unable to host next year's FINA World Aquatics Championships because of the current economic crisis in Spain

 "A few weeks ago we sat in a meeting with the Minister of Sport of Spain and he give all the guarantees

FINA World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, including the 4x200 metres relayBut recent problems in Spain

By Tom DegunOctober 30 - Madrid 2020 has guaranteed that 80,585 hotel beds will be made available if the Spanish capital wins the right to stage the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the first time ever.

The Games are not just a sporting event but an opportunity to promote Spain by celebrating its history

October 30 - One of the most controversial episodes in the history of the Paralympic Movement, when Spain

By Mike RowbottomOctober 29 - Britain's newly-established triathlon world champion Jonathan Brownlee is set to mount a final defence of his title next year on the same course where he won the London 2012 bronze and his brother Alistair took Olympic gold this summer – Hyde Park, London.

; before moving onto San Diego in the US on April 20-21; Yokohama, Japan on May 11-12; Madrid, Spain

By Tom DegunOctober 25 - Tsunekazu Takeda, the President of the Tokyo bid for the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, said the city's bid for the Games will not be harmed by the resignation of Shintaro Ishihara as the Governor of Tokyo.

Shintaro Ishihara as Governor of TokyoTokyo is currently bidding against Istanbul in Turkey and Madrid in Spain

By Tom DegunOctober 25 - Istanbul is set to receive a major boost in its bid to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games as the Turkish city provides a large part of the backdrop for the latest James Bond movie Skyfall.

comment, increasing speculation that it will happen.Istanbul is currently bidding against Madrid in Spain

By Mike RowbottomOctober 22 - Britain's Jonathan Brownlee has reflected with satisfaction upon a year which has seen him finish as an Olympic bronze medallist and, thanks to his third place in yesterdays International Triathlon Union (ITU) Grand Final in Auckland, world champion.

finale to win the title after taking a 180-point lead into the last of the eight races.Javier Gómez of Spain

By Tom DegunOctober 22 - With Paratriathlon set to make its debut at the Paralympic Games in Rio in 2016, Britain put out an early warning for Brazil as they dominated the competition this weekend to take five of the 12 available gold medals at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Championships in Auckland.

Paralympics, taking the TRI-2 world title for the third consecutive year.Meanwhile, Australia, Canada and Spain

By Mike RowbottomOctober 21 – Dr h c Klaus Schormann of Germany pledged his determination to keep modern pentathlon in the Olympic Movement after he was re-elected unopposed for a sixth consecutive term as President of the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM).

elected were: IOC (International Olympic Committee) Executive Board member Juan Antonio Samaranch of Spain

edition of the Games, there will almost certainly be stiff competition.France, Germany, Norway, Poland, Spain

Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain

By Tom Degun in KyivOctober 18 - Ukraine is set to bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics through the city of Lviv after a major Sport Congress hosted here in the capital rubberstamped the plan in a resolution that was unanimously voted on.

bidding for the event, instead turning its focus to either 2024 or 2026.Oslo in Norway, Barcelona in Spain

By Tom DegunOctober 15 - Fiji defeated New Zealand 32-14 in the final of the 2012 Gold Coast Sevens to successfully defend the title they won last year and take an early lead in the HSBC Sevens World Series 2012/13.

third place play-off.Earlier in the competition, Argentina beat France 14-7 to win the Plate while Spain

December 1, while the draw for the event was made in the Gold Coast.Pool A sees Fiji grouped with Kenya, Spain

By Tom DegunOctober 12 - Marisol Casado, the International Triathlon Union (ITU) President, has promised she will continue to put all her efforts into helping the sport grow if she is re-elected to the head of the world governing body later this month.

The 56-year-old from Spain, who succeeded Les McDonald as the ITU President in 2008, will be challenged

ITF) has announced that the 100th Davis Cup final between the Czech Republic and reigning champions Spain

in the same year, with the women taking on Serbia two weeks earlier.The clash between the Czechs and Spain