Australian athletics' sustained growth and subsequent success has been recognized globally, with World Athletics today announcing Athletics Australia as the recipient of its prestigious 'Member Federation of the Year' award.

The sixth world championship in Thailand of this new sport called Teqball, which combines table tennis with football skills, where you can add some of the futvoley so famous on Brazilian beaches, was recently successfully completed in Thailand.

Officially, the Volleyball calendar for 2025-2028 is now available. It is the first time it has been approved with so early, bringing all parties involved to a consensus. This circumstance allows athletes themselves to better prepare for the Olympic cycle.

The new calendar has been developed in close consultation over the past year and a half with all key stakeholders, including athletes, coaches, Continental Confederations, National Federations, major national leagues, key media rights holders, and commercial partners.

The IJF shares staff with IBSA Judo to deliver the best quality IBSA events around the world. The IJF and IBSA Judo events are organised together back-to-back, like in Tokyo, where the IJF Tokyo Grand Slam was followed by the IBSA Grand Prix.

The elections of four new members of the International Sambo Federation's Athletes Commission took place in Yerevan during the World Championships on November 10-12. Based on the results of the vote count, Margarita Bazhayeva from Kazakhstan, Sasha Buwalda from the Netherlands, Sydney Sy from the Philippines and Seidou Nji Mouluh from Cameroon were elected to the commission.

Spanish golfer Jon Rahm is to leave the PGA Tour to join the controversial LIV Golf league. The official announcement that Rahm, the world's third ranked player, will join LIV Golf, the league created by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, could come within hours.

The construction of a new sliding track for bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events at the 2026 Winter Olympics is once again a possibility, after it had faded away some time ago.

The 130th edition of the Argentine Polo Open, the most important tournament in the world, recently ended. The champion was La Natividad by beating La Dolfina Saudi in a vibrant final by 13-10 in a sport that moves millions of dollars in silence.

France's Minister for Sport, Amelie Oudea-Castera, on Thursday ruled out the possibility of moving the Olympic surfing events away from Tahiti following the environmental damage caused during testing last week.

Ukraine's government is "very concerned" by calls from sports federations and national Olympic committees to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in Paris next year, its deputy sports minister told AFP.

The Ju-Jitsu tournament was held in the Saudi Games 2023, on December 6. 

Just over a month after the passing of Adam Johnson, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is changing rules and introducing the mandatory use of neck protection. This will be enforced in future IIHF World Championships and Olympic Games.