The IX Central & South American Championship in Asunción, Paraguay, from 24-30 June, was the setting where the first ITF Adapted Taekwon-Do competition was held on the American continent.

The eighth Youth MMA Championship took place on Saturday, 6 July, at Shabab Al Ahli Club in Dubai, showcasing the impressive skills of athletes aged 12–17 from various clubs and academies across the UAE. With dozens of male and female athletes participating, the event saw awe-inspiring performances by talents, signalling a promising future in the sport.

The 2024 GAMMA Pan American Championships concluded in Rosario, Argentina, with significant triumphs for Zoe Nowicki, who was the star of the weekend, winning two gold medals in the 56.7kg and 61.2kg categories.

The Slovenian is leading the French race after the first nine stages. He leads Remco Evenepoel by 33 seconds and Jonas Vingegaard by 1:15 after dominating the Galibier summit. The first week also saw Cavendish break the record for Tour victories. Eritrea's Girmay was also confirmed.

Tennis qualifier Lulu Sun put in a remarkable performance on Centre Court at Wimbledon as she knocked out Emma Raducanu to reach the quarter-finals for the first time ever.

Germany's Basketball World Champion team had a disappointing start to their Olympic preparation in Cologne with a score of 66:90 (28:48) against Olympic host France. 

Kenya's Faith Kipyegon delivered a perfect boost for the Paris Olympics by breaking her own world record in the women’s 1500m at the Paris Diamond League on Sunday.

From Tuesday 9 July to 14 July, the Lausitz Velodrome in Cottbus will host the 2024 European Track Cycling Championships for juniors and under-23s. A total of 425 cyclists from 29 countries will compete for 44 titles in various disciplines.

Full-back Melvyn Jaminet has been removed from France's squad after a video of him making racist comments was published on social media, the French Rugby Federation announced on Sunday. The images of Jaminet come from an Instagram story made by the 20-time international, who came off the bench in France's first test win over Argentina on Saturday in Mendoza.

Iga Swiatek admitted she was running on empty at Wimbledon as the exhausted world number one suffered a shock third-round defeat against Yulia Putintseva on Saturday. The top seed's 21-match winning streak came to a stunning end on Court One as Russian-born Kazakh Putintseva battled to a 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 victory.

In the fight for Olympic programme validation in Los Angeles 2028, ‘GGG’ has sided with the US-backed federation instead of the International Boxing Association.

Unbeaten American Shakur Stevenson retained his World Boxing Council lightweight world title with a methodical unanimous decision victory over Armenian-born German challenger Artem Harutyunyan on Saturday in Newark, New Jersey.

Franz Wagner, German forward for the Orlando Magic, agreed to the largest contract in the history of the Florida franchise, a five-year extension worth at least 224 million dollars, as recently revealed by famous American reporter Adrian Wojnarowski.

British sprint hurdler Andrew Pozzi has announced "with great sadness" his retirement from athletics following "a serious ankle fracture", meaning he will not compete at the upcoming Olympics in Paris.

The Hollywood billboard with the first NBA father-son duo for the upcoming season seems all but set in Los Angeles as LeBron James nears 40 and faces yet another high-stakes challenge with Team USA at Paris 2024: his third gold medal in his fourth Olympics Games.