World champion Oleg Babgoev has revealed he had one eye on the upcoming Russian National Championships when he moved up weight categories to win under 82 kilograms gold at last week’s Open Sambo Championships for the prizes of the President of the Republic of Belarus in Minsk.

An online competition registration system introduced by the International Sambo Federation (FIAS) is now fully operational for events in 2017.

Three-time Pan American sambo champion Zaira Laguna has been handed a special award by the Nicaraguan Association of Sports Journalists in recognition of her sporting achievements.

A Sambo tournament for competitors with hearing disabilities has taken place for the first time.

Vasily Shestakov, the President of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS), has been awarded one of the highest honours in Japan.

A conference on how to integrate scientific methods into sambo and other martial arts is due to be held in Moscow on February 16.

An international seminar for sambo referees is set to take place on the eve of this year’s World Cup in Moscow.

The International Sambo Federation (FIAS) has today launched a video campaign addressing gender equity in the sport.

International Sambo Federation (FIAS) representatives have participated in a preparation meeting organised under the auspices of the sixth UNESCO International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS).

The first International Sambo Federation (FIAS) tournament for people with hearing disabilities will take place in the Russian city of Zelenograd next month.

Tatjana Trivic has been elected President of the Sambo Federation of Serbia for a four-year period.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, an Honorary President of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS), visited the Kodokan Martial Arts Centre in Japan where he watched a number of exhibition performances.

Papers are currently being processed for recognition of the Pilipinas Sambo Federation (PSFI) by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC), according to International Sambo Federation (FIAS) national secretary general Paolo Tancontian.

A special concert has taken place in Moscow in honour of Vasili Oshchepkov, the Soviet martial arts expert credited as the founding father of sambo.

Russia capped off a successful three days here at the World University Sambo Championships by claiming the mixed team title at the expense of Kyrgyzstan.