Next year's Paris 2024 Games will serve to "unite in peaceful competition" a world in which "people are exhausted and tired of the antagonism, hostility and hatred they encounter in all areas of their lives", says Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, is not afraid of a boycott of the 2024 Olympic Games by Ukraine. However, he reiterated his call for athletes from Russia and Belarus to be allowed to take part in the Paris Games. Bach said he was satisfied with the IOC's decision.

A decision on the possible removal of Emilie Gomis from her role as ambassador will be taken in early January, according to Paris 2024 organising committee chief Tony Estanguet.

The President of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Tony Estanguet, held a press conference at the headquarters of the Olympic Committee in Saint Denis to report on the tasks carried out in 2023 and to announce the activities for 2024.

The European Union's top court ruled on Thursday that sanctions imposed by the International Skating Union (ISU) on athletes who take part in competitions not recognised by the federation are illegal, after concluding that the rules are in breach of EU competition rules to the detriment of athletes, fans and television viewers.

The president of the Israeli Olympic Committee, Yaël Arad, assured on Thursday that Israel would be present "100 per cent" at the Paris Olympics in 2024, just over two months after the outbreak of the conflict with Hamas.

If France is hit again by extremist attacks or a security crisis in the run-up to the 2024 Olympics, the huge opening ceremony Paris plans to hold on the banks of the Seine could be postponed, French President Emmanuel Macron has said.

The transport planning committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has promised that public transport will be available for all Olympic events, with a bus, metro and train network that will increase by 15% compared to normal summer traffic in the Paris region.

A former executive of the Tokyo organising committee for the last Olympics has pleaded not guilty to taking bribes totalling about ¥198 million (€1.28 million). His trial began last week.

The Ministry of Youth and Sports has won the approval of Parliament for the 2024 budget, including funding for the organisation of the 13th African Games. A total of 14 million euros has been approved for the budget, with a significant portion of it earmarked for the continental sporting event.

National Olympic Committee (NOC) Presidents from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have sent a letter to the IOC demanding immediate explanations to Olympic Committees and society at large regarding the individual participation of athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports in the Paris Olympics, as confirmed by Latvian Olympic Committee (LOK).

International Olympic Committee (IOC) Vice President Juan Antonio Samaranch described opening the door to the Paris 2024 Games to Russian and Belarusian athletes under certain conditions as a "painful but fair balance" as the war in Ukraine continues.

Sapporo city will halt efforts to bring the Winter Games to northern Japan, according to local media reports.

"The current conditions provide only for the status of neutrality. There is no mention of specific regulations on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes," Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin told TASS.