Brazil, the defending champion and winner of the last two Olympic men's football tournaments, have been knocked out of Paris 2024 after losing 1-0 to Argentina. As a result, there will be a new gold medallist in the French capital.

In the decisive game, they had a couple of clear chances to book their ticket to France, but they were

-France-Argentina.-Paraguay.-United States.-Dominican Republic.-Spain.-Israel.-Ukraine.-Egypt.

After two months of voting, deliberation and suspense, with many deserving candidates, the day has finally come to announce the winners of the prestigious ISU Skating Awards 2024.

award goes to Ilia Malinin (USA), Hana Yoshida (Japan) shines as "Best Newcomer", Adam Siao Him Fa (France

 Adam Siao Him Fa's (France) breathtaking Free Dance programme, created in close collaboration with

 This year, Benoît Richaud (France) was shortlisted for the second time in the "Best Choreographer

choreography, the France's has created captivating programmes for skaters such as Adam Siao Him Fa (France

), Nina Pinzarrone (Belgium), Donovan Carrillo (Mexico), Loicia Demougeot / Theo Le Mercier (France)

This weekend saw the end of the four pre-Olympic tournaments, with 10 of the 16 participants winning the last of the coveted tickets to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games women's basketball competition, with USA the defending champions and gold medallists at the last seven Games.

France, as hosts of the Games, and the USA, as reigning world champions, had already qualified, but they

 Already qualified, Olympic hosts France played in Tournament 1 in Xi'an, China, but managed to

FEBAustralia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Spain and

The Porte de la Chapelle Arena, known as the Adidas Arena, is the only venue to be built in the centre of Paris for the Olympic Games. Designed to help change the area's reputation for drug dealing and crime, it will have 8,000 seats and it will be used for gymnastics and badminton.

Other facilities, including the Stade de France, will be upgraded, while events such as skateboarding

Olympian and former World champion cyclist Kate Bates has been named the official ambassador of the 2024 Brisbane Cycling Festival at a family bike ride at South Bank on Saturday.

presentation for major events including the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, World Championships, and Tour de France

at major cycling events, including the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, World Championships and Tour de France

Five months before the Olympic Games, French fencer Ysaora Thibus, 2022 World Champion, has been provisionally suspended by the International Fencing Federation. As the French Fencing Federation (FFE) announced on Friday, this is due to an abnormal anti-doping test carried out on 14 January.

France has won 123 medals.

The Brazilians were minutes away from being eliminated from Paris 2024, but in the dying minutes they scored the goal that brought them back to life. Argentina, meanwhile, drew in stoppage time and still had a chance. Both will decide their Olympic qualification in a head-to-head encounter.

after drawing 3-3 with Argentina, will face Venezuela, who are still in with a chance of making it to France

The Olympic Youth Development Centre (OYDC Zambia) has received a state-of-the-art 'multi-purpose floor carpet' from the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA).

the world of flooring.OYDC Zambia has received the state-of-the-art multipurpose hall floor mat from France

The 5,084 medals that will be awarded to athletes at this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris will include an original piece in the shape of a hexagon taken from the Eiffel Tower, organisers announced on Thursday as they unveiled the design created by Chaumet.

The iron hexagon, a shape reminiscent of the outline of mainland France, is held in place by six spurs

warehouse in Paris by the operating company that maintains the 330-metre landmark, affectionately known in France

The new facility is located in Seine-Saint-Denis, in the Annette Kellermann complex. It will be used as a training venue for water polo teams during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. There will also be outdoor 7-a-side rugby pitches.

It was also built to become a lasting legacy in this department, the poorest in France.

visits to this new pool," rejoiced the Département President, alongside the President of the Ile-de-France

metres of swimming pool space per 10,000 inhabitants, compared with 160 square metres in the Île-de-France

Spanish athlete Mohamed Katir, the reigning world 5000m runner-up, announced in an official statement on Wednesday that he had been "provisionally suspended" by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for "a violation resulting from three whereabouts failures in the last twelve months". 

He was also targeting the 2000m world record in Lievin, France, on Saturday, having broken the Spanish

Azerbaijan's super heavyweight boxer Muhammad Abdullayev has been training in the United States for six months ahead of his second Olympic appearance in Paris next summer.

My goal is to raise the Azerbaijani flag high in the capital of France, to fulfill the hopes of the boxers

The French judiciary has opened an investigation into the remuneration conditions of the President of the Paris Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Cojop), Tony Estanguet.

 The incompatibility lies in the fact that, according to the legal status of the committee in France

services" provided by Estanguet's company, the newspaper pointed out in October.Tony Estanguet and France

A new study has confirmed that the French capital faces a significant risk of record-breaking temperatures in the summer of 2024, when Paris and other cities will host the Summer Olympics.

face, pending confirmation of the study, is the heatwave that could hit the Paris region and much of France

temperatures, including heat records.England's Jill Scott and Rachel Daly, during the semi-finals of the 2019 France

GETTY IMAGESThe absolute temperature record was set in July 2019, when Meteo-France recorded 42.6 degrees

American basketball star Brittney Griner, who was imprisoned in Russia for 10 months before being released in a prisoner swap, was not named Sunday among the 12 players who will represent the national team at the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Antwerp, Belgium, starting Thursday.

They will be looking to add an eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal in France and continue their absolute