Arabia's Ministry of Tourism has claimed that the country "does not have an official bid to host the FIFA World

influence within esports and has been awarded several multi-sport events.These include the 2034 Asian Games

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

Games.A Saudi bid for the 2030 World Cup has long been mooted, although initial reports of a project

northern hemisphere's winter as is happening for the first time at the ongoing 2022 edition of the World

Who wouldn’t want to host the World Cup?"We host a lot of events in the region."

powerhouse" in sport after being impressed by the development of the nation in preparation for next year's World

Combat Games.

If you look at football, they’ve just beaten Argentina [at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar] which is a big

Representatives from all 15 International Federations involved in next year's World Combat Games participated

Obviously, we have just had the Saudi Games so it's now full steam ahead to the World Combat Games,"

GAISF, which organises the World Combat Games, is being wound up after members voted in favour of dissolution

yesterday.SportAccord is expected to take on responsibility for organising the World Combat Games.

nearly $3 million (£2.5 million/€2.9 million) as compensation for them dropping plans to host the 2019 World

Combat Games in Taiwan, insidethegames can exclusively reveal.

Combat Games to Taichung, Taiwan’s second biggest city.Baumann came under intense pressure from the

COC shortly after it was announced in November 2017 that Taiwan would host the World Combat Games, a

) between the GAISF and the Chinese Taipei representatives regarding the host of the 2019 Combat Games

However, the GAISF has awarded the hosting right of the 2019 Combat Games to Chinese Taipei without any

Combat Games in Taiwan ©Getty Images The World Combat Games, which made its debut at Beijing in

Britain finished first and second in the men's and women's divisions standings at the World Association

Organizations (WAKO) European Championships to secure places at the Kraków-Małopolska 2023 European Games

bronze medals in total at the event in Turkish city Antalya.The event served as a qualifier for the World

Combat Games as well as the upcoming European Games in Poland.Ireland also excelled in Antalya to claim

10 spots at the recent WAKO European Kickboxing Championships for the upcoming 2023 Krakow European Games

obMP6s4RMh— Team Ireland (@TeamIreland) November 21, 2022Kickboxing is set to appear at the European Games

There are currently 26 sports on the programme for the Games scheduled to take place from June 21 to

The Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF) has continued its agreement with Dubai-based "sports fan engagement platform" EX Sports, its exclusive blockchain partner, by allowing athletes to create their own non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

countless cryptocurrency and NFT markets.EX Sports claims 50 per cent of athletes at the recent JJIF World

mint their own.Fans registered with the company could also get free access to a live stream of the World

ju-jitsu game BEJJ JIU-JITSU.This game has achieved 400,000 downloads so far, it is reported.During the World

expected to continue into the 2023 with the launch of the Ju-Jitsu eSports League prior to the 2023 World

Combat Games in Saudi Arabia.

Ukrainian Sports Minister Vadym Guttsait has been elected as the new President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (NOCU) to replace Sergey Bubka with overwhelming support, having won a three-horse race for the role.

and politician Zhan Beleniuk and Ihor Malinskyi, director of the University of Special Physical and Combat

vice-presidents.Earlier Shevchenko had been elected for a four-year term as an NOCU member, along with, 2019 World

President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine ©Getty ImagesGuttsait fenced in three Olympic Games

Olympic gold medal, Guttsait won a silver and bronze medal in the individual and team event at the 1991 World

Heraskeyvch, who used face-palm emojis in response to the results.At the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games

The 2023 World Combat Games in Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh is set to be the first "all-inclusive" edition

chair of the World Combat Games, said that Paralympic and Special Olympic athletes will be part of the

Combat Games, with 15 Olympic and non-Olympic combat sports set to feature."

This is going to be the first all-inclusive Combat Games."

