Olympic and Paralympic Games athletes will have access to a specially-designated nursery facility in the Olympic Village this summer, the governing body announced on its website.

In preparation for the Paris Olympic Games this summer, French authorities have launched an online platform to process applications for access to restricted areas around the city during the Olympiad. These restrictions are part of the city’s security measures for the games and will apply to residents, visitors, and people entering the area for work.

Jesse Owens' historic Day of Days was immortalised at the University of Michigan's Ferry Field with a World Heritage Plaque almost 90 years after the Olympian stunned the world by establishing four world records in athletics in a 45-minute-span.

Simone Biles’ post-Olympic show, Gold Over America Tour, is back this autumn and is set to hit 30 cities across the USA starting 17 September in Oceanside, California.

Paralympic fencer Vanderson Chaves has lost everything he had —his home, medals, equipment, uniforms, passport, everything— just days before he vies for a spot in the 2024 Summer Paralympics. Chaves is one of the displaced persons affected by the heavy rains and severe flooding in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul that has left at least 100 dead, hundreds injured and thousands more homeless.

Australian gymnast Georgia Godwin announced on Instagram this week that she has sustained an achilles injury just days out from the Australian Gymnastics Championships. Godwin was part of the team that obtained an Olympic quota last year, suffered the injury while training, and will not be participating in the national championships nor the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. 

The Olympic Flame is set to arrive on the shores of France tomorrow, 8 May, onboard the historic ship Belem. After its arrival in Marseille, four-time Olympic medallist Florent Manaudou will have the honour of being the first torchbearer in France for Paris 2024.

Olympic swimmer and Syrian refugee Yusra Mardini is hopeful that the world will open their hearts and minds to support refugees and their participation in the upcoming Olympic Games this summer in Paris. 

Seven-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky has another medal to add to her collection. The Washington D.C.-native received the highest civilian honour in the United States - the Presidential Medal of Freedom - from Joe Biden last Friday.

The Day of Days, when the Olympic champion Jesse Owens established four world records in athletics will be commemorated in a ceremony on 9 May.

French officials inaugurated a huge water basin in Paris on Thursday, in preparation for the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games to be held in the city over the summer.

Two-time Olympic gold medalist and WNBA star Brittney Griner reflects on the costly mistake that landed her in a Russian prison in an exclusive interview. In a 20/20 special for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), the 33-year-old Phoenix Mercury player sat down with TV host Robin Roberts to talk about her life, career, and her 2022 arrest and imprisonment in Russia.

The International Committee of Mediterranean Games (ICMG) Executive Committee gathered on 20 April in Rabat to discuss the progress of preparations underway for the next edition; the 2026 Mediterranean Games which will be held in Taranto, Italy from 21 August to 3 September 2026.

Olympic medalist Emma Coburn said in an Instagram post Thursday, that her dream of competing in the Paris 2024 Olympics is over; after breaking her ankle in Shanghai last month.