American soldier Khalfani Harris has secured his place in the United States’ taekwondo team as he bids to compete at next year’s Olympics in Paris.

Harris, a combat engineer who joined the army in 2020, has qualified in the men’s under-68 kilogram division

following his success at the US world team trials.Competing at the Cox Business Convention Center in

of his matches at the US Taekwondo team trials in Oklahoma ©US ArmyHarris, a member of the US Army World

Harris will be looking to compete at this year’s World Taekwondo Championships, scheduled to be held

looks to represent the US at Paris 2024.The Florida-born athlete competed at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games

Egypt if they allow the Gulf state to host three-quarters of the matches in a bid for the 2030 FIFA World

source said that Saudi Arabia would "fully underwrite the costs" for Greece and Egypt of staging the World

Formula One Grand Prix host and has been awarded several multi-sport events.These include the 2034 Asian Games

, this year's World Combat Games, the 2025 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, and the 2029 Asian Winter

leader in exports of crude oil, and has led to accusations of "greenwashing".The FIFA World Cup has

Cup, although Athens held the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2004.The men's World Cup is set to expand

Governor Jonvic Remulla has been appointed as the Philippines' Chef de Mission for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

appointed Wrestling Association of the Philippines President Alvin Aguilar as Chef de Mission for the World

Combat Games in Riyadh.Philippine Rugby Football Union head Ada Milby is then set to serve in the role

Games.At Paris 2024, the Philippines is set to celebrate 100 years since it first took part in the Olympic Games

Cuban Boxing Federation President Alberto Puig de la Barca has declared that "the fundamental goal is to make sure that boxing is practised massively by women", after the country lifted a ban on female athletes competing in the sport.

Although Cuba lead the all-time medals table at the International Boxing Association's (IBA) men's World

We will also attract athletes from other combat sports who have an adequate level of physical fitness

and the necessary skills key to combat sports," Puig said."

boxing techniques and tactics.The plan is to bring a women’s team to the upcoming Central American Games

and then Pan American Games and we hope they will win medals for the Cuban delegation."

Heartbreaks and "what ifs?" continue to dominate athletics, robbing athletes of the greatest moments of their careers, before they are awarded with a small consolation years later.

Corruption was rife for years in the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), now known as World

doping cover-ups tarnishing its legacy - particularly under the reign of Lamine Diack.A 2015 leak of World

Championships and Olympic Games were claimed by those with suspicious drug test results, but the IAAF

been several athletes who return positive tests who have never represented their country at an Olympic Games

grows in Kenya, the authorities have the responsibility to tackle inequality in the country, which can combat

Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to be an ambassador for Saudi Arabia's 2030 World Cup bid as the Portuguese

expected to be an ambassador of Saudi Arabia's joint bid with Egypt and Greece to host the 2030 FIFA World

Cup.Argentine superstar Lionel Messi, who won the World Cup last month after defeating France in the

of Tourism of Saudi Arabia claimed that the country "does not have an official bid to host the FIFA World

, next year's World Combat Games, the 2025 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, and the 2029 Asian Winter

Games are all set to be held in the country.

Ivo Ferriani has said continuity is "vital" in the sporting community heading into 2023, with his end-of-year message focusing on the dissolution of the Global Association of International Sports Federation (GAISF).

He also took the opportunity to promote the World Combat Games in Riyadh next year, which is organised

The 2023 World Sambo Championships have been awarded to Armenia by the International Sambo Federation

in Yerevan from November 10 to 12.FIAS said it was impressed by the Armenians' hosting of the 2022 World

Championships - with this factoring into its decision to award the sport's highest competition.The World

take place in Dominican Republic on September 9 and 10; while the sport is on the programme for the World

Combat Games in Saudi Arabia in October and the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Thailand in late

two legs of the Sambo World Cup too.The Asian Open Cup is also set to take place in Seoul.

it hard to come to terms with winning a gold medal at the the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) World

