A group of 23 countries are expected at the African Sambo Championships set to get underway tomorrow in Casablanca.

Sport Complex in the Moroccan city.It will be a history-making event as two weight classes in women's combat

sambo - 59 kilograms and 72kg - will be contested for the first time in Africa.Sambists across the combat

and sport sambo divisions will also be aiming to earn a spot at the inaugural World Combat Games which

be broadcast on the International Sambo Federation website.Africa was supposed to host this year's World

International Olympic Committee counterpart Thomas Bach to discuss the country's hosting of the Asian Winter Games

of Asia General Assembly in October last year.SOPC vice-president Fahd bin Jalawi, Riyadh 2034 Asian Games

on Trojena 2029, discussions centred around preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Games.The meeting saw discussions centre around Saudi Arabia's hosting of the Trojena 2029 Asian Winter Games

Arabia in a bid to promote the country on the global stage.The country has been awarded this year's World

Combat Games, the 2025 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and the 2034 Asian Games, and has also hosted

Former Ukrainian ice hockey player and coach Oleksandr Khmil has died fighting in the war against Russia, it has been reported.

Armed Forces.He became national campion in 2007 with ATEK Kiev and has participated in the European and World

12, 2023"From the first days of the war, Oleksandr stood in defense of our country, he died during a combat

sports facilities so far.In March, boxer Maksym Galinichev, a medallist at the Summer Youth Olympic Games

national team have been backed by its former coach to be successful at this year’s re-arranged Asian Games

programme at Jakarta-Palembang in 2018.There was further success at last year’s World Games in Birmingham

immediate priority, the 2025 World Games in Chengdu is also high on the UAE Jiu-Jitsu Federation's (

and the World Games are the biggest goals of our federation," Lago, who now works as a wellness coach

Games."

 "Then I started learning about the Emirati culture and the best way to educate them in combat sports

muaythai head took place during the ongoing International Federation of Muaythai Associations (IFMA) World

the sport was made during the visit to the stadium ©IFMAIt comes with muaythai set to feature at the World

Combat Games in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh in October.Tapsuwan congratulated Prince Fahad for his

federation which he said had developed the sport strongly in the country and "gone beyond expectations".The World

Championships are due to conclude tomorrow at Bangkok's Central World Convention Hall.

International University Sports Federation (FISU) Global Strategy and preparations for the Chungcheong 2027 World

University Summer Games dominated university sport discussions at the International Sports Press Association

plans for the event, which is expected to feature 15,000 participants from 150 countries.Lee said the Games

cooperation with Governments and the private sector.Organisers are looking to deliver a high-efficiency Games

2040 and a 50 per cent reduction by 2030.He also reflected on the cancellation of the Lucerne 2021 World

University Winter Games due to new restrictions introduced to combat the coronavirus pandemic, which

Bulgaria’s Isabel Hristova has set her sights on winning a gold medal at this year’s World Combat Games

The Championships doubled as a qualifying event for the Games in Riyadh, due to take place between October

21 and 30.Hristova was happy to secure her place at the Games, even if she was disappointed with her

The event in Haifa was Hristova’s first major combat sambo event having originally started in judo and

When I learned about combat sambo, I was really happy, it's almost perfect for me."

Now I’m talking about the [World Combat] Games, as they will take place this year."

The Kazakhstan capital of Astana is set to stage the Asian and Oceanian Sambo Championships from June 7 to 11 this year.

and women's competitions take place in youth, junior, senior, and masters age categories as well as combat

and visually impaired athletes for the first time.Gold medallists are due to win places at the 2023 World

Combat Games in Riyadh.

The International Federation of Muaythai Associations (IFMA) Senior World Championships is set to return

its home of Thailand for its 30th anniversary tomorrow, with qualification places available for the World

Combat Games.

Thailand topped the medals table at last year's IFMA World Championships in Abu Dhabi with eight golds

in Bangkok is set to serve as a qualifier for this year's World Combat Games in Saudi Arabia's capital

Riyadh from October 21 to 30.Both finalists in the combat disciplines will earn places at the Games,

muaythai has spread to all five continents," he said.An Opening Ceremony is scheduled for today before combat

preliminary bouts start on Friday (May 5).Preliminary bouts in the combat are due to run until Monday

A programme has been launched by the Pilipinas Sambo Federation, Inc (PSFI) to help promote women's participation in the sport.

a silver medal in the plus 80 kilograms category at the International University Sports Federation World

Cup Combat Games in Samsun last September.

win the silver medal," the senior sports management student from University of Santo Tomas, a 2020 World

A rule change introduced this season in Major League Baseball (MLB) has led to an unintended consequence which has again focussed a light on sport’s relationship with alcohol, particularly beer.

Due to the introduction of the pitch clock this season, MLB games are going by a lot faster, and it is

welcomed by the fans.On average, matches are finishing 30 minutes earlier than last season, but quicker games

equate to a drop in refreshment sales and that hits the profits of the stadiums.To combat the time crunch

strength of beer’s relationship with football was illustrated before the start of last year’s FIFA World

remembered for generations to come for how the inspirational Lionel Messi carried Argentina to another World

The Embassy of Ukraine in Tel Aviv has called on the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sports to cancel the European Sambo Championships due to the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes.

also competing in the European Championships.The tournament is serving as a qualifier for this year’s World

Combat Games, scheduled to be held in Saudi Arabia in October.View this post on InstagramA post shared

The 2023 European Sambo Championships are set to start tomorrow in Haifa, with the men's and women's, as well as the junior, youth and cadet tournaments taking place.

be competing at the European Sambo Championships ©FIASThe men's team also won six of seven golds in combat

Romania, North Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia.The tournament will serve as a qualifying route for the World

Martial Arts Games, which will be taking place at the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh."

The European Championships will also feature combat sambo for women in the 65 kg weight class for the

The International Kurash Federation (IKA) and the International Testing Agency (ITA) have agreed to a three-year partnership that, they claim, will deliver a high quality anti-doping programme targeted at prevention and which includes educational activities.

activities.The ITA will be establishing a four-year education that is in line with the vision of the World

wide-ranging anti-doping expertise, we have extensive experience in running clean sport activities for combat

sport living up to its name ©IKAHaidar Farman, President of IKA and the director general of the Asian Games

World Aquatics President Husain Al-Musallam has claimed the anti-doping testing samples from 2022 are

Through our partnership with the ITA and the leadership of the World Aquatics Integrity Unit (AQUI),

we continue to ensure that state-of-the-art independent testing methods are in place to combat doping

Husain Al-Musallam says he believes World Aquatics' testing figures show its commitment to clean sport

for Russian and Belarusian athletes are significant given that these athletes did not compete in any World

competitions in 2022 and as compared against the increase in testing during the prior year’s Olympic Games