The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) President Mohammed Jalood was this week in Azerbaijan, where he had the opportunity to discuss new ways of developing weightlifting in the country with the national authorities. While in Baku, Jalood met with Prime Minister Ali Asadov, the Minister of Youth and Sports Farid Gayibov, and representatives of the Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee and Weightlifting Federation.

The grand finale of the 2024 season of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour will take place in Hong Kong for the first time in history on 23-24 November 2024, featuring the world's best men's 3x3 teams.

In preparation for the Paris Olympic Games this summer, French authorities have launched an online platform to process applications for access to restricted areas around the city during the Olympiad. These restrictions are part of the city’s security measures for the games and will apply to residents, visitors, and people entering the area for work.

Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel, six-time cyclocross world champion, is undergoing a change at the highest level. His latest ambition is to add the Olympic gold medal in road cycling to the rainbow jersey he already wears in the same discipline. It would be the first time that anyone has ever achieved the triple crown.

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.