Bekbolot Toktogonov of Kyrgyzstan won his country's second FIAS World Sambo Championships gold medal

©FIASToktogonov had received a bye in the first round and opened his campaign against 2019 European Games

quarter finals Toktogonov had defeated another Minsk 2019 medallist, Serbia’s Vladimir Gajić, a European Games

t.co/Sy9WkvCcnx pic.twitter.com/EfYjzVfC2C— SAMBO FIAS (@SAMBOFIAS) November 8, 2022In the meantime, combat

year as top of the rankings in his discipline, is now expected to defend his title in 2023.The 2023 World

Three Olympic champions, a silver medallist and four others who lifted in Tokyo last year, including a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refugee team, are among the 10 elected members of the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) Athletes Commission.

themselves for the Board members and for a chair.More than 500 weightlifters who competed at the IWF World

at 64 kilograms in Tokyo and was third at her new body weight of 59kg in Colombia, said: "The main combat

and London 2012.Forrester Osei fom Ghana is the only one of the 10 who has not lifted at the Olympic Games

, although he has competed at the Commonwealth Games and IWF World Championships several times.Osei,

We are a diverse group from different parts of the world with a range of experiences."

Panipak Wongpattanakit and Simone Alessio won top prizes at World Taekwondo's 2022 Gala Awards, held

Manchester.Wongpattanakit won Manchester and Paris Grands Prix, the overall title, a Southeast Asian Games

Championships.The oil-rich nation is making an aggressive push to establish itself as a destination for combat

earlier this year, where large prize money was on offer.Next year's World Combat Games in Riyadh, where

programme, is to be in Riyadh, while Saudi Arabia is due to stage the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

in 2025 and later the Asian Games in 2034, plus the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a resort which has not

underscored her status as a star of the present as well as the future with victory at the final of the World

The Turkish athlete overcame three-time world champion Bianca Walkden of Britain in a tight women's over

Zhang Mengyu - also Chinese - was outclassed by Jordan's Asian Games gold medallist Julyana Al-Sadeq.Jordan

Combat Games in Riyadh, where taekwondo will be on the programme.After the World Combat Games, Saudi

Arabia is due to stage the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in 2025 and later the Asian Games in

2034, plus the 2029 Asian Winter Games at a resort which has not yet been built.Saudi Arabia has been

British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (BVIOC) President Ephraim Penn has insisted that an an anti-doping and sports nutrition workshop on the islands will "educate athletes and coaches on the processes and expectations for clean sport".

McMaster also finished 4th in the Olympic final in Tokyo.As a 19-year-old, he had won bronze at the World

Athletics U20 Championships in 2016.At the Lima 2019 Pan American Games, Chantal Malone won gold in

In recent years, the BVI has produced two Olympic, a two-time Commonwealth Games and a Diamond League

and field phenomenon which has brought us to the attention of international organisations such as the World

Ministry for Health and Social Development, through its Public Health Unit, has an agenda that seeks to combat

Saudi Arabia has officially submitted a bid to stage the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup for the first time in 2026.

We see this as a chance to improve technical performance and show the world our homegrown talent."

destination for sports events, and has also bid for the men's Asian Cup in 2027.A bid for the 2030 FIFA World

Cup with Egypt and Greece is another strong possibility.It has already been awarded the 2034 Asian Games

, next year's World Combat Games, the 2025 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, and the 2029 Asian Winter

Games, and hosted numerous professional boxing fights and Formula 1 Grand Prix.Its influence within

President Thomas Bach has said the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is "very grateful" for the adoption of a resolution calling for major international sports events to be "organised in the spirit of peace" at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly.

peace, sustainable development".This expresses support for the mission of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

prejudices and behaviours, as well as to inspire people, break down racial and political barriers, combat

It has the ability to break down racial and other barriers, combat discrimination, and defuse conflict

Sport is a platform to combat some of the gravest dangers the world faces today."

This is only possible if the Olympic Games are politically neutral and do not become a tool to achieve