The participating sports of the multi-sport European Championships came together in Geneva on Wednesday 22 November to confirm their long-term commitment to the new generation event and discuss how to build on the success of Munich 2022 over the next three editions (2026, 2030, 2034).

As part of his trip to Bangladesh, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Youth and Sports Farid Gayibov has met with his Bangladeshi counterpart Zahid Ahsan Russel.

The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, stated on Wednesday, November 22, that "we will not be ready" for public transport in the capital during the 2024 Olympic Games", citing insufficient numbers and frequency of trains in certain areas. Interviewed on the Quotidien show, the Mayor of Paris mentioned "two things on which the capital o France will not be ready," namely "transport" and "shelter for the homeless."

Some 400,000 tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympics will go on sale in the last week of November, organisers announced on November 22.

The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved on Tuesday (118 votes in favor and none against) the call for an Olympic truce for the Paris 2024 Games, but Russia and Syria abstained in protest over Russia's recent exclusion from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The city of Stockholm said on Tuesday that it supported Sweden's bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics, with the capital and its surrounding areas tipped to host some of the main events.

The Sol2023 Pacific Games officially began on Sunday night with a vibrant Opening Ceremony at Solomon Islands’ newly built National Stadium in Honiara. The multi-sport event happens every four years among athletes from Oceania and this year it's being hosted by Solomon Islands from November 19 to December 2.

Russia has never positioned the Friendship Games as an alternative to other competitions, Russian Sports Minister Oleg Matytsin said. Earlier, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) sent a letter to the National Olympic Committees recommending that they refuse to participate in the Friendship Games. On June 22, IOC head Thomas Bach said that Russia was trying to organize "politicized sports competitions."

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is concerned over the 2024 Friendship Games taking place in Russia, WADA Director General Olivier Niggli said during the Foundation Board meeting. "Russia has the intention of potentially organizing a multi-sports event in 2024 that is called the Friendship Games", Niggli said. "This seems to be completely organized outside the framework of sport, to the extent that even the chairman or the president of the organizing committee would be the president of a federation that just lost its recognition from the sports movement".

This week, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA’s) Executive Committee (ExCo) and Foundation Board (Board) met in Montreal, Canada, on 16 and 17 November 2023, respectively. The ExCo followed the recommendations from the CRC to allege three National Anti-Doping Organizations (NADOs) and one Major Event Organization (MEO) as non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Code (Code) and added two other NADOs to the ‘watchlist’. The three NADOs that the ExCo decided to allege as non-compliant with the Code are: Venezuela, Nigeria and Tunisia.

The Olympic Truce, dating back to the ancient Olympic Games in Olympia in 776 BC, aims to ensure the cessation of all hostilities, allowing the safe passage and participation of athletes and spectators in the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

The 2024 Paris Olympic Games will be the 'most connected in the world,' and their entire native production will be in 4K, stated Mario Reis, Director of Telecommunications at Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) on Tuesday. 

The next edition of the World University Winter Games, scheduled in 426 days in the city and region where the event was born under the name Universiade, will be the first event open to all without barriers of any kind. 

The IOC has recommended National Olympic Committees to refrain from participating in the Friendship Games in Moscow. "The goal of the Friendship Games was never to conflict with the IOC or create a competition against the Olympic movement. The Friendship Games were conceived as a harmonious addition to the existing international calendar, and this is particularly important for Russian athletes," stated the Organizing Committee.