Mr. Berhanu Eyassu Wossen from Ethiopia was elected by acclamation as the new AFBC President, being the only candidate after the other candidates withdrew. In total, 44 countries were represented at the Congress.

Grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, the two biggest names in chess, will go head-to-head with the top players of 2023 when Chess.com's $2 million Champions Chess Tour reaches its grand finale next month.

The Polynesian Government, Paris 2024, and the Haut-Commissariat have been studying all possible options to improve the project in recent weeks, with a particular focus on the installation of a new judges' tower and its foundations for the organisation of the Olympic Games surfing events and other competitions in the focus.

World Para Ice Hockey is now looking for a host city for the 2025 Women's World Championship, where up to six teams will compete in a week of round-robin matches, followed by a playoff and medal round. To be eligible to field a national team at the event, a nation must have a total of nine total athletes, including seven skaters and two goalkeepers.

Chris Jenkins, Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a leader with a rich history has been elected as the President of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) at its General Assembly in Singapore. He will succeed Dame Louise Martin of Scotland, who has served as President for nearly a decade, from 2014 

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has imposed a four-year suspension on para-powerlifting athlete Dawid Lange for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV), in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code. .

The Organising Committee of the World Aquatics Championships and the World Aquatics Masters Championships – Doha 2024 have announced exclusive fan travel packages to mark 100 days to go until the start of the Masters Championships.

World Netball's (WN) flagship event, the Netball World Cup (NWC), has been named 'Best Sporting Event of 2023’ at the Sports Business Awards 2023 (SBA 2023) in London. The quadrennial event, which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2023, was held in South Africa from 28 July to 6 August in its first appearance in Africa.

Virtual sports have developed remarkably in recent years. These trends are changing the world of sport, and the sporting community is now placing greater emphasis on working with virtual sports and eSports. 

As it has been the case in previous editions, as the Olympiad draws to a close and gives way to the Olympic Games, dissatisfaction with the Olympics grows among the inhabitants of the host city. 

The sixteenth edition of the Super Globe, or Handball Club World Cup, concluded this Sunday in the Saudi city of Dammam with a disappointing attendance but marked by SC Magdeburg making history with its third consecutive title, a feat previously achieved only by Barcelona between 2017 and 2019.

After a final-round 66, Lilia Vu was crowned an LPGA Tour champion for the fourth time this season at The ANNIKA driven by Gainbridge at Pelican. The 2019 LPGA Tour rookie continued her impressive year of golf, which included a win at the Honda LPGA Thailand and two major championship victories at The Chevron Championship and AIG Women's Open. 

The Olympics have been cancelled three times in the past because of war —in 1916, 1940 and 1944—, but International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said on Monday that the 2024 Olympics in Paris will not be called off because of conflicts between Russia and Ukraine on one hand and Israel against Palestine on the other hand. 

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has reserved judgement in the case of Kamila Valieva, the young Russian figure skater who tested positive in late 2021 and whose case came to light during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.