Eight Palestinian athletes taking part in the Paris Olympics will be symbols of "resistance" during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, a Palestinian minister said Sunday as the official delegation left the occupied West Bank. This will be the eighth time Palestinian athletes have taken part in the Olympics since 1996, but Olympic committee head Jibril Rajoub said the athletes had never felt so much attention.

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.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced on Friday that the organisation will seek independent legal guidance regarding the Palestinian Football Association's call to suspend its Israeli counterpart over recent events in Gaza.

Olympic Committee of Israel President Yael Arad has admitted it was a difficult decision to attend the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session here where she was elected as a member, but wants it to serve as a morale boost for her home nation.

Olympic Committee of Israel President Yael Arad's attendance at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session here, where she is set to be elected as a member, has been confirmed, despite the escalating war between her country and Hamas.

World Aquatics has switched the final leg of its Open Water Swimming World Cup 2023, which was due to have been held at Eilat in Israel, to Funchal in Portugal.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board has expressed sympathies to the victims of the war between Israel and Hamas on the first day of its meeting here, but was non-committal on the attendance of member-elect Yael Arad.