Toulouse inflicted another painful defeat on Leinster in the Champions Cup final with a thrilling 31-22 extra-time victory over the Irish province to extend their reign in European club rugby for a sixth time.

An early own goal from Roger Aholou gave Al Ahly of Egypt a tense 1-0 victory over Tunisian side Esperance helping them claim a record-extending 12th CAF Champions League title on Saturday.

The CEO of Santiago 2023, Harold Mayne-Nicholls, told Inside The Games in an exclusive interview that Santiago de Chile's interest in hosting the Olympic Games in 2036 is not only real, but that they are actively working towards it on the orders of President Boric himself.

The heirs of Diego Maradona have launched legal action in France to block the controversial sale of the Ballon d'Or trophy awarded to the legendary Argentine footballer at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, following Argentina's second World Cup title and his election as the world's best player.

The family of multiple Formula One world champion, German Michael Schumacher, has won a lawsuit against the publisher of a magazine that published an artificial intelligence-generated interview with the legendary driver, who had a skiing accident in late 2013.

Inter Milan have been taken over by the US fund Oaktree. The move comes after the outgoing group, China's Suning Holdings, defaulted on almost €400 million of debt.

Malaysian international forward Faisal Halim, who suffered severe burns in an acid attack earlier this month, is recovering well and could return to action in August, according to his club Selangor FC

Thirty-seven places for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games were secured at the regattas in Lucerne. Italy qualified in both the men's and women's eights, with the USA leading in the overall standings.

There is still a long way to go before the 2036 Games, but time flies and the Saudis know they need to improve their sporting performance in order to leverage their petrodollars in their bid to host the Olympics, just as they did in their bid to host the FIFA World Cup in 2034.

The Asian nation is grappling with the legacy of a Games tainted by corruption, pandemic delays and spiralling costs, serving as a warning to Paris 2024.

The Olympic flame will be one of the stars of the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival this Tuesday, just over two months before the thirty-third Olympic Games.

Following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter accident, the Iranian Olympic and Paralympic Committees have lowered their flags to half-mast and named their Paris 2024 sports delegation "Khadem-ol Reza".

With just over three months to go until the start of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, swimmer Suzanna Hext today became the first University of Bath athlete to be officially selected by Paralympics GB to compete at the Paralympic Games.

The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has accused World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President Witold Banka of defaming US athletes in an attempt to divert attention from WADA's handling of the case of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive ahead of Tokyo 2020.