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Santiago 2023: Yakiel Sol achieves the second world record at the Chilean Parapan American Games

  • Paralympics Pages

The Cuban athlete made a jump of 7.74 meters in Santiago 2023, surpassing his own record of 7.71 set in Bogotá (Colombia) months ago. Brazil continues to lead, and Colombia holds an advantage over the United States for the second position in the medal standings.

(Foto de Marcelo Hernandez/Santiago 2023 vía Photosport).In team sports, Team USA secured the first win

The finals will be against Brazil and Canada, respectively.Goalball competition between Usa vs Argentina


Some of the world’s best Para Taekwondoins are set to start in Santiago

  • Taekwondo

Paralympic gold medallist from Brazil Nathan Torquato (Men K44 -63kg) is ready to go to action in Santiago 2023 Para Pan American Games. Torquato, who won the Paralympic Games in 2021 in Tokyo, is going to defend his title of Para Pan American Games champion which he claimed in 2019.

Defending champion, Paralympic Games bronze medalist Evan Medell from USA (Men K44 +80kg), Paralympic


DAVIS CUP 2023: The Stage is Set for Tennis Glory in the Final8

  • Tennis

This afternoon, the Davis Cup Final8 will be officially inaugurated in Malaga, Spain, with the match between Canada (defending champion) and Finland (debutant in the final phase). It will start at 4:00 PM CET.

International Tennis Federation (ITF) organizes this event, which originated 123 years ago when the USA


Santiago 2023: A Time for Records

  • Paralympics

With 67 records shattered at the Para Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, the most important Paralympic event in the Americas continues. Brazil maintains its lead in the medal standings.

- 27Female- 50 m freestyle S9 (Sat. 18.11.23): Mariana Gesteira (BRA) with 28.29 / Elizabeth Smith (USA

Fabiana Sugimori (BRA) with 33.09, in Rio 2007- 400 m freestyle S7 (Sat. 18.11.23): Mckenzie Coan (USA

Plata 2003- 50 m backstroke S5 (Sun. 19.11.23): Mariana Guerrero (COL) with 46.06 / Alyssa Gialamas (USA

2019- 100 m backstroke S8 (Sun. 19.11.23): Paola Ruvalcaba (MEX) with 1:23.42 / Ahalya Lettenberger (USA

) with 699 / Matt Stutzman (USA) with 687, in Toronto 2015- W1 – 72 arrows ranking round (Sun. 11/19/


Santiago 2023: Brazil's samba in full swing

  • Paralympics

The VII Parapan American Games Santiago 2023 have begun, and the South American giant reaffirms why it is the strong candidate for the consecutive fifth title in the medal tally of the most important games throughout the entire continental Americas.

Rauen (BRA)MaleClass 1: Yunier Fernández (CUB)Class 2: Luis Flores (CHI)Class 3: Jenson Van Emburg (USA

)Class 4: Maximiliano Rodriguez (CHI)Class 5: Elías Romero (ARG)Class 6: Ian Seidenfeld (USA)Class 7:

Paulo Salmin (BRA)Class 8: Luis Guarnieri (BRA)Class 9: Tahl Leibovitz (USA)Class 10: Claudio Massad

FOR SPORTMixedR3 10m air rifle prone SH1: María Restrepo (COL)P3 25m air pistol SH1: Gong Yanxiao (USA


Canoeing: Garioud and Barreras Champions

  • Canoeing

Frenchman Noic Garioud clinched his second world title in this year's competition, while Spanish athlete Esperanza Barreras successfully defended her crown, putting the spotlight on long-distance races at the International Canoe Federation's Stand Up Paddling World Championship.

29:36.83TAGUCHI Rai (JPN) 01:29:38.37OPEN WOMENBARRERAS Esperanza (ESP) 01:43:44.57BARNES Kimberly (USA


Noah Lyles reaches the level of Michael Johnson and Sha’Carri Richardson also honored at the prestigious US awards

  • Sports

The US Athletics Gala acknowledges the best of the year and awarded the Jesse Owens Athlete of the Year prize. In 2023, it wasn't very difficult to predict, given that Noah Lyles has shattered records and has been crowned the world champion in 100 meters and 200 meters, a milestone that positioned him as the top contender-

award to the impressive medal haul he collected this year, winning the Jesse Owens Award, given by USA

He claimed a third gold in Budapest after anchoring Team USA to the 4X100m relay win.


