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Three days after being named the AIPS Champion of 2025 in the best male athlete category, Armand “Mondo” Duplantis spoke with more than 80 journalists in an online meeting organised by AIPS on Friday, 2 January 2026. The 26-year-old Swedish pole vault star, who set four world records in 2025 en route to his third consecutive indoor and outdoor world titles and fifth successive Diamond League title, was the runaway winner in the Best Male Athlete of the Year category with 1182

ISTANBUL, January 5, 2026 - For the third time in his career, after winning the 2022 and 2024 editions, pole vault world record holder and definitely one of the current leading athletes, Sweden's Armand Duplantis has been chosen as the European Sportsman of the Year by journalists from AIPS Europe's 43 affiliated national associations.  Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis was followed by the Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz and French football player Ousmane Dembele. Aitana Bonmati,

One of the biggest upsets of the World Darts Championship so far unfolded in round two as Wesley Plaisier stunned former world champion and ninth seed Gerwyn Price with a dominant 3–0 victory. The Dutchman kept his nerve under pressure and sealed the win by pinning double ten in the deciding leg of the third set. Plaisier admitted afterwards that it was the greatest win of his career, revealing he had only hoped to take a set or two before the match. Nerves were high when thr