The Paris 2024 Games will welcome neutral Russian and Belarusian athletes following the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision for next year's event, according to the head of the organising committee.

Afghan cyclist Masomah Ali Zada, a member of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Refugee Team and a member of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Athletes Commission, has been appointed Chef de Mission for the Paris 2024 Olympic Refugee Team, the IOC announced on Monday.

Two-time Olympic swimming medallist Kliment Kolesnikov has expressed his scepticism about the criteria for Russia's participation in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has quit the intergovernmental committee tasked with organising the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane, calling it a "pointless talkfest" and a "dysfunctional farce".

US Olympic chiefs on Thursday expressed confidence in security for the 2024 Paris Olympics after a deadly weekend attack in the French capital.

Ukraine on Saturday criticised Olympic chiefs' decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete next year as neutrals, outside team events and without actively opposing the invasion.

Germany's sports minister, Nancy Faeser, on Saturday called on the International Olympic Committee to carry out a "very close examination" of the backgrounds of Russian athletes and to exclude those who have supported the war in Ukraine from the 2024 Olympic Games.

Olympic chiefs on Friday gave Russian and Belarusian athletes the green light to compete as neutrals in next year's Paris Games, outside team events and provided they do not actively support the war in Ukraine.

Spanish golfer Jon Rahm is to leave the PGA Tour to join the controversial LIV Golf league. The official announcement that Rahm, the world's third ranked player, will join LIV Golf, the league created by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, could come within hours.

France's Minister for Sport, Amelie Oudea-Castera, on Thursday ruled out the possibility of moving the Olympic surfing events away from Tahiti following the environmental damage caused during testing last week.

Ukraine's government is "very concerned" by calls from sports federations and national Olympic committees to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in Paris next year, its deputy sports minister told AFP.

International sports federation and national Olympic committee representatives called on Tuesday for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be admitted to Paris 2024 under neutral flag "as soon as possible".

The International Surfing Association (ISA) on Wednesday welcomed authorities' decision to suspend work on Tahiti's Paris Olympics venue.

The French government is insisting it will keep the plan to hold the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony on the River Seine even after a deadly attack in the French capital at the weekend amplified existing security concerns.