World Taekwondo President Chungwon Choue has virtually met newly-appointed Committee chairs to introduce them to their roles and develop a coordinated plan for the future.

to Egyptian official Shaaban, with a particular focus on the Paris 2024 Olympics.He asked Sadok of France

World number one side Ireland overpowered holders South Africa to win one of the most eagerly-anticipated matches of the pool phase of Rugby World Cup 2023.

match that lived up to its billing, Ireland triumphed 13-8 in a physical encounter at the Stade de France

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TriathlonFrance's Dorian Coninx, left, held off Germany's Tim Hellwig, right, and Pierre Le Corre of France

Athletes from five countries won gold medals on the first day of the World Sambo Cup in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, six of which went to Russian competitors participating as neutrals.

Emeliukova, and Ekaterina Tsybert triumphed 6-2 in the under-59kg category against Aurore Cabanne from France

Three more Greco-Roman titles were won on the penultimate day of action at the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade in Serbia, while more Paris 2024 quota places were secured.

Saravi a 4-1 winner against neutral athlete Abubakar Khaslakhanau.Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamed Hassan Ghanem of France

Britain's Alex Yee and New Zealand's Hayden Wilde were denied the title at the World Triathlon Championship Finals for the second year running here, with France's Dorian Coninx capitalising to take victory in a thrilling race.

Henseleit was crowned men's under-23 world champion with a time of 1:45:18, beating Baptiste Passemard of France

Hosts Azerbaijan enjoyed a double success on the second day of the Heydar Aliyev Baku Grand Slam on the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Tour.

Spain's Ai Tsunoda Roustant, a tie that lasted 15min 39sec.The 2019 world champion Marie-Ève Gahié of France

Participating teams at the men's Rugby World Cup have been encouraged to support World Rugby's "Keep Rugby Clean" anti-doping programme.

Clean" t-shirts during warm-ups.Today and tomorrow mark Keep Rugby Clean weekend at the tournament in France

Spanish home favourite Susana Rodríguez's reign as Para triathlon world champion in the women's visually impaired class came to an end here as she was beaten by Italy's Francesca Tarantello.

expressed her displeasure, and had to settle for silver at 32sec behind Tarantello.Annouck Curzillat of France

title in 57min 37sec, with France's Thibaut Rigaudeau his closest challenger in 58:42.Jules Ribstein of France

a successful PTS3 title in 1:06:53.Paralympic and world champion Alexis Hanquinquant triumphed for France

Argentina survived a late push by Samoa to claim their first win of this year's men's Rugby World Cup in Saint-Étienne.

converted by D'Angelo Leuila, gave Samoa hope at 16-10.Argentina's first win of the Rugby World Cup in France

Ramazan Abdulaev won a men's under-60 kilograms final between two Russian athletes compete as individual neutrals at the Heydar Aliyev Baku Grand Slam on the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Tour.

bronze against Serbia's Milica Nikolić, a feat matched by world silver medallist Shirine Boukli of France

Gjakova winning the women's under-57kg final against Georgia's Eteri Liparteliani.Priscilla Gneto of France

Olympic champion Benjamin Savšek of Slovenia and British home favourite Mallory Franklin claimed the individual canoe golds at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Championships at Lee Valley.

champions with victory in the men's canoe, producing a penalty-free 97.40 to take gold.Nicolas Gestin of France

Owners of the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles have reportedly threatened to pull out of hosting 2026 FIFA World Cup matches as part of a dispute over revenue distribution.

set to be the first to feature 48 teams, up from the 32 that have competed since the 1998 edition in France

World Triathlon's Executive Board has approved an initial calendar for 2024 here, with three of the six events on the Championship Series set to contribute towards Olympic qualification.

a sprint event in New Plymouth in New Zealand on March 9 and 10, a first indoor event in Lievin in France

, Para Cups are scheduled in Abu Dhabi on March 2 and 3, Samarkand on May 18 and 19 and Besançon in France

The Asian rugby sevens qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympics are due to be held in Osaka City.

sevens tournaments at next year’s Olympic Games are due to take place from July 24 to 30 at the Stade de France