The visit is one of the anticipated steps for the French bid since it was selected by the IOC last November as the "preferred host" for the 2030 Olympics, while the American city of Salt Lake City was the only candidate for the 2034 Olympics.

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.

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.

Pierre de Coubertin, the controversial founder of the modern Olympic Games, will have his own wax figure in Paris, the Grevin Museum has announced in the run-up to the sporting extravaganza.

The Dutch Combat Sports Association (NVB) has given its support to the international governing body Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) in the organisation of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) as a demonstration discipline at the 2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana.

Raja Sapta Oktohari, chairperson of the National Olympic Committee of Indonesia, announced that the committee is actively investigating the possibility of Indonesia hosting the 2036 Olympic Games.

Paris 2024 boasts that it will host the Olympic and Paralympic Games on an equal footing. The village for both events will be the same, they will be held under the same logo, the mascot is almost identical -the Paralympic mascot has a prosthesis to represent its athletes - the medals are also the same, the ticketing system, transport and TV coverage are the same, but not everything will be the same.

Beijing has been selected to host the World Table Tennis (WTT) Grand Smash until 2028 following a competitive selection process approved by the WTT Board with the support of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

Ingmar De Vos from Belgium is the only candidate for the presidency of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF). This matter will be dealt with at the 48th General Assembly in Birmingham on 9 April.

In just two weeks, the 2024 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship Village will open in Utica, New York, USA. The organisation has invited the media to visit the Village, which will be packed with activities for fans.

Europe's top human rights body on Wednesday called for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be banned from the Paris Olympics. Council of Europe President Theodoros Rousopoulos said it would be an "insult to Ukrainian athletes" if competitors from the two nations were allowed to compete.

The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, and the President of the International Hockey Federation (FIH), Tayyab Ikram, have announced the hockey competition schedule for Paris 2024, which will take place from 27 July to 9 August.

ICC Birmingham will host the 18th edition of the SportAccord World Sport and Business Summit (7-11 April), the most influential industry gathering in sport. This is a huge opportunity for the West Midlands' major sports events venues and suppliers to be at the centre stage of the world's top sports decision-makers.

As athletes around the world turn their attention to qualifying, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games met in the Veneto region to discuss the preparations for hosting the event in less than two years' time.

The President of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), attorney Christopher Samuda, has backed the position of international sporting bodies on the recently announced "Enhanced Games".