International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has hinted at the permission of Russian and Belarusian athletes at next year’s Olympics by expressing his wish for competitors from all 206 National Olympic Committees (NOC) to be present in Paris.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially proposed to his Government that they organise the "World Friendship Games" shortly after the Paris 2024 Olympics.

A protest is planned at Brisbane Airport next month after warnings of a dramatic increase in the number of flights to the site between now and the Brisbane 2032 Olympics.

Bilal Mallakh and Fatima El-Mamouny of Morocco have made history by becoming the first athletes ever to qualify for an Olympic Games in breaking.

Kazakhstan’s Minister of Culture and Sports Askhat Oralov has warned his country’s boxers that "lots of work is ahead" to prepare for the Paris 2024 Olympics, despite their success at the International Boxing Association (IBA) Men’s World Championships in Tashkent this week.

France’s €1.4 billion (£1.2 billion/$1.5 billion) plan to make the River Seine clean enough to host swimming events at the Paris 2024 Olympics could encounter problems over access to vital sewage pipe renewal.

Paris 2024 organisers have launched a Pride House for the Games, which aims to help in the fight against discrimination. 

Brisbane's hospitality business is said to be increasing with the anticipation of the city's hosting of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Olympic basketball gold medallist and National Basketball Association (NBA) Hall of Famer Ray Allen has predicted that American dominance of the sport could end at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has welcomed the addition of Groupe Aeroports de Paris (Groupe ADP) as the latest official partner of the Games.

Delta Air Lines has re-launched a daily service connecting Paris and Los Angeles - the next two host cities of the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Television presenter Sabrina Sato has been made the "godmother" of the Brazilian team until the end of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Olympic organisers have revealed that over one million tickets have been purchased in the space of 48 hours, leaving 20 sports sold out for Paris 2024, including the new discipline of breaking.

The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) is to use a building where Pierre de Coubertin celebrated the revival of the Olympic Games as the "Casa Italia" hospitality headquarters at Paris 2024.

The ancient Indian sport of mallakhamb has launched a campaign to be involved in the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.