Former secretary general Co Koren has donated 300 boxes and more than 50 folders of material to the International World Games Association (IWGA), which is set to form a notable addition to its archive.

International World Games Association (IWGA) chief executive Joachim Gossow has admitted 2023 will not be a relaxed year for the organisation, with just two years until the Chengdu 2025 World Games.

Spain’s Olympic karate champion Sandra Sánchez has been announced as the chair of the International World Games Association’s (IWGA) new Athletes’ Committee.

Kickboxer Alexandra Filipova from Slovakia has been named the World Games Athlete of December, after winning the World Association of Kickboxing Organisations (WAKO) World Pro title in the women's K1 under-71 kilogram category at the tail end of the year.

The United States women's softball team, led by Haylie McCleney, are among The World Games Athlete of the Year and Team of the Year nominations, with winners to be announced on January 31.

International World Games Association (IWGA) President José Perurena has said that the "spontaneous" standing ovation for the Ukrainian delegation at the Opening Ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 World Games was one of his highlights of the past 12 months.

No doping positives were reported during this year’s World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, according to an Independent Observer (IO) team report published by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), although there were three subsequent adverse analytical findings.

Four-time ju-jitsu world champion Aafke van Leeuwen of The Netherlands has been chosen as the International World Games Association's Athlete of the Month for November.

The International World Games Association (IWGA) has launched its application process for Chengdu 2025, with International Federations (IFs) given until December 16 to submit proposals.

Double lifesaving world champion Nina Holt has been named the International World Games Association's (IWGA) Athlete of the Month for September.

The Birmingham 2022 World Games Organising Committee has been given an additional $1 million (£900,000/€1 million) from the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) to help solve its $14.1 million (£12.6 million/€14.3 million) worth of debt.

World Games head of projects Guillaume Felli believes that new sports will be added to the programme for the 2025 edition in Chengdu.

The International Federation of American Football (IFAF) and National Football League (NFL) have honoured World Games flag football medallists at the first game of the new NFL season.

The sports programme for the Chengdu 2025 World Games is already being drafted according to organisers, with qualification pathways for those sports expected to start next year.