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Spain wins Women's Nations League and looks ahead to Olympics

  • Football

Reigning world champions Spain lifted its second trophy in their history. The final score was 2-0, with Aitana Bonmatí (32') and Mariona Caldentey (53') scoring against France. Spain is the inaugural champions of the Women's Nations League and will now turn their attention to the Paris Olympics.

exploiting space on the left wing, where Olga Carmona, who scored the decisive goal in the final in Australia


Record attendance at WADA 2024 Global Education Conference

  • WADA

This week, from Tuesday to Thursday, the Palais des Festivals in Cannes (France) is hosting an event organised by the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage (AFLD). More than 400 people are taking part and the aim is to contribute to the fight against doping, especially in the year when Paris will host the 2024 Olympic Games.

Previous editions were held in Ottawa, Canada (2015), Beijing, China (2018) and Sydney, Australia (2022


Laureus Award: Messi, Djokovic, Bonmatí and Biles among nominees

  • News

The nominees for the prestigious Laureus Awards, selected by the 1,300 members of the Laureus Global Media Panel, have been announced. The awards ceremony will take place on 22 April. Lionel Messi, Novak Djokovic, Noah Lyles, Simone Biles and Aitana Bonmatí are among the nominees.

-Arisa Trew (Australia), Skateboarding.Laureus Sport for Good Award:-Bola Pra Frente (Brazil), Multisport


Opeloge moves up Olympic rankings at Oceania Championships

  • Weightlifting

Don Opeloge broke records and made a significant step forward in the Paris 2024 rankings when he won the 102 kg title for Samoa at the Oceania Championships held in Auckland, New Zealand, from February 21 to 25, the IWF official website reports.

Whiting won the women's 81 kg with a total of 197 kg, while the main contender, Eileen Cikamatana of Australia

 Kyle Bruce (Australia) won the gold medal in the men's 89 kg category with a total of 328 kg.

Sarah Cochrane, also from Australia, won the women's 71 kg with a total of 209 kg.Dika Toua won her 15th


Paris to host Olympic football draw on 20 March

  • Football

The draw for the Paris 2024 Olympic football tournaments will take place on 20 March at 20:00 local time at the Pulse building in the French capital, which will serve as the headquarters for the upcoming Games.

Australia hosts Uzbekistan after a 3-0 win 0-3 in Tashkent, while Japan faces North Korea in Tokyo after

U-23 Asian Cup 2024 in Qatar from 15 April to 3 May among the 12 participating teams: hosts Qatar, Australia


Nations Cup: Spain beats the Netherlands to book a place at Paris 2024

  • Football

The world champions defeated the Netherlands 3-0 in their semi-final in Seville on Friday. In the other semi-final, France (qualified for the Games as hosts), beat Germany, who will play the Netherlands for the remaining ticket.

After winning the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, they will continue to make history.


President Samuda backs IOC, WADA and CIFP stance on "Enhanced Games"

  • News

The President of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), attorney Christopher Samuda, has backed the position of international sporting bodies on the recently announced "Enhanced Games".

Three-time world champion swimmer James Magnussen of Australia has said he is ready to compete.


Paris 2024 qualifiers announced at Busan qualifying tournament

  • Paris 2024

11 more teams have joined the ranks of the Olympic qualifiers. South Korea's women booked their place at Paris 2024 with a thrilling win over Brazil, while the men did the same against India.

In the women's competition, China, Australia, Egypt, Germany, USA and Brazil had already secured their

places, while in the men's competition, China, Australia, Egypt, Sweden, Brazil and Canada had already


Los Angeles 2028 appoints two ticketing companies

  • Los Angeles 2028

AXS and CTS EVENTIM have been appointed as the Official Ticketing Service Providers for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles.

partner for more than 500 premier venues, sports teams and promoters in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia


Norway welcomes the FISU Championship Speed Skating

  • FISU Section Pages

The Viking Ship Olympic Arena in Hamar, Norway, is ready to welcome the world's best university speed skaters when the Hamar 2024 FISU World University Championship Speed Skating kicks off on 22-25 February.

continents are expected to compete, including those from 10 European nations, and from as far away as Australia


Taekwondo US Open 2024: Brazil back on top

  • Taekwondo

Brazilian taekwondo kyorugi athletes were the best at the Canada Open a week ago, and they did the same at the US Open, which took place from 16-18 February.

Turkey and Australia shared third place in the team event.Former world runner-up Javier Perez (Spain)

dominated the women's -57kg.Other gold medallists at the 2024 US Open:-Women's -48kg: Bianca Motta (Australia


Messi denies political implications of not playing in Hong Kong

  • FIFA

Argentina star Lionel Messi has denied that his absence from a match in Hong Kong two weeks ago, which angered China, was a political snub, putting it down to an injury that prevented him from playing in a friendly with his team Inter Miami.

Messi shone in front of his fans when Argentina beat Australia in a friendly in Beijing last June, scoring



Australia to support Pacific athletes for Paris 2024

  • Olympics

The Australian Government, through PacificAus Sports, will work with the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) to support more than 250 athletes from 13 Pacific nations to prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The funding from Australia made a huge difference to me in my ability to prepare for Paris 2024 and my

through #PacificAusSports. pic.twitter.com/J0gzMncNJU— Pat Conroy MP (@PatConroy1) February 13, 2024"Australia


Water polo groups confirmed for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

12 countries will compete in the men's category and 10 in the women's. The last qualifying event for Paris 2024 was the World Aquatics Championships in Doha, where Croatia and the United States were crowned world champions.

-Australia.-Japan.-Romania.-Serbia.-Italy.-Montenegro.

-Australia.-Hungary.-Italy.-United States.- China.-Canada.

WORLD AQUATICSWomen:Group A:Hungary, Australia, Canada, China and Netherlands.Group B:Spain, United States