Paris 2024 Olympics: France to deploy 35,000 security personnel with fears over possible drone attacks
The Paris Olympics take place from 26 July to 11 August 2024 France will deploy 35,000 security and military personnel to protect […]
Eric Lira pleads guilty to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to Olympic athletes
Blessing Okagbare won her 100m heat at the Tokyo Olympics before being suspended A Texas man faces up to 10 years in […]
Olympic Esports Series: Shooting event in computer game Fortnite added to inaugural event
The Olympic Esports Finals will feature 10 esports, including motorsport played on racing game Grand Turismo 7 A shooting competition created in […]
Russia announces plans to stage ‘World Friendship Games’ after 2024 Olympics
The United Kingdom is among 36 countries to have pledged support for an ongoing ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes from international […]
Tori Bowie: American three-time Olympic medallist and ex-world champion dies aged 32
American sprinter Tori Bowie, a three-time Olympic medallist and former 100m world champion, has died aged 32. Bowie won 4x100m relay gold […]
Allana Slater at Sydney 2000: Spotting the two-inch error that threw an Olympic final into chaos
Slater won three Commonwealth gold medals including the vault title at Manchester 2002 Under the lights and amid the sparkling sequins, Allana […]
Russian and Belarusian state-funded athletes must remain excluded, says UK culture secretary
The United Kingdom is among 36 countries to have pledged support for an ongoing ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes from international […]
Jessica Gadirova on Olympic gold-medal hopes for Paris 2024
Jessica Gadirova won three gold medals at this month’s European gymnastics championships in Turkey Jessica Gadirova says she goes into every competition […]
Paris 2024: Ukraine’s boycott of qualifying events ‘raises serious questions’, says the IOC.
The International Olympic Committee has recommended that Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete but only under a neutral flag Ukraine’s […]
Ukrainian athletes ‘should not compete in Olympic qualifiers alongside Russians’, says minister
Wrestler Zhan Beleniuk won Ukraine’s only gold medal of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo Ukrainian athletes should not be allowed to compete […]
Thomas Bach: Government criticism over return of Russian athletes ‘deplorable’, says IOC president
Thomas Bach has insisted the IOC is not on the wrong side of history following criticism over the potential inclusion of Russian […]
Athletes criticise claim by IOC president Thomas Bach that Russian and Belarusian neutral participation ‘works’
Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk dedicated her ATX Open victory over Russian Varvara Gracheva to her country A host of international athletes have criticised […]