Thai organisers are preparing for the January 2026 event in Korat, a city about 300 kilometres from the capital Bangkok. The Games will feature 19 different sports for people with disabilities. It will also be the most attended edition.

The Singapore government will review the terms of its agreement to host the Formula One Grand Prix after its former transport minister was accused of corruption.

The first national SAMBO competition took place in Burkina Faso from 26 to 28 January. The tournament was organised by the Burkinabe SAMBO Sports Association with the support of the African Initiative Association, reports "burkina24.com". Dozens of athletes competed in various weight categories, including both girls and boys.

The city of La Paz, capital of the department of the same name in Bolivia, hosted a sambo demonstration on 26 January. The event was organised in honour of the official recognition of SAMBO as a sport that is developing in La Paz.

Bolivia's Racquetball star Conrrado Moscoso secured the title of The World Games Athlete of the Year 2023 with an astonishing total of 75,389 votes, beating Italy's Luisa Rizzo of Air Sports, who came second with a total of 55,834 votes.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach stated that the international recognition and participation of Wushu will play a crucial role in determining its future as an official sport of the Olympic Games, reports Xinhua.

With the participation of seven Caribbean teams, the sixty-sixth edition of the Caribbean Baseball Series will begins in the state of Florida, in the southern United States. The best teams in the Caribbean will try to wrest the title from the defending champions, the Dominican Tigers of Licey.

It was an all-Egyptian clash between Farida Mohamed and Fayrouz Aboelkheir at the Carol Weymuller Open in Brooklyn, New York. The former won 3-1 to claim the first title on the 2024 PSA World Tour.

The European Sambo Championships and the European Youth and Junior Sambo Championships will be held in the Serbian city of Novi Sad from 9 to 12 May. The tournament will be held in the SPENS arena, which is well known to many sambists.

World Champions Nour El Sherbini and Ali Farag lived up to expectations to win the 2024 J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions, defeating Nouran Gohar and Diego Elías respectively in the spectacular Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Terminal.

The Memorandum of Understanding between the Presidents of the Global Esports Federation and the International Esports Federation led to the creation of this group, which will help both bodies work together in a crucial year, with the possible creation of the first ever Esports Olympic Games.

Shinawatra Paetongtarn, the deputy chairman of Thailand's National Soft Power Strategy Committee, is pushing for Muay Thai to become an Olympic sport, the Bangkok Post reports.

The Federation of Gay Games (FGG) has announced the results of the bidding process for the organisation and hosting of the 13th Gay Games. All six continents are represented among those bidding to host the Games. It is estimated that around 10,000 participants will be invited. The winner will be announced in November 2025.

Following the highly successful 2023 GAMMA World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand last December, GAMMA has announced that the 2024 edition of its flagship event will once again take place in Asia, this time in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.

Louis Rees-Zammit will be welcomed back into the Welsh rugby fold if his stint in American football proves short-lived, Wales coach Warren Gatland has assured. The 22-year-old winger is on his way to Florida to answer the call of the International Player Pathway.