French authorities have bolstered security measures ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, responding to earlier threats of possible attacks during the event. So, what do we know so far?

American swimming sensation Lydia Jacoby is still grappling with her emotions. The Alaskan star of the Tokyo Games will be watching the Paris Olympics from home after failing to qualify for the upcoming Games this summer.

With a world record in the 100m backstroke, Regan Smith clocked 57.13 at the US Olympic Swimming Trials on Tuesday, challenging Australia's Kaylee McKeown just six weeks before the Paris Games.

The Olympic Torch Relay continued to Apt and in particular the Riaille lake, before heading to the historical centre of L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, nicknamed the Venice of the Comtat Venaissin area, where it visited the Bassin de Bouïgas weir.

Great Britain has announced their triathlon squad for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, marking the first time since Athens 2004 that no Brownlee brother will be included.

Five-time Olympic gold medalist Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah will not defend her 200 metre title at the upcoming Olympics in Paris, it has been revealed.

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, often referred to as the "Father of Olympism", entered the Musée Grevin last Tuesday, just a few weeks before the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

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.

A new report out Tuesday, backed by climate scientists and athletes, warned about the dangers posed by extreme high temperatures at this year's Paris Olympics. The "Rings of Fire" report —a collaboration between non-profit Climate Central, academics at Britain's University of Portsmouth and 11 Olympians— said conditions in Paris could be worse than the last Games in Tokyo in 2021.

Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon became the first divers on the American team to secure their spots for Paris with a victory in the women’s synchronised 3-meter springboard on Monday’s trials at the University of Tennessee Aquatic Center. Totalling 629.82 points with two rounds of dives, the winning duo from Minneapolis, Minnesota closed out the finals with a front 2 1/2 somersaults with one twist.

Music pounds through an empty hangar on the outskirts of Paris as dancers perform a few snatches of a top-secret routine in front of giant mirrors. Audiences will get to see the fruits of their labours on 26 July when the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is held in Paris.