International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach hailed the inaugural Olympic Qualifier Series (OQS) a benchmark for future Olympic Qualifiers as he made his closing remarks on the last day of the event, which ran from 16-19 May.

The Olympic Qualifier Series (OQS) concluded yesterday with the world's top freestyle BMX riders, B-Boys and B-Girls, skateboarders, and sport climbers vying for a spot at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. 464 participants from 120 national federations gathered at Shanghai’s Huangpu Riverside Urban Park 16-19 May in the first of a two-part festival-style series.

Last weekend, Italy’s capital welcomed back reigning Olympic 100m champion Marcell Jacobs who beat Ali Chituru with a season’s best time of 10.07 seconds at this weekend’s Sprint Festival. Chituru followed in second clocking 10.11 with Matteo Melluzzo finishing third with a personal best of 10.13.

The Core Hydration Classic concluded Saturday with gymnastics superstar Simone Biles dominating the scoreboards. For the first time in gymnastics history, fans saw three U.S. Olympic all-around gold medalists compete in the same meet with Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, and Gabby Douglas vying for the title of all-around champion.

A letter from Pierre de Coubertin, the man credited as the founder of the modern Olympic Games by the governing body, to Adolf Hitler in 1937 was reproduced in a book published last week in France. 

Simone Biles kicked off the Olympic season with a victory, scoring 59.5 points at the Core Hydration Classic: her best all-around total since returning to competition in 2023.

Nigerian Fatimo Bello is off to the Paris Olympic Games after defeating Algeria’s Lynda Loghraibi 4-2 in the final of the second stage of the African Olympic Qualification Tournament at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda.

The Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) has established a new Health and Wellbeing Commission as part of its ongoing work to modernise and innovate the federation. 

Friday at the first-ever Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai was packed with preliminaries ahead of a weekend of finals, with skateboarding packing the stands with young spectators. 

Over a decade after Buzunesh Deba crossed the finish line at the 2014 Boston Marathon, she finally received her prize money. But not from race organisers, the Boston Athletic Association, but rather from a businessman and Boston Marathon fan. 

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has released the first 39 members of the athletes that will be representing Team SA in the Paris 2024 Olympics this summer this Wednesday in Johannesburg.

The International Olympic Committee and financial management firm Deloitte have jointly launched a global media campaign documenting the impact of historic Olympic ‘firsts’. Debuted 100 days before the Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games, 'The First Effect' highlights some of the most trailblazing athletes whose achievements didn't make the podium. 

Olympic and Paralympic Games athletes will have access to a specially-designated nursery facility in the Olympic Village this summer, the governing body announced on its website.

In preparation for the Paris Olympic Games this summer, French authorities have launched an online platform to process applications for access to restricted areas around the city during the Olympiad. These restrictions are part of the city’s security measures for the games and will apply to residents, visitors, and people entering the area for work.