There was high drama at the the UK Athletics Championships and Olympic Trials in a very rainy Manchester on Sunday. Dina Asher-Smith claimed the women’s 200m title with a time of 22.18 on 30 June. Daryll Nieta finished second at 22.46, and Amy Hunt took third with 22.78.

The president of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games, Casey Wasserman, has called for French unity amid a politically charged atmosphere in the run-up to the Olympics.

Paris 2024 aims to halve its carbon footprint compared to London 2012 and Rio 2016. With less than a month to go, they are unveiling new advancements in reducing Games-related emissions and supporting carbon avoidance and capture projects.

The Paris Olympics are set to cost almost nine billion euros according to the latest estimates and the impact on the economy is likely to be more "psychological" than financial. Ahead of the 26 July opening ceremony on the Seine, ministers and observers are juggling the figures to estimate the costs and benefits of the sporting spectacle. 

Last Sunday, the Olympic torch relay made a major tour of the Champagne country, starting from the prestigious vineyards of Reims and passing through the cobbled streets of Sézanne and the emblematic Avenue du Champagne in Épernay, highlighting not only the rich heritage of the area, but also its natural and agricultural landscape, especially as it crossed the picturesque Lac de Der lake.

This Sunday, polling stations opened in metropolitan France for the first round of early parliamentary elections. These elections could see the far right come to power for the first time through the democratic process. More than 49.5 million voters are called upon to elect the 577 members of the National Assembly. The second round will take place next Sunday, 7 July.

The Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, and the Minister for Sport and Ageing, Anika Wells, have announced a €176 million investment in high performance sport over the next two years.

Demi Weber, Darius van Driel and Joost Luiten will not be competing in Paris because their country, the Netherlands, requires athletes to have a real chance of earning at least an Olympic diploma in order to receive support and the opportunity to participate in the world's greatest sporting event.

The World Anti-Doping Agency made public its plan to promote clean sport directly with the athletes competing at the upcoming 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, including representatives from 12 countries across five different continents from various athlete representative bodies. 

A serious error by the International Shooting Sport Federation has left Mexican athlete Andrea Palafox out of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, despite qualifying in the 10-metre air rifle and 50-metre three-position air rifle events.

The route was full of symbolism, breathtaking views and places of remembrance. The Lac de Madine and a rowing relay on the Meuse were the highlights of a relay that ended with three-time judo world champion Amandine Buchard lighting the cauldron.

High levels of bacteria and excessive water flow in the River Seine are causing growing concern as the countdown to the Olympic Games, now less than a month away, continues. The situation could lead to the suspension of activities.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed the appeals filed by World Athletics and the World Anti-Doping Agency against the decision of the World Athletics Disciplinary Tribunal (WADT) of 17 August 2023 regarding Nigerian hurdler Tobi Amusan, who was found not to have committed an anti-doping violation and will be able to participate in the Paris Olympic Games.

Slowing her breath and focusing on a bullseye in her pistol's sights, Kishmala Talat is aiming to become the first woman from Pakistan to win an Olympic medal. At the Paris Games, Talat will compete in the 10m air pistol and 25m pistol events, going for glory abroad and defying stereotypes back home.

Russia will not be sending any competitors to the Paris Olympics after only four of its seventeen judokas were given permission to compete by the International Olympic Committee.