Filomena Fortes, president of the Association of Portuguese Language Olympic Committees has been awarded the Torch-Bearer Award by the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run.

The Olympic flame set sail from the Greek port of Piraeus today to France where the Olympic Torch Relay will continue its epic journey. Crossing the Mediterranean on board the Belem, the flame is scheduled to reach Marseille on 8 May. 

Thomas Bach pledged that the Paris Games' Opening Ceremony along the Seine would be "iconic" and "unforgettable," notwithstanding persistent concerns regarding security for the open-air river procession.

The Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa has firmly stated their position regarding the vision and geopolitical issues surrounding the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. 

Next month, Marseille is set to witness a monumental event as the Olympic torch arrives from Greece. On Friday, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced that approximately 6,000 police officers will be deployed to ensure the utmost security during this historic occasion.

The touching moment of two athletes sharing Olympic gold in a near-empty stadium in Tokyo captured the hearts and imaginations of audiences around the world, then ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Hamburg Marathon takes place on Sunday 28 April, with several athletes aiming to break course records and to qualify for the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Anti-terrorism police in France have detained a 16-year-old boy following a statement on social media expressing his desire to "die a martyr" at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris this summer.

Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) president Mustapha Berraf has unveiled a special message ahead of the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

On Tuesday, the Louvre Museum in Paris announced its intention to host yoga and sports sessions within its iconic galleries. This initiative is part of a broader city-wide cultural programme ahead of the Olympics.

France's former 800m world champion Pierre-Ambroise Bosse has received a 16-month ban from the French Anti-Doping Agency after missing three drug tests in the space of nine months. Bosse announced he was quitting athletics late last year due to recurrent injuries.

French President Emmanuel Macron, who has repeatedly promised to take an Olympic swim in the Seine, said the river was on the way to becoming “clean”, according to Agence France-Presse.

The European Fencing Confederation says no fencers from Russia or Belarus will participate in the Paris Olympics after those eligible under a neutral banner did not enter for European qualifiers, according to Agence France-Presse.

On Tuesday, the US Anti-Doping Agency issued a call for significant reforms within the World Anti-Doping Agency and urged for an impartial investigation into instances of Chinese swimmers testing positive before the Tokyo Olympics.

The FIG confirmed the individual quota places for Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics at the Paris Olympics, earned through the 2024 Apparatus World Cup series.