A seemingly innovative proposal by the International Surfing Association (ISA) to the Paris 2024 organisers - to use a virtual approach to avoid building the controversial tower that has raised environmental concerns and opposition from environmental groups - has been rejected.

The transport planning committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has promised that public transport will be available for all Olympic events, with a bus, metro and train network that will increase by 15% compared to normal summer traffic in the Paris region.

Paris hoteliers are siding with tourists against plans by the French capital's government to triple the daily tax for visitors in 2024, following an already announced metro price hike.

Russian athletes remain banned from competing in athletics at next year's Paris Olympics, but Sebastian Coe acknowledged on Monday that "the world can change" and said the situation was being monitored.

The influencer, youtuber and professional boxer will serve as a protagonist and collaborator with USA Boxing, using his social networks to showcase the athletes' preparations for the Olympic Games and serve as an inspiration to young people in their fight for sporting glory

The International Surfing Association (ISA) has proposed Olympic events without a physical judge tower but with remote judges for the upcoming Olympic Games, aiming to appease local ecological resistance.

Thousands of people in precarious situations could be evicted and relocated from the Ile-de-France region during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The collective Le revers de la médaille is demonstrating in Montmatre to highlight the situation of the most disadvantaged.

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Monday that the tickets for the Paris Olympics are 'expensive' and pleaded for the families of athletes to be given priority by organisers.

The French capital will welcome its third Olympic Games next summer and take pride in showcasing the legendary Yves-du-Manoir Stadium as the host, the same venue used a century ago in the 1924 Paris Games.

National Olympic Committee (NOC) Presidents from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have sent a letter to the IOC demanding immediate explanations to Olympic Committees and society at large regarding the individual participation of athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports in the Paris Olympics, as confirmed by Latvian Olympic Committee (LOK).

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President Juan Antonio Samaranch described opening the door to the Paris 2024 Games to Russian and Belarusian athletes under certain conditions as a "painful but fair balance" as the war in Ukraine continues.

On December 8, 2023, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced a decision by its Executive Board. The decision allows Individual Neutral Athletes with Russian or Belarusian passports, who have qualified through existing systems, to be eligible for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. This eligibility is contingent on strict conditions, including compliance with anti-doping requirements both before and during the Olympics.

"The current conditions provide only for the status of neutrality. There is no mention of specific regulations on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes," Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin told TASS.

The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has charged the presidents of the national sports federations, the Federal Ministry of Sports Development and athletes to ensure that Nigeria surpasses its past performances at the global sporting fiesta ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

South Korea's Sports and Olympic Committee announced it has been decided to send about 400 athletes to military camps next week as part of preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics, citing the need to instil mental toughness in athletes.