Up to 90 torchbearers from different generations kept the Olympic relay rolling through France’s countryside on Sunday, passing the heart of the ‘Green Venice’ and honouring the martial art’s sporting heritage in the region, on its way to the Atlantic coast.

The Olympic Torch continues its epic journey around mainland France, this time weaving through nature and heritage from Saint-Malo through the enchanting Brocéliande Forest, to Rennes, in the heart of Brittany.

The Olympic Bid Committee has taken another step towards securing the 2034 Olympic Winter Games for Salt Lake City-Utah, building on its successful bid in February 2002.

Team GB breakdancer Karam Singh is determined to make history at the Paris Olympics this year, aiming to rank among the world's best. In December 2020, the official announcement came that breakdancing would make its Olympic debut.

The elite military unit will change its focus and take charge of policing the French capital. They will work alongside the police and the rest of the army to ensure the security of the Olympic Games as part of a more than 20,000-strong force for the protection of Paris.

For the first time in Olympic history, the opening ceremony will not unfold in a stadium but rather at the heart of the city in one of its most vibrant, pulsing arteries — The River Seine. In lieu of athletes parading in the arena, boats will take each national delegation through six kilometres of some of the most iconic sites of the city in a show never before. And behind all this pomp and circumstance is Thomas Jolly. 

Since the early days of Paris's bid for the 2024 Olympics, the city has been receiving advice from a prestigious counsel: Nobel Peace Prize winner and social business guru Mohammed Yunus. Yunus pioneered microcredit in his native Bangladesh from the 1970s, helping lift millions out of poverty by providing traders with small loans to help them start businesses. 

The Indonesian National Olympic Committee is optimistic about their team’s participation in the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Raja Sapta Oktohari, President of the organisation, stated that Indonesia will surprise the world in this year's Olympics, according to Tempo.

Tariq Abdul-Wahad calls for more athletes to speak up against the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, saying that being represented in the Games is a privilege and that the country has long since lost this right, Anadolu reported this week.

Olympic champion Katie Ledecky states that confidence in the anti-doping system has hit an "all-time low" due to the recent handling of a case involving Chinese swimmers by global regulators.

French police detained and charged the suspect after the host country’s intelligence services foiled his ploy, which targeted Paris 2024 football matches, the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office announced on Friday.

A ceremony at the Fairmont Hotel, attended by QOC President H.E. Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, celebrated nearly five decades of progress and achievement. Special recognition was given to Mohamed Suleiman, Qatar's first Olympic medallist, who won bronze in the 1,500 metres at Barcelona '92.

The Paris 2024 torch relay hit the splendid coast of Manche, where singular Mont-Saint-Michel sits, fine oysters abound and designer Christian Dior once found inspiration. Cyclers Guillaume Martin and Nathalie Diart lead the flame-bearing peloton. Buschenwald survivor Éric Delaunay lit the cauldron.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe has warned athletes who try to cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs that they will not sleep well and will be closely monitored using the latest technology to prevent it. He also spoke about the Commonwealth Games and security in Paris.

The organising committee of the Global Summit for Palestine, initiated by the European Muslim Forum (EMF), has called for the resignation of Thomas Bach and accused the IOC of 'double standards'. Nkosi Mandela, a member of the committee, flew in from South Africa to personally deliver a letter to the members of the IOC in which she issued an ultimatum: "Expel Israel or face a boycott".