Born in North America to Spanish and French parents, Rafael Fente Damers qualified for the Olympic Games at the age of 18. During the celebrations, however, he dislocated his shoulder and had to be hospitalised.

son of a Madrid-born father (who grew up in the Basque Country) and a French mother, but born in the United

States, qualified for Paris 2024 to represent his country at the thirty-third modern Olympic Games.

The great American athlete Michael Johnson announced on Tuesday the launch of a new track league that will feature the 'best of the best' competing in four elite meetings each year starting next year.

2016, stated that the Grand Slam Track will debut in April 2025 with two three-day meetings in the United

States and two international stops, with prizes of around $3 million (€2.8 million)  at each event.Among

The doping scandal that hit the World Anti-Doping agency last April involving 23 Chinese athletes who failed repeated drug tests, as reported by The New York Times, keeps snowballing with the latest announcement by the Asian superpower.

The Asian superpower, which is expected to compete against historic rivals United States and Australia

A historic football shirt, the only known surviving example of the shirt worn by the Uruguayan national team when they won gold at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, will be auctioned in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, on Wednesday.

1987-1988 season, signed by Diego Maradona and authenticated by James Spence Authentication of the United

June at 15:00 (18:00 GMT), with the possibility of bidding online via the Invaluable platform from the United

States and Drouot from France.

The official schedule for the highly anticipated 3x3 Basketball Olympic Games is now available. 3x3 will return to the Games for the second time at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games from 30 July to 5 August 2024 at the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

Olympic Games.The teams that have qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are:MEN: Serbia (Ranked), United

States (Ranked), China (Ranked), Latvia (UOQT 1), Netherlands (UOQT 2), France (OQT), Lithuania (OQT

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.

Pre-Olympic A); Serbia (2nd in Pre-Olympic A); Turkey (1st Pre-Olympic B); Brazil (2nd Pre-Olympic B); United

States (1st Pre-Olympic C); Poland (2nd Pre-Olympic C); Italy (2nd World Ranking); People's Republic

Majed Abu Maraheel, the first Palestinian athlete to compete in the Olympic Games, has died in Gaza at the age of 61 due to a lack of medical treatment for kidney failure in his country.

have followed in his footsteps, competing in various Olympic events.In the Olympic Games held in the United

States, the Palestinian athlete finished 21st with a time of 34:40.50.

The Chinese anti-doping agency followed the global watchdog’s lead on Friday and called out the American newspaper on Monday, deeming its follow-up reporting of the 23 swimmers’ positive test results from 2020 a “violation of media ethics”.

motivated criticism of WADA and the global anti-doping system that followed, mainly from within the United

States, WADA feels it is important to be able to describe the context and extent of clenbuterol contamination

The teen kitefoiler was set to represent Tonga at an Olympic Games in Paris 2024 but fell victim to a suspected shallow water blackout, according to local media reports.

all over the world.”Both of Rice’s parents are British, while the deceased athlete was born in the United

States but grew up on Ha’apai, where his family owns a business.

Swimmer Carson Foster booked his place at Paris 2024 at the Indianapolis Trials after winning the 400m individual medley ahead of Tokyo 2020 gold and Rio 2016 silver medallist Chase Kalisz.

medallist (silver at Rio 2016 and gold at Tokyo 2020) Chase Kalisz on the second day of the finals at the United

States Trials.Foster, from Cincinnati and a swimmer at the University of Texas, led the entire race

where the swimming events will be held in Paris from 27 July).From 15-23 June, Indianapolis is host the United

States Trials, which will decide the places for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with 1007 swimmers in

who will face the likes of Tokyo gold medallist Lydia Jacoby in Monday's final.Katie Ledecky of the United

be attending the Olympic Games in France from 24 July, the day of France's debut match against the United

States.

GETTY IMAGESMen's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024Wednesday 24 July 2024Group A: France - United

States | 21:00 | Stade de Marseille (Match 1)Group A: Guinea v New Zealand | 17:00 | Stade de Nice (

States | 19:00 | Stade de Marseille (Match 10)Group B: Argentina v Iraq | 15:00 | Stade de Lyon (Match

16)Tuesday 30 July 2024Group A: New Zealand v France | 19:00 | Stade de Marseille (Match 17)Group A: United

States v Guinea | 19:00 | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne (Match 18)Group B: Ukraine v Argentina

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.

GETTY IMAGESThe back-and-forth by the international policing body, American media, the United States

varied, from Taylor’s insistence con refocusing to King’s anger, disappointment and frustration or the United

States Anti-Doping chief executive Travis Tygart’s consideration that “unbelievable does not seem fitting

The World Anti-Doping Agency hit back on Friday at the American newspaper’s report that it had known well before the Tokyo Olympics that swimmers from China had tested positive for clenbuterol, all the way back to 2016 before the Rio Games, calling its coverage “sensationalist and inaccurate”.

motivated criticism of WADA and the global anti-doping system that followed, mainly from within the United

States, WADA feels it is important to be able to describe the context and extent of clenbuterol contamination

nationality,” Niggli stated.The back-and-forth by the international policing body, American media, the United

States Anti-Doping agency and athlete-led pressure groups has been a constant since the reports first

Olympic 100m freestyle champion Emma McKeon will not defend her title in Paris after missing out on qualifying Friday at the Australian Olympic Trials with Mollie O'Callaghan and Shayna Jack securing the two Australian slots at stake. O'Callaghan surged home on day five of the Australian trials in Brisbane in 52.33secs with Jack (52.72) second ahead of a top-class field.

No other country, even the United States, can boast such depth over the distance, with seven of the eight

The IOC Executive Board (EB) has agreed to propose eight new IOC members for election at the 142nd IOC Session, to be held in Paris on 23-24 July and 10-14 August 2024, as well as the re-election of 15 other members.

They are Damaris Young, President of the Olympic Committee of Panama, Gene Sykes, President of the United

States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Ian Chesterman, President of the Australian Olympic Committee

DeFrantz (United States of America, Independent Individual, born in 1952, elected in 1986); Mr Guy Drut