A legal challenge has been launched over surveillance laws passed by the French Government for next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.

Newly-appointed Paris 2024 director of security Bruno Le Ray has revealed that organisers have acquired around a quarter of the guards needed for next year’s Olympics and Paralympics.

The International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes from its competitions will be re-assessed at its General Assembly in September - but President Andrew Parsons has stressed that that need not be the "final, final decision".

Sohrab Moradi, the Iranian world record holder who won Olympic gold at Rio 2016 before his career was blighted by serious injuries, is returning to action aged 33 and aiming to qualify for Paris 2024.

Ukraine’s first Olympic gold medallist Oksana Baiul has pleaded with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to "help us" by banning Russian athletes from competing at next year’s Games in Paris.

French postal services La Poste and Geopost have become official supporters of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.

Swimming Australia chief executive Eugenie Buckley has resigned from her position with just over 15 months to go until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has stated that the proposed figure of 600,000 people present at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony "is being refined".

A controversial bill that will allow artificial intelligence video surveillance to be used for security purposes during next year's Olympics and Paralympics in Paris has been approved by the French Parliament.

Volocopter, the company behind the "flying taxis" due to feature at next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, has insisted that the project is on track but is offering no guarantee that it will be able to deliver them in time for the event in the French capital.

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has admitted that it is “a possibility” that his organisation could have different policy to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at Paris 2024.

The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) has revealed that the national team has been suspended by FIFA, preventing them from competing at the Asian qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympics and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Asian Cup in Qatar.

The International Boxing Association (IBA) has called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to cancel the Paris 2024 qualification status of the European Games 2023 boxing competition.

Outside of France, British people have bought the most tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games which is set to take place in the capital city for the first time in 100 years from July 26 to August 11.

The Kenyan National Olympic Committee hosted an online training session to share knowledge of the Olympic Movement among journalists.