Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone plans to defend her 400-meter hurdles title at the Paris Olympics, opting out of the 200- and 400-meter flat races she initially entered.

Karalo Maibuca will travel across the globe to compete for Tuvalu in the men's 100 metres at the upcoming Paris Olympic Games. The 25-year-old previously served as the flag-bearer during the Tokyo Games three years ago, a role he will once again undertake in the French capital as the sole representative from his country.

Rory McIlroy is poised to compete in the Paris Olympics alongside world number one Scottie Scheffler, returning to golf after a hiatus following his dramatic collapse at the US Open.

Bob Schul, the only American distance runner to win gold in the Olympic 5,000 meters, has died at the age of 86. Miami University in Ohio, where Schul shined on the track and was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1973, announced his death on Sunday. The cause of death was not revealed.

The Olympic torch has returned to metropolitan France after an emotionally charged Ocean Relay. To celebrate its return, freediver Alice Modolo symbolically retrieved it from the sea in the harbor of Villefranche-sur-Mer, the birthplace of global freediving.

World number three Aryna Sabalenka said on Monday she will miss the tennis event at the Paris Olympics "to take care of her health”. Belarus' Sabalenka lost to Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva in the French Open quarter-finals earlier this month: the first time the 26-year-old had lost before the semi-finals of a major since the 2022 French Open.

At the weekend's Australian Olympic Trials, Shayna Jack and Meg Harris qualified for Paris 2024, while veterans such as Cate Campbell and Cody Simpson missed out on the Olympic stage.

Three-time Olympic gold medallist, Shaun White is launching a professional snowboarding circuit, The Snow League, in March 2025, which will run past the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina. The season-long halfpipe league will feature five events —all of which will include snowboarding— with plans to include freeskiing at mid-season. 

Serbian sensation Angelina Topic first caught attention at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, where she became the youngest medalist of the event with a bronze. However, this achievement from the 18-year-old was only the start of her journey.

Recently crowned world record holder Gretchen Walsh booked her ticket to the Paris Olympics on Sunday by winning the women's 100m butterfly in an impressive time of 55.31 seconds.

Andy Murray said Sunday he was "not 100 per cent sure" he will play at the Paris Olympics despite being selected just hours earlier for his fifth Games. Murray, who has said he intends to retire later this year, was granted an International Tennis Federation (ITF) place to compete at the Games despite his lowly singles ranking of 97 because he is a former Grand Slam winner and double-Olympic champion.

Newly-crowned world number one Jannik Sinner will play singles as well as doubles alongside Lorenzo Musetti at the Paris Olympics, the Italian tennis federation said Friday. Sinner will compete at an Olympics for the first time on the clay courts of Roland Garros where he made the semi-finals of the French Open last week, playing a tough match against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz.

French Muslim basketball player Diaba Konate said she had hoped to represent her country at the Paris Olympics but did not stand a chance because she wears a headscarf.

Preparations for anti-doping measures at the Paris Olympic Games have been underway for months, with over 1,000 personnel dedicated to testing approximately 4,000 athletes during the competition. These efforts adhere closely to the guidelines set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

A silver medal originally credited to Great Britain in the 1900 Olympics has been reassigned to France following new information about the cyclist who won it.