The third edition of the National SAMBO Tournament "Coppa del Lazio" took place in Rome on Sunday 10 December. It was the last of the five national ranking tournaments of the year, in which Italian athletes from six regions took part.

The Haitian National Sambo Championship was held on 17 December at the Jo-Vahna sports complex in the city of Carrefour. According to the organising committee, 79 sambists from various regions of the country took part in the tournament. Competitions were organised in Sport SAMBO and Combat SAMBO among men and women.

The President of the International SAMBO Federation, Vasily Shestakov, summed up the 2023 and talked about the New Year in his speech.

Sambists from seven countries took part in the Beirut Open Sambo Championship. Medals were awarded in 10 weight categories at the competitions held in the Lebanese capital on 12 December: seven in Sport SAMBO and three in Combat SAMBO among men.

French sambist Nathalie Cariou represented the International Sambo Federation at the INTERACT+ seminar in Linz, Austria. The event, held on December 7-8, was organized by the International Fistball Association (IFA) under the leadership of the International Association of Sports for All (TAFISA). The seminar aims to encourage athletes, coaches and sports organisations to implement “Sport for All” in various events.

The Bolivian national SAMBO championship was held in the department of La Paz. Sportsmen from the departments of Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, El Alto, Sucre, Tarija, Oruro and La Paz took part in the competition which took place from 8-9 December.

The launch of the Korean Combat SAMBO League (CSL Korea) took place on December 16 in the city of Chonan. During the tournament, held at the Korean SAMBO Center, 3 fights took place in various weight categories. The winners received cups and prize money.

Two SAMBO certification seminars were conducted for the first time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia this week.

The first ever Chinese SAMBO Championship among students was held in Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province from December 3 to 7. More than 200 athletes from 30 universities across the country took part in the tournament organised by the Chinese University Sports Association.

The 16th memorial of Dr. Pranciškaus Eigminas was held in Lithuania on December 9-10. Fighters from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Armenia, the United States of America, Tajikistan, Spain, Holland, Germany, Israel, Poland and Finland took part in the annual sambo tournament.

The elections of four new members of the International Sambo Federation's Athletes Commission took place in Yerevan during the World Championships on November 10-12. Based on the results of the vote count, Margarita Bazhayeva from Kazakhstan, Sasha Buwalda from the Netherlands, Sydney Sy from the Philippines and Seidou Nji Mouluh from Cameroon were elected to the commission.

The first SAMBO and judo tournament in the city of Ommen (Netherlands) took place on December 2. More than 100 boys and girls from 5 SAMBO clubs, as well as young sportsmen from 8 judo clubs took part in the tournament, organized by Budo Promotions Ommen.

Luis Moreno Garcia of Venezuela had a moment of joy during the World Combat Games this October. He was the first Para athlete to win the gold medal of the games by defeating Moldova’s Oleg Nemtan 7-0 in the final of the -79kg Men’s Blind SAMBO category.

The International Sambo Federation (FIAS) announced their official calendar for 2024. Kazakhstan will become one of the Sambo centres in 2024. Their capital Astana will host the World championship from November 8-10, and Aktau will host Asia and Oceania Sambo Youth and master championships. The European Sambo championships will be held in Serbia’s Novi Sad from May 9-10, a day later the EuropeanYouth and Junior Sambo championship will start.

It is well known that sometimes to win the European or even the World champion title is much easier in sambo than to win a tournament in Russia. But for Mikhail Kahsurnikov (combat sambo, +98 kg) everything looked too easy.