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Joining France's Bastille Day military parade, hundreds of people have carried the Olympic torch through Paris ahead of the Olympic Games.

More Women's Big Bash League games will be played in stadiums and third-umpire technology will be greatly increased as part of the 2024 schedule.

Cristiano Ronaldo's glaring late miss sees Portugal lose to France, hosts Germany crash out as a Spanish star emulates his father, and two hand gestures lead to two very different outcomes at the European Championships.

It took five sets and a whole lot of belief for defending champion Carlos Alcaraz to beat Frances Tiafoe on Centre Court, while Emma Raducanu shows her form to set up a battle with the first New Zealand woman to reach the fourth-round in 65 years.

In a small cafe in a nondescript French village during the 1924 Tour de France, a journalist fell upon the biggest scoop in cycling, when three Tour riders revealed what they were carrying in their bags to get them through the most daunting of races.

A brilliant powerplay sets the tone as Australia completes a comfortable victory over arch-rivals England at the T20 World Cup.

The shocking moment when Spanish race walker Laura García-Caro loses a possible European Championship bronze medal after celebrating too early.

These athletes put their bodies on the line, literally breaking bones to get past their opponents. Now they're preparing for the Great Southern Slam, the world's biggest tournament being held in Adelaide this weekend.

One of the youngest Olympians set to represent Australia in Paris this year is also competing in a new category. Breakdancing or "breaking" will make its debut at the games with competitors judged on their musicality, originality, and style.

Tom from Munich and Dylan from Perth won the men's races at the annual competition chasing a wheel of Double Gloucester down a steep hill.

Jess Hull finishes second at the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon after running a new Oceania record in the 1,500m, while athletic's biggest rivalry writes its latest chapter as Josh Kerr gets the upper hand over Jakob Ingebrigtsen.

Rhiannan Iffland will dive in Athens this weekend as the Red Bull world series begins. She says she'll challenge herself with new dives as she fights for her eighth title.

Dreamt up from a Hollywood fantasy, the Cannonball Run was set to put the Northern Territory on the global stage. But the event seemed destined for tragedy before it began.

The head of the National Women's Safety Alliance is outraged by harassment and victim blaming after a footy fan captures threats of sexual violence against her on camera.

Two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar will take on the Giro d'Italia for the first time in 2024 — and is immediately a near unbackable favourite. However, Australian Ben O'Connor believes this could be his time.

The annual police charity event has been held in the northern WA mining town of Newman for 19 years and locals can't understand why it's suddenly been moved 1,500 kilometres away.

Event manager Adam McNicol says the idea to hold it in a regional city was ambitious, but with nearly 5,000 total registrations and overseas interest, it is being heralded as a success.

Snapper Rocks was axed from the championship tour when the pandemic hit but the world's best surfers will return from 2025.

A stoush over stadiums for the Brisbane 2032 games may have damaged the Olympic brand, but former Lord Mayor Graham Quirk says it can be salvaged if construction starts soon.

Broken Hill man Trevor Grillett has been carefully selecting the best homing birds from his pigeon flock as he prepares them for a major international opportunity.

More than 200 horses and riders are saddling up to compete at South Australia's milestone equestrian qualifier — and legendary cross-country course — ahead of the Paris Olympics.

Australian Grand Prix organisers say this year's event will attract a record-breaking crowd. But is the benefit as it seems?

The future of the 2026 Commonwealth Games is again uncertain after Malaysia rejected an offer to host the event, citing costs and an insufficient funding offer.

Brisbane's Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner says the Victoria Park stadium for the Olympics was a "very compelling" option.

Elite swimming coach Peter Bishop has been stood down from his position with the South Australian Sports Institute following an investigation, leaving Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers with a coaching change just 140 days out from the Paris Games.