After an emotional first day in Paris and an overnight stay in the Salle Saint-Jean of the Paris City Hall, which attracted 2,000 visitors, the Olympic Torch Relay resumed its tour of the French capital. In total, almost 500,000 people took part in this unprecedented two-day celebration.

A knife-wielding man wounded a French soldier on anti-terrorism patrol at he Gare de l’Est train before being arrested, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Monday.

“Just getting on a plane and arriving in Europe,” was what the young Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge would repeat over and over when he was just starting his career. It was the early 2000s, and he was only looking for a way out to fulfill his dream: to run. Now, it can be said that he has achieved that dream.

In the lead-up to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach penned an Op-Ed that appeared in three major French newspapers: L’Equipe, Le Parisien, and Ouest-France over the weekend. The piece explores the upcoming Games and its significance.

She is the young prospect upon whom all the expectations of Finnish skateboarding are placed in the lead-up to the upcoming Paris Olympics. She is a girl, thirteen years old, named Heili Sirvio, and she is living the most significant moment of her short career as an athlete.

Just days before the start of the Olympic Surfing Trials in Teahupo'o, French Polynesia, an incident almost made history when a spectacular but dangerous wave knocked 19-year-old renowned photographer Byron McLoughlin unconscious. He came out of the coma two days later.

With the Paris Olympics opening ceremony fast approaching, Hugh Robertson, who led the London 2012 Games, emphasises its importance, after telling AFP it "sets the tone" for the entire event.

The torch relay ahead of the Paris Olympics reached the French capital for the first time on Sunday, with organisers hoping to build enthusiasm for the Games among the city's sceptical residents. The flame was first glimpsed during the traditional military parade held every year on Bastille Day and then began its tour around the city from the Champs-Elysees.

The US Olympic & Paralympic Foundation (USOPF), fundraising arm of the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), is launching its most ambitious campaign yet. Aiming to raise $500m (€458m), this initiative seeks to propel Team USA to unprecedented success at the Los Angeles 2028 Games.

A five-man Para cycling team with an exciting mix of youth and experience has been named for the New Zealand Paralympic Team for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The selection brings the total number of NZ Paralympic Team athletes selected to date to 23, with record-breaking shooter Michael Johnson leading the way.

In just 365 days, the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games will commence, starting on 16 July, 2025. This grand celebration of international student-athlete talent will unfold across the heart of North Rhine-Westphalia, marking it as the world’s largest multi-sport event of 2025.

The Spanish national team sparked total madness in Madrid. The national squad basked in the adulation of the masses in the Spanish capital, with the festivities continuing until midnight. There was a great eagerness to once again revel in a team that is now the leader of the European Championship.

Borghini wore the leader's jersey from the first to the last day of the race and kept her distance from the Belgian Lotte Kopecky after eight stages. Sixteen years later, Fabiana Luperini's triumph was followed by another Italian victory.