NOC describes 2023 as successful year for sports
NOC President, Habu Ahmed Gumel
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Franchise is the future but Australia rule the here and now
NEW DELHI : Cricket got a glimpse into its future during a momentous 2023 but its present continues to be dominated by Australia, who bagged the test and 50-overs world titles under Pat Cummins's inspiring leadership.
Sport-After landmark World Cup, more sponsors keen on women's sport in 2024
NEW YORK : A gender-equal Olympic Games next year will coincide with increasing sponsorship opportunities for female athletes, experts say, after the Women's World Cup soccer tournament underscored the growing popularity of women's sport in 2023.
Saudis ready to play long game to realise dream
LONDON : A seismic year for soccer in Saudi Arabia witnessed the turbo-charging of its domestic league with expensive foreign superstars, an audacious bid to host the 2034 World Cup and the staging of FIFA's inter-continental club tournament.
Sport-All roads lead to Paris in 2024
LONDON : All sporting roads lead to Paris next year with the first post-COVID Olympic Games looming large on the horizon but the two-week extravaganza will merely be the centrepiece for another 12 months of compelling theatre.
Sport-Pendulum swings towards tighter measures against transgender athletes
MANCHESTER, England : New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard's appearance at the 2020 Tokyo Games as the first openly transgender woman to compete at the Olympics received mixed reviews in one of the most contentious areas in sport.
Former Bucks owner and U.S. senator Herb Kohl dies at 88 - ESPN
MILWAUKEE — Herb Kohl, a former Democratic U.S. senator from Wisconsin and former owner of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks, has died. He was 88.
Mark Cuban says sale puts Mavs in 'better position to compete' - ESPN
DALLAS — Mark Cuban beamed about forming a «great partnership» hours after the NBA board of governors approved the sale of the controlling interest of the Dallas Mavericks to the families that run the Las Vegas Sands casino company, a deal that will allow Cuban to continue running the franchise's basketball operations.