In the four months since the last FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking was published in August, more than 400 international matches have been played. Never before have so many matches been played in such a short space of time.

The Women's Handball World Championship, co-hosted by Denmark, Sweden and Norway, has reached its climax with the quarter-finals setting up the semi-finals, which will be played on Friday at the venue of the last four matches of the tournament, the majestic Jyske Bank Boxen in the small Danish town of Herning, with a capacity of around 12,000.

The Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) has signed the Joint Sport Pledge on Inclusion and Protection of Refugees to strengthen its commitment to supporting refugees through sport.

The WBSC Africa has announced the dates for the qualifying tournaments for the WBSC U-15 Baseball World Cup, the WBSC U23 Baseball World Cup, the WBSC Men's Softball World Cup and the WBSC Baseball5 World Cup due to be held in 2024.

Just 13 months before Turin will host the Winter Universiade for the second time from 13-23 January 2025, Torino 2025 and FISU were together at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. 

Women in Sports and Events (WISE), the leading career and leadership development organization for women in the business of sports, will host its 28th Annual WISE Women of the Year Awards Luncheon on March 19, 2024 honouring four women at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.

The #worldconnected gaming community is gathering in the Saudi Arabian capital ahead of the Riyadh 2023 Global Esports Games (#GEG23) from 12-16 December, the flagship multi-title competition hosted by the Saudi Esports Federation (SEF) and presented by the Global Esports Federation (GEF).

The main round of the Women's Handball World Championship ended on Monday with all the favourites through to the quarter-finals, which will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The United States Para Hockey National Team won the gold medal at the 2023 Para Hockey Cup for the eighth consecutive year, defeating Canada 3-0 in the final in Quispamsis, New Brunswick, Canada.

Less than two weeks before the first edition of the European University Winter Championships, which will be held in Val di Zoldo in the Dolomites from 18-21 December, the final preparatory visit took place on 6-7 December, with very satisfactory results in all respects.

President of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), Christopher Samuda, has come out in support of US President Joe Biden's call for the Haudenosaunee Nationals to be included as a separate lacrosse team in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, which was made at the recent White House Tribal Nations Summit.

The Italian city of Turin will host the FISU Winter University Games from 13-23 January 2025 and less than a year before that, on 24 February 2024, the Palavela ice rink will be illuminated for 'Lights on U,' a major event on the #RoadTO2025.

Play Your Way to Wimbledon is the UK's largest mass participation individual tennis competition, allowing recreational players to compete on Wimbledon's iconic courts. This year, four new pathways were added to the event, opening up the competition to many more players and inspiring them to grab a racket and enjoy the fun of the competition.

Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, hosted an interesting activity with the ultimate aim of promoting and developing baseball on the African continent. The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) does great work all over the world.