Double lifesaving world champion Nina Holt has been named the International World Games Association's (IWGA) Athlete of the Month for September.

The Birmingham 2022 World Games Organising Committee has been given an additional $1 million (£900,000/€1 million) from the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) to help solve its $14.1 million (£12.6 million/€14.3 million) worth of debt.

World Games head of projects Guillaume Felli believes that new sports will be added to the programme for the 2025 edition in Chengdu.

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) and National Football League (NFL) have honoured World Games flag football medallists at the first game of the new NFL season.

The sports programme for the Chengdu 2025 World Games is already being drafted according to organisers, with qualification pathways for those sports expected to start next year.

The International World Games Association (IWGA) has started an account on Chinese social media platform Weibo in the build-up to the Chengdu 2025 World Games, the next edition of the event.

Dick Jaspers, winner of a World Games billiards gold medal at Birmingham 2022, has been recognised with August's Athlete of the Month award from the International World Games Association (IWGA).

The City of Birmingham held talks today with members of the Birmingham 2022 World Games Organising Committee over debt amounting to $14 million (£11.8 million/€14.1 million), believed to be owed to local vendors, companies and the United States Government, confirming they would foot part of the bill.

Birmingham has agreed to hand the World Police and Fire Games Federation a financial package of $2 million (£1.7 million/€2 million) to help stage the 2025 edition in Alabama.

Chengdu’s vice-mayor Xian Rongsheng has celebrated the countdown to The World Games 2025, with less than three years to go the until the competitions begin in the Chinese city.

The International World Games Association (IWGA) has signed four Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with National Federations to create mutual cooperation in developing the event.

Colombian inline speed skater Johana Viveros Mondragón has been named World Games Athlete of the Month for July after standout performances at the event in Birmingham.

International World Games Association (IWGA) chief executive Joachim Gossow admits organisers are playing catch up to prepare for the 2025 World Games in Chengdu, China.

The World Games 2022 has donated $54,000 (£45,000/€53,000) to support Ukrainian athletes and sports in response to the destruction wrought by the Russian invasion.

International World Games Association (IWGA) President José Perurena has hailed Birmingham 2022 as "Comeback Games" and "the reunion of The World Games family" at the Lionel Richie-headlined Closing Ceremony at Protective Stadium.