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.

The first call for proposals for the BRAINSTORM project launched by the Organising Committee of the World University Winter Games, to be held in Turin from 13 to 23 January 2025, has been already closed. This will be the seventh time that the event will be held in Italy, following Sestriere 1966, Livigno 1975, Belluno 1985, Tarvisio 2003, Torino 2007 and Trentino 2013.

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.

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.

Today, 5 December 2023, the Olympic Federation of Ireland has announced the recipients of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Scholarships, with a total pot of almost €200,000 to be distributed to eight athletes to help them prepare for the next Winter Olympic Games to be held in Italy in 2026. 

The Sporting Chance Forum (SCF23) is back in person. On 5 and 6 December, SCF23 will bring together all stakeholders in the sport ecosystem at the Palais des Nations in Geneva to discuss the future of sport and human rights.

This week, from 5th to 10th December, the Romanian city of Otopeni will host a new edition of the European Short Course Swimming Championships (25m), with the Romanian David Popovici as the main protagonist. 

Following the unanimous support of Swiss sport, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has confirmed that it is also convinced of the potential of the Swiss Olympic project. The IOC has included Switzerland in a "privileged dialogue" for the organisation of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2038.

The 36th World Military Wrestling Championship, organised by the State Border Service and the Ministry of Defence and Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan, ended this Saturday in Baku with an outstanding performance by Azerbaijani wrestlers.

On November 30, the European University Sports Association hosted an insightful EUSA-NUSA online meeting in the form of a webinar, focusing on the upcoming 2023 European Universities Winter Championships, the 2023 European Universities Games, EU funding opportunities and relevant organisational updates.

Trinity Sport Centre in Dublin has recently been granted the 'Outstanding Facility' National Quality Standard Award for 2023 by Ireland Active, the representative body for the leisure, health and fitness industry.

The state sports associations have called on the German government to make binding financial commitments for a German Olympic bid, increasing the pressure and demands on federal politicians.

Luguelín Santos of the Dominican Republic, the 400m silver medallist at the London 2012 Olympic Games, has been handed a three-year ban by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for falsifying his age in order to participate at the IAAF World Junior Championships (now known as the World Athletics U20 Championships), Barcelona 2012.

The FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup season is poised will start this weekend in Ruka, Finland, with the inaugural moguls and aerials competitions marking the first step of a thrilling season with Canadians as the main favourites.