After announcing the first Torchbearers, the Team Relay captains, Paris 2024 has had good news for the majority - 80% - of the 11,000 people who will have the unique experience of carrying the Torch on the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relay.

Only those who have completed a marathon know how difficult it is to run 42,195 metres, the legendary distance that inspired the Greek messenger Pheidippides when he ran from Marathon to Athens in 480 BC to bring news of a key event in the Battle of Marathon.

Hammer thrower Hanna Skydan is one of Azerbaijan's best track and field options at Paris 2024, as is Cuban-born triple jumper Alexis Copello, a two-time European champion and eighth at London 2012 (still competing for Cube).

The 2024 FISU World University Championship Ski Orienteering is halfway through. After the sprint and the pursuit at the weekend, the middle distance and sprint relays are still to come in Leiderheide, Switzerland.

In just one year, the FISU World University Games Winter Torino 2025 will kick off with the Opening Ceremony on 13 January 2025 and the final day of competition 11 days later on 23 January.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended shooting Para athlete Saeed Mohammed Abdulla Alblooshi for two years for committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) in violation of the IPC Anti-Doping Code (IPC Code).

Dodgers vs. Padres will open the 2024 regular season on 20 March in Seoul, Korea. Astros and Rockies will play in Mexico City on 28-29 April, and Mets and Phillies will play in London from 8-9 June.

On the 10 January 2024, the European University Sports Association (EUSA) office in Ljubljana hosted a meeting on the topic of the first EUSA-EPF European Universities Powerlifting Championship. 

The FISU World University Championship and Cups kick off on 12 January with Ski Orienteering, in Lantsch/Lenz/Lenzerheide, Switzerland, where the best student athletes in the discipline are ready to compete in optimal conditions until 16 January.

As they did at the recent Women's World Championship in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, Germany on Wednesday showed their love for handball.

Russia, embroiled in a long-running dispute with the world's major sporting institutions, has just appointed three former athletes banned for doping, Yelena Lashmanova, Sergei Kirdyapkin and Olga Kanishkina, as coaches of the national team.

NCAA and ESPN have reached a new eight-year agreement for the media rights to NCAA championships from 1 September 2024. It includes domestic rights to a record 40 NCAA championships, as well as international rights to the same NCAA championships and the Division I men's basketball tournament.

The University of Florida is embarking on a multi-faceted initiative to propel the university onto the global stage in sports performance, health care and communication, while showcasing its world-class sport facilities and partnerships. 

Grace Fu, 59, was elected unopposed as the President of the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EOGM) held at the Singapore Sports Hub.