Former doubles world number one Leander Paes and tennis broadcaster, actor and player Vijay Amritraj became the first Asian men inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday. 

A French alleged neo-Nazi sympathiser was sentenced to two years in prison after making threats online and was suspected of targeting the Olympic torch relay, authorities said Saturday.

Sprinting legend Usain Bolt has named US sprinter Erriyon Knighton as the man to watch, just days before the Paris Games and the race for his 100m and 200m records begin. 

Kazakhstan’s delegation has arrived in Paris ahead of the Olympic Games where 80 of the nation’s athletes will compete in 25 sports including boxing, shooting and taekwondo. 

Dan Bigham is preparing for his second Olympics, but this time as a part of Team GB’s cycling endurance team. Bigham, who was a performance engineer for Denmark’s cycling team in Tokyo 2020, will join Ethan Hayter, Ollie Wood, Charlie Tanfield and Ethan Vernon in their mission to take back the men’s pursuit title after Great Britain's winning streak ended at Tokyo.

The Paris Olympics programme will be spiced up by the addition of head-to-head races in the kayak cross event, an all-action, exhilarating discipline that will be making its Olympic Games debut this summer. The fast-paced, whitewater sport combines elements of traditional kayak racing with the strategic and physical challenges of a head-to-head competition with four athletes racing down a whitewater course while navigating through a series of obstacles and complete a 360-degree boat roll to top it all off. 

Olympics and Paralympics host country France has banned its female athletes from wearing the hijab while competing in the upcoming Games in Paris, sparking outrage from human rights groups, athletes and sports fans who say it is a form of "racist gender discrimination". While the decision was announced in September the debate has reignited online with the opening ceremony to what is being touted as the "first gender-equal Olympics" just days away.

Julia Rick, International Waterski & Wakeboard Federation European Champion, is gearing up for the World Games 2025 in Chengdu, China. This is only the second time wakeboarding will be featured, after debuting in 2005 and the German cable wakeboarding phenom couldn’t be more thrilled, telling World Games in an interview that it felt special to take part in the event. 

Bloemfontein’s anti-doping laboratory in South Africa has had its accreditation suspension extended for a second time, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced in a press release Tuesday. In March 2024, WADA imposed a six-month suspension due to multiple non-conformities with the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL). The imposed extension for a second period of up to six months was granted on the basis of the laboratory’s request, in order to have sufficient time to address the issues related to the suspension.  

The memorial ceremony for victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics terror attack at the upcoming Paris Games will be held in a secret location outside of the Olympic Village, Times of Israel reported Sunday. The ceremony was originally scheduled for 24 July at the Paris City Hall, but was cancelled due to concerns that it may be targeted by extremists, given heightened antisemitic and anti-Israel sentiment.

Success for Team USA in the Paris Olympics will be measured by more than just the number of medals won: according to US Olympic and Paralympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland in her interview with Rapid Response, where she talks about the anticipation and preparation for the Games in Paris and Los Angeles in 2028. 

Czechia’s Barbora Krejcikova clinched her second Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday, defeating Italy's Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. The 31st seed broke down in tears when she saw her name etched on the same Centre Court honours board which also recognises the 1998 final victory of her childhood mentor Jana Novotna. Her win comes 26 years after Novotna, who died of cancer in 2017 at the age of 49, claimed the Wimbledon title after two runners-up finishes.

Zhiying Zeng began her Olympic dream in the 1970s. Decades later, her dream is about to become a reality. Zeng is set to make her Olympic debut at the age of 58, representing Chile in table tennis.

Canadian prodigy Summer McIntosh, expected to be one of the stars of the Paris Olympics, has already made her mark in swimming, and nobody in her family or entourage is surprised. The 17-year-old swimmer is already a four-time gold medallist at the World Championships —in the 200m butterfly and 400m medley in 2022 in Budapest and in 2023 in Fukuoka.