Combat Games in Saudi Arabia ©Getty ImagesMasterclasses will be another fresh addition.Each country

The 2023 World Combat Games is scheduled to held from October 21 to 30.The event was last held in Saint

World Taekwondo is in talks over creating a statue paying homage to the sport outside the Olympic Museum

Chungwon Choue, head of World Taekwondo, told insidethegames that the worldwide governing body is in

Taekwondo Championships in Guadalajara ©World Taekwondo"We have agreed this [with the IOC] so we are

held in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku.Other events where taekwondo is set to feature include the African Games

, Asian Games, European Games, Pacific Games, Pan American Games and World Combat Games.There are also

plans for the Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships and the World Taekwondo Beach Championships to be

champion, is set to be among those speaking at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World

researchers and innovators - are scheduled to appear for the event during the opening week of the 2023 World

University Games in Lake Placid.Chen is a promoter of the "Panasonic Green Impact" initiative and the

agencies sending climate and environmental experts.They are expected to explore New York's efforts to combat

all scheduled to send representatives.More speakers and panellists are expected to be added.The FISU World

The Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee (SOPC) has signed the United Nations (UN) Sports for Climate Action Framework at the Saudi Green Initiative (SGI) in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh.

, better known as COP27, and aimed to address climate challenges in the country.Saudi Arabia is the world

The climate crisis is a call of action for all of us to combat climate change through all levels," he

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

Games.Organisers of the 2029 Asian Winter Games in the planned resort of Trojena claim that it will

organisations including Greenpeace have branded the plans as "dangerous".Bids for the Olympics and the FIFA World

to improve gender equality in the sport, with the International Federation aiming to include women's combat

We are going to include female combat sambo into the World Championships in upcoming years, it is important

Combat sambo will be progressing step-by-step."

Committee requires gender equity from International Federations who wish to participate in the Olympic Games

with FIAS hoping to make the cut in future after failing to do so for Los Angeles 2028.At the 2022 World

national team as successful as the men's.His comments came hours before the nation won its first sambo world

There is a fair case for arguing that fate has not been kind to Leonz Eder since he became International University Sports Federation (FISU) Acting President in March 2021.

Cup Combat Sports and 3x3 Basketball in the Turkish cities of Samsun and Istanbul.

FISU has Summer and Winter editions of the World University Games scheduled for 2023 and 2025 with hosts

Korea and US discovered that the World University Games would be a great opportunity to develop university

the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, so in between they believe that the World University Games would perfectly

only in the world of sport, also in the world as a whole, and there I am sure we will take the appropriate

Four candidates are in contention to become the new President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (NOCU), after incumbent and former Olympic pole vault champion Sergey Bubka announced he would be stepping down from the position.

Whoever wins this month's election will be leading Ukraine into the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, while dealing

Committee head.Guttsait was a team champion in fencing at the Barcelona 1992 Olympics and an individual world

Games.Ihor Malinskyi is the fourth candidate, and is the director of the University of Special Physical and Combat

international competition because of the war in Ukraine.It has not had to bar them from an Olympic Games

calls from some quarters for Russians and Belarusians to be allowed to return.Bubka, who is also a World

Paris 2024 is the next Summer Olympics on the calendar but the first competition for Los Angeles 2028 has already begun.

match and knew nothing of lacrosse," the official report added.Lacrosse for both men and women has had World

Combat sports" included fencing and wrestling, a staple of the Olympics in antiquity.

polo, which made its only appearance in 1908 as a demonstration sport.In the years before the First World

in London, and was the first medal event at the inaugural World Games in Santa Clara in 1981.Squash

alongside the grass-court version, also enjoyed a brief spell in the Olympic spotlight.After the First World

The inaugural Saudi Games are set to stage its first medal events tomorrow, as the Opening Ceremony draws

is the country's "ultimate goal".It has also shown interest in holding the FIFA World Cup in 2030 with

October 25, 2022International sporting events that Saudi Arabia have so far hosted include Formula 1, world

sporting programme.Riyadh is due to host next year's World Combat Games, the 2025 Asian Indoor and Martial

Arts Games and the 2034 Asian Games.The country has also bid for football's 2027 Asian Cup and 2026

Women's Asian Cup.Saudi recently won the rights to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at Trojena, a ski