Non-Olympic Sports



The largest world championship in Sambo's history is over, but even more yet to come for Yerevan

The largest world championship in Sambo's history is over, but even more yet to come for Yerevan
The largest world championship in sambo's history is over, but even more yet to come for Yerevan © FIAS

From November 9 to 12 Yerevan was not only the capital of Armenia but also for sambo’s biggest event of the year - World Sambo Championships 2023. Since 2021 Yerevan has hosted numerous big sporting events such as boxing and weightlifting European championships, a few youth and junior European and world championships, international tournaments from boxing, wrestling and sambo. 



Bagnaia increases the gap to fourteen points in the GP of Malaysia with Martin, where an impressive Bastianini takes the victory

 Bagnaia increases the gap to fourteen points in the GP of Malaysia with Martin, where an impressive Bastianini takes the victory

The eighteenth event of the year, the Malaysian Grand Prix, was what was expected. A head-to-head duel between the two title contenders, Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martín, more evenly matched than ever. It had been a while since they reached this point in the World Championship with the two contenders so closely matched and without being able to make predictions about who is the clear favourite.