Three Valencia football fans have each been sentenced to eight months in jail for racially abusing Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr. According to LaLiga, these are the first convictions for racist abuse at a football match in Spain and were hailed as "great news for the fight against racism."

World Sailing has selected the cities of Valencia in Spain and Gdynia in Poland to host the 2026-2027 World Sailing Championships as the event moves to a split format for the first time.

The Baseball European Cup 2024 tipped-off today in Valencia with a game between Austria’s Diving Ducks and Les Cougars Montigny of France in the Group B division. Eight top-level teams are set to compete for the European crown from 4-9 June: 2 teams from Spain, 2 teams from France, 2 teams from Austria, 1 team from Croatia and 1 team from Belgium.

The Spanish city of Valencia was awarded the 2027 European Athletics Indoor Championships on Friday at the 173rd meeting of the European Athletics Council in Rome.

Valencia, Bologna, Manchester and Zhuhai are the cities that will host the 2024 Davis Cup final phase group stage from 10-15 September. The European cities are repeating, while the Chinese city will be hosting for the first time. The grand final of the tournament will be held in Malaga, Spain.

MotoGP returns for its 75th season this weekend with the Qatar Grand Prix. Since 2007 the World Championship has started at the Losail International Circuit, except last year when the season opener was held at Portimão. Bagnaia, who has won the championship twice in a row, is the favourite to win again.

The upcoming Games will be held in Valencia, the capital of the Valencian Community in Spain, and will offer a wide variety of sports to participate in or simply enjoy as a spectator.

Hockey's final ticket to Paris 2024 will take place in three different countries from 13 January. Spain will host one men's and one women's group, while Oman and India will host the remaining qualifying matches.

There were no surprises, and Pecco Bagnaia was crowned the MotoGP World Champion after winning the last race, the Valencia Grand Prix, and leaving no chance for his main title rival, the Spanish rider Jorge Martín, who took too many risks and crashed in the sixth lap while trying to catch up with Bagnaia, sending Marc Márquez to the ground in the process. Martín was eager and started the race with the intention of reducing the 14-point gap that separated him from Bagnaia in the standings. However, he faced the first scare in the third lap when he ran straight to avoid a fall, dropping to eighth place and losing many opportunities.

Valencia City Council has approved the creation of an Organising Committee for the 2026 Gay Games, featuring representation from local, regional and Spanish Governments.

German star Darja Varfolomeev did a clean sweep of the individual apparatus titles at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Valencia.

Darja Varfolomeev of Germany claimed the hoop and ball titles at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Valencia.

Places at next year's Olympics in Paris will be up for grabs when Valencia stages the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.

Puerto Rico and The Netherlands earned places in next year's World Baseball Softball Confederation Women's Softball World Cup Finals, with China missing out despite topping the Group B round-robin in Valencia.

Puerto Rico and The Netherlands sealed the remaining two playoff places on the final day of round-robin action in Group B of the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Women's Softball World Cup in Valencia.