French swimming coach Lionel Horter —along with members of his family— received suspended prison terms on Monday after being found guilty of a financial scam involving Mulhouse Olympic swimming club (MON). The 58-year-old former coach of France's double Olympic champion Yannick Agnel, received a one-year suspended sentence and was banned for managing a company for two years, Agence France-Presse reported Monday afternoon. 

French superstar Kylian Mbappe has signed a five-year contract with the current Champions League holders after seven years of negotiations. Having been left off France's Olympic list on Monday, he will join the Spanish club after playing the European Championship with his national team.

Qatar has welcomed weightlifting star Mohammed Hamada to the kingdom, with the aim of helping him gear up for the upcoming Paris Olympics this summer.

Novak Djokovic cast doubt over his French Open hopes after admitting he needed anti-inflammatory medication to treat a knee injury as he pulled off another astonishing escape in a five-set victory over Francisco Cerundolo on Monday. The world number one outlasted Argentine 23rd seed Cerundolo 6-1, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 for his record 370th win in a Grand Slam match as he reached a 15th consecutive French Open quarter-final.

Nearly 250 of the world's best junior squash players will descend on Houston, USA this July after the players for the 2024 WSF World Junior Squash Championships were confirmed.

The Baseball European Cup 2024 tipped-off today in Valencia with a game between Austria’s Diving Ducks and Les Cougars Montigny of France in the Group B division. Eight top-level teams are set to compete for the European crown from 4-9 June: 2 teams from Spain, 2 teams from France, 2 teams from Austria, 1 team from Croatia and 1 team from Belgium.

Volleyball Foundation ready to serve the world after incredible launch event at the headquarters of the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (International Volleyball Federation, FIVB) in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Mustapha Berraf has sent an important public message about the key role of children on the continent. "Our present and our future will be built by our children," stressed the president of the African Olympic Committees (ANOCA or ACNOA in French).

British Elite Athletes Association (BEAA) CEO Anna Watkins MBE will leave her role after the Paris 2024 Games to allow her successor to lead the organisation from the start of the full LA 2028 cycle.