Athletes from five countries won gold medals on the first day of the World Sambo Cup in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, six of which went to Russian competitors participating as neutrals.

Political party United Russia is set to stage the second All-Russian Forum for its Za Sambo project in celebration of the sport's 85th anniversary this year.

Sambists representing the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) dominated the World Beach Sambo Championships in the Dominican Republic.

Eliseo Romero from the Dominican Republic has been elected as President of the Pan American Sambo Union, succeeding Colombia's Omar Lopera.

A book Team Sambo commissioned by the All-Russian Sambo Federation (VFS) has been launched in Moscow showcasing famous practitioners of the sport.

Five-time world sambo champion Vladimir Dmitrievich Shkalov, who was a member of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 66.

The Armenian Government has approved the country’s hosting of the 2023 World Sambo Championships during a Cabinet meeting.

This year's Pan American Sambo Championships have been awarded to the Dominican Republic.

Kazakhstan picked up five gold medals at the World Sambo Cup in Kyrgyzstan with Arailym Abenova preventing neutral athletes from Russia claiming all of the women's titles.

The International Sambo Federation (FIAS) has invited sambists to join a webinar at the end of August to help them abide by doping protocols.

Hosts Armenia won four gold medals at the SAMBO Cup of the President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Armenia.

More than 100 athletes attended the National Sambo Championships of Bolivia in a sign of the growing development of the sport in the South American nation.

The International Sambo Federation (FIAS) has concluded its coaching seminar in the Brazilian city of Cuiabá, with elite-level coach Mikhail Kozitsky from the United States leading the sessions.

Mirtha Nieves, Cuba's world medallist and winner of the Pan American Sambo Championships, offered a shining example to fellow members of the national team attending a training camp at Santa Marta.

The International Sambo Federation (FIAS) are planning to seek compensation for athletes whom it loses to professional organisations such as Bellator and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).