The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced its Independent Observer (IO) programme teams in preparation for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. WADA’s IO programme is designed to enhance athlete and public confidence as to the quality, effectiveness and reliability of anti-doping programmes during the Games.

The next Africa Cup of Nations will be played in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026, Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Patrice Motsepe announced after a virtual executive committee at their headquarters in Cairo on Friday evening. Originally scheduled for June and July 2025, the AFCON was moved to avoid a clash with the inaugural Club World Cup in the United States from 15 June to 13 July next year.

Reigning US Open champion Coco Gauff will lead the US tennis team at the Paris Olympics three years after she missed the Tokyo Games after contracting COVID-19. The US Tennis Association (USTA) announced its full lineup on Thursday, confirming that the world number two will be joined by fifth-ranked Jessica Pegula, Danielle Collins and Emma Navarro in women's singles.

US senator Ted Cruz voiced criticism over Caitlin Clark's exclusion from the Olympics, calling out the USA Basketball selection committee on social media on Wednesday in response to the WNBA recording its most-watched game in more than 20 years. The game between Indiana Fever and Chicago Sky Sunday marked the most-watched WNBA game on any network in 23 years with an average of 2.25 million people tuning in to CBS with the Fever’s 91-83 victory peaking viewership at nearly 3 million viewers. 

India's sports officials plan to "advocate strongly" during the upcoming Paris Olympics to enhance the country's prospects of hosting the 2036 Games. If successful, they aim to promote indigenous disciplines such as yoga, kho kho, and kabaddi.

Thomas Bach emphasised the importance of urban sports for the future of the Olympics as he kicked off the second stop of the Olympic Qualifying Series yesterday in Budapest. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) president has been impressed with the inaugural series of the OQS so far, with the Olympic trials which determine which athletes will compete in the Paris 2024 attracting thousands of spectators to watch over 450 athletes from more than 120 National Federations compete in breaking, BMX freestyle, skateboarding and sport climbing in a festival-like event fusing sport, art, music and culture in a festival atmosphere.

The reigning champion of the French race has confirmed through a statement from his team, Visma-Lease, that he has overcome the effects of the serious crash he suffered in April. He will race to defend his title. "I feel good and very motivated," confirmed the Danish rider.

The Olympic Torch Relay recharged its batteries in Vichy, an area famous for its water, its thermal baths and its historical heritage. From Le Mayet-de-Montagne to Vichy, more than 100 Torchbearers took it in turns to light up the area's emblematic sites.

France has always prided itself on honouring its pioneers and visionaries, but the French aristocrat who founded the modern Olympic Games in 1894 is proving a controversial figure for the organisers of the Paris 2024 Games.

World Para Ice Hockey has announced the return of the Women’s World Challenge for its third consecutive year, set to take place in Skien, Norway from 25-28 October. 

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Para athletics athlete Amir Khosravani for three years for an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) in breach of the IPC Anti-Doping Code. 

Two-time Olympic cycling champion Katie Archibald will miss the Paris 2024 Games after suffering a double leg break in a freak garden accident. The 30-year-old Scottish cyclist fractured a tibia and fibula and dislocated an ankle having tripped over a garden step. She also sustained substantial ligament damage during the incident on Tuesday and has since undergone surgery.

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz, the reigning champion at Wimbledon and Roland Garros, was knocked out in the second round of the Queen's tournament on Thursday, where he was defending his title, while Italy's Jannik Sinner, the world number one, reached the quarter-finals in Halle.

Ryan Murphy claimed the fastest time globally this year by winning the 200m backstroke at the US Olympic swimming trials on Thursday, positioning himself for a potential 100m-200m backstroke double at the Paris Olympics.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) marks World Refugee Day by reaffirming its commitment to using Baseball5, Baseball and Softball to create a better future for refugees, promoting inclusion, providing support and ensuring access to sport for all, regardless of their background.