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Olympic Esports Games to be hosted in Saudi Arabia

  • Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed a groundbreaking partnership with Saudi Arabia’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) to host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in 2025. This landmark decision marks a significant step in the evolution of the Olympic movement, blending traditional sports with the burgeoning world of competitive gaming.

over 100 major global sports events, including esports, football, motorsports, tennis, equestrian, and golf


Paris 2024 achieves its first record with 8.6 million tickets sold

  • Home

 According to data provided by the organising committee to the AFP news agency, over 8.6 million tickets have already been sold for the Olympic Games. This figure surpasses the record of 8.3 million tickets sold for the Atlanta Games, which until now had held the highest number.

more expensive to attend athletics, swimming, and basketball events, while for other sports such as golf


Team Belgium will take 165 athletes to Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Belgium has presented an itinerary for its Olympic committee, featuring 165 athletes, including 82 women and 83 men, aiming to surprise at the Paris Games. Their best hopes lie in their traditional strengths: cycling, athletics, and field hockey.

athletics, rowing, basketball, badminton, boxing, sprint canoeing, cycling, equestrian, climbing, fencing, golf


Golfer Joost Luiten out of Paris 2024 despite court victory

  • Golf

International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday rejected his request to be added to the field for men’s golf

Antony Scanlan, the Executive Director of the International Golf Federation, noted on Tuesday afternoon

support Luiten, the IGF sought an exception from the IOC to increase the field size of the men’s Olympic golf


Birmingham City University to host the world's best junior ultimate players

  • World Flying Disc Federation

Birmingham City University (BCU) will host the 2024 World Junior Ultimate Championships (WJUC) from 21 July at BCU's Perry Barr Sports Centre, with over a thousand participants from more than 20 countries.

frisbee) sports, including Ultimate and other variants such as Beach Ultimate, Wheelchair Ultimate, Disc Golf


WFDF announces 2025 event schedule

  • World Flying Disc Federation

The World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) has announced the 2025 calendar for the 2024 season, which will include World Championships in Ängelholm (Sweden) and Algarve (Portugal), as well as tournaments on three different continents.

for the global governance of Flying Disc (Frisbee) sports, including Ultimate, Beach Ultimate, Disc Golf

from 30 November to 6 December 2025.The WFDF organizes tournaments for Ultimate, Beach Ultimate, Disc Golf

Overall Flying Disc Championships back to Sweden with events in Accuracy, Discathon, Distance, Disc Golf

The TWG will be held in Chengdu, China from 5-17 August 2025 and will include both Ultimate and Disc Golf

championship events across multiple disciplines in 2025, as well as showcasing both Ultimate and Disc Golf


Luiten in Paris after ruling, fate of other Dutch golfers still unknown

  • Paris 2024

A court has allowed Joost Luiten to take part in the Olympic golf tournament in Paris.

it doesn't seem to matter much to some Dutch officials.Qualification is based on the Official World Golf

They require golfers to be ranked in the top 100 of the OWGR or in the top 40 of the International Golf

level and will be able to take part in the men's singles tournament scheduled for 1-4 August at Le Golf

(by court order).Joost Luiten poses during a practice round on Day 5 of the Rio 2016 at the Olympic Golf


Torch Relay Stage 47: A big celebration in the Pas-de-Calais

  • Paris 2024

The Olympic Torch Relay continued to explore the north of mainland France, in the Pas-de-Calais, under the eyes of thousands of spectators. Throughout the day, it shone the spotlight on an attractive area, renowned for its landscapes as well as its cultural, economic and sporting vitality.

athletes with inspiring stories also carried the Torch, including disabled athletes Karine Boucher (para-golf


British Open qualifiers: Justin Rose in, Sergio García out

  • Golf

The Ryder Cup pair faced contrasting fates in the recent British Open qualification: Justin Rose made it through, while Sergio García missed out for the second consecutive year and what would have been his 100th major

Meanwhile, at West Lancashire, there was disappointment for another former champion and absolute icon in golf

history, as Sergio García, the 2017 Masters champion now part of LIV Golf, failed to secure a spot in

things don’t go your way," García stated afterwards.The Spaniard’s low world ranking after joining LIV Golf


Torch Relay Stage 46: The Olympic Flame burns in Nord

  • Paris 2024

The Nord département rolled out the red carpet for the Olympic Torch on a day packed with smiles and emotions. The locals were out in force on the roadsides of Nord, where nature, heritage, know-how and culture combine to give this place a unique charm.

A golf enthusiast, he will also open the final day of the Olympic golf tournament on 4 August.


Netherlands dashes hopes of 3 golfers who meet Paris 2024 criteria

  • Paris 2024

Demi Weber, Darius van Driel and Joost Luiten will not be competing in Paris because their country, the Netherlands, requires athletes to have a real chance of earning at least an Olympic diploma in order to receive support and the opportunity to participate in the world's greatest sporting event.

"After a thorough analysis of the golf results, it has become clear that the IOC requirement does not

offer sufficient prospects of achieving a position among the top eight in the field," said the Dutch Golf

of being an Olympic athlete and that you're not worthy of representing the Netherlands,'" Weber told Golf


ASOIF recognises FIH's transparency and good governance

  • Summer Olympics

ASOIF (Association of Summer Olympic International Federations) has recognised the International Hockey Federation (FIH) transparency and good governance practices, its efforts to consistently deliver and live the Olympic Values and its sustainability efforts, as confirmed by the promotion of the FIH to the higher tier of International Federations in its fifth Governance Review.

nbsp;B: International Fencing Federation (FIE), International Canoe Federation (ICF), International Golf



Torch Relay Stage 39: A historical day in Haute-Savoie to celebrate a centenary

  • Paris 2024

To celebrate Olympic Day on 23rd June 2024 and the centenary of the first Winter Olympics, the Torch Relay lit up Haute-Savoie. The first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in 1924, so it was a fitting tribute to return 100 years later with the Torch.

the Aiguille du Midi with 24 torchbearers specialising in high-altitude disciplines, and the joint golf

relay, which took place at the Evian Resort Golf Club.

of French golf.

 Local members of the French Golf Federation, took part, as well as talents such as Peggy Bouchet

Young golf hopefuls and para-golfers were also present, including Mélody Roccaz and Issa Nlareb Amang


2028 Los Angeles Olympics Committee backs mixed golf format

  • Olympics

The 2028 Olympics are considering a new golf format, a sport that has recently returned to the Olympic

According to Antony Scanlon, Executive Director of the International Golf Federation, there is strong

As reported by Golf Monthly, he stated, "At the beginning of next year, they should make the decision

All golf events in the 2028 Olympics will take place at one of the most iconic venues: Riviera Country

There will still be separate fields of 60 men and 60 women determined by the Olympic Golf Ranking.