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KATIMA MULILO, 25 December 2025 - Sister Emely Chidolo speaks to Nampa while 19-year-old first-time mother, Emelia Kachelo takes a recuperation nap on her hospital bed on Thursday afternoon. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

Okatana Constituency councillor Petrus Shigwedha Ashipala. (Photo: Contributed)

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(251228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2025: In 2025, humanoid robot sports competitions in China have gained wide attention both at home and abroad. In April, humanoid robots and human runners took to the same half-marathon course in Beijing for the first time. Wuxi hosted the first multi-sport games for embodied intelligent robots, with over 150 robot athletes competing in a variety of events. In August, Beijing held the inaugural World Humanoid Robot Games, featuring 280 teams from 16 countries and regions. This file photo taken on Aug. 11, 2025 shows humanoid robots combating during a kickboxing match at the 2025 World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

(251228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2025: The World Aquatics Championships, held in Singapore from July 11 to August 3, produced three world records and 15 championship records in swimming events. Canadian teenager Summer McIntosh shone with four gold medals and one bronze. China's breaststroke specialist Qin Haiyang claimed two golds, one silver and one bronze, finishing as the only Asian swimmer in the gold medal standings. Then-12-year-old Yu Zidi earned bronze with China's women's 4x200m freestyle relay team, becoming the youngest swimming medalist at the worlds. This file photo taken on July 31, 2025 shows Summer McIntosh (top) of Canada competing during the women's 200m butterfly final of swimming at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. (Xinhua/Xia Yifang)

(251228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2025: On March 20, Zimbabwe's former Olympic swimming champion Kirsty Coventry was elected the International Olympic Committee (IOC) president during the 144th IOC Session in Greece, becoming the organization's first female president and the first from outside Europe and North America. After taking office in June, Coventry initiated a "Pause and Reflect" process and set up four working groups focusing on areas including the Youth Olympic Games and the Olympic program. This file photo taken on March 20, 2025 shows Thomas Bach (R) inviting Kirsty Coventry to deliver a speech after she being elected as the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during the 144th IOC session in Costa Navarino, Greece. (Xinhua/Cao Can)

(251228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Here is Xinhua News Agency's selection of the 10 most significant pieces of international sports news in 2025: From February 7 to 14, the 9th Asian Winter Games were held in Harbin, attracting more than 1,200 athletes from 34 countries and regions, the largest participation in the event's history. China topped the medal table with 32 gold, 27 silver and 26 bronze medals, while sports delegations including Chinese Taipei and Thailand achieved medal breakthroughs. Chengdu hosted the 12th World Games from August 7 to 17, welcoming nearly 4,000 athletes from 116 countries and regions. The event highlighted the appeal of non-Olympic sports, with disciplines such as lacrosse, korfball and sambo showcasing the diversity and global reach of the Games. This file photo taken on Feb. 7, 2025 shows the cauldron is lit during the opening ceremony of the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)