As the Paris Olympics approach, the Chinese Olympic Committee has assembled a 716-member delegation, urging them to compete with pride and integrity to enhance the country's international image.

Double Olympic champion, Taekwondo athlete from Great Britain Jade Jones escaped Olympic ban after being found to have committed a no-fault doping violation in December 2023.

"I always came in last," is the response from Dominican athlete Marileidy Paulino when asked about her beginnings in athletics. She no longer runs barefoot; those days are behind her. Today, she runs for the gold medal in the 400 meters at the Paris 2024 Olympics.

16 wrestlers have qualified for the US out of the 290 athletes who will compete in the Olympic Games. It has six places in the freestyle event, six in the women's event and four in the Greco-Roman event. Japan follows with 13 wrestlers, and there will be two neutral individual wrestlers and two refugee athletes.

Eight Palestinian athletes taking part in the Paris Olympics will be symbols of "resistance" during the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, a Palestinian minister said Sunday as the official delegation left the occupied West Bank. This will be the eighth time Palestinian athletes have taken part in the Olympics since 1996, but Olympic committee head Jibril Rajoub said the athletes had never felt so much attention.

USA men's basketball head coach Steve Kerr downplayed Kevin Durant's calf injury, which has prevented the three-time Olympic gold medalist from training with the rest of the group ahead of the Games.

Twelve years on from her stunning 800m freestyle victory at the London Olympics, Katie Ledecky is headed to Paris for her fourth straight Games aiming to extend an astonishing run of sustained excellence. The American freestyle great, whose talents were once dubbed "otherworldly" by Michael Phelps' mentor Bob Bowman, brings an even-keeled approach that doesn't hide a fierce competitive streak as she vies to add to her cache of 10 Olympic medals —seven of them gold.

Chile already has its tickets for the Paris 2024 Games with a delegation of at least 48 athletes competing in 22 disciplines, with all eyes on Francisca Crovetto in shooting and María José Mailliard in canoeing. 

Fate has decreed that the Roland Garros champions, with 20 titles between them, will meet in Bastad. There is only one twist to the tale: The 38-year-old Spaniard will play 21-year-old Leo Borg, the son of the legendary Bjorn Borg, who is now 68. The draw was a pleasant surprise.

Governor Phil Murphy delivered a reassuring message in Berlin on Sunday. It came a day after Donald Trump was shot in the ear during an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania. New Jersey will host eight matches, including the final, at the World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico.

Carlos Alcaraz surged to victory against a below-par Novak Djokovic, retaining his men's singles title at Wimbledon. In a match that showcased his exceptional skill and determination, Alcaraz overcame the seasoned champion, solidifying his place among tennis elites.

England's Harry Hall secured his first US PGA Tour victory with a dramatic birdie chip-in on the third hole of a five-man sudden-death playoff at the ISCO Championship in Nicholasville, Kentucky, on Sunday.

The Slovenian rider extended his lead to more than three minutes in the second Pyrenees stage, which finished on the Plateau de Beille. He launched a fierce attack on his main rival on the final climb. Pogacar secured his second consecutive victory, his 14th at the age of 25, and effectively sealed the Tour with a week to go.