The Mavericks superstar will join his national team in Greece in order to access Paris 2024, as long as his knees hold up after playing in his first NBA Finals, which start on Thursday.

The Greek national team’s coach Vassilis Spanoulis confirmed that the NBA superstar, who missed the Playoffs due to injury, will take part in the upcoming FIBA Olympic qualifying basketball tournament in Piraeus.

Slovenian teenager Žiga Lin Hočevar won the 2024 ECA Canoe Slalom European Championship title in men's canoe, while Germany's Andrea Herzog did the same in women's canoe.

Last August, the Slovenian canoeing community saw its most famous kayak centre, Tacen, washed away by the devastating floods that hit Slovenia. Now, just nine months later, the venue awaits the 2024 ICF I Feel Slovenia Canoe Slalom European Championships from 15-19 May.

For the first time since 2015, Korea was relegated to Group B after a poor showing at the IIHF World Championship in Bolzano, while Slovenia sealed its class A ticket for next year’s tournament in Sweden by beating Italy and losing to Hungary, who finished first thanks to victories over both.

After the men's pre-Olympic tournaments in March, it was the women's turn last week in three different cities to decide the last six spots for the Games, completing the handball grill for this Tuesday's draw at 17:00 local time.

In Ljubljana, Slovenia, the world's first female Olympic climbing champion is preparing to defend her title at Paris 2024. The current world number one has taken time out between two training camps in Japan and China to confirm her ambition to "go for gold again".

Austria, Slovenia and Italy are considering a joint bid to host the Winter Olympics after 2034, according to the President of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region in northern Italy, Massimiliano Fedriga.

Representatives from five National Olympic Committees (NOCs) met in Vilnius, Lithuania, to finalise the International Dual Career Project for Olympic Committees. This initiative has led to the development of a free training platform, which is now up and running.

The conclusion of the Tour of Guangxi has brought the curtain down on the road cycling season and sees confirmation of team sizes for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Canada pulled off a stunning 100-89 victory over Slovenia to reach the semi-finals of the International Basketball Federation World Cup for the first time in Manila.

Slovenian shooter Franček Gorazd Tiršek is targeting an elusive gold medal at next year’s Paralympics in Paris after capturing the R4 mixed 10 metre air rifle standing SH2 title at the European Para Championships here.

One second separated Matej Mohorič and João Almeida as the former edged to victory in the Tour de Pologne.