LAUSANNE, April 15, 2025 - Victor Montagliani, president of CONCACAF - the governing body of football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, is the latest senior FIFA official to express his disapproval of the proposal to expand the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams.The idea, which was officially put forward last week by Alejandro Dominguez, president of CONMEBOL - South American governing body, has also drawn criticism from UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin and Asian Football Confederation (AFC)...

VENICE, April 15, 2025 - A month before the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships scheduled for Leipzig in Germany from 26 to 31 May 2025, the traditional international competition, “Trofeo Citta’ di Jesolo“, took place. Over 60 athletes from 8 countries registered for the competition, which was a good test for the participating gymnasts, some of whom were competing for the first time this season.The competition, which has reached its 16th edition, was held in the Pala Turismo in Jesolo Lido and was...

LAUSANNE, April 13, 2025 - With a little over one month left until the celebration of sport media excellence takes place in Rabat, Morocco, AIPS is proud to announce the top ten candidates in the Writing Best Colour Piece category of the 7th AIPS Sport Media Awards.For more information on this judging phase, click here.This list may contain more than 10 submissions because of ties in the voting. It has been published in alphabetical order of country:Disclaimer: All names and information have been published...

PESHAWAR, April 13, 2025 - Pakistan’s Noor Zaman, who recently clinched the men’s title at the World Under-23 Squash Championships in Karachi, received a warm and enthusiastic welcome upon his return to his hometown of Peshawar.Noor is the grandson of former world squash champion Qamar Zaman. His family resides near the Hashim Khan Squash Complex of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), where Noor began his squash career under the guidance of his grandfather Qamar Zaman and his father Munawar Zaman — both renowned...