The vouchers, known as Sportvereinsschecks, have successfully contributed to attracting thousands of new members to clubs, thereby strengthening sports post the COVID-19 pandemic and encouraging physical activity.

An unprecedented table tennis final took place at the Sol2023 Pacific Games when two twin sisters faced off for the Gold in the Mixed Doubles Table Tennis Final at the HCC Arena. Emotions ran high in women's basketball, and New Caledonia dominated in swimming.

As has been the tradition for the past four years, Team Belgium is holding its traditional Autumn Olympic Training Camp. It's 17 days of intensive training at the Gloria Sports Arena in Belek, Turkey, this time with an eye on Paris 2024.

Yerevan has become the center of many boxing events recently. The capital of Armenia hosted the EUBC European Championships in 2022, the 2023 EUBC Youth European Boxing Championships and several IBA congresses. And now the 2023 IBA World Junior Championships are held in Mika sport complex in Yerevan.

World Boxing will gather in Frankfurt this Saturday for the World Congress, where the elected positions of President, Vice President and seats on the Executive Committee will be decided, as well as the Presidents of the Sport and Competition Committee, the Medical and Anti-Doping Committee and the Finance and Audit Committee.

Almost a century after bobsleigh was recognised as an Olympic sport at the 1924 Winter Games, 96 years later at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games, six disciplines were included in the programme (2-man bobsleigh, 2-woman bobsleigh, 4-man bobsleigh, women's monobob, women's skeleton, and men's skeleton). 

With the arrival of winter, the ISMF World Cup kicks off. Val Thorens (France) is the chosen venue to raise the curtain on a competition that will consist of seven tests.

New Caledonia continues to lead the Sol2023 medal tally, and much of the credit goes to swimming. With 40 medals in the water and 16 golds with one day of aquatic competitions remaining, they hold a significant lead over their closest pursuers, Australia and Samoa, doubling the number of medals.

The first day of taekwondo in Parapan American Games 2023 in Santiago brought three gold medals for Mexico, Brazil and Peru. 

Qatar Announces a New Mixed Martial Arts Committee Members from judo, jiu-jitsu, and wrestling disciplines form the leadership of this body, backed by the Qatar Olympic Committee and prioritizing safety in the sport.

Several judo stars will return to the tatami in Sportpark Gmunden in Raiffeisen (Austria) during the Austrian Bundesliga Final Four tournament, which will be held on November 25.

The Croatian capital is the epicenter of the European Ju-Jitsu Championship. Organized by the Croatian Jiu-Jitsu Association, the Championship is currently taking place at the sports hall of Doma Sportova.

In a ceremony in the United Arab Emirates, 30 awardees from various sports fields in the UAE, the Arab world, and globally were recognized with the Mohammed Bid Rashid Al Maktoum (MBR) Creative Sports Award. Among them, international football and basketball were prominently acknowledged.

The tenth edition of the major tournament is expected to become the largest competition in women's rugby history. New standards were set for 2025 with the increase from 12 to 16 teams, accelerating women's participation worldwide.

The European Olympic Academies (EOA) approved the admission of four new OA to their circle and confirmed new procedures for the commissions. They also deliberated on the autonomy and intervention of the Olympic movement, the validity of arbitration agreements, and collaboration for sustainable development.