Triple jumper Yulimar Rojas has once again been named the best female athlete of the year by Venezuela's Circle of Sports Journalists. This is the seventh time the record-breaking athlete has been named the best athlete in her country. Baseball player Acuña was named best player and Batista best coach.

The year's first Grand Slam kicks off on 14 January with a record-breaking prize pool following a 13% increase in the 2023 payout to a total of $59 million, and with Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka as the last individual winners.

The French Constitutional Council has ruled that the provisions of the budget that benefit international sports federations such as FIFA or FIBA from 2024 onwards are unconstitutional because they violate the principle of equality before the law.

The Puerto Rico Olympic Committee celebrated its 75th anniversary with an Olympic Dinner at a luxury hotel in the capital San Juan, where the best athletes from 33 participating federations were honoured. Puerto Rico is an associated state of the United States of America.

With 211 days to go until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the government is considering further reducing the originally estimated capacity for the kickoff celebration of the 33rd Olympic Games of the modern era.

The Cuban triple jumper has received the bronze medal she was due at Beijing 2008 after it emerged that her rivals who overtook her had done so illegally, using banned substances.

IOC President Thomas Bach has mourned the death of his compatriot Wolfgang Schäuble at the age of 81. He deeply regretted that the former Federal Minister of the Interior and President of the Bundestag, Wolfgang Schäuble, had passed away in his sleep.

Global warming affects every aspect of life, including sport and top-level athletics. The problem is getting worse every year, and unless there is a 180-degree turn in the policies of the IOC and politicians in general, the Gangwon Youth Games in 2024 or the Milano-Cortina Games in 2026 will be remembered as the last in the current format.

The Central American country is now suspended from active participation in the Olympic Games. At the recent Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, its athletes competed as "Independents," and in Paris they will compete as neutrals for the time being, although a return is imminent.

Israeli Olympic gymnastics champion, Artem Dolgopyat, will auction his latest gold medal to assist the victims of Hamas.

Azerbaijan's women's basketball team has qualified for the 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Paris 2024 to be held in Hong Kong from 17 April 2024.

The 2026 Asian Para Games (AINAGOC) have unveiled their logo, which will bear the slogan 'Imagine One Heart.' This emblem will be used at the Games, which will be held in the city of Nagoya, Japan, from 18-24 October 2026.

A record-breaking 1,900 athletes will compete in South Korea in January to become the next generation of winter sports stars at Asia's first Youth Olympic Games.

Outstanding Kyrgyz athletes are refusing to use the new flag created by President Sadyr Japarov, who modified it because he felt it resembled a sunflower rather than the sun.