Indonesian gymnast Rifda Irfanaluthfi's palms are covered in chalk as she swings between two uneven bars during intensive training just weeks before she makes history at the Paris Olympics. The 24-year-old is the first Indonesian gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, let alone the first woman, and her mind is set on reaching Paris fully fit so she can etch her name into gymnastics legend at home.

An open water swimming test event scheduled for next week in the Seine has been cancelled due to heavy rainfall, the French capital's authorities said on Friday. During this year's Olympic Games, the opening ceremony as well as triathlon and open water competitions will take place in the river.

At the cultural crossroads of the world, New Yorkers will experience a thrilling first on Sunday, a World Cup cricket match hosted in a US city between Asian powerhouses: rivals India and Pakistan.

An inspired Irish quartet led by Rhasidat Adeleke outstripped Femke Bol's favoured Dutch team to snatch gold in a thrilling 4x400m mixed relay at the European Championships on Friday. The Irish four, also featuring Christopher O'Donnell, Thomas Barr and Sharlene Mawdsley, clocked a championship record of 3min 09.92sec, just ahead of silver medal winners Italy, in a show of Olympic intent just 49 days out from the Paris Games.

The reigning Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs called off all team activities on Thursday after defensive lineman B.J. Thompson suffered a seizure during a meeting and went into cardiac arrest, according to multiple reports. 

The Belgian Olympic and Interfederal Committee (COIB) has revealed its third batch of athletes chosen to compete in the upcoming Paris Olympic Games this summer. This selection includes 24 athletes, comprising 10 women and 14 men.

Formula One will launch a new era of smaller, more nimble and greener cars in 2026. The sport’s regulating body, the FIA, presented a set of new regulations on Thursday aimed at creating closer racing, more excitement and greater sustainability.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is providing an update on the development and implementation of new features of the Athlete Biological Passport and announcing related webinars to be held on 12 and 19 June 2024.

Coco Gauff called for video replays to be used for contentious decisions in tennis after having a heated exchange with the chair umpire during her French Open semi-final loss to Iga Swiatek on Thursday. In the fourth game of the second set of Gauff's 6-2, 6-4 defeat, the umpire overruled a call of 'out' for a Swiatek serve, before awarding the world number one the point. Gauff protested that the original call from the line judge came before she had completed her attempted return which went wide.

Three years after Simone Biles highlighted athletes' mental health at the Tokyo Olympics, the Paris Games will show how this awareness has improved care and support.

The International World Games Association (IWGA) has launched a new Sustainability Strategy for the World Games, reinforcing its commitment to the environment.

World Taekwondo President Dr. Chungwon Choue has concluded a visit to Zagreb, where he met the presented the country's Prime Minister Andrej Plenković with an honorary 8th Dan black belt for his contribution to Taekwondo and recognised the work of St. Catherine Specialty Hospital.

Baseball’s national governing body and the Major League Baseball Players Association have revealed that Travis Bazzana (Oregon State), Charlie Condon (Georgia), and Hagen Smith (Arkansas) are the three candidates for the most prestigious annual award in amateur baseball.

A French organisation advocating against homophobia in football lodged a complaint against Ligue 1 players Mohamed Camara, Mostafa Mohamed, and Nabil Bentaleb, as well as their respective clubs, for "public provocation towards hatred because of sexual orientation" on Wednesday.