Now 10 days in the running across France’s roads, the Olympic Torch Relay passed through the Gers department, a rugby hotbed that celebrated the participation of 7-a-side player Paulin Riva, national star Anthony Jelonch and pioneer Odette Desprats, who lit the Cauldron at the Mouzon sports complex.

The Ukrainian won a controversial decision over the Briton in Riyadh and unified the four world titles for the first time in 24 years. The Briton dominated the early stages of the fight, but Oleksandr Usyk set the pace and nearly sent him to the canvas in the ninth round. Tyson Fury is unsure whether he will accept a rematch, which could take place in October.

Pride House at Paris 2024 will be a place full of life and celebration during the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer at the Peniche Rosa Bonheur on the Seine.

Marcell Jacobs won his first 100 metres race in Europe this year in the build-up to his Olympic title defence in Paris. Italian Jacobs, who stunned the athletics world with two golds in the Tokyo 2020 Games, clocked a time of 10.07 seconds to win his race at the 'Sprint Festival' in Rome, Agence France-Presse reported Saturday. 

Golf star Scottie Scheffler prepared for his second round at the US PGA Championship by "stretching in a jail cell" following his arrest on Friday morning.

The New Zealand rugby community mourned the loss of legendary All Blacks scrum-half Sid Going this weekend, who passed away aged 80.

France’s prime minister Gabriel Attal announced the Olympic flame will not be passing through New Caledonia on 11 June after several days of rioting in the overseas archipelago this past week.

A day after Vladimir Putin spurned down the French president's call for a ceasefire during the Paris 2024 Games, Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky did the same in an interview with AFP on Friday.

In an interview with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, Matwij Bidny again made clear his country’s stance on Russians being allowed to compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics, with an emphatic “no” and also looked ahead to the upcoming Euro 2024 football tournament in Germany.

The Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) has established a new Health and Wellbeing Commission as part of its ongoing work to modernise and innovate the federation. 

The former World Anti-Doping Agency President discussed the fall-out from the Chinese swimmers doping scandal and accused the agency from the other side of the border of seeking to undermine the global body with "lies and distortions".

They may be made of cardboard, but the beds at the athletes' village for this year's Paris Olympics have been chosen for their environmental credentials, not to prevent competitors from having sex, organisers said.

Rodgers Kwemoi, a Kenyan long-distance runner and former world junior 10,000m champion, has been handed a six-year ban for multiple violations of the athlete biological passport (ABP).

Canadian medalists at the Paris Games will receive an increase in their podium prize money, it has been revealed.