For the second consecutive year in a row and the fourth time in the last five editions (the 2020 edition was cancelled due to COVID), the Saudi Arabian city of Damman will host the great universal handball festival, the Super Globe, the Club World Championship.

Hosted by SIGA Founding Member Mastercard at the Technology Hub for the third year in a row, the Summit will bring together female leaders and male allies from all sectors of the global sports industry. Designed to unleash the power of networking, this high-level, one-day initiative will focus on learning, connecting, and mobilising the sports community to champion gender equality both on and off the field of play.

The Federal Office of Sport BASPO and Swiss Olympic are increasing their financial contributions to Swiss Sport Integrity. The Reporting Office for ethical violations will receive an additional one million Swiss francs (1,04 million euros) over the next few years.

New Zealand are defending both titles, while South Africa and Australia will be looking to repeat their victories at The Sevens Stadium in December. The new format features seven regular season matches and a Grand Final with promotion and relegation at stake. The action begings on Saturday at 09:00 local time (GMT+4) on Saturday, with the final scheduled for Sunday at 19:53 local time.

Ireland's Minister of State for Sport and Physical Education, Thomas Byrne, launched the 'Olympic Movement Breaks' with the Olympic Federation of Ireland on Tuesday 7 November. The initiative will see the Olympic Federation of Ireland's 'Dare to Believe' programme working in partnership with the 'Active School Flag Programme' to create exciting opportunities for primary school children to become more physically active.

In July 2023, the German Olympic Committee (DOSB) launched the dialogue initiative 'YOUR IDEAS. YOUR GAMES' dialogue initiative to discuss why it would be beneficial to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Germany, why not, and under which conditions a German Olympic bid would be feasible.

The years go by, and the competitive drive of Spanish rider Toni Bou remains undiminished. Last weekend, he once rewrote history by securing his seventeenth X-Trial World Championship, and he did it in grand style, winning in Madrid in one of the most challenging finals in recent memory.

Novak Djokovic continues to extend his legendary career, and this Sunday, he added to his list of achievements with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the final of the Paris Masters 1000. 

The ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Palestine has also had an impact on the world of sport. Examples include the relocation of Maccabi Tel Aviv in the EuroLeague basketball and the withdrawal of three Israeli teams (Bnei Herzliya, Ironi Ness Ziona, and Hapoel Galil Elyon) from the FIBA Champions League.

The iconic New York City Marathon celebrated its 52nd edition on Sunday, an event that has only been cancelled twice since its inception in 1970 (in 2012 due to Hurricane Sandy and in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic).

Despite the absence of some of their star athletes, the United States showed their dominance and reaffirmed their position as a global sporting powerhouse. This marks the eighteenth time that the United States has topped the medal table at the Panam Games, the only exception being in 1991, when a meticulously prepared event in Havana led to a stellar performance by Cuban athletes, by the Cuban athletes, who won 140 gold medals to the United States' 130.

Spanish energy company Iberdrola will be the Official Energy Partner of the Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge, the women's tennis World Cup, whose finals begin this Tuesday 7 November 7 in Seville, Spain, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced.

Like handball, field hockey offered the tempting reward of a ticket to the Paris Games for the champions of these Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. On Friday, the Argentine men booked a ticket with a 3-1 victory over Chile in the final, thanks to two goals from striker Lucas Martínez and one from midfielder Agustín Bugallo, both of whom play for Mitre in Argentina.

Brazil enjoyed a spectacular night of football on Saturday, with two major successes in different environments. It came after the women's national team were our of the Pan American Games due to a curious change in criteria, despite being reigning America's Cup champions and having secured a place at the Paris Olympics in 2024.