Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, who was convicted of raping a 12-year-old British girl in 2016, has qualified for the Paris Olympics. Van de Velde served one year of a four-year sentence and has since resumed his career, competing in international tournaments since 2018.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeals filed by World Athletics and the World Anti-Doping Agency against the decision of the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal (WADT) of 17 August 2023 regarding Nigerian hurdler Tobi Amusan, who was found not to have committed an anti-doping violation and will be able to participate in the Paris Olympic Games.

The teen kitefoiler was set to represent Tonga at an Olympic Games in Paris 2024 but fell victim to a suspected shallow water blackout, according to local media reports.

Olympic athletes like Dutch marathon runner Abdi Nageeye are incorporating a novel tool in their training regimen to enhance their medal prospects this summer: miniature monitors that adhere to the skin to monitor blood glucose levels.

Three individuals were apprehended by French authorities on Monday after a discovery was made near the Eiffel Tower on Saturday. Five empty coffins, wrapped in French flags with the inscription "French soldiers from Ukraine", were found, prompting a swift investigation and subsequent arrests.

Russia is waging an intense disinformation campaign aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and stoking fears of violence at this summer's Paris Games, according to a new report from Microsoft's Threat Analysis Center. According to Microsoft, the influence operations utilise a potent mix of fake videos, fictitious news stories, and AI-generated impersonations, including the faked voice of Hollywood star Tom Cruise, Agence France-Presse reported late on Monday.

As the football world eagerly anticipates the selection of the host nation for the 2034 FIFA World Cup, human rights advocates are raising their voices in concern over the potential candidacy of Saudi Arabia.

The French Interior Ministry has remained unresponsive since early May regarding a collective letter from Russian volunteers who were barred from working at the Olympic Games in Paris, Russian news agency TASS has been told.

Marcell Jacobs is confident that he can dip under 10 seconds as he returns to Italy for Sprint Festival: his first European 100 metres race in the build up to his Olympic title defence in Paris this summer, Agence France-Presse reported Thursday. 

Newly re-elected president of the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) Elisa Aguilar confirmed that national team coaches Sergio Scariolo and Miguel Méndez, of the men's and women's sides, respectively, will extend their contracts until 2028.

Spain's El País newspaper has published claims from at least two former athletes that Carlos Gil Pérez, who died in 2009, abused them and other minors during his time as technical director of the Spanish Athletics Federation in the 1980s.

The Olympic Flame is set to arrive on the shores of France tomorrow, 8 May, onboard the historic ship Belem. After its arrival in Marseille, four-time Olympic medallist Florent Manaudou will have the honour of being the first torchbearer in France for Paris 2024.

Ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Nile Wilson, Commonwealth and Olympic Games medal winning gymnast, and seven time Paralympian Hannah Cockroft OBE, examines the notion of what defines a "champion". 

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday thanked his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for backing his idea of a truce in all conflicts, including the war between Russia and Ukraine, during the Paris Olympics this summer, Agence France-Presse reported. 

World Athletics has announced that it will make history by becoming the first International Federation to distribute prize money at the Olympic Games, starting with Paris 2024 in August.