Non-Olympic Sports




UEFA Futsal Champions League elite round: Barça, Benfica, Palma, Sporting CP reach finals

UEFA Futsal Champions League elite round: Barça, Benfica, Palma, Sporting CP reach finals

A quartet of Iberian past winners will contest the UEFA Futsal Champions League finals in May after Barcelona, Benfica, holders Mallorca Palma Futsal and Sporting CP topped their elite round groups.

The knockout finals will be held on 2/3 and 4/5 May, with the hosts and draw date to be confirmed. Never before have the four-team finals been made up entirely of past winners, although in the one-off eight-club event of 2021, all the teams in the semis had previously lifted the trophy.



FIAS announce 2024 calendar

FIAS announce 2024 calendar

The International Sambo Federation (FIAS) announced their official calendar for 2024. Kazakhstan will become one of the Sambo centres in 2024. Their capital Astana will host the World championship from November 8-10, and Aktau will host Asia and Oceania Sambo Youth and master championships. The European Sambo championships will be held in Serbia’s Novi Sad from May 9-10, a day later the EuropeanYouth and Junior Sambo championship will start.



Peter O'Reilly, new member of the NFL

Peter O'Reilly, new member of the NFL

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Congress voted unanimously to add unprecedented representation from the National Football League (NFL) to the IFAF Council as more than 80 delegates from IFAF's 74 members gathered at the Stade Jean Bouin in Paris to celebrate the federation's 25th anniversary.





Global Esports starts Season 4

Global Esports starts Season 4

The professional series of the Global Esports Federation, the Global Esports Tour (GET), will begin its upcoming season in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in April 2024. Organized by the Brazilian Confederation of Games and Esports (CBGE) and with support from national, state, and local partners in Brazil. The event will help boost economic and tourism development in the city





Herbert Mensah: "If we don't invest now, we will find somebody from Europe, America, or China coming to own what is ours."

Herbert Mensah: "If we don't invest now, we will find somebody from Europe, America, or China coming to own what is ours."

"The best athletes in the world are from Africa, whether they play for France, England, or in any other country, you find Africans." Herbert Mensah, the newly elected President of Rugby Africa, the continental governing body for rugby in Africa, participated in an interview with the African news channel Africa24 English during the Africa Investment Forum, and his words were very illustrative.