Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has quit the intergovernmental committee tasked with organising the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane, calling it a "pointless talkfest" and a "dysfunctional farce".

US Olympic chiefs on Thursday expressed confidence in security for the 2024 Paris Olympics after a deadly weekend attack in the French capital.

Ukraine on Saturday criticised Olympic chiefs' decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete next year as neutrals, outside team events and without actively opposing the invasion.

Germany's sports minister, Nancy Faeser, on Saturday called on the International Olympic Committee to carry out a "very close examination" of the backgrounds of Russian athletes and to exclude those who have supported the war in Ukraine from the 2024 Olympic Games.

Olympic chiefs on Friday gave Russian and Belarusian athletes the green light to compete as neutrals in next year's Paris Games, outside team events and provided they do not actively support the war in Ukraine.

Spanish golfer Jon Rahm is to leave the PGA Tour to join the controversial LIV Golf league. The official announcement that Rahm, the world's third ranked player, will join LIV Golf, the league created by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, could come within hours.

France's Minister for Sport, Amelie Oudea-Castera, on Thursday ruled out the possibility of moving the Olympic surfing events away from Tahiti following the environmental damage caused during testing last week.

Ukraine's government is "very concerned" by calls from sports federations and national Olympic committees to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in Paris next year, its deputy sports minister told AFP.

International sports federation and national Olympic committee representatives called on Tuesday for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be admitted to Paris 2024 under neutral flag "as soon as possible".

The International Surfing Association (ISA) on Wednesday welcomed authorities' decision to suspend work on Tahiti's Paris Olympics venue.

The French government is insisting it will keep the plan to hold the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony on the River Seine even after a deadly attack in the French capital at the weekend amplified existing security concerns.

A quartet of Iberian past winners will contest the UEFA Futsal Champions League finals in May after Barcelona, Benfica, holders Mallorca Palma Futsal and Sporting CP topped their elite round groups.

The knockout finals will be held on 2/3 and 4/5 May, with the hosts and draw date to be confirmed. Never before have the four-team finals been made up entirely of past winners, although in the one-off eight-club event of 2021, all the teams in the semis had previously lifted the trophy.

The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, assured on Friday that the decision on the participation of Russian athletes in the Paris Games had not yet been taken, but hinted that they would be able to take part without a flag and under certain conditions.

The International Olympic Committee announced a list of 32 candidates Wednesday for elections to be held during the Paris Games from July 26 - August 11, when about 10,500 athletes are eligible to vote.