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The stage is set for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, said International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Kirsty Coventry , as she opened the 145th IOC Session at Milan’s iconic Teatro alla Scala in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella. “Everyone you meet cannot wait for the Games to begin. There is definitely an Olympic vibe building in the streets of Milan, in Cortina and in all host regions, and more specifically in the hea

England’s World Table Tennis Team Championships Draw Sets the Stage: China, Japan, Korea, Germany, and France Gather on Home Soil The draw for the final stage of the 2026 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships was officially unveiled on January 26 at The Shard in London. As the host nation, England will automatically compete in Stage 1a matches, which will take place from May 2 to 3 at the OVO Arena Wembley. England’s men’s team has been placed in Group 1, alongside China

UN Headquarters, New York – Amid chronic groundwater depletion, water overallocation, land and soil degradation, deforestation, and pollution, all compounded by global heating, a UN report today declared the dawn of an era of global water bankruptcy, inviting world leaders to facilitate “honest, science-based adaptation to a new reality.” “Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our Hydrological Means in the Post-Crisis Era,” argues that the familiar terms “water stressed” a

Three days after being named the AIPS Champion of 2025 in the best male athlete category, Armand “Mondo” Duplantis spoke with more than 80 journalists in an online meeting organised by AIPS on Friday, 2 January 2026. The 26-year-old Swedish pole vault star, who set four world records in 2025 en route to his third consecutive indoor and outdoor world titles and fifth successive Diamond League title, was the runaway winner in the Best Male Athlete of the Year category with 1182

ISTANBUL, January 5, 2026 - For the third time in his career, after winning the 2022 and 2024 editions, pole vault world record holder and definitely one of the current leading athletes, Sweden's Armand Duplantis has been chosen as the European Sportsman of the Year by journalists from AIPS Europe's 43 affiliated national associations.  Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis was followed by the Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz and French football player Ousmane Dembele. Aitana Bonmati,

One of the biggest upsets of the World Darts Championship so far unfolded in round two as Wesley Plaisier stunned former world champion and ninth seed Gerwyn Price with a dominant 3–0 victory. The Dutchman kept his nerve under pressure and sealed the win by pinning double ten in the deciding leg of the third set. Plaisier admitted afterwards that it was the greatest win of his career, revealing he had only hoped to take a set or two before the match. Nerves were high when thr