Seeking to find some kind of relief in sport while their war-ravaged country struggles, athletes from Ukraine showcased their Olympic outfits ahead of 2024 Games marred by international conflict.

After missing the Tokyo 2020 Games because of the Coronavirus, the Aussie tennis star was selected Wednesday to headline a potent national team with hopes to land a medal in Paris 2024. Ajla Tomljanovic will be the only countrywoman on the singles draw.

Heavy rain, pollution, security fears, possible cancellations - the spotlight is on the river that runs through much of France and has its most problematic point in the capital.

The French tech giant and Paris 2024 partner is still in dire straits after Onepoint’s lifeline was dropped on Wednesday as “conditions were not met to conclude an agreement for a lasting solution for financial restructuring”. Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky is now back in the mix.

The Olympic Torch lit up the Doubs département to showcase this green corner of the world, an ideal destination for a break from the daily grind, but also to pay tribute to the athletes who work hard every day to keep the department moving. The highlight was the Para-Triathlon Team Relay with 113 Torchbearers, from the first, Sébastien Loeb, to the last, biathlete Anaïs Bescond, who lit the cauldron in Besançon.

Reigning women's Olympic 800 metres champion Athing Mu will not defend her title at next month's Paris Games after suffering a dramatic fall at the US trials in Eugene, Oregon.

Jibril Rajoub, the president of the Palestinian Olympic Committee, is calling for Israel to be banned from the 2024 Paris Olympics over the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Rajoub highlighted to Deutsche Welle examples of how he said Israel had broken the Olympic Charter: the set of rules governing the Olympic Games.

The resurgence of Caeleb Dressel and Regan Smith, and the omnipresence of Katie Ledecky, herald a fierce battle for medals with the formidable Australian team that dominated the 2023 World Championships in Japan. China, Canada, Great Britain and hosts France will all be looking to spring a surprise.

Nearly 500 rooms, beds 2.20 meters long: the Lille Olympic Village, which will host the basketball and handball delegations during the Olympic Games, has been inaugurated in Villeneuve d'Ascq, northern France. 

The European Senior Fencing Championships have come to an end, with 12 individual and team events for men and women in the disciplines of epee, foil and sabre. The event took place in the St. Jakobshalle, with fencers from 38 countries taking part.

Paris Olympics organisers promised to take "unprecedented" action for the climate by halving the carbon footprint of previous Games and financing projects to reduce planet-heating greenhouse gases. But experts remain sceptical, especially after organisers dropped a pledge to set a hard limit on its overall carbon cost. About one-third of the heat-trapping emissions from the three-week spectacle is expected to come from transport, with millions of athletes, spectators, staff and journalists flying into Paris.

Since Paris launched its bid for the 2024 Olympics and secured it in 2017, the project has undergone numerous changes by its organisers and public administrations. From ticket prices to environmental concerns, saying is one thing, doing is quite another.

The second and final stop of the Olympic Qualifier Series (OQS) concluded this weekend in Budapest with more than 150 athletes clinching their Paris Olympics berths in BMX freestyle, breaking, skateboarding and sport climbing. Over 450 athletes from more than 120 national federations competed in the popular urban sports to crowds of young spectators in the four-day, festival-style event.

The nine days of competition in Indianapolis ended with a triumph for Simone Manuel, who will be seeking redemption in the 50m freestyle after winning gold in Rio 2016 and missing out on Tokyo 2020, and Bobby Finke defending his titles in the 800m and 1,500m.

Results and qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have been announced from the US Athletics Trials. Sha'Carri Richardson and Noah Lylesstood out in the 100 metres, while Heath Baldwin led in the decathlon.