With six months to go until the 2024 Paris Olympics, Steve Kerr's team has officially released its first roster of 41 players, including 23 Olympic gold medallists and world champions.

A year after the country approved the presence of female boxers in pre-Olympic competitions, Cuba has invited two boxers, likely to be the national champions Legnis Calá (57 kg) and Yakelin Stornell (66 kg), to the event in Italy in February. Two places for Paris 2024 are at stake.

On the sixth day of competition at the Gangwon 2024 Olympic Games, Italy, the leaders on the medal table, didn't win any gold. Great Britain's Zak Carrick-Smith made history by winning adding a silver medal to his historic gold in the combined slalom. South Korea also had a successful day with one gold and two silvers.

Shinawatra Paetongtarn, the deputy chairman of Thailand's National Soft Power Strategy Committee, is pushing for Muay Thai to become an Olympic sport, the Bangkok Post reports.

On 24 January the Days of the Far East will be held at the International Exhibition Forum "Russia" at the VDNKh in Moscow, where the presentation of the first international winter sports games "Children of Primorye" and the flag relay of the games will take place.

Security seems to be a serious issue in France, and even the Olympic torch, a symbol of Olympism, will have a special security operation with 100 police officers and agents dedicated to the task, as announced by the French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin.

The Asian Taekwondo Union (ATU) has published its calendar for 2024. The first event will kick off on 4 February, in Fujairah, UAE, where the 11th edition of Fujairah cup (kyorugi, senior, junior and cadets) taekwondo will take place. 

Following last week's pre-Olympic hockey tournaments in Spain, India and Oman, the groups have been drawn for the 12 teams of each gender to compete for gold at Paris 2024.

On 16 January, Judge Ana Avendaño Muñoz of the Court of First Instance No. 7 in Alicante issued issued an order in which she reiterated that the president and four other senior leaders of the Royal Spanish Taekwondo Federation would have "acted by common agreement in order to obtain money from the Supreme Sports Council (CSD)", reports THE OBJECTIVE reports.

The Federation of Gay Games (FGG) has announced the results of the bidding process for the organisation and hosting of the 13th Gay Games. All six continents are represented among those bidding to host the Games. It is estimated that around 10,000 participants will be invited. The winner will be announced in November 2025.

After the fifth day of competition, it seems clear that the great start of the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games is Antonin Guy, a 17-year-old biathlon athlete who has won three gold and one silver medal, something that has never happened in the past.

Italy tops the podium after another day at the Winter Youth Olympic Games. Great Britain's Carrick-Smith misses out on a second gold medal in alpine slalom, while Korea falls in curling but secures a place in the women's ice hockey final.

French President Emmanuel Macron visited the National Institute for Sport and Performance (INSEP) on Tuesday and declared that success at the Olympic Games was "within our reach", expressing confidence despite the "massive" challenges of security and transport.

Germany has achieved a highly convincing outcome in its ReStart program - "Sport Moves Germany," as it not only saw an increase in the number of members in sports clubs but also enhanced better conditions for voluntary engagement and increased physical activity.

In a bid to qualify for Paris 2024, the Fiji Taekwondo Association will send athletes to a taekwondo training camp in the Solomon Islands, funded by World Taekwondo in partnership with the International Olympic Committee's Olympic Solidarity Programme, the FASANOC reports.