An update on the progress of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria by its chief executive Jeroen Weimar was one of the highlights of a Commonwealth Sport Regional meetings in Zambia’s tourist capital of Livingstone.

22 and 23), followed by the Americas/Caribbean region event in Commonwealth Youth Games host Port of Spain

Argentina’s FIFA World Cup-winning captain Lionel Messi and his Paris Saint-Germain team-mate Kylian Mbappé, who scored a hat-trick in the final, are among athletes who will assemble in next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games host city Paris on May 8 for the 2023 Laureus World Sports Awards.

of the Year category, along with Messi’s Argentina.The 19-year-old tennis player Carlos Alcaraz of Spain

The 2023 European Sambo Championships are set to start tomorrow in Haifa, with the men's and women's, as well as the junior, youth and cadet tournaments taking place.

Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Ireland, Iceland, Spain

Antalya in Turkey is due to host the opening leg of the Archery World Cup's 17th season from tomorrow featuring two of the four reigning champions.

2023Other stars on the entry list are the four winners last year at this event - Miguel Alvariño of Spain

Germany's Katrin Eckermann has secured the Global Champions Tour Grand Prix of Miami Beach for the second year in a row while Madrid in Motion also triumphed in Florida.

Eduardo Alvarez Aznar of Spain and The Netherlands' Maikel van der Vleuten made up the top three with

Commonwealth Games gold medallist Ollie Hoare has been named the recipient of the Bruce McAvaney Award for Performance of the Year as part of the Athletics Australia Awards for 2022.

When you think about it, there were two Australian records in the marathon; one by Sinead Diver in Spain

Thammy Nguyen, who gave up competing for nearly seven years to start a business and a family, was in floods of tears after winning Ireland’s first ever European Championships medal in senior weightlifting.

her first senior title.Pana made 70-83-153 for silver ahead of another 19-year-old, Marta Garcia from Spain

Thibault Anselmet has clinched the men's International Ski Mountaineering Federation World Cup title with one race remaining despite a poor finish in Tromsø.

in Tromsø.She secured gold in 1:19:40 to pip Italy's Alba De Silvestro and Ana Alonso Rodriguez of Spain

Italy had a desperate time at weightlifting's first qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games but they can do far better in their second attempt.

Championships.Karapetyan lines up against the reigning champion David Fischerov from Bulgaria, Marcos Ruiz from Spain

Morocco has been backed by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to form part of a joint bid with Spain

members of the continental body pledged their support.Morocco has stepped in as a joint bidder with Spain

Association.The endorsement by the CAF is a further boost for the application after the UEFA already backed Spain

unsuccessful bids for the 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010, and 2026 editions.The men’s national team eliminated both Spain

application to stage the World Cup in seven years’ time.The decision is set to add further weight to the Spain-Portugal-Morocco

Spain have won gold in the mixed relay to start the last International Ski Mountaineering (IMSF) World

Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard warmed up for the defence of his title with an impressive win in the six-stage Tour of the Basque Country.

stages of the International Cycling Union World Tour stage race around the Basque Country region of Spain

Singaporean sailing sensation Max Maeder was crowned overall winner of the Princess Sofia Mallorca Trophy in the Bay of Palma.

World Cup Series.Michael Beckett defended his International Laser Class Association (ILCA) 7 title in Spain

Japan continued its domination at the Women's Softball Asian Cup, winning their sixth consecutive title in the South Korean city of Incheon.

Women's Softball World Cup, which is actually due to start with the group stages in Ireland, Italy and Spain

Camilo Santiago of Spain and Ivan Zarco Alvarez of Honduras have been suspended for six months by the

contacted World Athletics to request that the marathon result be attributed to Santiago.Camilo Santiago of Spain