Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom will compete in the 100m freestyle at the Paris Olympics, thanks to a favourable schedule that allows the 30-year-old extra rest before her preferred 50m freestyle event.

Pope Francis hailed the unifying power of sport on Sunday ahead of the Paris Olympics and repeated his call for a worldwide truce during the event. 

North Korean athletes left for Paris on Saturday to take part in the Olympic Games for the first time in eight years. The athletes posed for photos at Pyongyang airport, wearing white blazers adorned with their national flag and badges featuring their former leaders.

Noah Lyles set himself up perfectly for the Paris Olympics by haring to a personal best in winning the 100m at Saturday's Diamond League meeting. In the last sprint before the Olympics, Lyles was relatively quick out of his blocks and tore down the track at London Stadium to win in 9.81 seconds. 

The USA scored first, but pitchers Kelly Maxwell and Megan Faraimo couldn't stop the Japanese bats. Miu Goto gave up one run in five innings and Yukiko Ueno closed the game with three strikeouts. It's Japan's fourth world title.

Quincy Wilson, the 16-year-old sensation who is heading to the Olympics as part of the US 4X400m relay pool made his case to compete in Paris with a sizzling 44.20sec at a meet in Gainesville, Florida, on Friday. Wilson broke the under-18 world record, taking control before the final straight and holding off reigning Olympic 4x400m relay gold medallist Bryce Deadmon, who finished second in 44.23.

Ryan Crouser says he can see the light at the end of the tunnel as he readies his bid for a third successive Olympic shot put title off the back of three injury setbacks. The American won the world indoor title in Glasgow in March, but since then has suffered two debilitating elbow injuries on either side of tearing a pectoral muscle.

Athleten Deutschland has welcomed the German government's draft budget for 2025, which includes increased funding for elite sports. The commitment, coming ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics, signals strong support for high-performance athletes. 

On Friday 19 July, the first athletes of Team Belgium left for Paris. This honour goes to the national hockey teams, the Red Lions and the Red Panthers. Over the next few days, these two teams, along with many other Team Belgium athletes, will travel by Eurostar from Brussels-Midi to Paris.

Pope Francis has expressed his hopes for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, wishing that they will serve as a moment of national unity and fraternal harmony for the people of France. 

Sports ministers from the 56 Commonwealth member countries will come together on 25 July, alongside partner organisations, civil society, and policymakers for the Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting.

Swim star Ariarne Titmus says she has never prepared as well for a major event and is in better shape now than when she won Olympic 200m and 400m freestyle gold in Tokyo. The Australian heads to Paris on the back of shattering the 200m world record last month and clocking the second quickest 400m of all time, behind only her own world best.

To build excitement for the 12th edition of The World Games (TWG) in 2025, the International World Games Association (IWGA) is launching a new three-sport event. The inaugural edition of the TWG Series will be held in Hong Kong, China, from 11-13 October 2024.

Volleyball Australia issued a public apology on Thursday for creating an "environment of fear" that saw some players self-harm and others turn to substance abuse, with the impacts still felt decades later. The sport's governing body acknowledged that former athletes with the Australian indoor women's team, some as young as 14, were subjected to punitive training methods and body-shaming.