The day before the official opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Olympic Torch Relay visited Seine-Saint-Denis. The area, which will host Olympic and Paralympic events, saw more than 200 torchbearers from Noisy-le-Grand to Parc Georges Valbon, including celebrities such as Thuram and Ourahmoune.

It was an intense and unexpected day for World Aquatics (WA) President Husain Al-Musallam on the eve of the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony, as he was again forced to defend the Chinese swimmers declaring "all the swimmers are clean" to a barrage of press inquiries.

After 15 days of competition, the European Universities Games 2024 (EUG 2024) in Miskolc and Debrecen came to an end with a closing ceremony on Wednesday 24 July at the Nagyerdei Stadium in Debrecen.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has partially upheld the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) appeal against the decision of the Hearing Commission of the National Anti-Doping Organisation of Romania (NADO) and suspended Romanian long jumper Florentina Costina Iusco.

More than 200 torchbearers had the honour of being part of the Olympic torch's journey through Hauts-de-Seine, as the city buzzed with excitement on the first day of Olympic competition, just two days before France's Opening Ceremony on Friday evening.

The President of the South American Republic, Gabriel Boric, has decided to cancel his attendance at theParis 2024 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in order to remain in Chile and oversee the implementation of new measures to combat rising crime.

Security measures have been put in place in Paris ahead of the 33rd modern Olympic Games. Hundreds of police officers are enforcing strict traffic restrictions in the city centre and surrounding areas where the Opening Ceremony will take place, while the Olympic Village has been opened.

The Almaty Marathon 2024 in Kazakhstan is scheduled for 29 September and is expected to attract more than 15,000 runners. Last year it generated over $1.8 million (€1.65 m) for the local economy.

Former Olympic official Kevan Gosper, one of Australia's leading sports administrators, has died at the age of 90, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) announced on Friday.

Prosecutors in the Argentine province of Mendoza on Wednesday granted house arrest to French rugby players Oscar Jegou (20) and Hugo Auradou (21), who are accused of assaulting and raping a woman in a hotel in the provincial capital.

A Spanish court has sentenced an individual to an eight-month suspended prison sentence for online racist abuse directed at Real Madrid players Vinicius Junior and Antonio Rudiger, the club announced on Wednesday.

Argentina's Olympic football team coach Javier Mascherano has spoken out about the video of Enzo Fernandez and other national team players chanting racist slogans, saying it was "taken out of context" and that neither Fernandez nor Argentines are racist. The vice-president of the South American country accused France of being colonialists and hypocrites.

Olympic champion Alessandra Sensini, one of the most prominent figures in Olympic sailing, is mentoring the next generation of Italian sailors as Youth Technical Director for the Italian Sailing Federation (FIV).

The General Assembly of the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC)has unanimously nominated President Capralos to renew his mandate with the European Olympic Committees (EOC). The Greek will seek re-election at the Elective General Assembly to be held in Frankfurt from 28 February to 1 March 2025.