A new International Federation, World Boxing, has been established with the aim of securing the sport's

future in the Olympic Games as the feud between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International

Boxing ©Boris van der Vorst"We have various funding sources," World Boxing interim secretary general

it is not "in a fight with the IBA" but it is rivalling it for control of the sport in the Olympic Games

The IOC is set to manage the sport at Paris 2024 for the second consecutive Games due to continuing concerns

governance, including finances and refereeing and judging.World Boxing has stated that next year's Games

National Federations from being a part of both it and the IBA.However, the latter is widely expected to combat

Julyana Al-Sadeq is providing inspiration to both Arab and Muslim women worldwide.

determination to excel in a discipline not commonly practised by Arab women propelled her to the top of the world

rankings.Al-Sadeq, now 28, made history by becoming the first Jordanian and Arab woman to be ranked world

that God put me in this place to break the stereotype, to show all societies that girls can play a combat

In the beginning, I used to receive criticism from people for the fact that I'm a female who plays a combat

Inspired by her older brother Yazan Al Sadeq’s success at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore,

The European University Sports Association (EUSA) has conducted an audit of its accounts at a meeting held in Romania's capital Bucharest.

football, tennis, table tennis, handball, water polo, badminton, 3x3 basketball, volleyball, futsal, combat

scheduled for this year.Debrecen and Miskolc in Hungary are due to host the next European Universities Games

in 2024.Romania has competed at the Summer edition of the International University Sports Federation World

University Games, formerly the Universiade, since the inaugural edition in Turin in 1959.It won one

World Taekwondo has made the team kyorugui tournament at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games a G-4 level

the work has paid off and it is now official that team kyorugui in its first edition in Pan American Games

already ©PATU"We will also have team kyorugui in the Central American and Caribbean Games San Salvador

Team kyorugui has never previously been held at the Pan American Games, but was added last month, and

Indianapolis.Taekwondo competition at Santiago 2023 is due to be held from October 21 to 24 at the Combat

Sports Pavilion.Under World Taekwondo's grading system for competitions, an event's value determines

Mexico has declared its intent to host the 2036 or 2040 Summer Olympics during a meeting with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach.

President of the International Olympic Committee, Mexico's letter of intent to organise the Olympic Games

Mary José Alcalá, President of the Mexican Olympic Committee and four-time athlete in the Olympic Games

José Alcalá said that "the organisation of the Olympic Games would promote the practice of sport in our

country to another level", with Ebrard adding he was hopeful this would help combat violent behaviour

reads: "As you know, Mexico has 129 million inhabitants, it is the fifteenth largest economy in the world

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has been accused of holding judges and referees "hostage" in its row with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over the running of events for next year’s Olympics in Paris.

The Women’s World Championships is currently taking place here in Indian capital New Delhi but it will

, Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games, Solomon Islands 2023 Pacific Games and the delayed Hangzhou

the IOC to work on an alternative with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa.Two world

Rowing and World Squash are among the members of the IFSO.Vajda claimed "severe threats hang over" boxing

the debates, not worrying of the fate reserved for those who have as much impact on the result of a combat

World Armwrestling Federation (WAF) President Assen Hadjitodorov has pledged his "full support" for the

sport's planned debut at next year's delayed African Games in the Ghanaian capital Accra.

African Sports Confederation (USCA) met in Egypt's capital Cairo, which is due to host next year's World

Armwrestling and Para-armwrestling Championships from April 27 to May 5 this year, but the African Games

that we give full support from the World Arm­wrestling Federation," he said, as reported by the Ghanaian

Armwrestling is one of 23 sports approved on the programme for Accra 2023.It is due to feature at this year's World

Combat Games in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh as well.Ghana has never previously staged the African

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Athletes' Forum concluded here, with plans for a hotline to combat

competition manipulation at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games revealed.

tactics and speak up if they witness or suspect competition manipulation.The Olympic Movement's tools to combat

home.Another session followed on athlete career development for sport and beyond, led by the Badminton World

Venera Abdulla emphasised the importance of staying current with the World Anti-Doping Agency's guidelines

complete an anti-doping education and learning (ADEL) e-learning module provided by the World Anti-Doping

We don’t want them to go to the Asian Games and for their first experience of anti-doping to be testing

Nine kickboxers have been selected to represented hosts Poland at this year's European Games in Kraków

completes Poland’s nine-strong squad.Puzio-Nieszporek will have high hopes of being crowned European Games

disciplines contested at the European Games ©WAKOKnobel is also expected to be in the mix for medals

after having won world bronze two years ago while Pokusa has also achieved European and world medals.More

it out for places at the European Games.Kickboxing will be one of 26 sports on the programme at the Games

Kickboxing is a modern combat sport, that attracts significant media attention and is particularly popular

Football Association Board (IFAB) has encouraged referees to follow the approach taken at last year's FIFA World

Cup in Qatar and introduce extended periods of stoppage time to combat time wasting.

rather than the regulation 90 in some leagues.IFAB - the body which governs football's Laws of the Games

and Northern Ireland - agreed at its Annual General Meeting in London that "competitions around the world

We will monitor leagues all over the world to ensure proper stoppage time is played."

said.The IFAB General Assembly also agreed to extend a trial implemented at last month's FIFA Club World

other FIFA tournaments.Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand was initially allowed to continue in a World

Organisers of Paris 2024 have described many of their preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics as "revolutionary."

Olympic programme and in 1926, the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) - know known as World

1952.Agnes Keleti, a Jewish gymnast who had hidden from Nazi persecution in Hungary during the Second World

 "This is very good news that the hockey world was awaiting [sic] since a long time and it will

Joan Benoit, wearing a special uniform to combat the intense heat in a race mainly run along Los Angeles

 Tennis star Naomi Osaka lit the cauldron for the re-arranged 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo ©Getty

Cochabamba in Bolivia is due to host the inaugural Pan American Cadets, Youth and Junior Sambo Championships later this year.

Championships at the La Tamborrada Coliseum Arena, with competition due to be held in the sport sambo, combat

are set to be nine weight categories for cadets, eight for youth and seven for juniors in sport and combat

per weight category.La Tamborrada Coliseum was built for when Cochabamba staged the South American Games

to be held in the Dominican Republic's capital Santo Domingo on September 6 and 7, followed by the World

Former Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) vice-president Stephan Fox believes that the body's dissolution has had no impact on ju-jitsu's Olympic ambitions.

We are together but at the end of the day we are also rivalling each other for a place in the Games."

way to the Olympics there are so many events we can conquer and pick up, doesn't matter if it's the World

Combat Games or the World Games or the FISU Games and so on."

What ju-jitsu has done in the last six to eight years, not just in Asia but around the world, but especially

The work of World Taekwondo and the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation (THF) at its flagship Humanitarian

We are not just teaching games, we are teaching them the importance of Olympism and the importance of

for his health and his mind," he told insidethegames.Othman Al-Ayoub wants to compete at the Olympic Games

The WBSC started this project because baseball5 is in the official programme of the Youth Olympic Games

of the sports for players, and declared: "I see a bright future for baseball5, even in the Olympic Games

Wrestling and judo are combat sports like taekwondo, but besides that we have table tennis and basketball

The International Federation for Kun Khmer (KKIF), the Cambodian combat sport, is working with its National

disputes ©KKIFA row over the name of the kickboxing competition at this year's Southeast Asian (SEA) Games

Hong Kong, as well as the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World

cultural heritage list last year ©UNESCOChamroeun, who is also the secretary-general of the Cambodia SEA Games

Chamroeun added that Cambodia had decided to organise the World Kun Khmer Championship every year."