Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is undergoing a modern transformation as it prepares to reopen on 8 December after being ravaged by fire in 2019. Construction will continue during the upcoming Olympics in the French capital, with the Games taking place from 26 July until 11 August.

The last time she raced the 400metres hurdles at Hayward Field in the 2022 championships, the New Jersey native set the world record at 50.68 seconds. On Sunday, she smashed her own mark by clocking three hundredths of a second less in order to book her spot at the Paris 2024 Games.

After imposing her will on the 100metre race on Friday, the Jamaican sprinter won the 200m final on Sunday at the Caribbean country’s athletics trials and set up her sprint double gold bid at the upcoming 2024 Games.

With the Olympic Games only weeks away, Australia's Taekwondo athletes are in the final stages of preparations before heading to Paris.

The star pole vaulter who smashed the 21-year-old record by the great Sergey Bubka will miss out on the 2024 Olympics on his home turf after failing to achieve the qualifying height in his final chance at the French championships on Sunday.

World Taekwondo maintained its excellence in the Fifth ASOIF Governance Review with an A2 ranking in three consecutive editions, and ranked 12th out of 32 International Sports Federations (IFs) in the Olympic Programme.

The Paris Olympics are set to cost almost nine billion euros according to the latest estimates and the impact on the economy is likely to be more "psychological" than financial. Ahead of the 26 July opening ceremony on the Seine, ministers and observers are juggling the figures to estimate the costs and benefits of the sporting spectacle. 

Last Sunday, the Olympic torch relay made a major tour of the Champagne country, starting from the prestigious vineyards of Reims and passing through the cobbled streets of Sézanne and the emblematic Avenue du Champagne in Épernay, highlighting not only the rich heritage of the area, but also its natural and agricultural landscape, especially as it crossed the picturesque Lac de Der lake.

India greats Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma announced they had played their last Twenty20 internationals after India's thrilling seven-run win over South Africa in the T20 World Cup final in Barbados on Saturday. Star batsman Kohli put a run of low scores behind him to make 76 as he was named player of the match, with the 35-year-old saying afterwards: "This was my last T20 World Cup, and this is what we wanted to achieve".

Noah Lyles won the final of the 200-metre dash Saturday, which will allow him to fight for the speed double at the Paris Games, as Sha'Carri Richardson's dreams of an Olympic sprint double ended in disappointment at the US trials. The world champion of the 100m had looked poised to claim at least a top-three finish in the women's 200m after the Texan had shone in the semifinals on Friday with a time of 21.92. 

Shilese Jones withdrew from the US Olympic gymnastics trials on Saturday, a day after she injured her left knee on a warm-up vault and had to opt out of three apparatus. Jones, a world championships bronze medallist last year, landed awkwardly on the vault shortly before competition began and limped off with the help of her coach.

Two-time reigning world 200m champion Shericka Jackson delivered the fastest time in Saturday's qualifying heats in the event at the Jamaican Olympic trials. A day after winning the 100m crown to qualify for the Paris Olympics, Jackson had the best heat time in season-best 22.67secs (-0.9 m/sec wind) at the national stadium in Kingston. Jackson is a major favourite to win the 200 final on Sunday.

The World Anti-Doping Agency made public its plan to promote clean sport directly with the athletes competing at the upcoming 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, including representatives from 12 countries across five different continents from various athlete representative bodies. 

Novak Djokovic said Saturday it would not have been "correct" to miss Wimbledon despite having undergone knee surgery just over three weeks ago. The 37-year-old Serb, who is looking to equal Roger Federer's record of eight Wimbledon titles and become the oldest champion of the modern era, said he was driven by his "incredible desire to play and compete".