The Slovenian attacked in the final kilometre of the Alpine giant, with only Vingegaard close behind. He crested the summit with an 8-second lead, but on the descent he extended his advantage to 50 seconds over his main rival. Pogacar attacked first and the Dane couldn't keep up. Behind them, Ayuso, Rodríguez and Evenepoel remained in the lead group.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe travelled to Ukraine this weekend to meet with the head of the Ukrainian government, Volodymyr Zelenski, to whom he confirmed "unwavering" financial support for local athletes ahead of Paris 2024, which runs from 26 July to 11 August.

The World Friendship Games, originally scheduled for September 2024, have been postponed to 2025. Inside The Games was told that the Organising Committee will soon announce new dates for the event, which has received applications from nearly 2,500 athletes from 127 countries to compete in 36 sports at 21 venues, 17 in Moscow and four in Yekaterinburg.

The main risk to the Paris Games due to France's current political instability is the potential for public disturbances, which could strain the already stretched security services, a former International Olympic Committee executive told AFP on Monday.

UN President Volker Turk defended justice, respect and equal opportunities at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. He described the attitude of the athletes who are not keeping silent about the abuses they are suffering as one of "tremendous courage". The voices of Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Palestine have been heard.

In an interview with AFP, Anti-doping expert April Henning calls out WADA for mishandling the 23 positive tests that led to the New York Times report and subsequent accusations of a cover-up by the international policing body from American officials and politicians.

Christophe Dubi, executive director of the Olympic Games, defends the IOC's management and warns that "criticism of the under-utilisation of venues is exaggerated". He also justified the change in the approach to designating host cities, while defending previous allocations.

Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who was convicted of raping a 12-year-old British girl in 2016, has qualified for the Paris Olympics. Van de Velde served one year of a four-year sentence and has since resumed his career, competing in international tournaments since 2018.

From today, Tuesday 2 July, until next 7 July, 24 teams will be competing for the last tickets to Paris this summer. The competition will take place in four venues: Valencia (Spain), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Athens (Greece) and Riga (Latvia). Only the champion of each venue will secure a place at the Olympic Games.

In recent weeks, both well-known athletes and new faces have made their mark, with only a month remaining before the track and field events commence at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

After impressing at the recent U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, 16-year-old Quincy Wilson will have the chance to do it again in Paris this summer after being selected for the relay team of the world's leading sporting power.

He is 20 years old. On 28 July, he will become the first Palestinian boxer to compete in the Olympic Games. Abu Sal did not pass the qualifying rounds, but will enter the ring thanks to an invitation from the IOC. His coach in Gaza is training him from afar.

After the Taliban took power three years ago, the Afghanistan women's cricket team effectively disbanded. Former players have since been urging officials to help them form a refugee cricket team based in Australia.

First, Andrew Wiggins and the Warriors “mutual decision” left the national team without the two-way forward for the Olympics; then the Memphis Grizzlies’ rookie center said ‘no thank you’ to coach Jordi Fernandez’s training camp invite, opening a huge hole in the paint for the gold-medal contenders.

Paris 2024 has announced the grand opening of its flagship megastore for the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games. The store is located at Place Clemenceau, 75008 Paris, on the iconic Champs-Elysees.