The sacred flame for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit on Tuesday in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the ancient Games, in a ceremony inspired by antiquity and marked by messages of hope amid multiple global crises.

Despite her frail shoulder, 102-year-old Melanie Berger-Volle will carry the Olympic torch as high as she can, promoting the values of friendship between peoples that she championed during her time in the French Resistance during the Second World War.

Olympic gold medallist in the women's triple jump, Yulimar Rojas, has suffered an Achilles tendon injury that will force her to withdraw from the upcoming Paris Games, it was announced on Friday.

A few weeks back came the announcement of the Friendship Games, to be held in Russia in September. Total prize money across all sports: $100 million. Winners get $40,000. Second place, $25,000. Third: $17,000.

In line with its vision of "Games Wide Open," Paris 2024 was delighted to work with the Torch Relay's Presenting Partners, Coca-Cola and Banque Populaire & Caisse d'Epargne, to involve as many French people as possible in the Torch Relay. By taking the flame to six overseas territories, the Relay across the Oceans will also prepare French people from all over the world to celebrate the Games. 

The current tennis sensation, Italian world number two Jannik Sinner, begins his clay court season at the Monte Carlo Masters 1,000 with France as his main target, first Roland Garros and then the Olympic Games, both in the same scenario.

Pierre de Coubertin, the controversial founder of the modern Olympic Games, will have his own wax figure in Paris, the Grevin Museum has announced in the run-up to the sporting extravaganza.

Health agency has warned of the risk of importing the disease as France will welcome millions of foreign visitors during the Olympic Games, according to AFP, in a new worry for the Organising Committee chaired by Tony Estanguet.

To realise his dream, the Filipino boxing superstar proposed that the age of eligibility for the Olympic Games be raised "from 40 to 50". The Philippines submitted the request to the IOC, but it was rejected. However, the boxer continues to pursue a faded dream.

Raja Sapta Oktohari, chairperson of the National Olympic Committee of Indonesia, announced that the committee is actively investigating the possibility of Indonesia hosting the 2036 Olympic Games.

The Olympic marina in Marseille, which will host the sailing events of the Paris Games this summer, was inaugurated on Tuesday in the presence of the president of the organising committee, Tony Estanguet, who praised a facility designed for the "top level" and "to inspire new vocations."

Exactly 35 years ago, on 1 April 1989, when the city of Avignon, France, played a pivotal role in the history of triathlon by hosting a congress where the International Triathlon Union (ITU), now World Triathlon, was founded. 

The XIV CAT Rifle and Pistol Championships in Buenos Aires is the most important competition of its kind on the American continent, with twelve quotas for Paris 2024 up for grabs.

On Thursday, Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council Secretary Nuzhat Gul highlighted sports as a powerful tool to combat drug-related problems in society at the inaugural session of the three-day Softball-Baseball Championship.

The IOC Coordination Commission has praised the solid foundations being laid for an impressive Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.