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Three rounds on three continents, and the top four teams will qualify for the playoffs, among the innovations of the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024

  • Rugby Sevens

The new calendar for the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024 is completed with three rounds taking place on three different continents between January and May. This is one of the novelties revealed with the change of format and dates for the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Challenger 2024.

From Asia, the qualified teams are Japan and Hong Kong China for men and China, Hong Kong China, and


World Archery releases shortlists for 2023 Athlete of the Year Awards

  • Archery

World Archery has announced the shortlists for the 2023 Athlete of the Year Awards for nine of the prizes, including the six category trophies - recurve men, recurve women, compound men, compound women, Para men and Para women - which will be open for public voting from 10 November to 10 December 2023.

-Guillaume Toucoullet (recurve, France).Para women*:-Chen Minyi (W1, China).

-Wu Chunyan (recurve, China).2022 winners And now it's time to remember the winners in 2022, pointing


UN calls for ‘Olympic truce’ for Paris 2024, Russia abstains

  • Paris 2024

The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved on Tuesday (118 votes in favor and none against) the call for an Olympic truce for the Paris 2024 Games, but Russia and Syria abstained in protest over Russia's recent exclusion from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

received explicit support from Syria at the time of the vote, while other Russia-allied countries, such as China


Nominees for the BWF 2023 Player of the Year Awards

  • Badminton

The BWF has announced the nominees for the 2023 Player of the Year in eight categories, including three for para badminton.

with the prestigious BWF Player of the Year awards on December 11 in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China


Badminton: 160 rackets face off in the Li-Ning China Masters 2023 from today until Sunday

  • Badminton

Vitidsarn is one of the attractions of the Li-Ning China Masters starting today, Tuesday, gathering the

in the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2023 as the current world champion, so he will attend the Li-Ning China

take place on Tuesday (November 21), the first day of the event.160 rackets face off in the Li-Ning China

Masters 2023 from today until Sunday. © Getty Images"Unfortunately, I won't be participating in the China


Lochner, unstoppable, takes both events in the four-man bobsleigh in Yanqing

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

For the Olympic silver medallist in 2022, it was his first win in the four-man bobsleigh since 2020, but the next day he added his second win. The German is unstoppable. On the first day, with push athletes Georg Fleischhauer, Erec Bruckert, and Florian Bauer, Lochner relegated his teammate.

also won in the two-man event, kicks off the BMW IBSF World Cup opening with two victories in Yanqing, China

Lochner maintains his undefeated status in the opening of the World Cup at the Yanqing Sliding Centre in China


Leonz Eder unanimously elected FISU President

  • FISU Section Pages

Leonz Eder was unanimously elected President of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) at the successful 38th FISU General Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. 

-FISU Vice Presidents: Jin Liu (China), Penninah Kabenge (Uganda), Verena Burk (Germany), and Marian



WADA asserts non-compliance on four Anti-Doping Organizations

  • Olympics

This week, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) Executive Committee (ExCo) and Foundation Board (Board) met in Montreal, Canada, on 16 and 17 November 2023, respectively. The ExCo followed the recommendations from the CRC to allege three National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs) and one Major Event Organization (MEO) as non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) and added two other NADOs to the ‘watchlist’. The three NADOs that the ExCo decided to allege as non-compliant with the Code are: Venezuela, Nigeria and Tunisia.

2021, the DPRK flag could not be flown at major events, including the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China


FISU General Assembly in Geneva

  • FISU Section Pages

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) is currently conducting its 38th General Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, with 164 member associations from around the world invited to the most significant meeting of the year.

28 to August 8, the FISU Games in Chengdu took place in the Sichuan province, People's Republic of China


Rugby: One Olympic spot per category in the Osaka

  • Rugby Sevens

One spot for the men's category and another for the women's category are at stake in the Asia Rugby qualifying tournament that kicks off this weekend in Osaka. 

The men's competition is divided into two groups: Group A with Japan, China, Korea, India, and Hong Kong

(China), and Group B with the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, and Thailand.

In the women's side, Japan, Thailand, and Kazakhstan are in Group D, while China, Hong Kong China, India

the gold medal in the Asian Games against China.The men's tournament kicks off with a match between China




Paris, venue of the IBA press conference explaining its case for Olympic recognition

  • Boxing

Paris, France, will host the press conference that the president of the International Boxing Association (IBA), Umar Kremlev, will hold this Thursday, November 16, to provide information about the current situation of IBA.

competition, which concluded in 2015 with the men's tournament held in St Petersburg, Russia, and Taipei, China


IOC and the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations caution about World Friendship Games

  • Olympics

The World Friendship Games are scheduled to take place in Moscow and Yekaterinburg from September 15 to September 29, 2024, featuring competitions in 27 sports, including basketball, boxing, athletics, swimming, gymnastics, beach soccer, sports programming, and even acrobatic rock and roll.

The original members of the group - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - their new members