It’s official: women’s flag football swept global streaming ratings at The World Games 2025, outperforming 59 other disciplines by a significant margin in what was the biggest and most-watched edition of the multi-sport event to-date. Almost 4 000 athletes from 111 countries took part in the Games, which were held in Chengdu, China from August 7 to 17 last year. An independent event evaluation report commissioned by the International World Games Association (IWGA) and Chengdu

The NBA family (www.NBA.com) and the global basketball community, including the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), USA Basketball, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, the National Basketball Coaches Association (NBCA) and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), will celebrate the third annual World Basketball Day on Sunday, December 21 by engaging hundreds of millions of youth and fans i

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) has voted to relocate its global headquarters to Lausanne, Switzerland, marking a major milestone for the sport of American Football, which reinforces its long-term commitment to the Olympic Movement. The decision was taken as part of a series of landmark reforms approved at the XXVII IFAF Congress, held in the Olympic Capital with support from the Lausanne Olympic Capital Foundation and Lausanne Tourism. Delegates from

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) has approved a series of landmark reforms at the XXVII Congress in Lausanne, Switzerland, concluding a record-breaking year for the sport and reinforcing its place in the Olympic Movement. Delegates from five continents, representing a broad spectrum of IFAF’s 75 member federations, came together in Lausanne - the Olympic Capital - to vote on a series of significant reforms designed to reinforce IFAF’s governance struct

From left to right: OpenAI Africa Lead Emmanuel Lubanzadio, ALX Ventures Africa Lead Nour Abdelghaffar, ServiceNow Head of Strategy & Operations Nikki van Gasse, Carnegie Mellon University Africa Director Dr Conrad Tucker, NBA Africa CEO Clare Akamanzi, ServiceNow Africa Vice President & Managing Director Cheick Camara and NBA Africa Triple-Double Accelerator winners Adaobi Orajaiku (Atsur), Melody Nehemiah (Songdis), Hani Youssef Hafez (Athlon Technology), Omar El Gebali (Fi

Mexico has overtaken USA at the top of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) women’s flag football world rankings for the first time in history. The annual world rankings update reflects a year in which the Mexican women’s national team has achieved unprecedented success, notably with its defence of The World Games gold medal in Chengdu, China in August, followed by a first Americas Continental title in Panama in September. On the men’s side, USA holds stro

The 2025 IFAF Asia-Oceania Flag Football Continental Championships marked a defining moment in the sport’s rapid growth across the region, with the rise of new global contenders, teams making international debuts, emergence of new stars of the game and three days of highly entertaining and competitive action The Fenghua Sports Centre in Ningbo, China hosted 27 teams representing 15 nations from across Asia and Oceania - a 35% increase in entries compared to the 2023 edition h

Japan in action against Indonesia. Ernesto Campuzano Japan opened their defense of the IFAF Asia-Oceania flag football crown with a perfect start by beating China and Indonesia in Group A. The region’s top-ranked team, sitting third in the IFAF world rankings, avenged a loss to host China at The World Games in August with a 33-18 victory on the first of three days of competition at the Fenghua Sports Center in Ningbo. “I think we played well,” said Japan wide receiver Yurika

The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that a record 135 international players from a record-tying 43 countries across six continents are on opening-night rosters for the 2025-26 season. Among the record 135 international players are more than 55 players who were either born in Africa or have at least one parent from Africa, including 2021 NBA champion and two-time Kia NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks; Greece; ties to Nigeria)

Africell CEO, president and founder Ziad Dalloul (left) and NBA Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer Mark Tatum sign the expanded agreement at the NBA’s global headquarters in New York City. The brand collaboration between Africell, Africa’s only US-owned mobile network operator and NBA Africa in Angola has taken a leap forward with the widening of its scope to include all four of Africell’s African operating markets with the addition of the Democratic Republic of

Jari Turunen The global governing body of flag football - a new addition to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles - is marking 1 000 days to the Opening Ceremony on Saturday by unveiling new measures to improve gender equity on and off the field. A headline commitment by the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) will see women make up at least 50% of all the International Technical Officials (ITO) appointed for the flag football tournament in Los Angeles, where the

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced a new multi-platform streaming offering and the reimagined NBA TV, which will offer nonstop basketball content and original programming starting on Wednesday. Accessible through the NBA App, the streaming platform and NBA TV will deliver a robust mix of live games, programming, highlights and original content, together serving as the home of global basketball. The Association, a new weeknight primetime “basketball-cast”

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