The first general meeting of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee will be held in early March, following dissolution of the Bid Committee, which is ceasing operations with a surplus of more than €5 million (£4.4 million/$6.1 million).

The Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Torch has passed within seven kilometres of Panmunjom, the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) at the border with North Korea at the launch of a special leg to promote peace. 

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has started honouring its financial commitments under the Host City Contract for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

After Jamaica won the Olympic gold medal in the 4x400 metres relay at Helsinki 1952, the island's Governor decreed a national holiday, But after the day of celebrating came the day of reckoning as many islanders were brought to the courts for breaches of the liquor laws. Their plea? "Helsinki, Your Honour". The local newspaper said that the judge smiled and passed "sporting sentences". In Helsinki, the winning team offered the Duke of Edinburgh a drink to help their celebrations. They possessed no drinking glasses but found a toothbrush tumbler. Cheerfully the Duke joined in.

An International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegation is due to visit Calgary today to discuss their potential bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Bulgarian weightlifter Angel Genchev was winner of the Olympic gold medal in the lightweight division at Seoul 1988 before he tested positive for a banned diuretic and stripped of the title, In 1992 he was sent to prison for two years after being convicted of rape. But he was released early so he could represent his country at the World Championships in 1994, where he won a bronze medal.  He was sent to prison again in 2001 after he shot at a taxi driver. 

Four-time Olympic champion Simone Biles has became the latest American gymnast to allege she was sexually assaulted by former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar.

Australian sports official Kevan Gosper has vowed to urge the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to introduce an extreme heat policy at the Olympic Games and other sporting events.

Former England cricket captain Mike Gatting has never been one to shy away from a debate.

Seoul today played host to the first of a four-day Torch Relay for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Minister Shunichi Suzuki has visited Rio 2016 venues and facilities due to be used at this year's Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires as part of a visit to South America.

Former Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara has admitted it is unlikely the sport will feature at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris but claimed Los Angeles 2028 remains as a likely target for inclusion.

A Main Press Centre (MPC) due to house almost 3,000 accredited media during Pyeongchang 2018 has officially opened today with exactly one month to go until the Opening Ceremony.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have said they will continue talks over North Korean involvement at Pyeongchang 2018 at "very short notice".

Cricket's potential attempt to be added to the Olympic programme for either Paris 2024 or Los Angeles 2028 is reportedly due to be discussed at a meeting of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) starting tomorrow in Sydney.