FIFA President Gianni Infantino has claimed that the World Cup group stage in Qatar was the "best-ever" in the tournament's history, and it has demonstrated "there are no more small teams and no more big teams."

to mark the last 32-team men's World Cup, with FIFA planning a revamp of the 2026 tournament in the United

States, Canada and Mexico to include 48 teams in 16 groups of three.Reports have suggested that FIFA

International Esports Federation (IESF) President Vlad Marinescu has lamented "phantom" organisations causing cracks in esports' road to international recognition, calling for unity between all bodies within the community.

organisation - after the withdrawal of only challenger Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa Al-Nuhyan from the United

Attendees at the IESF Ordinary General Meeting ©IESFTo date, the GEF states it has over 120 members,

while the IESF, which was formed in 2008, states it has 130.Marinescu took over as President of the organisation

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has vowed to provide Ukrainian athletes with help in the build up to Paris 2024, while insisting "we need to explore ways to overcome this dilemma" on the participation of Russian and Belarusian in the French capital here today.

international sport.The IOC has drawn a distinction between sanctions taken against the Russian and Belarusian states

and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron arguing for a separation of sports and politics, and the United

National Olympic Committees invited to the Olympic Summit in Lausanne, alongside his counterparts from the United

States, Susanne Lyons, and China, Gao Zhidan.The war in Ukraine is expected to feature highly on the

Former Alpine Ski World Cup super-G champion Mauro Caviezel suffered a brain injury in his fall at Lake Louise, Swiss-Ski has confirmed.

including migraines and vision problems.Gretchen Bleiler, who won a halfpipe snowboard medal for the United

States at Turin 2006, has also campaigned for concussion awareness and says she can count at least six

The Diamond League final will take place outside Europe for the first time since the event began in 2010 next season, with Hayward Field in Eugene in Oregon - host of this year's World Athletics Championships - scheduled to stage the last meeting.

decision to hold the final in Oregon will ensure that there is another strong focus on the sport in the United

States a year after it staged World Athletics' flagship event for the first time, with the hope that

The International Skating Union (ISU) Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is set to begin tomorrow in Turin with world champions and Olympic medallists eyeing the top prize after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus.

Sakamoto will also be hoping to end the year on a high while junior world champion Isabeau Levito of the United

States and Skate Canada winner Rinka Watanabe of Japan will be the surprise elements.Among men, Ilia

Malinin of the United States has had a stellar year, becoming the first and only skater to have landed

Daniel Grassl hoping for home success.In the pairs event, Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier of the United

States will be the centre of attention.They will be up against world silver medallists Riku Miura and

Renewed attempts are being made to get the United States Senate to confirm the stalled appointment of

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld an appeal filed by former American taekwondo athlete Steven Lopez and coach Jean Lopez, lifting all World Taekwondo (WT) suspensions imposed on the pair.

suspended from the sport and their World Taekwondo Global Membership System licenses revoked following a United

States Center for SafeSport investigation which concluded that both had violated SafeSport Code for

Jiang Huihua gave China a winning start on day two of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championships in Bogotá, Colombia, the first qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

two Olympic champions were beaten, two 20-year-old Europeans were in record-breaking form, and the United

States and Romania both had medallists.Theerapong Silachai of Thailand set a junior world record of

only two lifts to finish in 15th place on 174kg - and she injured herself on her final attempt.The United

States pair Hayley Reichardt and Jourdan Delacruz finished fifth and seventh on 84-110-194 and 86-105

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has won the USA Softball Collegiate Impact Award.

The honour crowns the university judged to have made the biggest contribution to the United States softball

 Delaney Spaulding was one of four past and present UCLA players picked in the United States roster

The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee last week announced Stanford University as winner

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today it will continue to monitor boxing's governance as uncertainty surrounds the sport's Olympic future with it being warned that, if a decision had to be made today, then it would not be recommended for inclusion at Los Angeles 2028 under the current governing body.

that both senior officials at Los Angeles 2028 and NBC, which is due to broadcast the Olympics in the United

States, are keen for boxing to remain on the programme.

Emirati President Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan has praised Qatar's hosting of the FIFA World Cup as a "success for all Arabs".

travelled to the country since a four-nation boycott and blockade of Doha over a political dispute.The United

tournament, the first time it has ever been held in the Middle East, was "a success and honour for all Gulf states

Hosts Canada topped the medal table at the International Swimming Federation World Junior Diving Championships in Montreal.

taking gold with 427.10 points.Katelyn Fung took silver with 420.35 points, with Lilly Witte of the United

States completing the podium with 414.00 points.Fung went one better in the women’s one metre springboard

took gold in the men’s one metre springboard with a score of 469.70 points while Anna Lemkin of the United

States won the women’s three metres springboard with 344.75 points.The remaining golds went to Ukraine

Cuba is set to allow women to box officially after decades of restrictions, but it was not confirmed if it would be at a professional level as was sanctioned for male athletes earlier this year.

1904.Cuba has won 41 gold medals in the Olympic Games, the second-most of all-time behind only the United

States on 50.Cuba's Teófilo Stevenson and Félix Savón are two of just three boxers to win three Olympic

re-elected President of the International Esports Federation (IESF) following another withdrawal of United

Sheikh Sultan, the Asian Esports Federation President from the United Arab Emirates, was supposed to

I promise that we will be united and that we can change the world."

Executive Board members were elected too, with Namibia's Flip de Bruyn, United States' Lance Mudd, Tiago