The Spanish sports site Relevo says Doha bid parties and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are close to finalising details over hosting the 2036 Olympic Games.

China's disgraced three-time Olympic gold medallist Sun Yang says he is keen to return to competitive swimming "as soon as possible". Sun's ban after a member of his entourage smashed vials of blood with a hammer during a row with drug testers ended on Tuesday.

Former Senegalese rifleman Oumar Dieme, aged over 90, sees it as a remarkable opportunity to carry the Olympic torch during the opening ceremony of the upcoming Paris Games.

After a day's rest, the Olympic Torch stopped off in the Indre département on Monday. With its picturesque villages, castles and mansions, fields of grain and many hiking trails, it is also a land of sport and the perfect place to get away from it all.

Issamade 'Issam' Asinga, who blamed his positive drug test on "eating recovery gummies", will be stripped of his titles as South American double sprint champion and world U20 100m record holder for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) and banned for four years from 9 August 2023 by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Richard Carapaz will not defend his title in Paris after the Ecuadorian Cycling Federation (FEC) chose Jhonathan Narváez for the country's sole road race spot. Carapaz slammed the selection criteria as "biased and lacking the principles of fairness and sporting equality".

Lima, the capital of Peru, will host the 2025 Global Esports Games (GEG) and also annual stages of the Global Esports Federation (GEF)'s Pro-Series - the Global Esports Tour (GET) - from 2024 to 2028.

Rafael Nadal's illustrious French Open career came to a likely end with his first ever defeat in the opening round by Alexander Zverev on Monday, after Iga Swiatek made a winning start in her bid for a fourth title, Agence France-Presse reported early Tuesday. 

During the Sports Forum "Sport for All" and "World Sporting Achievements" in Yerevan, Armenia, the Secretary General of the newly formed International Friendship Association (IFA), Jerome Valcke, presented the aim and mission of the organisation.

On 25 May 1924, Lithuanian footballers faced Switzerland at the Pershing Stadium in Paris. The Lithuanian contingent was in football and cycling. LNOC President Daina Gudzinevičiūtė wanted to highlight everyone who made this centenary possible: "Every link of the Lithuanian community is important."

Bulgaria’s President, Rumen Radev, met with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach yesterday at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne to discuss the country’s candidacy to host the Youth Olympic Winter Games, Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) reported today.

Former footballer Christian Karembeu shared that he has tragically lost two family members amid the recent surge of violence in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia.

Bill Walton, a revered figure in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and one of its most prominent broadcasters, has passed away at 71 years old.

The awards ceremony was attended by athletes, sporting luminaries, and government dignitaries from across the ten countries that make up the region: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The Olympic Foundation Scholarships, which were awarded to 404 beneficiaries this year, will assist them with their sports and school-related expenses in four categories. The awards ceremony was held at Temasek Convention Centre, Singapore.