The first event of the Guardian Girls Global Karate Project has taken place in Cairo, Egypt, alongside the Karate 1-Premier League in the city.

The project was presented in Cairo by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Koyamada International

through karate training and to combat gender-based violence, the project debuted in Los Angeles in the United

States in October 2022.The Ambassador of Japan to Egypt Oka Hiroshi said: "Karate is such a wonderful

India is set to appear at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games this year for the first time in its history with participation at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in its sights.

medal events - men's shortboard and women's shortboard.Brazil’s Italo Ferreira and Carissa Moore of the United

States won the men's and women's gold medals, respectively.A total of 48 athletes are set to compete

Fans are now able to cast their votes for the World Archery Awards with nominees for the 10 categories now released by the governing body before the ceremony in March.

archery" as an athlete, official, coach or innovator.Archery’s first modern Olympic champions, the United

States' John Williams and Doreen Wilber, both feature - as does innovator Doug Easton and World Archery

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Stanislav Pozdnyakov has been swiftly closed down by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today after he complained about the potential conditions that athletes from the country may be forced to compete under if they are allowed to take part at Paris 2024. 

Pozdnyakov was one of only three NOC representatives at the Olympic Summit, along with China and the United

States, despite the invasion of Ukraine.Some influential figures in Russia believe that the country

during the period of the Cold War between the two world powerhouses at the time, Soviet Union and the United

An Olympic gold medal won by a member of the legendary "Miracle on Ice" United States team at Lake Placid

 Steve Christoff celebrates during the United States' 4-2 victory over Finland at Lake Placid 1980

of the team’s victory in the gold medal game as well, scoring one goal and assisting on another.The United

States' victory at Lake Placid 1980 has entered American sports folklore and was even made into a Disney

Boris van der Vorst has been accused by the International Boxing Association (IBA) of slandering African countries after he claimed that they were bribed on the eve of the organisation’s Extraordinary Congress in Armenia last year.

head of the Common Cause Alliance, whose members include Australia, Canada, England, Ireland and the United

States and who committed to overseeing change at IBA to ensure its future in the Olympic Games.The International

Former snowboard halfpipe world champion Kyle Smaine has died aged 31, after being caught up in an avalanche on the slopes of Mount Habuka Norikura in Nagano Prefecture in Japan.

caught up in the avalanche ©Getty ImagesIn a message paying tribute on its Instagram page the United

States Freeski Team said: "Today we lost an incredible person, friend, skier and teammate to the mountains

Italy's most-decorated female Olympian Arianna Fontana has hinted that she may switch allegiances to the United

States because of tensions with the Italian Ice Sports Federation (FISG).

South Korea won six gold medals from a possible eight at the end of the International Skating Union (ISU) World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships, dominating over three days in Dresden.

Kosei Hayashi, Teruhisa Miyoshi, Emu Natsume and Takumi Wada took silver in a photo finish with the United

States and China, more than four seconds behind the winners.Americans Marcus Howard, Kwon Seung-min,

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President Luc Tardif has announced that it cannot recognise the Association for the Development of Ice Hockey of Islamic Countries because it is "based on religion".

including the organisation of joint sports tournaments and exchanging of experiences.It is aimed at states

Bahrain, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, the United

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) have received the full details of the decision to effectively clear figure skater Kamila Valieva after she failed a drugs test, which would allow her to keep the Olympic team gold medal from Beijing 2022, it has been reported.

Russian Olympic Committee team that in February won the team gold medals at Beijing 2022, ahead of the United

States and Japan.But, after insidethegames exclusively revealed that Valieva had tested positive for

Swedish swimmer Jane Cederqvist, who won silver in the 400 metres freestyle at the 1960 Olympics, died on January 15 aged 77 from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

second in the women's 400m freestyle in 4min 53.9sec behind world record holder Chris von Saltza of the United

States, who set an Olympic record of 4:50.6.Cederqvist's time was quicker than that of Australian Lorraine

Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng of the United States and Norwegian Olympic champions Anders Mol and Christian

Germany's Lena Duerr prevented a historic win for the United States' Mikaela Shiffrin in the Alpine Skiing

German duo Laura Nolte and Johannes Lochner claimed the respective women's monobob and men's two-man bobsleigh titles at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Championships in St Moritz.

Nolte overcame Olympic gold medallist Kaillie Humphries of the United States to be crowned world monobob