The great American athlete Michael Johnson announced on Tuesday the launch of a new track league that will feature the 'best of the best' competing in four elite meetings each year starting next year.

Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of the city that will host the thirty-third modern Olympic Games, has announced that she will bathe in the River Seine during the week of 15 July in an attempt to silence rumours of pollution in the river that could lead to the cancellation of Olympic events.

A historic football shirt, the only known surviving example of the shirt worn by the Uruguayan national team when they won gold at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, will be auctioned in Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, on Wednesday.

At the weekend's Australian Olympic Trials, Shayna Jack and Meg Harris qualified for Paris 2024, while veterans such as Cate Campbell and Cody Simpson missed out on the Olympic stage.

The Women's Volleyball qualification for Paris 2024 came to an end on 17 June with the conclusion of the preliminary round of the Women's Volleyball Nations League (VNL). In beach volleyball, Paraguay surprised everyone by qualifying for the Olympic Games for the first time.

Two-time world champion and Olympic silver medallist from Russia, Muslim Gadzhimagomedov, will fight for the WBA Bridgerweight title in a 12-round bout at the IBA Champions' Night in Serpukhov on Friday, 12 July 2024.

Majed Abu Maraheel, the first Palestinian athlete to compete in the Olympic Games, has died in Gaza at the age of 61 due to a lack of medical treatment for kidney failure in his country.

The President of the International Paralympic Committee, Andrew Parsons, spoke about the event, emphasising its focus on equality and the legacy it will leave in terms of accessibility. He also assured Servimedia in an interview that they will be the most spectacular in history.

The trial date has been set for the former president of the Spanish Football Federation, Luis Rubiales, who will stand trial on 3 February 2025 for giving footballer Jenni Hermoso an unwanted kiss after she won the Women's World Cup in Sydney, Australia, on 20 August 2023.

Following a vote by its Executive Committee (ExCo), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has immediately removed the Tunisian National Anti-Doping Agency (ANAD) from the list of Signatories in non-compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code.

Swimmer Carson Foster booked his place at Paris 2024 at the Indianapolis Trials after winning the 400m individual medley ahead of Tokyo 2020 gold and Rio 2016 silver medallist Chase Kalisz.

Recently crowned world record holder Gretchen Walsh booked her ticket to the Paris Olympics on Sunday by winning the women's 100m butterfly in an impressive time of 55.31 seconds.

French striker Kylian Mbappe has confirmed that he will not be attending the Olympic Games in France from 24 July, the day of France's debut match against the United States. He said he understood the position of his new club Real Madrid.

The 2024 ECA Canoe Sprint, Paracanoe and SUP European Championships in Szeged, Hungary, saw the host nation dominate the canoe sprint, while Ukraine excelled in the paracanoe events.