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. 

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.

A day after Vladimir Putin spurned down the French president's call for a ceasefire during the Paris 2024 Games, Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky did the same in an interview with AFP on Friday.

In an interview with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, Matwij Bidny again made clear his country’s stance on Russians being allowed to compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics, with an emphatic “no” and also looked ahead to the upcoming Euro 2024 football tournament in Germany.

Friday at the first-ever Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai was packed with preliminaries ahead of a weekend of finals, with skateboarding packing the stands with young spectators. 

Canadian medalists at the Paris Games will receive an increase in their podium prize money, it has been revealed.

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has released the first 39 members of the athletes that will be representing Team SA in the Paris 2024 Olympics this summer this Wednesday in Johannesburg.

The Olympic Torch Relay continues its intense and emotional journey since arriving in mainland France on 10 May with a grand ceremony in Marseille after a long and special journey from Greece aboard the 19th Century boat Belem. Seven days later, rugby was in the spotlight.

Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh set a new world record in the 400 medley on Thursday, winning with a time of 4:24.38 in Toronto, after also claiming victory in Budapest and Fukuoka to qualify for Paris 2024.

The International Olympic Committee and financial management firm Deloitte have jointly launched a global media campaign documenting the impact of historic Olympic ‘firsts’. Debuted 100 days before the Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games, 'The First Effect' highlights some of the most trailblazing athletes whose achievements didn't make the podium. 

The first of three monumental track and field sculptures being temporarily installed in Paris and Strasbourg went on public display 14 May as part of the celebrations of the Cultural Olympiad of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, World Athletics Heritage and the Museum of World Athletics (MOWA) announced in a press release.

Twelve years since he made his last Olympic appearance on the track in London, distance running great Kenenisa Bekele has been selected to run the marathon for Ethiopia at Paris 2024.

The University of Limoges' Centre for Law and Economics of Sport (CDES) claims that the 2024 Olympic Games will generate a net economic gain of somewhere between €6.7 billion and €11.1 billion for the Paris region.

Speaking exclusively to Inside The Games, Hugo Catrileo confirmed what he had said on social media, where he described World Athletics' decision to change the qualification system for Paris as a disgrace. "This decision has affected me psychologically and emotionally," he said.