BELGRADE, April 3, 2025 - FIFA wants to reverse the numbers, and hence the status, of the men’s and women’s football tournament at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.Gianni Infantino told the 49th congress of European federation UEFA in Belgrade of the proposal which would raise the status of women’s football at the Games while downgrading the unpopular hybrid which is the men’s event.If the International Olympic Committee is amendable then last year’s Paris Games would be the last to feature the established...

LAUSANNE, April 3, 2025 - The AIPS Sport Media Awards are pleased to announce the shortlist for the Writing Best Column category.Find out more about the judging stages HERE.Below are the selected works, in alphabetical order of country:Disclaimer: All names and information have been published as we have received them, for any corrections please contact us at info@aipsmedia.com or send us a direct message on social media @aipsmedia.WRITING BEST COLUMNNazim Bessol (Algeria), La médaille de la mémoire -...

AMSTERDAM, April 2, 2025 - The first quarter of the 2025 judo season is over, and after four Grand Slams and one Grand Prix, it is Japan in the lead, but not necessarily with the top athletes that you’d expect. Japan won twenty of the seventy available gold medals in the IJF World Tour so far, a market share of almost 30%. Looking at the total number of medals, Japan earned 18% of all 270 medals handed out so far in the season. Twenty out of 51 won by men, 31 by women. Also 13 titles were won by Japanese...

TURIN, April 2, 2025 - Antwan “Tony” Saad developed a passion for skiing but has a very peculiar dilemma: his home country of Egypt only receives snow on the rarest of occasions (sometimes years apart). This presents a challenge for someone looking to hone their craft in Alpine Skiing.Without any natural snow-covered mountains or slopes for Tony to train on, he had to identify an alternative. And he found it in Ski Egypt, Africa’s first Indoor Ski Resort and Snow Park, that provides visitors with real...