Marseille Mayor Benoît Payan has announced that the Olympic Flame for Paris 2024 is to arrive in the city on May 8 next year and promised “a great popular festival," to mark the occasion.

Cuba have beaten Cyprus 28-18 to win the International Handball Federation Men’s Emerging Nations Championships in Varna in Bulgaria.

Australia’s women’s football captain and Chelsea striker Sam Kerr has been chosen to carry her country’s flag at the Coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday (May 6).

Olympic modern pentathlon gold medallist Jim Fox, who has died at the age of 81, was a trailblazer for the sport in Britain.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has highlighted the 1966 World Cup final as the greatest moment in the history of Wembley Stadium in a special video message as it celebrates the 100th anniversary of its first match.

The detailed route of the Olympic Torch for Paris 2024 is set to be unveiled in June at the Sorbonne in Paris, the very place where the revival of the Olympic Games was agreed in 1894.

International Equestrian Federation (FEI) President Ingmar De Vos has pledged to renew efforts to develop the sport in China after initial plans to do so were blocked by the COVID-19 crisis.

Scotland's most successful international cyclist Chris Hoy has helped launch a "23 Million Mile Challenge," to mark 100 days until the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Championships in Scotland this August.

The French Railways Company (SNCF) has become the latest official supporter of the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Canada, Estonia and Scotland all made sure of places in the playoffs on the penultimate day of round-robin play in Group A at the World Curling Federation World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Gangneung, South Korea.

International Equestrian Federation (FEI) President Ingmar de Vos has insisted that the Olympic future of other equestrian sport is secure, as he confirmed the organisation was working alongside the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) to help them deliver a successful jumping competition at Paris 2024. 

A Refugee Team is set to compete for the first time at the European Games in Kraków-Małopolska, Poland, later this year.

Belarus National Olympic Committtee (NOCRB) President Viktor Lukashenko has reassured athletes at a forum in Minsk that NOCRB officials are continuing efforts to enable them to compete at next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris but warned that there was a "red line" that they would not cross.

 Utah’s bid leader has endorsed Stockholm’s credentials as a potential host city for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.