France should avoid voting for "extremes" in looming parliamentary elections, French basketball star Victor Wembanyama said Thursday, three days ahead of the first round of voting expected to be won by the far right.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Thursday invited 22 Russian and 17 Belarusian athletes to compete at the Paris Olympics as neutrals even though some have already decided against taking part. A second list of names authorised to compete in the Games showpiece included competitors from tennis, shooting and rowing. 

Despite Elaine Thompson Herah’s recent and disappointing announcement that she will not compete in the upcoming Paris Games due to injury, both sprinters showcased their elite speed in the 100 metres at the Caribbean country’s Olympic ramp-up.

After amassing a slew of medals in four Olympic Games yet failing to qualify for Paris 2024 at the Australian trials, the swimming legend decided to end her stellar career at 32 years old.

French president Emanuel Macron brought it up in May. Now, Dennis Francis, his counterpart at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has made a solemn appeal to the UN Member States for the observance of the Olympic Truce.

It was hello, then goodbye for the stelar and now injured sprinter at the Jamaican trials, as she failed to fully recover from and Achilles tear and was forced to pull out of the competition and renounce her Paris Summer Games bid.

Commonwealth Sport Canada (CSC) has announced the recipients of this year's Sport Awards (CCSA), who will be honoured at a banquet in Ottawa on 21 September. The award is presented to a Canadian SportWORKS officer who has made a significant contribution to the development of sport.

Seeking to find some kind of relief in sport while their war-ravaged country struggles, athletes from Ukraine showcased their Olympic outfits ahead of 2024 Games marred by international conflict.

In a US Congress hearing on Tuesday in which they questioned the World Anti-Doping Agency’s handling of the 2021 Chinese swimming drugs scandal, the two great American swimming legends asked for significant reform at the global body’s core.

After missing the Tokyo 2020 Games because of the Coronavirus, the Aussie tennis star was selected Wednesday to headline a potent national team with hopes to land a medal in Paris 2024. Ajla Tomljanovic will be the only countrywoman on the singles draw.

The French tech giant and Paris 2024 partner is still in dire straits after Onepoint’s lifeline was dropped on Wednesday as “conditions were not met to conclude an agreement for a lasting solution for financial restructuring”. Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky is now back in the mix.

UAE Jiu-Jitsu National Team delivered an impressive performance at the Grand Prix Thailand Open 2024 over the weekend, securing 15 medals, including five gold, three silver, and seven bronze. The event, held in Bangkok, is considered an ideal preparation for the team ahead of major international events, particularly the Jiu-Jitsu World Championship in Greece in November.

Preparations for the 2024 edition of the IMMAF Youth World Championships, scheduled from 6–10 August at Mubadala Arena in Zayed Sports City, are in full swing the organising committee for the event has announced.

With head coach Lee Chang-geon in charge, Korea will send four athletes to the taekwondo competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics: Park Tae-joon in the men's 58 kilograms, Seo Geon-woo in the men's 80kg, Kim Yu-jin in the women's 57kg and Lee Da-bin in the women's +67kg.