Sports officials in Azerbaijan are hoping that their team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be the

returned home with 18 medals including gold in men's heavyweight taekwondo for Radik Isaev.At the last Games

Azerbaijan won three medals at the ISSF World Shooting Championships held in Baku but not in Olympic

skeet shooting gold at Sydney 2000, the majority of Azerbaijan's Olympic success since has come in combat

insidethegames.Although Azerbaijan won their three medals at the International Shooting Sport Federation World

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach visited Baku during the World Taekwondo Championships

Since 2018, the Ju-Jitsu International Federation has included Para ju-jitsu in its major world events

, including the World Championships.

will start from the ground.Ne-waza in Para ju-jitsu was accepted for the sports programme for the 2023 World

Combat Games in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.A tournament in Brazil prepared athletes for Riyadh, with more

attacker, which is marked by judges.Duo system has been approved for the sports programme at the 2025 World

Games in Chengdu in China.A demonstration took part at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham in Alabama.Austria

SportAccord, the organisers of next month’s World Combat Games in Saudi Arabia, say they will proceed

Combat Games, due to take place at the King Saud University Arena in Riyadh from October 20 to 30, is

set to feature more than 1,650 athletes competing across 16 sports.The World Combat Games is also due

The World Combat Games joins several major international sports events being staged in Saudi Arabia over

In a SportAccord release looking forward to next month’s World Combat Games chair of the combat sports

Combat Games opens in Riyadh."

Hosts of the 2026 men's FIFA World Cup have committed to tackling "collusive schemes related to the provision

initiative with Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) and Canada’s Competition Bureau to combat

anti-competitive conduct by any businesses and individuals that exploit the economic opportunities created by the games

appropriate action is taken".COFECE chairwoman Andrea Marván claimed the initiative would ensure the World

Just as in the World Cup, for competition to happen in the economic markets, a level playing field for

The 2026 World Cup is due to feature 48 teams and 104 matches for the first time across 11 cities in

Taekwondo tournaments at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games were discussed during a recent meeting

between the Pan American Taekwondo Union (PATU) and World Taekwondo.

López Delgado and secretary general Mario Mandel presented a report on the progress of preparations to World

Seo will be accompanying us in the inaugural acts and development of the Pan American Games competitions

 "We are very happy to have the presence of our highest world taekwondo authorities, which ratifies

was the topic of discussion between PATU and World Taekwondo ©PATUTransportation of athletes was among

meeting.According to statement from PATU, taekwondo will be one of the first sports to try out the combat

The European Athletes Commission newly established by the Ju-Jitsu European Union (JJEU) comprlses athletes from three different disciplines - ju-jitsu newaza, fighting and DUO/SHOW.

My biggest goal nowadays is to win the World Combat Games, which I have qualified for, and then to go

and has set herselt the target of winning a gold medal at this year's World Combat Games  ©JJEUHorak

is also targeting the World Combat Games, due to take place in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh in October

My goals are to be world champion, European champion, to win the World Combat Games in DUO and to qualify

for the next World Games."

More than 100 athletes attended the National Sambo Championships of Bolivia in a sign of the growing development of the sport in the South American nation.

Sambo Championships in Cochabamba in May.The National Championships featured competition in the sport, combat

major upcoming international events.The Bolivian Sambo Championships featured competition in the sport, combat

We aim to be as widely represented as possible both at the Pan American Championships and at the World

Sambo is not on the programme for the Pan American Games in Chile's capital Santiago later this year,

British-born Somalian Munirah Warsame Abdiwahid, the first female taekwondo athlete to compete internationally for the East African nation, is now targeting the historic marker of an Olympic appearance.

Abdiwahid, 21, first wore the colours of Somalia, at the 2018 World Junior Championships.She is having

Warsame Abdiwahid is working to become the first woman to represent Somalia in taekwondo at an Olympic Games

of Muslim women in sports challenging stereotypes, and aims to inspire more Somali women to take up combat

has announced extra funding to support athletes preparing for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

towards meeting travel and accommodation expenses in overseas competitions as athletes try to qualify for Games

to invest further in our athletes that inspire millions of Australians when they represent us on the world

, Australian Weightlifting Federation, Badminton Australia, Basketball Australia, Boccia Australia, Combat

for Paris," Chesterman said.With almost one year to go until the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Paris is the first stop on the road to Brisbane and if we want home Games success that has to start now

The International Sambo Federation (FIAS) are planning to seek compensation for athletes whom it loses to professional organisations such as Bellator and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

We have created the Combat Sambo League."But so far it has not gone beyond the idea."

wrestlers have performed and are performing in professional mixed martial arts settings.Four-times world

sambo world titles before moving into professional MMA in his early 20s, becoming the longest reigning

UFC lightweight champion ever.Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov won two combat sambo world titles before going

At the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, representatives of such a large organisation as the UFC could

The Riyadh 2023 World Combat Games, the multi-sport event of mixed martial arts, set to start in 90 days

Arabian capital of Riyadh has marked the 90-days-to-go point before it hosts the third edition of the World

Combat Games ©Getty ImagesMeanwhile the Organising Committee has unveiled the tournament’s official

surrounding tourism benefits connected to the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, and proposed measures to combat

representing Aveyron's first constituency expects nearly 16 million tourists in the Île-de-France during the Games

, of which 90 per cent would be from France itself.Paris is one of the most visited cities in the world

industry and reservation platforms.The Deputies wants the economic benefits of tourism during next year's Games

billion) from Paris 2024.The report added that while there are no concerns over infrastructure for the Games

champion Viktor Axelsen and Spain’s Rio 2016 gold medallist Carolina Marin won their first European Games

elder brother Toma Junior was beaten by the Dane in the semi-final.However Axelsen, who also has two world

who earned a 21-10, 13-21, 21-13 win over Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue of France.Hungary defeated world

conditions underfoot in the Main Market Square venue.The Hungarian pairing of Csaba Banyik - who won a world

title with Adam Blazsovics in 2019 - and Balazs Katz took a set lead against Serbia's 2021 and 2022 world

2023 (@eg2023en) July 2, 2023Germany's Al Amin Rmadan earned gold in the men's light combat under-79kg

Britain's women and Ireland's men won the rugby seven tournaments at the European Games here, clinching

in Ireland and Britain played in the qualifier having finished eighth and ninth respectively on the World

in third.In today's table tennis at the Hutnik Arena, Xiaoxin Yang won Monaco's first-ever European Games

Portugal's Marcos Freitas.Romania's Elizabeta Samara won bronze in the women's event  in seven games

men's skeet gold medal by the same scoreline to Finland.Ukraine were the top performers in the muaythai combat

finals at the Myślenice Arena, winning three of the 10 available golds.Five-time world champion Igor

Former Birmingham 2022 chief executive Ian Reid is set to play a key role in staging the 2023 World Combat

Games, after being appointed to the same post for the event in Riyadh.

extremely proud" that the Saudi Arabian capital was staging the multi-sport event, which brings together combat

Combat Games started in March 2023 when he worked as a major event advisor for the Games on a self-employed

in England in 2022.Ian Reid said organisers were "extremely proud" to be staging the 2023 World Combat

the World Combat Games Reid said: "We are extremely proud to be hosting the World Combat Games in Riyadh

We aim to deliver a stand-out edition of the World Combat Games, inspiring many, and encouraging citizens