As the final weekend of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games draws closer, August 8 witnessed a jam-packed day of events across all sports. Numerous athletes fought to write their names, nations, and in some cases continents, into the history books as elsewhere controversies continued to gather steam.

After a disastrous press conference on Monday that Olympic officials labelled “a travesty”, the stripped-down boxing association reiterated in a statement on Tuesday that it had informed of Imane Khelif’s and Lin Yu-ting’s disqualification in due time and argued it acted “in good faith.”

As part of its strategic objective to become a dignified and respected organisation within the Olympic Movement, Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) has developed an ambitious programme for the construction of the headquarters of the Non-Governmental Olympic Committees.

In preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has introduced the "Believe in Sport" campaign.

Ukraine will send a team of athletes to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this year despite the ongoing war with Russia, as announced by Sports Minister Matviy Bidnyi in Kyiv on Monday.

The Ukrainian Olympic Committee (UOC) and the Ministry of Sport of Ukraine on Thursday issued a list of recommendations to its Olympic athletes on how to behave in the presence of athletes from Russia and Belarus at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The Board of Directors of the Olympic Refugee Foundation held its annual meeting for the year 2024 in Doha, in the presence of His Excellency (HE) Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani, President of the Qatar Olympic Committee and member of the Foundation's Board of Directors.

IOC President Thomas Bach unveiled the Olympic AI Agenda in London on Friday, expressing the belief that artificial intelligence has the potential to unearth talented athletes from all corners of the globe.

During his visit to Paris on 2 and 3 April, Ukrainian Sports Minister Matvi Bidny told 'Le Monde' that Ukraine was closely following the International Olympic Committee's examination of athletes eligible to take part in the Olympic Games

Four months before the start of the 33rd Olympic Games of the modern era in Paris, the ambiguous position of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on the presence of athletes from Russia and Belarus continues to cause problems, with constant quotes and reactions from both sides.

The World Friendship Games (WFG) will feature competitions in 36 different sports programmes and award 283 sets of medals to the winners, said Alexey Sorokin, Director General of the Organising Committee.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has expressed concern over what it describes as an intensified "disinformation and defamation campaign" emanating from Russia.

Moscow's criticism of Olympic restrictions on Russian athletes was beyond unacceptable and had reached a "new low," the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said Wednesday. "It goes beyond anything that is acceptable," he added.

Russia on Wednesday accused the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of "racism and neo-Nazism" over its neutrality rules for Russian Olympians and possible sanctions for athletes taking part in the Kremlin-organised Friendship Games.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday accused Russia of "politicising sport" by launching its so-called Friendship Games from next September. The new competition will compete with the Olympic Games, and Russian organisers are also planning a winter edition.