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South Africa defends title and qualifies for WBSC Softball World Cup with Botswana

  • Baseball and Softball

South Africa defeated Botswana in the final of the continental championship. Both national teams have qualified for the World Softball Championship to be held from 12 June to 14 July. Lesotho finished third in the WBSC Men's Softball World Cup Africa Qualifier.

Singapore, Philippines, Czechia, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA, Mexico and Hong Kong, China


Glasgow's innovative World Indoor Championship comes to end

  • Athletics

The organisers of the World Indoor Championships in Athletics aim to raise the standards of international sporting events by prioritising sustainability, equality, diversity, and inclusion, while widening access to sport and physical activity at a local level.

The baton now passes to Nanjing, China, which will finally host the 20th World Athletics Indoor Championships


Judo: Tselidis, Su and Turoboyev win first Grand Slam titles in Tashkent

  • Judo

At the end of the third day of the 2024 Judo Tashkent Grand Slam, France topped the medals table with three gold, two silver and one bronze, ahead of Japan (two gold, three silver, six bronze) and hosts Uzbekistan (2,1,3). 23 countries won medals and 36 nations were represented. 

Xin Su (China).2. Ruri Takahashi (Japan).3. Maya Segawa (Japan).3.


ISA World Surfing Games: Five surfers qualify for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Andy Criere, Joan Duru, Ramzi Boukhiam, Rio Waida and Tim Elter qualified for Paris 2024 on the final day of waves in Puerto Rico. Brazil leads the women's team category at the World Surfing Games. France leads the men's category.

Israel), Camilla Kemp (Germany), Janire Gonzalez-Extabarri (Spain), Nadia Erostarbe (Spain), Siqi Yang (China


Chungcheong 2027 at the ITTF Busan 2024 Table Tennis Championships

  • FISU Section Pages

The 2027 Chungcheong Summer World University Games team visited the ITTF Busan 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships, the biggest festival for table tennis athletes and enthusiasts, to start promoting the August 2027 event.

support for the organisation of these Games.Athletes and officials from all over the world, including China


GAMMA: Engelhardt remains as president as new leadership team elected

  • GAMMA Sponsored Section

The election of the new GAMMA Executive Board and Council was the main item on the agenda at the GAMMA Congress ahead of the African Games. Held in a hybrid format, the meeting saw the first elections since the organisation's inception in 2019, as well as the approval of a new constitution, which will take place at an Extraordinary Congress in Thailand.

Erica Kerner of the USA and Xinghui Jin of China have also been appointed to the Council and will join


Top names in action at para-taekwondo qualifiers

  • Taekwondo

Games in Sofia, Bulgaria followed by the Asian Qualification Tournament for the Games in Tai'an City, China

The qualifying events in Bulgaria and China follow on from the African qualifying tournament, which was

 Afghanistan, China, Chinese Taipei, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Saudi Arabia,


Azerbaijan National Anti-Doping Agency officials attended WADA conference

  • News

The opening ceremony of the World Anti-Doping Agency's 2024 Global Education Conference was held in Cannes, France. Azerbaijan was represented by a delegation headed by Tahmina Taghi-Zada.

This is the fourth time the GEC has been held, previously organised by Canada (2015), China (2018), and


Beijing to host World Athletics Championships in 2027

  • Athletics

The 2027 World Athletics Championships will welcome the biggest stars back to Beijing, 12 years after the Chinese capital successfully hosted the premier athletics event and almost two decades after the Beijing Olympic Games.

 "With a population of more than 1.4 billion, China is one of the largest sports markets in the

biggest commercial markets in the world," said Coe.The World Athletics Council has selected Beijing, China

largest economies in the world: the USA (Eugene), the European Union (Budapest), Japan (Tokyo) and China

 China will host another World Indoor Championships in 2025, to be held in Nanjing.

Chinese Athletics Association (CAA), said: "Thank you to World Athletics for the recognition and trust in China


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


Hockey players deliver 13,000 books to primary schools

  • Ice Hockey

13,000 activity books from the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship have been delivered to elementary schools in the Utica, New York, area, where the tournament will be held.

between the national teams of Denmark and Sweden on Wednesday, 3 April at 11:00 am.Other games include China


Privilege or exception? How the IOC's decision on USAW affects the qualification system

  • Weightlifting

The US weightlifters took part in the European Championships in 2024. They did not compete for any medals, but... why was the American country allowed to take part in the European qualifying tournament, and what can this mean for weightlifting and the whole Olympic qualification system?

Lopez remained third, but improved his total by 2 kg to move closer to Li Dayin of China and Karlos Nasar


Uganda's high hopes for Dismas Yeko

  • FISU Section Pages

The 19-year-old, who won gold at the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, is aiming to follow in the footsteps of his compatriot Joshua Chepteguei, the World University Cross Country Champion before going on to Olympic success.

That's how he got the chance to compete at the FISU World University Games in Chengdu, China.


Valieva disqualification: Four appeals to CAS over new rankings

  • News

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered four appeals against the classification announced by the International Skating Union (ISU) for the team competition at Beijing 2022, following the suspension and doping disqualification of Russian skater Kamila Valieva.

 -China: 52.The complainants further request that the IOC award the medals as follows: gold Medal


Busan 2024 was the ultimate litmus test for the African Games in Ghana

  • Table Tennis

The President of the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF), El-Salhy, has praised South Korea for hosting the World Championships. He encouraged African teams to use the tournament as preparation for next month's African Games in Ghana.

For the first time in a long time we had strong competition from France and South Korea against China

#China cruised past France 3-0 to claim its 11th consecutive men's title at the ITTF World Team #TableTennis

/HZCk3zYc13— China News 中国新闻网 (@Echinanews) February 26, 2024The African confederation chief added that

China won its 11th consecutive men's world title after beating France 3-0 in the Europeans first appearance

ITTFIn the women's tournament in Busan, China won their sixth consecutive title after beating Japan 3