The best result for the national team was achieved by Nikita Simonov, who finished sixth on rings at the competition held from 15-18 February. The city of Cottbus in Germany will host the next major World Cup event from 22-25 February.

Last Tuesday, the second edition of the festival, which aims to promote the Olympic movement, opened at the Azerbaijan State Song Theatre named after Rashid Behbudov. In addition to films, a video clip of the NOC anthem was shown. 

The ceremony was held on 26 December in Buta Palas. It began with the national anthem of the Republic and highlighted the achievements of the athletes, including the nine Olympic licences obtained.

The President of Azerbaijan met with prominent representatives of the sports community at a ceremony in Khankendi. At the ceremony, awards were presented to the most outstanding athletes.

As part of his trip to Bangladesh, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Youth and Sports Farid Gayibov has met with his Bangladeshi counterpart Zahid Ahsan Russel.

The European Olympic Committees have confirmed the candidates for the EOC Athletes' Commission who will be elected on November 7 in the Italian capital of Rome. Thirteen athletes from across Europe have stepped forward to be a part of the Athletes' Commission, and four of them will be voted on by representatives of athletes from European National Olympic Committees attending the EOC Athletes' Forum in Italy.

The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) has praised its athletes that competed at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games.

The Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) has named its first eight athlete ambassadors for a project to construct sports facilities in different refugee centres across the country.

Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) President Mustapha Berraf has laid the foundation stone for the construction of a new Cape Verde Olympic Committee (COC) headquarters.

The National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Republic of Azerbaijan has held an event featuring sports competitions for schoolchildren to mark Olympic Day.

The Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) has warned its costs will increase for Paris 2024 when compared to Tokyo 2020, despite the Games in France being a lot closer to home, as it announced it had signed a deal for a training base in Fontainebleau.

Olaf Tufte, Norway’s double Olympic rowing champion, was the main speaker at an athletes' forum organised in Tallinn by the Athletes’ Commission of the Estonian Olympic Committee (EOK). 

The Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong (SF&OC) is set to collaborate with the region's Government to stage the Festival of Sport.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach joined the celebrations as the Uruguayan National Olympic Committee marked its centenary in Montevideo.

The New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has appointed Olympian and former hockey player Ryan Archibald as the team services director.