By Tom DegunMay 16 – Britain picked up a silver and a bronze medal on the second and final day of the British Open at the K2 in Crawley but the hosts were outshone by France, who put down a big marker for the London 2012 Olympics by dominating the competition.

course of the weekend to convincingly finish at the top of the medal table ahead of the Netherlands and Spain

Netherlands took home 11 medals which featured two golds, one silver and eight bronzes while third-placed Spain

By Tom DegunMay 15 - Bob Price, the President of INAS-FID (the International Federation for Sport for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability), has warned that there must be no repeat of the Sydney 2000 cheating scandal at London 2012 which saw them banned from the Paralympic Games.

Spain won the basketball, only to have it plastered all over the media that they had cheated and had

Britain's women will compete in the 2011 FINA World League in Barcelona against Hungary, Greece and Spain

with former world champions Hungary, Olympic silver medallists Greece, and European silver medallists Spain

the opposition.Britain played Spain recently in a European qualifier, and captain Fran Leighton said

Obviously we gained lots of confidence when we played Spain the other week so it will be a case of putting

Britain beat both Germany and Italy but failed to make it to the Super final.Britain will travel to Spain

By David GoldMay 9 - Edwin Moses, Jack Nicklaus and Miguel Indurain have paid tribute to fellow Laureus Academy member Seve Ballesteros, who died last weekend after a protracted battle against a brain tumour.

Ballesteros was just 54 when he died in Pedrena, Northern Spain, and the golf legend led a remarkable

GoldMay 7 - The La Manga Club in Murcia is the only venue in the running to bring the Solheim Cup to Spain

Spain.Andalucia's withdrawal from the process means that La Manga will go it alone in the bid to bring the game to Spain

By Tom DegunMay 6 - Britain's women have dominated the Para-Cycling Road World Cup in Sydney by winning eight out of ten of the team's medals at the event to secure vital qualification points for London 2012.

target for both men and women, which puts is in a good place ahead of the second round of the event in Spain

table.This week's Para-Cycling Road World Cup in Sydney opened the road racing season which continue in Spain

Siberian like weather in the far east of Poland to the slightly less perilous conditions of Tenerife in Spain

crowds, "There's going to be more gold, silver, bronze medals than you'd need to bail out Greece and Spain

By Tom DegunMay 5 - The International Ski Federation (FIS) has announced that nine cities have bid to host FIS World Championship events in 2016 and 2017.

application for the combined 2017 FIS Freestyle and Snowboard World Championships with Sierra Nevada in Spain

By David GoldMay 3 - The International Triathlon Union (ITU) has revealed the host cities for the Duathlon and Long Distance Triathlon World Championships in 2012 and 2013.

Vitoria-Gasteiz on July 29.The Basque capital hosted the Spanish national long distance titles in 2009.Segovia in Spain

By Tom Degun in DohaMay 1 - The Khalifa International Stadium, the venue put forward by the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships, is set to have retractable seating installed in order to give spectators the best possible view for both athletics events and football matches.

Doha is bidding against London, Budapest and an unnamed city from Spain to host the 2017 Championships

By Tom DegunApril 27 – International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven has led the tributes for Juan Palau Francas (pictured), who has died at the age of 81-years-old.

as the driving force behind establishing and growing the Paralympic Movement in his home country of Spain

Juan Palau was a great man and a superb pioneer for sport both in Spain and abroad."

He does however leave a significant and immeasurable legacy not only in his native Spain, which staged

April 25 - French golf officials are hoping that a combination of Gallic cultural clout, the strategic location of Paris and a novel method of funding will win them the right to host the 2018 Ryder Cup.

, near Munich; Netherlands at Spijk; Portugal at the Herade da Comporta Golf Resort near Lisbon and Spain

One potential obstacle for the French has been the fact that unlike Spain with Seve Ballesteros and Jose

By Duncan MackayApril 21 - Durban has promised to "roll out the red carpet" when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) visits the city later this year to hold its Session in the hope of boosting its own bid.

year's World Cup.They hosted seven World Cup matches, including the semi-final between Germany and Spain

April 20 - World steeplechase champion Marta Dominguez has been provisionally cleared of doping charges, which means that she will be able at the Olympics in London next year.

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