Kylian Mbappe has declared his departure from Paris Saint-Germain at the conclusion of the season, with expectations pointing towards his forthcoming move to Real Madrid, while also casting doubt over his involvement at the Paris Olympics.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has released the official list of athletes set to compete at the Olympics after concluding the 2024 BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals. A total of 173 athletes have qualified for a spot at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Simone Biles’ post-Olympic show, Gold Over America Tour, is back this autumn and is set to hit 30 cities across the USA starting 17 September in Oceanside, California.

In the heart of Colombes, a suburb of Paris, stands the majestic Yves-du-Manoir Stadium, a beacon of sporting heritage and excellence with a legacy that transcends time. 

From Saint-Raphael to Toulon, from the coast to the hinterland, the second leg of the Olympic Torch Relay in the Var region, was a love letter to the Mediterranean. It was a stage full of action, with a focus on culture, rugby and the group organised in partnership with the French Federation for Disabled Sports.

Paralympic fencer Vanderson Chaves has lost everything he had —his home, medals, equipment, uniforms, passport, everything— just days before he vies for a spot in the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Chaves is one of the displaced persons affected by the heavy rains and severe flooding in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul that has left at least 100 dead, hundreds injured and thousands more homeless.

Australian gymnast Georgia Godwin announced on Instagram this week that she has sustained an achilles injury just days out from the Australian Gymnastics Championships. Godwin was part of the team that obtained an Olympic quota last year, suffered the injury while training, and will not be participating in the national championships nor the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. 

Guinea's U-23 football team booked their place at the Olympic tournament in Paris with a play-off victory over Indonesia. Ilaix Moriba scored the only goal of the match in the French town of Clairefontaine.

India's Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra is aiming to break the iconic 90-metre barrier in Doha. Chopra is a star in his own country, on a par with cricketers. For athletes, that means a lot.

On the eve of the third stage of the Diamond League in Doha on Friday, reigning Olympic high jump champion Mutaz Essa Barshim hosted and won the first edition of the 'What Gravity Challenge' with some of the best specialists in the discipline on Thursday.

After the arrival of the Olympic Torch at the Vieux Port, Paris 2024 once again invited the people of Marseille to celebrate the first day of the Torch Relay in France in the heart of the city.

Yon de Luisa Plazas, a member of both the FIFA Executive Council and the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Football (Concacaf), stressed the importance of each host nation having clear objectives for its participation.

Newly re-elected president of the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) Elisa Aguilar confirmed that national team coaches Sergio Scariolo and Miguel Méndez, of the men's and women's sides, respectively, will extend their contracts until 2028.

On Europe Day, and the second on French soil for the Paris 2024 flame after a 12-day-long boat journey from Greece, Mariia Vysochanska participated in the relay through the coastal city’s streets to begin an 11-week parade across France before lighting the Olympic cauldron on 26 July.

Ukraine's acting sports minister Matviy Bidnyi says Russia has shown it "disregards the principles of Olympism" by organising the Friendship Games for September. He added that Russia is "merely attempting to use sport for its propaganda".