The Pan American Sports Organisation has revoked the selection of the coastal city of Barranquilla in Colombia for failing to provide promised sponsorship, estimated at around $8 million.

The Argentine Olympic Committee (COA) marked its centenary on 31 December 2023marked its centenary, having been established by decree of President Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear in 1923 to create the structure for the 1924 Paris Olympic Games.

The NOC president said in an official statement that the qualification of some athletes for the Olympics event will be a boost for Indonesian sports. He singled out football, hockey, cricket and the men's relay team that won the Southeast Asian Games that were held in Cambodia.

Laura Vilagrà, councillor for the presidency of the Generalitat, has ruled out the possibility of Catalonia bidding for the Winter Olympics, a project that was stalled after the Spanish Olympic Committee declared the negotiations with Aragon over the sharing of venues a failure, and which is now being abandoned in the context of the climate emergency.

The Bahrain Paralympic Committee has achieved the dual status of hosting major events and delivering outstanding performances from its athletes, winning 17 medals and initiating development programmes.

Carmen Valero, a pioneer in women's sport who made history by becoming Spain's first female Olympic in athletics, has died aged of 68 after suffering a stroke, the Spanish Athletics Federation (RFEA) announced in a statement on Tuesday.

Snoop Dogg is joining NBCUniversal's coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this summer. The global megastar will be on hand in Paris to provide regular reports for the primetime Olympic show on NBC and Peacock starting on 26 July 2024.

Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, the French Minister for Sport, says that the organisation of the Paris Olympic Games is on schedule. In an interview with BFMTV, she highlighted the work carried out by the various players in the fields of transport and security, and confirmed the target of around twenty gold medals for French athletes.

Transgender athletes face increased restrictions ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympics compared to previous rules, as it was recently decided that they must have completed their transition before the age of 12 to avoid unfair advantages.

According to an investigation carried out by 'Relevo', the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) allowed Spain to let several positive tests go unpunished. In addition, the National Anti-Doping Agency, CELAD, used various methods to avoid sanctioning these positive tests.

Just over half of these will be skilled jobs. Construction, engineering and architecture will play a major role. The Athletes' Village will be the largest construction project ever undertaken for the Olympic Games, with 2,800 people working on it at any one time when it's finished.

Athletes and sports officials have been recognised in the 2024 New Year Honours, which are highly prestigious in the Oceanic country. Four Olympic footballers have been awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Bahraini committee officials warmly welcomed the Syrian delegation on an official visit to explore new ways to maintain the existing bond of support and cooperation between the two 'brotherly countries'.

In an interview with BBC Ukraine, Ukraine's Minister of Youth and Sport, Matviy Bidnyi, said that the country may not take part in the Games if Russian athletes are allowed to compete in Paris, and announced that Ukraine would await the IOC's decision on the "arguments and appeals".

The security arrangements for the Paris Olympic Games in the summer of 2024 are becoming clearer. In order to increase manpower, the Ministry of the Interior and Overseas France is planning to call on its administrative staff voluntarily for various missions, in particular those related to the detection of explosives during the Olympic Games.