Ng Tze Yong, who caused one of the biggest upsets at the All England Open Badminton Championships yesterday by defeating defending men’s singles champion Viktor Axelsen, has been beaten in the quarter-finals.

21-12, while second seed An-Se Young of South Korea earned a walkover win against Carolina Marin of Spain

In Dublin this weekend, Ireland, World Rugby’s number one ranked team, are on the threshold of a Grand Slam for only the fourth time in their history. 

London.In their case, it happened against India in the quarter-final and in the semi-final against Spain

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her flyweight win over Ana Maria Alexandra Gheorghe of Romania ©IBAMaria del Carmen Madueno Conde of Spain

Germany's Martin Nörl secured victory in the men's snowboard cross, while Britain's Charlotte Bankes continued her dominance in the women's event at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Snowboard World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland.

imagesNörl won his second event of the season as he climbed to first place in the big final.Álvaro Romero of Spain

in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada.Italian Omar Visintin is second with 335 points while Lucas Eguibar of Spain

The International World Games Association (IWGA) held a media workshop focused on public relations for the Chengdu 2025 World Games.

experience.International Sports Broadcasting (ISB), which is the IWGA host broadcaster based in Madrid, Spain

Moroccan Sports Minister Chakib Benmoussa has confirmed the country's part in a joint bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

I would like to announce that the Kingdom of Morocco has decided, together with Spain and Portugal, to

considered a bid for the 2030 tournament, potentially with Tunisia and Algeria.Morocco's collaboration with Spain

men's national team enjoying a historic run to the semi-finals of Qatar 2022 where they eliminated both Spain

For the first time in major international competition, half the officials named by World Triathlon and Europe Triathlon for the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games will be female.

previously announced that Britain's Howard Vine will be the technical delegate and Esther Sanchez of Spain

of Belgium, Gabriela Rakova of the Czech Republic, Raquel Gonzalez and Francisco Manuel Soriano of Spain

Grant Hill, the newly established managing director of the United States men's basketball team, says athletes no longer need to commit to playing over several years to qualify for Olympic appearances.

USA will play a showcase game in Las Vegas before playing Slovenia and defending World Cup champions Spain

Ukrainian Taisiia Onofriichuk has dominated in the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix in Marbella with three titles.

standings in the all-around, hoop, and ball competitions at the Palacio de los Deportes Elena Benitez in Spain

We might just have a competitive battle to host the men's 2030 FIFA World Cup. Perhaps for the wrong reasons, it is difficult not to get excited about what could follow in the 12 months after the 211 Member Associations gather in Rwanda for the FIFA Congress this week. It is likely to provide an increasingly rare and fascinating window into the world of sports politics on a grandiose scale.

are working to provide as compelling a case as they can.The latest development came last week, with Spain

attracted 41 of the 52 votes from African countries for the 2026 edition - votes which could be crucial for Spain

Joma has insisted it has no sponsorship deals with teams from Russia and Belarus, after Zenit Saint Petersburg unveiled new kits bearing the Spanish manufacturer's logo.

We confirm that Joma's headquarters in Spain have stopped all our sponsorship activities with sports

Ukraine is set to be dropped from Spain and Portugal's bid for the men's 2030 FIFA World Cup, with Morocco

Having failed in a bid for the controversial 2018 and 2022 editions of the World Cup, Spain and Portugal

as European bid.It was claimed that the addition of Ukraine, almost 3,000 kilometres north-east of Spain

to the distance between Ukraine and the other two proposed host nations, Morocco is separated from Spain

notice.They enjoyed a historic run to the semi-finals of last year's World Cup in Qatar, knocking out both Spain

Spain's Lucas Eguibar and Britain's Charlotte Bankes won their respective snowboard cross events at the International Ski Federation Snowboard World Cup in Sierra Nevada.

Charlotte Bankes cut the gap on France's Chloe Trespeuch with victory at the FIS Snowboard World Cup in Spain

Chinese women's basketball coach Zheng Wei is aiming high for next year's Olympic Games in Paris 2024 after their painful loss to the United States at the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's World Cup final last year.

But if we are a genuinely top team like the USA, Australia, France and Spain, we need to prove ourselves

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) have released the pools for the 2023 3x3 World Cup, which will be taking place in Vienna.

tournament, defending champions France will face their Europe Cup final opponents the Netherlands, Spain