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Ex-professional runner Lauren Fleshman wins Best Sports Book of 2023

Ex-professional runner Lauren Fleshman wins Best Sports Book of 2023

Lauren Fleshman's book, 'Good for a Girl: My Life Running in a Man's World', has been named the winner of the 2023 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award and will receive a £30,000 prize at an official in London. It is the first book about women in sport written by a woman to win the world's most prestigious sports writing prize. 



HRH Prince Faisal elected IESF President

HRH Prince Faisal elected IESF President

HRH Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud was elected President of the International Esports Federation (IESF) at the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held today in Busan, South Korea. He secured the presidency with 71 votes in favour and will serve until 2025.







Asia Winter Baseball League returns with record attendance

Asia Winter Baseball League returns with record attendance

The eighth 'Asia Winter Baseball League' (AWBL) got underway on 25 November. The three-week tournament features six teams from the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL), the Chinese Taipei Baseball Association (CPBL), Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and the Japan Amateur Baseball Association (JABA).


Valieva wins in Moscow two months before CAS final decision

Valieva wins in Moscow two months before CAS final decision

For almost two years now, the 17-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva has been undergoing an ordeal following her positive test at the end of December 2021, which came to light two months later during the Beijing Winter Olympics, where she played a crucial role in Russia's team gold medal win.


Azerbaijan: 22 years of the Olympic World newspaper

Azerbaijan: 22 years of the Olympic World newspaper

On 27 November 2001, the first issue of the 'Olympic World' newspaper was published as the designated press outlet of the Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee. Since its inception, 'Olympic World' has focused on the promotion of national sports, the Olympic Movement, and the ideals inherent in the Olympic ethos.



Sinner leads Italy to second Davis Cup triumph

Sinner leads Italy to second Davis Cup triumph

In 1976, Italy reached the pinnacle of world tennis by winning its first Davis Cup in a controversial final, with some sections of the country criticising the team for travelling to Augusto Pinochet's Chile; in the end, they did it, winning 1-4 with Adriano Panatta as the hero.