The four-time Olympic gold medallist was elected at the AGM. He joins the Board for an initial four-year term ending in 2028 and was nominated by Rowing Australia. Grant Harrison was also elected as Vice President.

Olympic and Paralympic Games athletes will have access to a specially-designated nursery facility in the Olympic Village this summer, the governing body announced on its website.

Former Olympian Simon Hollingsworth has been appointed by the board as the new Chief Executive Officer of Athletics Australia, the organisation announced in a press release Thursday. 

The newly-built Nassau County International Cricket Stadium was launched on 15 May with theInternational Cricket Council (ICC) "excited" to conquer new territories through the T20 World Cup in June, Agence France-Presse reported Wednesday. 

As anticipation builds for the Paris 2024 Olympics, the spotlight shining on elite athletes and a question is being raised: Will this prestigious event reveal the next Paralympic sensation?

This Thursday, the Olympic Torch made a leap back in time to explore the unique medieval heritage of the Aude. Nearly 110 Torchbearers carried the Flame from the fortress of Peyrepertuse to Carcassonne. Dimitri Pavadé, one of the relay captains, was in Carcassonne and Olivia Ruiz, one of France's most popular singers, lit the Olympic cauldron.

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.

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.

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.

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.