Japanese star swimmer Rikako Ikee revealed she had been discharged from hospital for leukemia treatment and will now be targeting the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Coastal rowing could feature at Paris 2024 after World Rowing confirmed it would propose adding three events in the discipline to its programme for the Olympic Games in the French capital.
American sportswear giant Nike are reportedly set to take on French companies Lacoste and Le Coq Sportif to be a major kit supplier at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.
The vice president of the Francophone Association of Olympic Academies believes that Paris 2024 is a "historic opportunity" to revive the use of French in the Olympic Movement.
The Vatican plans to create its own National Olympic Committee (NOC), and a spokesman has claimed it is "realistic" to expect it to take part in the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony parade of nations.
The row over Airbnb’s worldwide sponsorship deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) - which has seen Paris 2024 caught in the middle - has intensified following a European Union (EU) ruling in favour of the United States-based room-renting platform.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra has said he is keen to meet with National Sports Federation (NSF) officials early next year to plan and strategise for the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Tahiti has moved a step closer to hosting surfing competitions at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris after French organisers approved the South Pacific island as the venue for the events.
France's national lottery operator FDJ have announced they will become an official partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
There are no obstacles to Tahiti hosting surfing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris but more work needs to be done on the proposal before a key meeting next week, senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Christophe Dubi has claimed.
The United States and France will be the last two countries to march in the parade of nations before Japan at Tokyo 2020 after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board approved changes to the running order at future Opening Ceremonies.
Tahiti has reportedly emerged as the leading candidate to host surfing events at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chairman Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant has claimed Paris 2024 has completed a "tremendous amount of work", after organisers provided a progress update this week.
The "vast majority" of income generated by the planned Airbnb Olympian Experiences venture will go to participating athletes, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has disclosed.
Paris 2024 remains free to negotiate a sponsorship agreement with a hotel partner, in spite of the new worldwide sponsorship deal with room renting platform Airbnb, according to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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