Azerbaijan’s Minister of Youth and Sports Farid Gayibov has proposed for the International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Physical Education and Sport (MINEPS) to be staged every year.

Ilgar Rahimov was elected as the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) President at its Extraordinary General Assembly in Fátima, Portugal.

Ilgar Rahimov has stepped down as President of the National Paralympic Committee of Azerbaijan to focus on his candidacy to lead the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA).

Azerbaijani team Neftchi became the first commercial side to win an International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 Women's Series event with victory against The Netherlands in Shusha.

European Olympic Committee (EOC) President Spyros Capralos has praised Azerbaijan for staging international sporting events following its hosting of the inaugural European Games in 2015.

The President of the Azerbaijan Badminton Federation has met with members of the national team that have been participating in a training camp at the Petronans Malaysia Badminton Academy since March this year, alongside studying at the same location.

The timing of this year's World Taekwondo General Assembly before the World Championships was no coincidence. May 28 marked 50 years to the day that it was founded as the World Taekwondo Federation in South Korea's capital Seoul, and preceded a seven-day showcase of a sport now firmly established on the Olympic programme. Indeed, it is established to the extent that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been firmly involved in the 50-year celebrations.

Azerbaijan's Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Minister Mariana Vasileva has claimed here the country remains keen to host major sports events to provide "opportunities to the young generation".

The second World Taekwondo Championships in little more than six months are due to begin in Azerbaijan's capital Baku here tomorrow, with 13 refugee athletes and 23 neutrals from Russia or Belarus among those participating,

Tomorrow, the World Taekwondo Championships is set to become the latest sporting event added to the portfolio of Azerbaijan's capital Baku.

World Taekwondo held a gala dinner to mark the 50th anniversary of its founding here tonight, honouring the best male and female athletes from each edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Minister of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan Farid Gayibov has hinted that the country is "interested" in hosting more multi-sports events in the future.

Be it a democracy or autocracy, politicians and Government officials are almost unapproachable - in my experience - barring a few exceptions.