A race walking mixed team event is set to make its Olympic debut at Paris 2024, following confirmation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board that it will be the mixed-gender contest added to the athletics programme.

Paris 2024 organisers have conducted a large-scale test on the Eiffel Tower as part of preparations for festivities linked to the Handover Ceremony with Tokyo 2020.

Former Australian national team coach Jacco Verhaeren has been appointed as performance director at the French Swimming Federation (FFN) ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Paris 2024 has 50 per cent of its sponsorship programme secured and is on track to have two-thirds of its revenue by the end of this year, according to Organising Committee President Tony Estanguet.

Paris 2024 is "on track" across the board with its preparations according to Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant, chair of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission, after the opening day of its fourth scheduled meeting with Games organisers today.

Paris 2024’s progress will be assessed when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission holds a meeting with organisers.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex has opened a new athletics track at Font Romeu in the Pyrenees and inaugurated a €45 million (£38 million/$55 million) project for a High Performance Preparation Centre (CPHP) due to be completed in time for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Gavin Noble has been appointed as Ireland's Chef de Mission for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, a report has said.

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has discussed how to leverage the Games to promote Olympic and Paralympic sports during a meeting with National Federations.

Emmanuel Macron has vowed to make France a "sporting nation" ahead of and through the Paris 2024 Olympics, as the French President announced the reopening of gyms and other sports facilities.

The chief executive of a "flying taxi" company has revealed he would like to launch passenger flights in Paris as the city is hosting the Summer Olympics and Paralympics in 2024.

Kiteboarding and two-person dinghy for men and women have been approved as World Sailing's alternative event proposals for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) raised concerns with the mixed offshore discipline.

Hong Kong boxer Rex Tso has targeted the Paris 2024 Olympics after his bid to compete at Tokyo 2020 was dashed by coronavirus.

The President of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Organising Committee, Tony Estanguet, has made a visit to the Saint-Denis neighbourhood of the French capital as both parties agreed that the "co-construction" of the Games was important to its success.