2015 Summer Universiade in the South Korean city.

for university student-athletes and 190 athletes from 19 countries including Russia, China, Japan, Spain

By Duncan MackayNovember 13 - Jerry Colangelo was today re-elected as the chairman of USA Basketball, giving him the opportunity to try to lead the Dream Team to a hat-trick of Olympic titles in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

re-elected.Besides Rio 2016, the next four years will include the 2014 men's FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain

By Mike RowbottomNovember 13 - Next year's International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Cup season will conclude for the third consecutive year in the high-altitude Colombian venue of Guatapé, just outside of Medellín.

World Cup cities, the tour will travel to Europe on June 29 and 30 for its debut appearance in Palamós, Spain

port town located on the Mediterranean Costa Brava just north of Barcelona.The circuit will return to Spain

sprint distance race on October 5 and 6.Set near the Yucatan Peninsula, the event makes Mexico and Spain

2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Alpine Skiing World Championships open in La Molina, Spain

This will be the first time the ski resort in northeast Spain has held an IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

By Duncan MackayNovember 12 - A new format and calendar for the World Cup, FIBA's flagship tournament, is set to be introduced, it has been announced. 

This means that after the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain, the next edition will move to 2019

By Duncan MackayNovember 11 - Windsurfing will remain in the Olympic Games at Rio 2016 after the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) reversed a controversial decision to replace it with kiteboarding.

Spain was among the countries that admitted that their delegate had voted incorrectly because they were

By Duncan MackayNovember 10 - Rio 2016 has restructed its team at the top level by appointing Sidney Levy (pictured) as its new chief executive in, what it described, as a bid to "strengthen its organisational structure". 

He was also President of DLR Lerchundi in Spain and the American Chamber of Commerce in Rio.Levy also

By Andrew WarshawNovember 9 - All six venues slated to stage next year's Confederations Cup – the dress rehearsal for the 2014 World Cup – have now been confirmed by FIFA though some will face a race against time.

Tahiti and Uruguay have all qualified to take part and will be joined by hosts Brazil, world champions Spain

By Duncan MackayNovember 3 - Spain's Leandro Negre (pictured) will serve another four year term as President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) after being elected unopposed at the Congress in Kuala Lumpur today.

countries and delegates for putting their faith in me for another term." said Negre, who played for Spain

León stepped in to guarantee the funding, which had been in doubt because of the economic crisis in Spain

The International Cycling Union (UCI) had last month warned the historic city in north-western Spain

The Ponferrada World championships will be the first time the even has been held in Spain since Madrid