World Athletics President Sebastian Coe praised Noah Lyles for reinvigorating athletics like Usain Bolt did. After Lyles' thrilling 100m win at the Stade de France, Coe emphasised how Lyles' victory is creating a compelling new narrative for the sport.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Ad Hoc Division for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has issued decisions in two key cases involving French 400m runner Adrien Coulibaly and Swiss athlete Dany Brand.

In light of the widely debated decision for Solomon Islands long-distance runner Sharon Firisua to switch from the Marathon to the Women’s 100m Sprint at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, National Olympic Committee of Solomon Islands (NOCSI) President Martin Rara has clarified the decision and addressed related concerns.

A final sprint from Laura Lindemann secured gold for Germany in the mixed relay triathlon final at the Paris Olympics on 5 August. USA and Great Britain claimed the silver and bronze medals respectively, after France, the strong favourite, saw their hopes dashed due to an accident.

Novak Djokovic expressed his delight after securing Olympic gold medal on Sunday, dubbing it as "probably" his "biggest sporting success" and hinted at a possible title defence at the 2028 Los Angeles Games when he will be 41.

The International Olympic Committee said the gender testing of boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting was "so flawed that it is impossible to deal with". IOC spokesman Mark Adams strongly defended Khelif of Algeria and Lin of Chinese Taipei, criticising the sport's governing body, the International Boxing Association, which said the athletes failed unspecified eligibility tests for women's competition.

Scottie Scheffler expressed feeling "proud to be an American" after a thrilling victory in the men's golf event to secure Olympic gold on Sunday.

Dutch runner Sifan Hassan, the reigning Olympic champion in both the 5,000m and 10,000m, aims to defend both titles in Paris and add a marathon victory to her achievements. Only Czech runner Emil Zatopek has managed to accomplish this feat, and that was in Helsinki in 1952.

He missed the final by a whisker after losing to Azerbaijani Loren Berto, ultimately winning the bronze. Despite being more aggressive, he came out on the losing side. The potentially controversial verdict reignites mumblings of dubious refereeing decisions that have marred much of boxing history.

The women's tournament ends on Sunday. In the quarter-finals, the pairings will be: USA-Nigeria, Spain-Belgium, France-Germany and Serbia-Australia. They will be played next Wednesday. The draw for the semi-finals is yet to be made. The United States and Spain cannot meet until the final.

After his spectacular victory in the 100 metres event held at Paris 2024, Noah Lyles wants to drive a transformation in American athletics. The sprinter is calling for greater visibility and financial support for the sport in his country, to restore the international glory it once had.

Following requests from the triathlon teams to provide the athletes with more time to prepare for the upcoming Mixed Relay competition, a meeting took place today 4 August at 19:00 to review the water quality results. Representatives from World Triathlon, Paris 2024, the International Olympic Committee, Météo France, DRIEAT, the City of Paris and the Prefecture of the Île-de-France Region were involved in carrying out water quality tests. 

Italy reaffirmed their status as gold medal contenders with a convincing 3-0 win over Turkey at the Paris Arena South 1 to go through to the quarter-finals unbeaten. France went out of the tournament without a win or a set after losing 3-0 to the United States.

Noah Lyles is the new Olympic 100m champion. At the end of the race, not even the athletes knew who had won. There was doubt as to whether it was him or Jamaican athlete Kisame Thompson, who won silver. The bronze went to USA's Fred Kerley.

Vivian Kong Man-wai, Hong Kong's fencing star, announced her retirement from professional fencing on Sunday, following her gold medal win at the Paris 2024 Olympics.