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Paul and Ahye lead Trinidad and Tobago team for Santiago 2023

  • Santiago 2023

Cyclist Nicholas Paul and sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye are among the top names in the 64-member Trinidad and Tobago squad announced for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.

table tennis, Karin Singh in weightlifting, Nicholas Robinson in canoeing and Christopher Richards in golf


LIV Golf players face missing majors and Olympics after tour rejected for rankings

  • Golf

LIV Golf's bid to be accepted by the sport's official world rankings has been rejected, a move which will impact players hoping to qualify for the majors and Olympic Games.

Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) chairman Peter Dawson said LIV's 54-hole format with no cut was a

circuit only features the same 48 players all season.Dawson wrote a letter explaining the decision to LIV Golf

It is unfortunate that no way to include LIV Golf in the ranking could be found which would be fair and

Keeping this matter under review, OWGR will continue to monitor developments in men’s professional golf

Professional golf is now without a true or global scoring and ranking system.


Helmut Digel: World sport between nationalisation, privatisation and self-destruction

  • Inside the Blogs

In the world of international sport, dramatic changes have been taking place for a long time, and especially in these days, which have had an impact on their performance, their effects and their scope. 

 Saudi Arabia has set up its own golf tour, the so-called LIV Golf.

The name corresponds to the number 54 in the Roman script and refers to three rounds of golf à 18 holes

So even the last golf pro at an LIV Golf  event still receives thousands of US dollars in prize


Los Angeles proposes five new sports for 2028 Olympics programme

  • Los Angeles 2028

Los Angeles has proposed five new sports for the programme for the 2028 Olympic Games - baseball and softball, flag football, cricket, lacrosse and squash.

aquatics, archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, canoeing, cycling, equestrian, fencing, football, golf


R&A and Zambia NOC meet for first time to discuss golf development

  • ANOCA

The National Olympic Committee of Zambia (NOCZ) hosted the Royal and Ancient Golf Club (R&A) of St

NOCZ secretary general Boniface Kambikambi and Zambia Golf Union (ZGU) secretary general Edward Phiri

uplifting the standards of sport in the country have not gone unnoticed, and the partnership (sic) the Golf

Union crucial for the continued development of Golf in Zambia," Phiri said.




Home crowd roars for Chinese Taipei in late 3x3 basketball glory at Hangzhou 2022

  • Hangzhou 2022

The home crowd cheered just as loudly for Chinese Taipei as they did China in a rousing set of 3x3 basketball finals here at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games before an athletics dispute broke out between India and the host nation on day eight of competition.

:38.36.Hong Kong also caused a splash in today's action with Taichi Kho ending the men's individual golf



Zimbabwe Olympic Committee chief executive identifies raising awareness of Olympics as key part of new role

  • ANOCA

New Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) chief executive Marlene Chiedza Gadzirayi has revealed that she wants to raise people’s awareness of the Olympic Games in the periods between them taking place.

Southern Rhodesia.Zimbabwe sent a team of five athletes to the Japanese capital, one each in athletics, golf

Olympics with the best performance coming from Scott Vincent, who finished equal 16th in the men’s golf



Europe look to regain Ryder Cup in Rome as holders US eye first away success in 30 years

  • Golf

Europe are aiming to win back the Ryder Cup from the United States and keep their 30-year unbeaten home record intact at the 44th staging of the famous matchplay event in Italy.

Three days of play are due to begin tomorrow at the Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Rome with both

world with Johnson having an abundance of riches to pick from.Koepka is the only player chosen from LIV Golf

Lowry, Denmark's Nicolai Højgaard and Sweden's Ludvig Åberg complete the team.Europeans playing in LIV Golf

won six Ryder Cups in a row on home soil since then.The Ryder Cup will be hosted at the Marco Simone Golf


Former R&A chief and Britain's leading amateur golfer Sir Michael Bonallack dies aged 88

  • Golf

British golfer Sir Michael Bonallack, a leading figure in the sport, has died at the age of 88.

He made a huge contribution to golf not only as one of the finest amateur golfers in the history of the

He led The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at a time of change and did so with great courage, enterprise

He will be a huge loss to all of us in golf but particularly here in St Andrews."

Chairman of The PGA GB&I Chairman of The Golf Foundation.

President of The English Golf Union, World Golf Hall of FamerHe… pic.twitter.com/7iENogHu7J— Middlesex


Sweden place Vangdal in charge of coaching drive before Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) has named Katarina Vangdal as project manager of a new initiative designed to boost its coaches before Paris 2024.

Vangdal is already the head coach of Sweden's national golf teams and will combine both roles.It is hoped

"I have a lot of energy and motivation for both my assignments and believe that my experiences from golf

Katarina Vangdal's background is in golf but she will now work in other sports too ©Getty ImagesVangdal

was Sweden's golf head coach at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games."

nbsp;"The prerequisites for this important project manager role are based on a good agreement with the golf