The French capital is preparing for one of the biggest security challenges in its history: 600,000 people are expected to attend the unprecedented Opening Ceremony on the Seine and an average of 40,000 security personnel will be on duty every day. The IOC has full confidence in the "plans in place."

The Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) endorsed the gymnast Georgia-Rose Brown ceasing to compete for Australia and allowing her to do so for New Zealand.

The Olympic year, the run-up to Paris, got off to a great start with the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon, South Korea.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has set out the places and forbidden topics where competitors will be able to express their opinions during the 2024 Olympic Games, where athletes' freedom of expression will be subject to certain restrictions.

Mexico has withdrawn from the race to host the 2036 Olympic Games. The president of the Mexican Olympic Committee (COM), Maria José Alcalá, made the announcement on Tuesday following the presentation of new sponsors for the national team, which will take part in Paris 2024.

The Ministry of Youth Sports and the NOC of Ukraine called on World Taekwondo (WT) to immediately review the decision and follow the example of the International Curling Federation (World Curling Federation) and other sports federations in suspending Russian and Belarusian athletes from all international competitions.

For the first time in its 40-year sponsorship programme, the International Olympic Committee has signed up Anheuser-Busch InBev as a beer brand, Corona Cero, a non-alcoholic version of Corona beer.

The actions of the Colombian government, led by President Gustavo Petro, in its attempt to regain the organisation of the Pan American Games, are incompatible with IOC rules and put the Colombian Olympic Committee on the brink of severe punishment: suspension and even expulsion.

Hungary's double Olympic champion and honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Pál Schmitt, was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Hungarian Sports Journalists' Association at The Athlete of the Year 2023 Gala in Budapest this week. The trophy was presented to Pál Schmitt by Madame President Katalin Novák, Hungary's Head of State, and Zsolt Gyulay, President of the Hungarian Olympic Committee and a double Olympic champion himself.

The former French basketball player resigned this Wednesday after being criticised for her social media posts about Israel. In an act of reconciliation and responsibility, Gomis officially resigned, according to a statement from the Olympic Organising Committee (COJO).

Organising an Esports event has been on the IOC's agenda for the past year, and the possibility of Japan hosting the event is gaining momentum after the option of hosting the Winter Olympics in Sapporo was ruled out following the withdrawal of the 2030 bid.

The Ukrainian NOC will not use money from the IOC Solidarity Fund to protest against the inclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes in some international competitions and at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Ukrainian NOC President Vadim Gutzeit announced on the Tribuna.com portal.

According to Le Parisien, the former international basketball player is being sanctioned by the French organisation's ethics commission for posting a controversial message about Israel on her social media. The sanction is not yet official.

Russia, embroiled in a long-running dispute with the world's major sporting institutions, has just appointed three former athletes banned for doping, Yelena Lashmanova, Sergei Kirdyapkin and Olga Kanishkina, as coaches of the national team.