Officials from the Paris 2024 Organising Committee have been given "sacred soil" from the ancient site in Olympia to help them promote the traditional Torch Relay.

Paris 2024 chief executive Étienne Thobois has welcomed the minting of a special €10 (£8.74/$9.83) hexagonal silver commemorative coin as a symbol of French "know how".

Organisers of the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics have signed a four-year deal with Deloitte Italia which will carry them through to the Games.

Hybrid pitches are to be permitted in men's and women's one day internationals (ODIs) and T20 matches provided both teams are in agreement following a change to regulations made by the latest meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket Committee.

The International Canoe Federation (ICF) have applied for consideration at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria.

Paris 2024 organisers described their choice of Opening and Closing Ceremony artistic director Thomas Jolly as "creative and daring".

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has reaffirmed the commitment of the Olympic Movement to non-discrimination and peace during an emotional visit to the World Holocaust Remembrance Center at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.

The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) have ended a 16-month analytical testing restriction (ATR) which had been imposed on the Romanian doping control laboratory in Bucharest.

Paris 2024 organisers have launched a registration programme for spectators around the world to buy ticket "packs" for the next editions of the Olympic Games.

The Thai resort city of Pattaya has been confirmed as the host of the Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (GAMMA) Asian Championships which are set to take place in mid November.

A scheme to appoint 24 sports development officers in the Solomon Islands has been launched to improve preparations for the 2023 Pacific Games, which are set to be held in the capital Honiara next November.

Japanese surfers provided the highlights of day four at the International Surfing Association World Surfing Games, as preliminary heats continued at Huntington Beach, California.

Australia will wear an indigenous-themed strip at this year's International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup.

All three individual Olympic medallists from Tokyo are set to compete in the International Equestrian Federation’s World Eventing Championships, due to begin at Pratoni del Vivaro in Italy tomorrow.