ÇOCUK MERCANLI, April 29, 2025 - In a remarkable display of unity, education and sport, a new youth development initiative has kicked off between two schools in Azerbaijan - one based in the capital Baku and the other in the resilient village of Çocuk Mercanlı. The collaborative project, spearheaded by the students and educators of Istanbul Liseyi Baku, aims to foster cross-cultural understanding through sport.A Visit of Purpose and FriendshipThe first major event of the partnership saw students from...

MIES, April 29, 2025 - FIBA is continuing to demonstrate its global leadership in transforming the sport through innovation, with the latest technology milestone set to be introduced at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2025 in partnership with Genius Sports.Taking place in the Olympic Capital of Lausanne in Switzerland between June 28 and July 6, to make history as the first-ever FIBA event to fully integrate AI-driven technologies and will set the new first-class tech-standard for basketball competitions...

HELSINKI, April 24, 2025 - Spring is once again the golden season for popular  sports leagues. Led by ice hockey, the fate of the Finnish Championship medals will first be decided, followed by the World Championship tournament at the end of May—once again taking place in Stockholm.Finland comes to a standstill to follow sports and enjoy the insights of commentary virtuosos as well as the analyses of sports journalists across various media platforms.What all this has in common is that sports stories are...

TBILISI, April  26, 2025 - The Georgian national futsal team has been delighting its many fans with its technical and effective play in recent years. At the end of 2021, the team, having successfully passed the qualifying rounds, received the right to compete in the European Championship for the first time. At the 2022 European Championship, which took place in Germany, Georgia recorded two victories in its group (defeating Azerbaijan 3:2 and Bosnia-Herzegovina 2:1) and lost the match against Spain 0:8. In...