A gym in the Philippines stands at the forefront of producing Olympic boxing talents. Despite poverty, families gear up with torn shoes and frayed head guards, hoping to be the next success story from this talent factory.

The plenary session of the Hellenic Olympic Committee (HOC) has decided that Giannis Antetokounmpo and Antigoni Drisbioti will be the flag bearers for Greece at the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The former Raptors player admitted his illegal conduct to commit fraud. Porter is free on $250,000 (€230,000) bail pending sentencing. During the trial in New York on Wednesday, he accepted the charges. A gambling addiction and debts may have driven his behaviour.

Belgium has presented an itinerary for its Olympic committee, featuring 165 athletes, including 82 women and 83 men, aiming to surprise at the Paris Games. Their best hopes lie in their traditional strengths: cycling, athletics, and field hockey.

A total of just 16 Russians and 17 Belarusians have accepted invitations to compete under a neutral flag at the Paris Olympics, according to the latest count on Tuesday.

Joost Luiten won his legal fight in a Dutch court to participate in the Olympics, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday rejected his request to be added to the field for men’s golf at the Paris Games.

The Jamaican sprint star Shericka Jackson finished the 200 metres in Szakesfehervar, Hungary, just 65km from Budapest, where she stunned the athletics world by winning the World Championships in a time of 21.41, very close to the 'Flo Jo' historic world record (21.34).

Two weeks before its presentation to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Paris, the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the 2034 Games announced its delegation team and highlighted the vision it will present to all IOC members on July 24 to bring the Games back to Utah.

No rest for the World Anti-Doping Agency on the Chinese doping probe as Global Athlete and FairSport issue a joint statement following the independent prosecutor’s findings, which USADA says “leaves most critical questions unanswered”.

British youngster Bodhana Sivanandan joined over 20,000 people in London's Trafalgar Square last Sunday to celebrate her inclusion in the England squad. Only a few months ago she was crowned European Champion and her potential seems limitless. She will be competing at the Chess Olympiad in September.

From being key fiigure in the marathon discipline to being expelled from the Olympic event: anti-doping rules have denied the Olympic stage, which every athlete dreams of, to French marathoner Mehdi Frere, who has been suspended for two years, according to his lawyer.

Lamine Yamal wrote his own history by becoming the youngest ever scorer in a men's European Championship, as he helped Spain come from behind to beat France 2-1 at the Allianz Arena and book his side's place in Sunday’s Euro 2024 final.

Samuel Eto'o, president of the Cameroonian Football Federation (FECAFOOT), has been fined $200,000 (€184,000) by African football's governing body for an ethics breach, although there was insufficient evidence to pursue match-fixing allegations.

The former US Olympic gymnastis being criticised for saying that SafeSport is hindering coaches and that they are afraid to do their jobs for fear of being reported for abusive behaviour.