Israel’s football and basketball leagues have stopped amid the nation’s latest conflict with Hamas in Gaza, while Israeli Olympians fear competing abroad because of security concerns. Professional football leagues in Israel are set to return to action on November 25, with the games taking place without supporters for the time being after coming to a halt

The air is thick at the Cricket World Cup in India. Extreme smog is causing problems for athletes and fans. Environmental issues are affecting elite sport more and more. The view from the Arun Jaitley Stadium in the heart of Delhi is milky. On the field, Bangladesh are on their way to beating Sri Lanka at

The 11th Gay Games officially got underway in Hong Kong on Saturday, kicking off a week of inclusive sporting competition across two continents. Half of the events are taking place in the Mexican city of Guadalajara. What are the Gay Games? The Gay Games is an international multisport event organized every four years by the

Germany’s capital Berlin is ready to bid to host the 2036 Summer Olympics. But the plan is attracting plenty of criticism and some awkward questions. Whether it be in 2036 or 2040, Berlin is ready to host the summer Olympics. That was the message after the city’s Governing Mayor, Kai Wegner, and Sports Senator, Iris

Cricket’s governing body (ICC) is the latest sport to ban transgender athletes, citing “safety and fairness.” But leading transgender researcher Joanna Harper thinks the decision is based on “wrong science.” The International Cricket Council (ICC) recently made changes to its gender eligibility regulations for international cricket, effectively banning transgender women. The decision follows similar rulings

A major search operation is ongoing to find the missing father of Liverpool FC player Luis Díaz after his kidnapping in Colombia on Saturday. Díaz’s mother, Cilenis Marulanda, was also kidnapped at the same time but later rescued in the town of Barrancas, Colombian President Gustavo Petro wrote on X, formerly Twitter. General William René Salamanca Ramírez, Director General of

Max Verstappen further cemented his status as the dominant driver of his generation with a historic victory at the Italian Grand Prix, his 10th consecutive race win. No Formula One driver has ever won as many races in a row in a season. The Red Bull driver had matched the previous all-time record of nine,

A 47-year-old Nepali sherpa has set a climbing record by scaling all the world’s 14 peaks that are higher than 8,000 meters (26,247 ft) for a second time, his agency said on Thursday. Sanu Sherpa, from Sankhuwasabha district in east Nepal, reached the top of Pakistan’s Gasherbrum II, which at 8,035 meters is the 13th

Exploring the peaks of the world’s highest mountains or the secrets of space’s deepest labyrinths has become almost second nature for Poorna Malavath and Kavya Manyapu. It has taken Manyapu to NASA where her research has included designing space suits, and Malavath to the top of Mount Everest when in 2014, she became the youngest

Coaches will no longer be allowed to weigh gymnasts under one of several policies designed to tackle reports of “bullying, harassment and excessive control” in the sport in the UK. Only gymnasts over the age of 10 can be weighed in a gymnastics setting under the new British Gymnastics policies, announced on Wednesday, and the