The leaders in the race for the world title in the Kite-Surf discipline are set to clash in an early round of the GKA Kite-Surf World Cup Dakhla, in Morocco, which could severely dent the loser’s hopes of lifting the crown. Top seeds Airton Cozzolino (ITA) and Matchu Lopes (ESP) are destined to battle in the fifth round of the world cup in the Oum Lamboiur break on the fringes of the Sahara desert. The Cape Verde-based Italian was on fire, slaying the shoulder-high surf like there was no tomo...

The GWA Wingfoil World Cup 2023 held its final wave event in Dakhla, Morocco. In front of the fantastic backdrop of the Sahara Desert, twenty-five men and five women from 9 nations around the world competed for the inaugural Wingfoil Wave World Championship title. The US’s Moona Whyte and Cape Verde’s Wesley Brito won the first-ever world titles in the Wave discipline. Nia Suardiaz made history by becoming the first woman in the competition to perform an Air 360 on a wave.

On the second day of the world cup in Dakhla, the third and concluding stop of the wave discipline on the GWA Wingfoil World Tour, the men again took to the water and began to fill the quarter-final berths. The young Corsican rider Noé Cuyala came out charging and rode out of his skin. The 16-year-old sensation racked up the biggest wave score—9.07 out of 10—and heat total to that point, exploiting better swells and growing breezes. Cape Verde’s Wesley Brito, the winner of the first stop in P...

Opening battles of last wave stop in Morocco throw up surprises as top ranked men face fight for survival. The young Corsican rider Noé Cuyala opened the event and his own account in style. The 16-year-old took down Spain’s Xavi Corr and Cape Verdean Hendrick Lopes (SUI). Lopes had the misfortune to be shown the door in round two, though he will battle again in the Kite-Surf world cup. Title contender and Cape Verde event winner, Wesley Brito (CPV), continued the theme, with a big heat that s...

Only a few days after the FIBA Basketball World Championships, the next basketball highlight took place on the 17th September: Red Bull Half Court World Final 2023 - The global 3on3 basketball showdown crowned their champions in Serbia’s capital Belgrade inside the historic fortress of Kalemegdan. The top 25 male and 14 female teams from across the globe got to compete amidst the backdrop of Belgrade's majestic Fortress. In a riveting streetball showdown only the best of the best got to fight...

Only a few days after the FIBA Basketball World Championships, the next basketball highlight took place on the 17th September: Red Bull Half Court World Final 2023 - The global 3on3 basketball showdown crowned their champions in Serbia’s capital Belgrade inside the historic fortress of Kalemegdan. The top 25 male and 14 female teams from across the globe got to compete amidst the backdrop of Belgrade's majestic Fortress. In a riveting streetball showdown only the best of the best got to fight...

It was the Queen & King of the Court Beach Volleyball highlight of the year, the first-ever Royal Championships, the biggest title in the game and the biggest King of the Court event ever, took place in Rotterdam (NED) from September 5-10. Queen & King of the Court is a Dutch innovation that started six years ago and has since become a new discipline in beach volleyball. Now, six years later, the inaugural World Championship for Queen & King of the Court is taking place. More than 100 athle...

The first Royal Championships from the BetCity Queen & King of the Court tournament in Rotterdam saw the last games of the quarter-final matches and semi-finals played. Now it´s time for the finals. In the men's event, three Dutch teams made it to the final. After Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen had already made it to the final two days earlier, Leon Luini/Yorick de Groot and Dirk Boehlé/Mees Sengers followed suit. In the women's final there are four nations ready to take the crown: Anouk V...

With four out of six competitions in the books, the 14th season of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series heads to a well-known location in Eastern Europe for its penultimate stop. For the 8th time the world's best cliff divers will honour the local diving tradition and leap off from the famous old Stari Most bridge into the emerald water of the Neretva River in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Built in the 16th century, the iconic bridge, that is a UNESCO World Heritage site, connects two par...

