In an atmosphere of enthusiasm and commitment, the Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU) launched three courses that promise to raise the standard of the discipline in the region. The first day of activities was marked by excellence and guidance from renowned masters and experts in various fields.

Thanks to the initiative of International Hockey Federation (FIH) President Tayyab Ikram, the second National Associations Summit took place in Muscat, Oman, to coincide with the inaugural FIH Hockey5s World Cup.  

Uzbekistan won two gold medals on the first day of the Grand Prix Portugal 2024 in Odivelas. World Championships 2023 silver medallist Dilshodbek Baratov was the best in the men's -60 kg category.

Russia's Serpukhov will host the first edition of the IBA Champions' Night 2024 on 3 February with a main event featuring World Championship bronze medallist Vsevolod Shumkov of Russia and Tashkent-2023 runner-up Saidel Horta of Cuba. 

Zvonimir Boban, once one of Croatia's finest footballers and a former AC Milan player, has resigned as UEFA's Director of Football in opposition to Aleksander Ceferin's possible re-election as UEFA President until 2031. UEFA announced Boban's decision to step down in a mutually agreed statement.

A month before his 25th birthday, the Slovenian basketball icon continued to break records with an astonishing 73-point performance as his Dallas Mavericks won 143-148 on the road at the Atlanta Hawk's court.

Zimbabwe cricket internationals Brandon Mavuta and Wessly Madhevere have been suspended for recreational drug use. They will be out of competition for four months.

Lia Thomas v World Aquatics is the 10,000th case registered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) since it was established in 1984 to resolve sports disputes through arbitration. Its headquartered are in Lausanne, and it has tribunals in New York City, Sydney and Lausanne. Temporary ones are established in the current Olympic host cities.

A Spanish judge has suggested that the former president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEA), Luis Rubiales, should stand trial for forcibly kissing Spain international Jenny Hermoso after Spain won the Women's World Cup. It was "non-consensual and a unilateral and unexpected gesture", the investigation concluded.

The European Weightlifting Federation has announced the formation of the EWF Temporary Athletes Commission under the new EWF Constitution. The working group, consisting of Mr. Caruana Jesmond (Chairman), Mr. Shai Oren (Legal Adviser), Mr. Osei Forrester (IWF AC Chairman), Dr Mihajlovic Milan (EWF General Secretary), Kt. Conflitti Antonio (EWF President), successfully established a procedure for EWF member federations to nominate athletes for this Commission and to present the proposal to the EWF EB and the EWF Congress.

Retired Cuban judo and Olympian Maricet "La Mole" Espinosa has died at the age of 34, according to NBC News.

Reigning Olympic champion Kate French is aiming to defend her modern pentathlon crown in Paris this summer as she prepares to return to competition for the first time in almost 18 months, informs the Team Bath/University of Bath.

The 2024 Odivelas Grand Prix in Portugal will kick off the Olympic year for judokas. Many of the world's strongest athletes will be in Portugal to earn qualification points and improve their position in the Olympic rankings.

Two-time SEA Games champion Syafiq Zuber will head to his favourite training ground - Seoul, South Korea - as part of his final preparations for the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Tai'an, China, on 15-16 March, reports The Star.

The EJU's top executive - President László Toth, Senior Vice-President Otto Kneitinger, Vice-Presidents Sergei Aschwanden, Hrvoje Lindi, Secretary General Martin Poiger and General Treasurer Envic Galea - met in Budapest for a two-day Bureau meeting just in time for the start of the 2024 World and European Tour season.