The first stage of the Women's Handball World Championship in Denmark, Sweden and Norway came to an end on Tuesday with a huge turnout, proving once again that handball is almost a religion in these countries.

British Taekwondo’s End of Year Awards for 2023 were held at the House of Sport at the Manchester Regional Arena during the World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final weekend on Sunday 3rd December.

During the ceremony the best athletes, coaches and referees received their awards.

On November 27-30 of this year, the prestigious "Uzbekistan Open" international tournament in taekwondo (WT) at the "G2" level was held in Tashkent.

The Olympic Channel Services and the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) have signed an Agreement for the exclusive media rights for live coverage on Olympics.com and on olympics social media handles of the European Qualification Tournament for PARIS 2024, that will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria in March 2024. The parties also discussed further cooperation for the future EQTs throughout time.

16 of the world's best elite men's and women's 7s teams competed for a total prize pool of US$ 20,000 on 1-2 December in an event that has been held at various venues for over 30 years and has added other activities such as the annual charity event, this time in support of the Grenada Cancer Society.

As expected, Australian taekwondo fighters took half of 16 gold medals in the Taekwondo tournament of the Pacific Games in Solomon Islands. In women’s competition Juliet Lahood (49 kg), Stacey Hymer (57 kg), Rebecca Murray (67 kg) and Reba Stewart (+73) didn’t give any chance to their opponents. In men’s competition Benjamin Camua (59 kg), Matthew Summerfield (68 kg), Liam Sweeney (80 kg) and Tyrone Staben (87 kg) won the champions’ titles. 

The French government is insisting it will keep the plan to hold the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony on the River Seine even after a deadly attack in the French capital at the weekend amplified existing security concerns.

The Premier League announced this Monday its new record television rights deal, reaching £6.7 billion ($8.45 billion) for a four-year period starting from the 2025/26 season. The English domestic competition currently had a deal that brought in around £5 billion, so the contribution is increased by just over 25%.

GBWR players - including current and former GB athletes - Aaron Phipps, Ollie Mangion, George Rogers, Dave Ross, Imogen Steele, and Kylie Grimes joined players from Premiership Rugby sides Harlequins and Saracens and former England footballer Jermaine Jenas to highlight the positive impact sport can have on mental health.

The cities of Enoshima in Japan and Montpellier in France have been unveiled by Hurricane Group and the UCI as the first two rounds of the UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup 2024. The remaining rounds will be announced next year.

Valencia is becoming one of the great references in long-distance running, as demonstrated by the 10,000m world records set in 2021 by Joshua Cheptegei of Uganda and Letensebet Gidey of Ethiopia, in a spectacular event that made headlines around the world.

The Olympic champion, Eliud Kipchoge, and the world record holder, Kelvin Kiptum, will face off at the Maraton in Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The UEFA Executive Committee has taken a step forward in the growth of women's football, which has seen an increase in all its structures in recent seasons.