Novak Djokovic swept past Lorenzo Musetti on Friday to book a second successive Wimbledon final against defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and move one win away from a record-setting 25th Grand Slam title. Just five weeks after undergoing knee surgery, seven-time Wimbledon champion Djokovic reached his 10th final at the All England Club with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 win over the Italian 25th seed.

After suffering two falls in the previous two days, Slovenian cyclist Primoz Roglic withdrew from the Tour de France before starting the 13th stage on Friday, with his title aspirations shattered just before facing a couple of challenging mountain stages this weekend.

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) continues to expand the Project Planning element of its initiative to include commercial development planning through the FIBA PLUS programme.

Two French international rugby players were formally charged Friday with the aggravated rape of an Argentine woman after a night out following a match and an encounter they say was consensual sex. The accused, Hugo Auradou, 20, and Oscar Jegou, 21, chose not to testify at a hearing in the city of Mendoza, where the rape is alleged to have occurred after a game between France and Argentina on Saturday.

The Olympic Torch Relay enjoyed action-packed moments in Yonne, taking in the department's most famous historic buildings and soaking up its wine culture. Legendary football coach Guy Roux joined the festivities in Auxerre.

Karsten Warholm insisted on Thursday he would not be using a magic wand in his bid to defend his Olympic 400m hurdles title at the Paris Games in three weeks. Warholm, 28, smashed the world record to win gold in the Tokyo Olympics, clocking a stunning 45.94 seconds to win ahead of American Rai Benjamin (46.17) and Brazil's Alison Dos Santos (46.72).

The figure marks a negative record: Ukraine will be represented at the Paris Olympic Games by a total of 140 athletes. This is the lowest number of athletes the country has presented in its history at the Olympics and in international sporting competitions.

As Samia Achoui, a secretary residing in the Francs-Moisins estate, peers out of her window, she can already envision the roars and cheers reverberating from the nearby Stade de France. Less than 500 meters separate her world, plagued by poverty and crime, from the sparkling center of the Olympics.

 According to data provided by the organising committee to the AFP news agency, over 8.6 million tickets have already been sold for the Olympic Games. This figure surpasses the record of 8.3 million tickets sold for the Atlanta Games, which until now had held the highest number.

Despite growing criticism from many in the sport world and American groups specifically, the International Olympic Committee validated the World Anti-Doping Agency’s independent report in the case of 23 positive tests from China and expressed its "full confidence" in the global watchdog.

Paris City Hall announced on Friday that the River Seine has been clean enough for swimming for the majority of the past 12 days, a positive sign just weeks before the Olympic Games begin.

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 hosts have already prepared their two flag bearers for the grand opening ceremony of the Paris Games, and they will be none other than former Olympic swimming champion Florent Manaudou and discus thrower Melina Robert-Michon.

Skateboarding —along with surfing, its fellow Olympic newcomer— boosted the COVID-delayed Tokyo Games' viewership with brands eager to capture a share of the sport's youthful fan base. The urban sport is set to captivate a global audience once again with some of the youngest Olympians at the Paris Games.