After consulting various athletes and sports federations, the International Friendship Association officially confirmed that the competition will be held in 2025 in order to ensure “a nice event in the countries that are part of the alliance with Russia.”

Teahupo'o, Tahiti, the venue for surfing events, was the scene of a photo that will go down in the history of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Gabriel Medina floats after a trick and seems to fly over the water, with the board still attached to his left ankle and parallel to his body, after scoring a historic 9.90, the highest score in Olympic history on a single wave. The Brazilian qualified for the quarter-finals.

The International Olympic Committee elected former Moroccan athlete Nawal El Moutawakel and Argentine Gerardo Werthein as its new vice-presidents at the 142nd Session held in Paris before the 2024 Games, supposedly the last for the German president.

Police arrested 45 people linked to a radical environmental group on Saturday morning as they prepared to demonstrate, according to the Paris prosecutor's office. Security forces were on high alert across the country after saboteurs disrupted trains in France on Friday.

Paris ushered in the 2024 Games Friday with a spectacular opening ceremony on the banks of the Seine, which was eventually flooded by rain. The event was an eclectic mix of art, sport and culture, creating an unforgettable spectacle that overcame unprecedented logistical and security challenges.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Spain's King Felipe VI and US First Lady Jill Biden will be among the heads of state and dignitaries attending the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on the banks of the Seine on Friday.

For the first time in Olympic history, the Opening Ceremony will take place not in a stadium, but on the banks of the Seine. More than 6,500 athletes in 85 boats will sail past the iconic monuments of Paris, marking a turning point and ushering in a new era of the Olympic Games. The event will bring together art, sport and culture to create an unforgettable spectacle, overcoming unprecedented logistical and security challenges.

A knife-wielding man wounded a French soldier on anti-terrorism patrol at he Gare de l’Est train before being arrested, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Monday.

The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will add an extra 0.3 points of growth to the French economy in the third quarter, according to the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee).

Some 770,000 administrative checks have led to the exclusion from the Olympic and Paralympic Games of 3,512 people who could pose a threat to the security of the event, Gérald Darmanin announced on the X social network on Saturday 13 July.

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has compensated 245 athletes, who were banned from competing at the Paris Olympics, with more than 200 million roubles (equivalent to over $2 million).

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) issued a strongly worded statement criticising the United States for what it sees as attempts to "undermine the role and independence of the World Anti-Doping Agency" (WADA).

With 50 days to go until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on Tuesday, 9 July, the eight athletes and one support runner who will compete as part of the largest ever Refugee Paralympic Team.  The Paralympic Opening Ceremonywill take place on the Champs-Elysees and Place de la Concorde in Paris on 28 August.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) should prohibit Dutch volleyball player Steven Van de Velde’s participation in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the Sport & Rights Alliance Athletes Network for Safer Sports, The Army of Survivors, and Kyniska Advocacy said today. Despite recently qualifying, Van de Velde is a convicted child sex offender.