Just as it sparred again with the United States Anti-doping Agency (USADA), the global body updated its Foundation Board on the latest developments in the scandal involving the 23 swimmers from China in 2021 and insisted on food contamination as the source of the failed tests.

Simone Biles kicked off the Olympic season with a victory, scoring 59.5 points at the Core Hydration Classic: her best all-around total since returning to competition in 2023.

Centro Caribe Sports has announced the launch of the Central American and Caribbean Fan Zone, one of the programmes of the "HUELLAS to Paris 2024" campaign, which will highlight the extensive journey of athletes from the organisation's member countries on their Olympic journey.

Nigerian Fatimo Bello is off to the Paris Olympic Games after defeating Algeria’s Lynda Loghraibi 4-2 in the final of the second stage of the African Olympic Qualification Tournament at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda.

The Ukrainian won a controversial decision over the Briton in Riyadh and unified the four world titles for the first time in 24 years. The Briton dominated the early stages of the fight, but Oleksandr Usyk set the pace and nearly sent him to the canvas in the ninth round. Tyson Fury is unsure whether he will accept a rematch, which could take place in October.

The International Taekwon-Do Federation was originally founded in 1966 in Seoul. Since then and over time, the ITF moved its headquarter together with the legal registration to a few countries. The most recent move was decided in the ITF General Assembly on 3 October, 2022, moving the ITF to Lausanne, Switzerland, coming into force on 1 January 1. Together with the move, new statutes were approved replacing all previous texts.  

The World Taekwondo Coach-Referee Joint Training Camp for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has successfully concluded for 32 coaches and 26 international referees in Muju Taekwondowon, Korea.

Pride House at Paris 2024 will be a place full of life and celebration during the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer at the Peniche Rosa Bonheur on the Seine.

Now 10 days in the running across France’s roads, the Olympic Torch Relay passed through the Gers department, a rugby hotbed that celebrated the participation of 7-a-side player Paulin Riva, national star Anthony Jelonch and pioneer Odette Desprats, who lit the Cauldron at the Mouzon sports complex.

Marcell Jacobs won his first 100 metres race in Europe this year in the build-up to his Olympic title defence in Paris. Italian Jacobs, who stunned the athletics world with two golds in the Tokyo 2020 Games, clocked a time of 10.07 seconds to win his race at the 'Sprint Festival' in Rome, Agence France-Presse reported Saturday. 

The New Zealand rugby community mourned the loss of legendary All Blacks scrum-half Sid Going this weekend, who passed away aged 80.

Golf star Scottie Scheffler prepared for his second round at the US PGA Championship by "stretching in a jail cell" following his arrest on Friday morning.

France’s prime minister Gabriel Attal announced the Olympic flame will not be passing through New Caledonia on 11 June after several days of rioting in the overseas archipelago this past week.

Rodgers Kwemoi, a Kenyan long-distance runner and former world junior 10,000m champion, has been handed a six-year ban for multiple violations of the athlete biological passport (ABP).