Category: OTHER SPORTS

Dublin, Oct 3, 2018: Australia women and South Africa men will be looking to retain their titles as teams begin their preparations in earnest for the upcoming HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019. The 2019 series has added incentive for the 11 core women’s teams and 15 core men’s teams who will battle it out…

By Tom Lloyd, La Jolla, Sept 27, 2018: The 2018 UR ISA World Surfing Games (WSG), held last week in Tahara, Japan, was a preview of the excitement and inspiration in store for the sport’s historic Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. Attended by top leaders from the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee, including President Yoshiro Mori,…

By Amjad Aziz Malik, Secretary General, AIPS Asia, Jeddah, Sept 24, 2018: AIPS Asia honoured the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Sports of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Turki bin Abdulmohsen al-Sheikh, with a highly coveted award – the Medal of Honor of Asia – as the 21st AIPS…

Tokyo, Sept 20, 2018: World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont believes that Japan 2019 will be “a very special and game-changing Rugby World Cup” as the one year to go milestone marked with a series of celebrations across the host nation (Rugby World Cup 2019 Japan celebrates one year). On 20 September, 2019, the world’s top…

Dublin, Sept 19, 2018: Rugby World Cup 2019 ™ is set to deliver a record domestic broadcast audience after World Rugby announced the appointment of Nippon TV, NHK and J SPORTS as broadcast rights-holders for Japan (Japan rights holders). The appointment of Japan’s leading sports broadcasters as rights-holders will ensure that the tournament has the…

Tahara, Japan, Sept 17, 2018: The typhoon swell continued to pulse on the second day of competition at the 2018 UR ISA World Surfing Games (WSG), creating non-stop action and impressive performances from the world’s best National Surfing Teams in Tahara, Japan. Italy’s Angelo Bonomelli caused the thousands on the beach in attendance to gasp…

Gold Coast, Sept 11, 2018: The Executive Board of ITU has met during two days in the Gold Coast, in Queensland, Australia, just ahead of the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final to debate and decide on several important issues, including the 2019 competition calendar, the new services for National Federations or the cities that will…

Dublin, Sept 11, 2018: With the next Ticket Sales Ballot set to open on 19 September, fans are encouraged to apply for tickets to ensure they don’t miss out on what will be a truly once in a lifetime Rugby World Cup Tickets experience. Initial ticket ballots that ran from January to June saw unprecedented…