Twelve years on from her stunning 800m freestyle victory at the London Olympics, Katie Ledecky is headed to Paris for her fourth straight Games aiming to extend an astonishing run of sustained excellence. The American freestyle great, whose talents were once dubbed "otherworldly" by Michael Phelps' mentor Bob Bowman, brings an even-keeled approach that doesn't hide a fierce competitive streak as she vies to add to her cache of 10 Olympic medals —seven of them gold.

USA men's basketball head coach Steve Kerr downplayed Kevin Durant's calf injury, which has prevented the three-time Olympic gold medalist from training with the rest of the group ahead of the Games.

16 wrestlers have qualified for the US out of the 290 athletes who will compete in the Olympic Games. It has six places in the freestyle event, six in the women's event and four in the Greco-Roman event. Japan follows with 13 wrestlers, and there will be two neutral individual wrestlers and two refugee athletes.

Czechia’s Barbora Krejcikova clinched her second Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon on Saturday, defeating Italy's Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. The 31st seed broke down in tears when she saw her name etched on the same Centre Court honours board which also recognises the 1998 final victory of her childhood mentor Jana Novotna. Her win comes 26 years after Novotna, who died of cancer in 2017 at the age of 49, claimed the Wimbledon title after two runners-up finishes.

Muslim Gadzhimagomedov was crowned WBA Bridgerweight champion at the IBA Champions Night in Serpukhov. He defeated China's Zhaoxin Zhang in four rounds at the IBA Coliseum.

With less than two weeks to go until the Paris Games, the Los Angeles 2028 (LA28) Olympic and Paralympic Committee has officially announced that the 2028 Olympic Rowing Regatta will be held at the Marine Stadium in Long Beach, California.

Tadej Pogacar repeated on Saturday what he did in the Alps. He attacked on the climb to the Pla d'Adet to win stage 14, beating Vingegaard by 39 seconds and Evenepoel by 1:10. There's another date with the high mountains on Sunday, with the finish on the Plateau de Beille.

65 National Olympic Committees will be competing in the Paris 2024 Olympic Rowing Regatta, which starts on Friday 27 July and runs until 3 August. The competition will take place at the Stade Nautique de Vaires-sur-Marne on the outskirts of Paris.

Zhiying Zeng began her Olympic dream in the 1970s. Decades later, her dream is about to become a reality. Zeng is set to make her Olympic debut at the age of 58, representing Chile in table tennis.

Paris 2024 is set to be a thrilling spectacle, and the football tournaments are no exception. Featuring both rising stars and established talents from the men's and women's teams, these games promise unforgettable moments. Here are ten footballers poised to make a significant impact in Paris.

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) issued a strongly worded statement criticising the United States for what it sees as attempts to "undermine the role and independence of the World Anti-Doping Agency" (WADA).

Rai Benjamin claimed the spoils in a clash of the hurdling titans at Friday's Monaco Diamond League as Djamel Sedjati and Quincy Hall both set world leads in perfect fine-tuning for the Paris Olympics. Another stunning night of track and field in perfect conditions at the Stade Louis II saw Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen set a European record of 3min 26.73sec in the 1500m.

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.