Former world number one Naomi Osaka has expressed her desire to play in the upcoming Paris Olympics. She may have to go through an appeals process to secure a place in the Games.

The head of the Paris police said crime around the Eiffel Tower and other tourist hotspots had dropped significantly ahead of the Olympics later this year.

Despite her frail shoulder, 102-year-old Melanie Berger-Volle will carry the Olympic torch as high as she can, promoting the values of friendship between peoples that she championed during her time in the French Resistance during the Second World War.

Klaus Schormann has announced his decision not to seek re-election at the UIPM 2024 Congress, marking the end of an era of pioneering innovation and progressive modernisation.

Olympic gold medallist in the women's triple jump, Yulimar Rojas, has suffered an Achilles tendon injury that will force her to withdraw from the upcoming Paris Games, it was announced on Friday.

Nicholas D'Amour has become the first archer to qualify for the Olympic Games. He did so last Tuesday. He won the semi-finals in Medellin last Tuesday to secure his place in the continental qualifiers. In Tokyo 2020 he won a place at the 2020 Olympic Games through universal qualification.

More than 250,000 new tickets for the Olympic Games have will go on sale on Wednesday 17 April at 10am CEST. This is one of the last opportunities to see the stars of the Games in action, including Léon Marchand, Teddy Riner, Simone Biles, Noah Lyles, Sha'Carri Richardson and Lebron James.

As part of its centenary celebrations, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) is launching the first ever "International Hockey Day" on 13-14 April 2024. 

World Athletics has announced that it will make history by becoming the first International Federation to distribute prize money at the Olympic Games, starting with Paris 2024 in August.

A few weeks back came the announcement of the Friendship Games, to be held in Russia in September. Total prize money across all sports: $100 million. Winners get $40,000. Second place, $25,000. Third: $17,000.

This weekend, all the teams that will take part in the women's handball competition at Paris 2024 will be decided, after the men's groups were determined in the three pre-Olympic tournaments.

European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov shares his thoughts on the recent World Cross Country Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia at the end of March.

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) decided at its annual General Assembly not to support the IBA's appeal against the IOC's decision to withdraw recognition of the IBA and offered to enter into a dialogue with all parties to find a solution to regain recognition.

Security for the Paris Saint-Germain-Barcelona Champions League football match at the Parc des Princes will be "significantly increased" after Islamic State threatened to "kill them all".

BCW Sports, the sports division of global communications agency BCW, will see a change in leadership as managing director Lars Haue-Pedersen steps down after more than 20 years. He will remain a key advisor to the business.