Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker sparked increasing criticism on Wednesday following a speech in which he criticised LGBTQ Pride month and targeted women in the workforce.

The race to secure tickets to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is underway as the African Qualification Tournament begins today at the BK Arena in Kigali, Rwanda's capital city, the African Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) announced in a press release earlier today. 

The Olympic Torch Relay has been travelling the roads of France for a week now, and on Wednesday the Pyrénées-Orientales département took centre stage. The Catalans, who have kept the tradition of the Canigó Flame alive since time immemorial, waited with bated breath for the arrival of the Olympic torch in their region.

Australia will open the competition in Hermosillo, Mexico against Venezuela. Immediately after the opening ceremony at the Fernando Ortiz Stadium, the hosts will take on the Czech Republic. The 2024 edition will feature 18 teams divided into three groups. The top two teams in each group will advance to the next stage.

Georgian Rafting Federation President Davit Katsarava, a member of the Anti-Occupation Movement, was arrested and severely beaten at the anti-Russian law rally.

Following her withdrawal from the majority of her events at the 2020 Tokyo Games, gymnast Simone Biles intends to stage her Olympic comeback in Paris 2024 later this summer.

In 2008, an explosion destroyed her father's car in Baquba. She was just three years old. She lost the greater part of her right leg, the knee of her left leg and the forearm of her right arm. Against her family's wishes, she started playing table tennis at the age of 10 and now, at 19, after learning at Tokyo 2020, she will be competing for the top prize at Paris 2024.

In the last few hours, the rubbish collectors of Paris have gone on strike, using the power that comes with being just 70 days away from the third modern Olympic Games to be held on French soil.

In support of the Refugee Olympic Team's journey to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has unveiled the "1 in 100 Million" initiative.

Bahamian double Olympian Joanna Evans expressed her frustrations with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Monday via social media. 

The U.S. Center for SafeSport has permanently banned Australian Olympic figure skater Brendan Kerry for sexual misconduct involving a minor, the body said in a ruling on Tuesday.

The U18 finals and medal ceremonies have now been completed at the 2024 GAMMA European Championships in Slovakia, with the senior competition from 17-19 May.

The federation, based in Styrsö, becomes a new provisional member of the IBA. It will be decided at the IBA Congress at the end of 2024 whether it can become a permanent member.

British heavyweight boxing titleholder Tyson Fury and Ukrainian challenger Oleksandr Usyk are set to battle for the undisputed heavyweight world championship this Saturday at Riyadh's Kingdom Arena.

World Aquatics has unveiled a first-ever high-altitude pool in Bhutan as part of their Pools for All Programme initiative launched in 2019.