The European Weightlifting Federation has announced the formation of the EWF Temporary Athletes Commission under the new EWF Constitution. The working group, consisting of Mr. Caruana Jesmond (Chairman), Mr. Shai Oren (Legal Adviser), Mr. Osei Forrester (IWF AC Chairman), Dr Mihajlovic Milan (EWF General Secretary), Kt. Conflitti Antonio (EWF President), successfully established a procedure for EWF member federations to nominate athletes for this Commission and to present the proposal to the EWF EB and the EWF Congress.

Retired Cuban judo and Olympian Maricet "La Mole" Espinosa has died at the age of 34, according to NBC News.

The young skater won her third gold medal at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games. She won the mass start speed skating event. She had already won gold in the 500m and 1,500m races and bronze in the mixed relay with Sem Spruit.

Reigning Olympic champion Kate French is aiming to defend her modern pentathlon crown in Paris this summer as she prepares to return to competition for the first time in almost 18 months, informs the Team Bath/University of Bath.

It will start in January and run for 15 months. To date, more than 400 sports organisations in Europe have benefited from SIGGS 3.0 to improve their integrity, autonomy, and governance. The first meeting be held place on 25 and 26 January.

The 2024 Odivelas Grand Prix in Portugal will kick off the Olympic year for judokas. Many of the world's strongest athletes will be in Portugal to earn qualification points and improve their position in the Olympic rankings.

Two-time SEA Games champion Syafiq Zuber will head to his favourite training ground - Seoul, South Korea - as part of his final preparations for the Asian Olympic Qualifiers in Tai'an, China, on 15-16 March, reports The Star.

The EJU's top executive - President László Toth, Senior Vice-President Otto Kneitinger, Vice-Presidents Sergei Aschwanden, Hrvoje Lindi, Secretary General Martin Poiger and General Treasurer Envic Galea - met in Budapest for a two-day Bureau meeting just in time for the start of the 2024 World and European Tour season.

Terrence Burns, who served as Senior Vice President of Marketing for Meridian Management, the exclusive and partially owned marketing agency for the IOC from 1996 to 2004, stated that Paris 2024 could mark the start of a new era for the Olympic Games after the challenges faced by  Tokyo 2020 and Sochi 2014 over Covid-19 and doping issues, respectively.

World Sailing issued a press release announcing its decision to authorise the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes, provided they compete as Independent Neutral Athletes, making them eligible to compete in the Last Chance Regatta scheduled for 20-27 April in Hyères, France.

The Leader of French Polynesia, Moetai Brotherson, announced that the construction of the controversial tower in Teahupo'o, Tahiti,, intended for use by judges during the surfing competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics, is progressing well and that the Polynesians have accepted the proposed solution.

Zak Carrick-Smith's gold medal at Gangwon 2024 is more than just a historic milestone for his country. The 17-year-old staged a sensational comeback in the men's combined to become the first Briton ever to win an Olympic Alpine title.

The French Swimming Federation (FFN) and its public partners have been selected to host the prestigious European Aquatics Championships in Paris-St Denis in 2026. This will be the third time that France has hosted the European Aquatics Championships, following Paris in 1931 and Strasbourg in 1987.

Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has announced that he will not represent his country at the Paris Olympics in 2024 because of the mistreatment he received in the months leading up to Rio 2016. The Aussie also missed out on Tokyo 2020 due to restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Influential Olympic leader Sheikh Ahmad has had his forgery conviction upheld by the Geneva Court of Appeal, although he will not go to jail, a Swiss appeals court said in a ruling published on Monday.