Carlsen and Hikaru in the final battle in Toronto

  • Sports

Grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, the two biggest names in chess, will go head-to-head with the top players of 2023 when Chess.com's $2 million Champions Chess Tour reaches its grand finale next month.

Their rivalry is on fire, but they are not alone.The USA are bringing out the big guns.


Canoeing: Significant evolution at the World Championship

  • Olympics

During the presentation of the World Championship in Thailand, Mr. Thomas Konietzko, President of the International Canoe Federation (ICF), expressed gratitude for the continuous evolution of the sport, evident in the increase from 145 to 1000 participants in just 4 years at the premier global event.

Seychelle Webster (USA)2. Juliette Duhaime (ARG)3. Tarryn King (RSA)MEN’S OPEN1.

Connor Bacter (USA)3.


Bid opens for 2025 Women's World Para Ice Hockey Championship

  • Paralympics

World Para Ice Hockey is now looking for a host city for the 2025 Women's World Championship, where up to six teams will compete in a week of round-robin matches, followed by a playoff and medal round. To be eligible to field a national team at the event, a nation must have a total of nine total athletes, including seven skaters and two goalkeepers.

Three countries, Canada, Great Britain, and the USA, already have national teams and World Para Ice Hockey


27 countries eligible according to World Boxing for 2023 World Boxing Inaugural Congress.

  • Boxing

World Boxing continues its attempt to become the governing body of the sport, aiming to gather a larger number of Federations, taking advantage of the fact that the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has not yet decided on the appeal filed by the International Boxing Association (IBA) regarding its exclusion from the Olympic movement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Currently, two more countries are waiting to be recognized as members and join the 27 that are already confirmed.

 Suriname - Surinaamse Boksbond Sweden - Swedish Boxing Federation USA - USA BoxingUS


Uğur Erdener, new President of SportAccord

  • Olympics

Erdener has served as President of World Archery since 2005 and has been an IOC Member since 2008.

Fogelis (LAT) - AIOWF representative President of the International Luge Federation (FIL)Beau Welling (USA


Málaga is dressing up tonight to host the World Sailing Awards 2023 ceremony

  • Sailing

At 7:30 p.m., the Spanish town of Málaga will be the venue for the recognition of the outstanding figures of the year with the 2023 World Sailing Awards. The event includes several awards, the most outstanding of which being th 11th Hour Racing Sustainability Award from World Sailing and the Team of the Year award, recognizing teams that embody integrity, ambition, resilience, and resourcefulness.

Rolex watch.The finalists for the Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2023 are:Female categoryBetsy Alison (USA

Neuschäfer (RSA)Lauriane Nolot (Fra)Vilma Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler (SWE)Male categoryCharlie Enright (USA

integrity, ambition, resilience, and resourcefulness.This year's nominees are:11th Hour Racing Team (USA


The World Champions crowned in individual DMT and Tumbling and the all-important individual trampoline qualifying–the gateway to Paris 2024

  • Gymnastics

Spectators roared as British trampoline star Bryony Page regained her world title at Arena Birmingham on Sunday (12 November). The two-time Olympic medallist scored 56.680 to eclipse the 56.460 posted by People's Republic of China's Olympic champion Zhu Xueying.

Bronze medallist Jessica Stevens (USA), sixth in 2022, climbed onto the podium for the first time with

pic.twitter.com/WoYMZXFod8— FIG (@gymnastics) November 12, 2023Nicole Ahsinger and Sarah Webster’s (USA

Women’s Synchronised Trampoline final came to an end on Sunday when the duo returned the title to the USA

gymnastics) November 12, 2023After three consecutive silver medals, a true team effort resulted in the USA

📹⤵️ https://t.co/xT6gAjhh7f pic.twitter.com/HOBa27NoB0— USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) November 12, 2023A


Historic success for Great Britain women and Azerbaijan men at World trampoline, tumbling and DMT Championships

  • Gymnastics

The Utilita Arena in Birmingham is hosting the Trampoline, Tumbling and DMT World Championships from 9-19 November.vThe event is also the primary qualification event for the Olympic discipline of trampoline at the 2024 Paris Games.

quartet of Megan Kealy, Saskia Servini, Naana Oppon and Shanice Davidson beat France and third-placed USA

Tofig Aliyev, Adil Hajizade and Elnur Mammadov, earned the medal in the men's tumbling team final.Team USA