Laura Vilagrà, councillor for the presidency of the Generalitat, has ruled out the possibility of Catalonia bidding for the Winter Olympics, a project that was stalled after the Spanish Olympic Committee declared the negotiations with Aragon over the sharing of venues a failure, and which is now being abandoned in the context of the climate emergency.

Police arrested four people for an alleged sabotage of stage three at the Vuelta a España before Kaden Groves won today's stage four in a thrilling sprint finish.

There remains hope of a Spanish bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics after Catalonia presented a sole vision for the Games.

Aragon President Javier Lambán has claimed that the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) was an acting as ally to the Catalan independence movement through its perceived bias towards the region during the ill-fated Pyrenees-Barcelona 2030 bid process.

The Pyrenees-Barcelona bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic Games is reportedly on the brink of collapse, with the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) poised to withdraw the project unless a late agreement is reached between the Governments of Aragon and Catalonia.

Referenda on whether or not Catalonia should seek to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics have been delayed amid an ongoing row over the allocation of events in the Barcelona-Pyrenees bid.

Barcelona has won the right to stage the 2024 America's Cup, seeing off competition from fellow Spanish city Malaga and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

Mónica Bosch has been appointed by the Government of Catalonia as coordinator of the Pyrenees-Barcelona bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, but its counterpart in Aragon Government has blasted the decision as "unacceptable" and accused it of a lack of consultation.

Barcelona is set to play a major role in next year's Vuelta a España, one of cycling's three Grand Tours, including hosting the official departure. 

The President of the Catalonian Government has claimed the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games - which Pyrenees-Barcelona is in the running to host - could be the first major sporting event where the region competes under its own flag.

Ada Colau, the Mayor of Barcelona, has demanded a public consultation over the city's involvement in a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics.

La Liga, the top Spanish football league, has decided to start investing significant sums in Spanish federations representing other sports.

On July 25, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach was in Barcelona to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1992 Olympic Games.

World number one tennis player Rafael Nadal has claimed he was "disheartened" and upset by the violent scenes which marred the Catalonian independence referendum.

Felipe VI, the King of Spain, will visit Barcelona on Tuesday (July 25) to take part in the celebrations marking the 25^th anniversary of the 1992 Olympic Opening Ceremony – and he will be hoping to have a similarly inspiring and unifying effect to the one he managed as his nation’s flagbearer on that occasion.