Istanbul took the first step towards becoming the host of the fourth European Games last Thursday, likely to be held at the end of June 2027. The visibility of this metropolis and the potential for economic development, among other factors, were key in reaching this agreement.

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.

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.

Friday at the first-ever Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai was packed with preliminaries ahead of a weekend of finals, with skateboarding packing the stands with young spectators. 

Golfer Scottie Scheffler, currently ranked as the world's number one, was reportedly detained and handcuffed by police after allegedly trying to bypass a traffic jam caused by a fatal accident near a golf course.

Over a decade after Buzunesh Deba crossed the finish line at the 2014 Boston Marathon, she finally received her prize money. But not from race organisers, the Boston Athletic Association, but rather from a businessman and Boston Marathon fan. 

Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has remained at the top of Forbes' prestigious annual list of the world's highest-paid athletes, with Spanish golfer Jon Rahm moving into second place and Argentine star Lionel Messi in third.

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".

The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) has released the first 39 members of the athletes that will be representing Team SA in the Paris 2024 Olympics this summer this Wednesday in Johannesburg.

The Olympic Torch Relay continues its intense and emotional journey since arriving in mainland France on 10 May with a grand ceremony in Marseille after a long and special journey from Greece aboard the 19th Century boat Belem. Seven days later, rugby was in the spotlight.

Marcell Jacobs is confident that he can dip under 10 seconds as he returns to Italy for Sprint Festival: his first European 100 metres race in the build up to his Olympic title defence in Paris this summer, Agence France-Presse reported Thursday. 

Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh set a new world record in the 400 medley on Thursday, winning with a time of 4:24.38 in Toronto, after also claiming victory in Budapest and Fukuoka to qualify for Paris 2024.

Over 50 members of the American fencing community - including former world sabre champion Nikolay Kovalev - have signed an open letter to the board of US Fencing (also known as USA Fencing) saying athletes have "no confidence" in its investigation of bout manipulation allegations.