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Women's volleyball qualification for Paris 2024 concludes

  • Paris 2024

The Women's Volleyball qualification for Paris 2024 came to an end on 17 June with the conclusion of the preliminary round of the Women's Volleyball Nations League (VNL). In beach volleyball, Paraguay surprised everyone by qualifying for the Olympic Games for the first time.

volleyball (and for blind football at the Paralympic Games, which start a few weeks later).Gold for USA


Ready for Olympic bid? “Yes,” answers Joel Embiid

  • Basketball

said he is recovering well from his injuries and ready to take on the world in Paris 2024 with Team USA

recent comments targeting Paris 2024 are more than welcome news for Golden State Warriors and Team USA


Frustration, anger, refocus: Global reactions to report on WADA

  • Swimming

From Australia to America, the newest revelation by The New York Times on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s alleged mishandling of doping cases from China’s swimming team has sparked varied levels of outrage, be it from officials, coaches or the athletes themselves.

gold medallists and a current world-record holder, who failed drug tests in 2016 and 2017.Ledecky’s USA



Nationality changes approved in Paris: Spain gains two, banned Russia loses two

  • Olympics

Spain leads the way in nationality changes approved by the IOC with two footballers, while Russia (which is banned from participating in these Games as such) loses two of its own. The IOC also approved 7 other changes ahead of the world's biggest multi-sport event, which begins in 40 days' time.

Samalulu Clifton (canoeing) from New Zealand to Samoa; Colin Heathcock (fencing) from Germany to the USA

Lesman Paredes Montano (weightlifting) from Colombia to Bahrain; Alexis Peterson (basketball) from the USA



Olympic gold medallist Brittney Reese to host 'Gold Medal Mixer' Series

  • Athlete's Websites

Brittney Reese, the renowned three-time Olympic medallist and seven-time World Long Jump Champion, will host the inaugural "Gold Medal Mixer" series in Eugene, Oregon from 23-28 June.

We are thrilled to support these incredible athletes as they compete for their place on Team USA," said

"With Brittney Reese as the Official Jumps Ambassador for TrackTown USA, we wanted to provide something


Legal setback for transgender swimmer Lia Thomas

  • Olympics

American transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has lost her appeal against World Aquatics' ban on her competing in the women's category, following a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

CAS disagreed and concluded that Thomas was ineligible to compete in elite competition through WA or USA

athlete has not requested - much less been granted - the right to compete in 'elite events' as defined by USA

She is currently only eligible to compete in USA Swimming events that do not qualify as 'elite events


European Athletics Championships 2024 Day 5: An array of talent on show in Rome

  • Athletics

Karsten Warholm, Gianmarco Tamberi, and Kevin Mayer headed up just some of the star-studded names on show for day five of the European Athletics Championships in Rome. The competition continued to deliver a spectacle, priming athletes for the forthcoming Paris Olympics, starting on 26 July.

longest in history, with only Jonathan Edwards' 18.29m world record from 1995 and Christian Taylor of the USA


Record: 26 candidates nominated for election to the IPC Athletes' Council

  • Paralympics Pages

A record 26 candidates have been nominated for election during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games to fill six summer representative positions on theInternational Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes' Council.

- Para SwimmingIaroslav Denysenko - NPC Ukraine - Ukraine - Male - Para SwimmingSimon Detmer* - NPC USA

- USA - Male - Para AthleticsOmara Durand Elias - NPC Cuba - Cuba - Female - Para AthleticsLuca Anna


Surprise after USA's decision to leave Caitlin Clark out of Olympic squad

  • Basketball

USA Basketball has named the twelve players who will take part in the Olympic Games.

The controversial decision has sparked widespread criticism from the basketball world in the USA.

The USA basketball world is on fire.

Nobody quite understands the decision made by USA Basketball officials to omit Caitlin Clark, the number

combined for 15 Olympic gold medals, 18 Women's World Cup titles and 55 WNBA All-Star appearances, USA

years I can be there," she said.Caitlin Clark broke all scoring records in college basketball in the USA

How can you be that stupid and not make that decision when the whole history of Team USA has been about


Salt Lake City unveils 2034 Olympic budget

  • Winter Olympics

Utah’s bid to bring the Winter Olympics back to Salt Lake City takes another step forward, as the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games released its budget on Monday to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as part of their response to the Future Host Questionnaire. The organisers projected that hosting the 2034 Winter Games in Utah would cost nearly $4 billion (€3.7 billion), including $2.83 billion (€2.6 billion) for core operations and promised no state or local public funding will be used to fund the Games.

organisations have enhanced the positive impact of sport on youth and provided training venues for USA


Paris 2024: NBA star Nikola Jokic named in Serbia's Olympic team

  • Basketball

NBA and Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic has secured a spot in Serbia's preliminary 16-player squad for the upcoming Paris Olympics. The announcement came from the Basketball Federation of Serbia, who unveiled the list curated by Serbian national team coach Svetislav Pesic on their official website this Monday.

 Serbia will also play against Australia on 16 July and against the USA a day later in Abu Dhabi


Brazilian star hails UAE for bringing paradigm change to Jiu-Jitsu

  • Ju-jitsu

Prolific gold medal winner Jackson Sousa has paid tribute to the UAE Jiu Jitsu Federation for bringing revolutionary changes to the sport, after making a winning start to his first full campaign on the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam World Tour.

him extra motivation on the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam World Tour, which also includes rounds in Brazil, USA


2024 World Rowing Cup overall title at stake in Poland

  • Rowing

The 2024 World Rowing Cup series finals will be taking place in Poznan, Poland, from 14-16 June and will determine the overall winner with only 10 points separating the Netherlands and Great Britain. The event will be the last international racing opportunity before the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and some nations —such as Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Romania— are using the regatta to test their LA 2028 hopefuls at the international level, according to World Rowing in a press release. 

A standout surprise is perhaps Anneta Kyridou of Greece, who will be racing for the USA in this boat

Undoubtedly the World silver medallists from the USA will be eager to test themselves against the European