The Milano Cortina 2026 Organising Committee has announced the opening of its Official Ticket Office. Tickets for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will go on sale to the general public in February 2025, while tickets for the Paralympic Winter Games will be available from March 2025, exactly one year before the respective Opening Ceremonies. However, the process of acquiring tickets and experiencing the best of Olympic sport live has already begun.

The national associations are pushing to avoid any cuts for the Olympic Games and to allow the final lists to be expanded to 22 players instead of the 18 set by FIFA for the Olympic Games.

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.

Insurers for the 2024 Paris Olympics have expressed concerns about the challenges of policing and ensuring the event due to fears of cyber-attacks and physical terrorism.

The athletes who were given permission to participate in this summer's Olympic Games have not accepted the "unsportsmanlike selection" by the IOC, the Russian Wrestling Federation said Saturday. 

Tricia Heberle admits she would be "really worried for Irish boxing" if the sport were to lose its Olympic status. "Many children aspire to go to the Olympic Games," she said, as reported by the Irish News portal.

Former Sacramento Kings shooting guard Tariq Abdul-Wahad has weighed in on the controversy over Israel's participation in Paris 2024 and its discriminatory treatment by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which has allowed it to compete despite allegations of defensive abuses and war crimes.

In the context of the fight against human trafficking in sport, the Alliance of Independent Recognised Members of Sport (AIMS), an organisation that collaborates with the IOC, and Mission 89, which is dedicated to protecting the rights of children, have joined forces to launch a joint programme with great impact and with very encouraging results.

Le Journal du Dimanche reported on Wednesday 3 July in an article signed by Clement Marna that the Olympic Games could be postponed because of the political situation linked to the dissolution of the National Assembly and the early legislative elections.

While several Russian athletes have refused to go to Paris 2024 without representing their country and having to compete as neutrals, tennis player Daniil Medvedev has agreed to take part in the Olympic event, which will see tennis action at Roland Garros from 27 July to 4 August.

Christophe Dubi, executive director of the Olympic Games, defends the IOC's management and warns that "criticism of the under-utilisation of venues is exaggerated". He also justified the change in the approach to designating host cities, while defending previous allocations.

The main risk to the Paris Games due to France's current political instability is the potential for public disturbances, which could strain the already stretched security services, a former International Olympic Committee executive told AFP on Monday.

The International Boxing Association (IBA) is continuing its challenge against the International Olympic Committee and has filed an appeal with the Swiss Federal Tribunal against the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The story continues.

Amir Orfia, president of SwissBoxing, addressed a letter to the members of the Swiss Boxing Federation to outline the current scenario and the difficult situation following the announcement of the withdrawal of national subsidies as of 31 December 2024,

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday invited 22 Russian and 17 Belarusian athletes to compete at the Paris Olympics as neutrals even though some have already decided against taking part. A second list of names authorised to compete in the Games showpiece included competitors from tennis, shooting and rowing.