The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed a groundbreaking partnership with Saudi Arabia’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) to host the inaugural Olympic Esports Games in 2025. This landmark decision marks a significant step in the evolution of the Olympic movement, blending traditional sports with the burgeoning world of competitive gaming.

The American sprinter opted to stay home in order to better prepare his upcoming Olympic assault and will miss out on the Monaco meet, now featuring Norwegian world record holders Karsten Warholm and Jakob Ingebrigtsen as headliners.

A gym in the Philippines stands at the forefront of producing Olympic boxing talents. Despite poverty, families gear up with torn shoes and frayed head guards, hoping to be the next success story from this talent factory.

A total of just 16 Russians and 17 Belarusians have accepted invitations to compete under a neutral flag at the Paris Olympics, according to the latest count on Tuesday.

In a scene reminiscent of a galaxy far far away, about 20 enthusiasts converge at dusk in a southern Mexico park to engage in lightsaber fencing, a thrilling sport inspired by the legendary "Star Wars" saga.

The Copper Box Arena was awarded a bronze medal at the Conference & Events Awards as the most versatile venue in the category for venues with a capacity of more than 1,200 people, held at City Central at the HAC in London.

Athletes at the Paris Olympics later this month will be tested for performance-enhancing drugs, but at a competition plotting to rival the Games, doping will be objective. 

Kimia Yousofi says she will be representing "the stolen dreams and aspirations" of all Afghan women after being unveiled Tuesday as one of the nation's six-person team for the Paris Olympics. The 100m sprinter was Afghanistan's flag-bearer at the Tokyo Games three years ago, but fled her home country to neighbouring Iran to escape persecution when the Taliban returned to power in August 2021.

Ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Friday, 26 July, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has introduced a new brand platform called “Sport. And More than Sport.”

The World Taekwondo has announced that 12 Bipartite slots were allocated to nations including four first timers in seven Para Taekwondo categories for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

The IX Central & South American Championship in Asunción, Paraguay, from 24-30 June, was the setting where the first ITF Adapted Taekwon-Do competition was held on the American continent.

Afghanistan's Taliban government does not recognise the three female athletes who will represent the country at the Paris Olympic Games this month, a spokesman for their sports department said. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has invited a squad of six Afghan athletes —three women and three men— in consultation with Afghanistan's largely exiled national Olympic committee.

The Milano Cortina 2026 Organising Committee has announced the opening of its Official Ticket Office. Tickets for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will go on sale to the general public in February 2025, while tickets for the Paralympic Winter Games will be available from March 2025, exactly one year before the respective Opening Ceremonies. However, the process of acquiring tickets and experiencing the best of Olympic sport live has already begun.

Full-back Melvyn Jaminet has been removed from France's squad after a video of him making racist comments was published on social media, the French Rugby Federation announced on Sunday. The images of Jaminet come from an Instagram story made by the 20-time international, who came off the bench in France's first test win over Argentina on Saturday in Mendoza.