London, United Kingdom - June 25, 2024 - A photograph of Japanese gymnast Daiki Hashimoto, which captures an incredible moment where athlete, spectacle and photographer come together in perfect harmony, has won this year’s World Sports Photography Awards. The image was taken by Belgian photographer Eric T’Kindt at the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Antwerp, Belgium,
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Shahid Afridi: Afghanistan can lift the trophy – and no-one should be surprised if they do6/26/2024 Exclusive Column
Afghanistan’s progress in this ICC Men’s T20 World Cup has been fantastic to witness. They have truly earned their first-ever spot in the semi-finals. A team that beats New Zealand, Australia and Bangladesh in competitive cricket can’t be taken lightly. They have demonstrated great teamwork, ability to handle pressure and a positive mindset. Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan has been handed an official reprimand for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Group 1 match against Bangladesh.
Anthem produced and written by Grammy winner Producer and Director Emilio Estefan Jr., and performed by team of global superstars including Christian Nodal, Taboo, Emily Estefan, Gusi, Abel Pintos, and Emilio Regueira “Los Rabanes” .
NEW YORK AND MEXICO CITY (JUNE 26, 2024) – Leagues Cup, the first in-season club tournament in North America across all men’s professional sports, announced today the release of its new anthem, "Nuestros Colores" . The World Cup-style tournament featuring all 47 clubs from Major League Soccer (MLS) and LIGA MX is set to begin on July 26, 2024 running through August 25, 2024. There is a long history of African players thriving in the NBA, but the level of talent coming out of Africa has never been better. This season there were 50 players from Africa (or with one parent from Africa) – roughly 10% of the league. Many of these players have participated in the NBA’s basketball development programs on the continent, including Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Africa and NBA Academy Africa.
The NBA Draft 2024, sponsored by State Farm®, will be broadcast in 214 countries and territories, in 33 languages, across various devices such as televisions, computers, mobile phones, and tablets.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has expressed its sorrow at the death of Frank Duckworth, co-creator of the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) method that is used for regulating targets in weather-affected limited overs games
Marking one month to go before the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on 26 July, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) launches “Sport. And More than Sport” – a new Olympic brand platform. It will debut with an uplifting short film that encapsulates the unique spirit and feeling of the Olympic Games, which will air globally across the Olympic Media Rights-Holder (MRH) network and Olympic digital platforms and will run throughout Paris 2024 and beyond.
Richard Illingworth and Nitin Menon will be on the on-field umpires when Afghanistan make history by playing in their first ICC Men’s T20 World Cup semi-final.
An eight-run win against Bangladesh, via DLS, secured safe passage from the Super 8s at Australia’s expense. They will play South Africa in Trinidad on Wednesday June 26, with a place in Saturday’s final on the line. With just one month before the start of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 , the President of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Dennis Francis, today made a solemn appeal to the UN Member States for the observance of the Olympic Truce. He called on all warring parties around the world to agree to “true mutual ceasefires” for the duration of the Truce.
WITH THE SLOGAN “THE AMERICAS, JUST ONE TEAM,” THE TEAM PANAM SPORTS FOR PARIS 2024 IS PRESENTED6/26/2024 Nine athletes, including World, Olympic, and Pan American champions, will compete for glory in the next Olympic Games. They will not only defend their country's colors but also represent all the Americas.
Making their T20 World Cup debut, the USA team proved they are no pushovers when they recorded a stunning SuperOver win against a star-studded Pakistan after beating Canada by seven wickets in their campaign opener, to ensure their smooth passage to the SuperEight stage of the tournament.
NEW YORK (Monday, June 24, 2024) – Midway through the 2024 season, Major League Soccer is setting numerous attendance records across the league. MLS has established new records for total attendance and average attendance. Attendance highlights as of June 22, 2024, include:
Over 150 athletes have successfully secured their quota places for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 following the inaugural Olympic Qualifier Series (OQS). Olympic Day – 23 June – marked the end of qualifying in BMX freestyle, breaking, sport climbing and skateboarding, as the final round of the OQS came to a close after four days of best-in-class competition in Budapest, Hungary.
CHENGDU (China) - Ub Huishan NE (SRB) rediscovered their top form to outlast a gritty Lausanne (SUI) 20-19 in an epic final and win the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Chengdu 2024 on June 23.
After falling short at the first three World Tours this season, No.1 seed Ub were extra motivated but they had to do it the hard way after a Day One loss to Beijing (CHN).
Local and travelling media are invited to utilise the world-class facilities at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Media Hub, powered by C&W Business for the Super 8 and Knockout stage of the event.
The facility is a first of its kind remote media hub established for the ninth edition of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Based in Barbados, the World Cup media hub is open to accredited media for the duration of the event. Michelob Ultra is now the Official Beer Sponsor of the Concacaf Champions Cup, the Concacaf W Champions Cup, and Major League Soccer. Ultra also is named the Title Sponsor of the Michelob Ultra Campeones Cup.
NEW YORK (June 21, 2024) – Today, Concacaf and Major League Soccer (MLS) announced major multi-year international partnerships with AB InBev, the world’s leading brewer. Ahead of Olympic Day this Sunday, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has highlighted the importance of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 in inspiring the world to move. Four weeks before the Opening Ceremony, the IOC President invited the world to join the IOC’s “Let’s Move” campaign.
NEW YORK (Thursday, June 20, 2024) – FC Dallas forward Petar Musa was voted the Major League Soccer Player of the Matchday for Matchday 21 of the 2024 MLS season.
Musa recorded his first MLS hat trick and the first hat trick for FC Dallas since Jesús Ferreira on March 19, 2022, in a 5-3 victory over Minnesota United FC on Wednesday night (Watch Highlights from His Performance Here). He also became the first European-born player to register a hat trick in club history. In his first season with the club, the Croatian striker leads FC Dallas with eight goals and 10 goal contributions through 17 matches. New York, N.Y. (June 20, 2024) – Major League Soccer today will unveil its new “Summer is Calling” brand spot and a custom summer track, Mi Gente lo Siente, produced by multi-talented singer and producer GOTOPO and Latin GRAMMY-award winning and Latin electronic music producer Don Elektron
Africa Sports Ventures Group has announced a new collaboration with Women Sport Africa Network, an organization uniting numerous women in sports initiatives. Together, they will present the Annual Most Influential African Women in Sports List.
Houston, Texas, June 21st, 2024: Due to unforeseen circumstances and concerns Africa Sports Ventures Group has decided to postpone the Africa High Schools Basketball Showcase Kenya Edition scheduled for Saturday, June 22nd, 2024.
NAIROBI, Kenya, 19 June 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The new ambassadors signing for Sportsbet.io bring with them a wealth of cryptocurrency knowledge and expertise, as the ‘Join the Crypto Experience’ programme picks up pace.
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