April 5 - Jose Maria Odriozola (pictured), the president of the Spanish Athletics Federation, has been appointed as a Technical Delegate for athletics events at the London 2012 Olympic Games, it has been announced.

The 69-year-old is a professor of biochemistry at the the University of Madrid and has represented Spain

April 3 - Hill & Knowlton has been appointed as the official communications agency for the joint candidature of Belgium and Holland for the World Cup 2018 and 2022, it was announced today.

There is also another joint proposal from Spain and Portugal.

March 16 - Luol Deng (pictured) has promised that his recent injury problems will not prevent him playing for Britain at this year's European Championship despite a warning that he should rest during the summer.

They have been drawn in Group C alongside world champions Spain, Slovenia and Serbia and will be based

April 21 - Britain's squad are preparing to take part in the LEN European Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships, which opens in Gloucester tomorrow, led by their coach Nathalie Bartleson (pictured).

She said: “The main countries that will impress at the competition are Russia, Spain, Italy and Greece

March 17 - There will be eight bidders lined up against England for the right to host the 2018 World Cup, FIFA announced today.

Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Russia and the United States, plus joint bids from Belgium-Netherlands and Spain-Portugal

March 16 - Visit London, the tourism organisation for the capital, has hired Edelman for its global consumer public relations activity in the build-up to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, it has been announced.

  They will focus on the United States, France, Germany, Spain and Italy.  

March 14 - Classes for the intellectually disabled are to be added to the World Rowing Championships in Munich this year, it has been announced by governing body FISA.

the Paralympics in Atlanta in 1996 but there was controversy at the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney when Spain

March 14 - Classes for the intellectually disabled are to be added to the World Rowing Championships in Munich this year, it has been announced by governing body FISA.

the Paralympics in Atlanta in 1996 but there was controversy at the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney when Spain

March 14 - Classes for the intellectually disabled are to be added to the World Rowing Championships in Munich this year, it has been announced by governing body FISA.

the Paralympics in Atlanta in 1996 but there was controversy at the 2000 Paralympics in Sydney when Spain

March 10 - Four candidates are in the running to host the European football championship in 2016, a tournament that Scotland and Wales had once hoped to bid for, it was announced today.

Stadium standards in France and Italy have fallen behind countries like England, Germany and Spain since

MARCH 5 - SPAIN'S Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (pictured), has today again predicted more success for the country if Madrid is chosen to follow London and host the 2016 Olympics.

  Spain enjoyed a memorable 2008 with their footballers winning Euro 2008, Rafael Nadal being crowned

victories in football and tennis, the Prime Minister stressed sports people were “improving the image of Spain

Since the Barcelona Games, Spain has become increasingly recognised as “amongst the strongest forces

MARCH 2 - ADELAIDE has accused Football Federation Australia (FFA) of trying to bully it into building a new stadium to support the country's bid to host the 2018 World Cup

There are also joint bids from Belgium-Netherlands and Portugal-Spain.

MARCH 2 - UEFA President Michel Platini (pictured) said that he hoped to secure a deal to ensure that the World Cup returns to Europe in 2018, an event are England favourites to host.

efforts, which also include Russia and joint bids from Belgium and the Netherlands and Portugal and Spain

MARCH 1 - LUOL DENG (pictured) has suffered a major injury that could keep him out for the season and cast a shadow over Britain's preparations for the European Basketball Championships later this year.

They have been drawn in Group C alongside world champions Spain, Slovenia and Serbia and will be based

BRITAIN has not been included in a new $316 million (£219.5 million) agreement between German marketing company Sportfive and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to negogiate the media rights for the 2014 and 2016 Games in Europe, it was announced today.

Britain, along with the other major European markets, France, Germany and Spain, are not part of the