Nia Suardiaz from Spain clinched her second world title in less than a week when she won the FreeFly-Slalom discipline at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup Denmark in Hvide Sande which gave her the coveted crown. The remarkable 16-year-old athlete was so dominant she has won four of the five FreeFly-Slalom stops on this year’s GWA Wingfoil World Tour. Barely four days ago she won the Surf-Freestyle contest in Hvide Sande, which gave her the world title even with two world tour stops remaining.

The first Royal Championships from the BetCity Queen & King of the Court tournament in Rotterdam saw the quarter-final matches played and more teams earn places in the semi-finals. On the men's side, the Dutch Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen and the two-time Kings (Utrecht 2023, Doha 2022) David Åhman (SWE) and Jonatan Hellvig (SWE) already secured a place in the semi-finals. The two Latvian beach volleyball aces Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins also manage to reach the semi-finals at...

On the second day of the BetCity Queen & King of the Court, the Royal Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands quarter-finals were played and first teams have reached the semifinals. In the men's event the Dutch home favourites Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen directly secured a place for the semi-finals. Two-time Kings (Utrecht 2023, Doha 2022) David Åhman (SWE) and Jonatan Hellvig (SWE) also prevailed in their quarter-final matches to secure a semi-final spot. In the women's quarter-final m...

The opening rounds in the FreeFly-Slalom discipline at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup Denmark saw the tour leaders come out on top, putting them in pole position for wins in Hvide Sande. Spain’s Nia Suardiaz slipped up in the first elimination round of the day when she could only manage a second place. It was only a temporary blip and she went on take the next six-from-six contests. An overall victory in Hvide Sande would land her the FreeFly-Slalom world title, doubling up on the Surf-Freestyle...

For the first time the BetCity Queen & King of the Court, the Royal Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands has started with the group stage. First dominant teams have reached the quarter-finals.Big names and home favorites Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen advance directly to the quarter-finals. The two-time Kings (Utrecht 2023, Doha 2022) David Åhman und Jonatan Hellvig also prevail and advance directly to the quarter-finals. In the women's singles, the German team of Karla Borger and San...

The Spanish teenager Nia Suardiaz clinched her first Surf-Freestyle world championship crown with a victory at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup Denmark, fought out amid the stunning backdrop of Hvide Sande’s dunes. The 16-year-old wingfoil prodigy has swept all before her this year and closed out the title even as two Surf-Freestyle stops still remain on the GWA Wingfoil World Tour. France’s reigning Surf-Freestyle world champion, Malo Guénolé, 18, kept himself in the race to retain his world tit...

The GWA Wingfoil World Tour 2023 will make its debut in Denmark with a Surf-Freestyle and FreeFly-Slalom World Cup event from September 3-9. The event will be held in Hvide Sande on the North Sea coast, a town in central western Denmark nestled in the dunes of Holmsland. This is the fifth round of competition in both disciplines, with only two stops left to determine the champions. Spain's Nia Suardiaz has shown remarkable ability, securing consecutive victories in both disciplines in the Can...

For the first time it is on for BetCity Queen & King of the Court, the Royal Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. This tournament is larger than ever before, the best players in the world come to ‘Manhattan on the Maas’ September 5-10. A 'royal' stadium right in the city center on Henegouwerplein is the spot and side-courts throughout the suburbs frame this event.

The climactic Day 7 marked the culmination of the U21 World Championships and iQGames Silvaplana, featuring the Medal Series as the decisive closing act. The day's forecast unfolded as predicted, with persistent rain casting an atmospheric backdrop for the final battles. The Medal Series served are the final series of races that decides on who will be crowned World Champion. In the men's fleet, Gaspard Carfantan of France clinched victory in the grand final, triumphantly securing the U21 Wor...

After 2 years the Defender GKA-Kite Surf World Cup is back in Sylt, Germany at the North Sea and finished the Men’s Kite-Surf Competition on Saturday. Spain’s 22 years old Kiko Roig staged a big upset, when he landed his first career win in tricky conditions on the North Sea. In the final the young Spaniard overhauled the favorite, former world champion, Italy’s Airton Cozzolino, who had been utterly dominant in his heats up to that point. In the final heat Cozzolino made a huge tactical e...