MADRID, April 21, 2025 - Madrid became the capital city of sport tonight as the Laureus World Sports Awards celebrated its 25th anniversary by gathering the greatest athletes not only of the past 12 months, but of the 21st Century.Simone Biles and Rebecca Andrade – friends, rivals and Olympic champions from the world of gymnastics – were both winners here; both sides of Spanish football’s great duopoly were represented on the winners’ podium, as Real Madrid and Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal were honoured; and...

ACCRA, April 20, 2025 - “Messi!”The name rings out from the balcony of the SRC Hostel at the University of Cape Coast. It’s the Games Village for the Ghana University Sports Association (GUSA) Games, and someone’s looking for Emmanuel Dela Mensah.He pauses, tilts his head slightly, trying to locate where the voice came from. Leaning gently against a wall, he makes his way toward the washroom, navigating a world he can’t see—but one he deeply understands.Emmanuel was just seven when everything changed. One...

BAKU, April 18, 2025 - In a remarkable achievement for Azerbaijan’s wrestling community, 17-year-old Ali Hajiyev secured the national championship title in the 80kg weight category of freestyle wrestling on April 16, 2025. This victory not only marks a personal milestone for Hajiyev but also underscores the success of the Azerbaijan Sports Journalists Association (AIJA) Wrestling Club’s youth development programme.AIJA Wrestling Club’s Role in Talent DevelopmentThe AIJA Wrestling Club, operating under the...

TBILISI, April  18, 2025 - Jemal (Elguja) Gugushvili, a veteran football player and renowned coach of Georgia has turned 80 years old. The Ministry of Sports of Georgia awarded Gugushvili the “ Knight of Sports” - the highest sports title in the country for “the special merits in the development of football of Georgia”.  The ceremony took place at the ministry, and was attended by the Minister of Sports of Georgia Shalva Gogoladze and the first vice-president of the Georgian Football Federation (GFF) Kakha...