A member of the French Parliament for the radical-left France Unbowed (LFI) party has sparked outrage over the weekend after saying Israeli athletes are not welcome at the Paris Olympics and calling for protests against their presence.
Read More France MP Sparks Backlash By Calling For Israeli Olympians To Be Banned From Olympics
World Aquatics executive director has been subpoenaed to testify about how 23 Chinese swimmers avoided punishment after testing positive for banned drugs weeks ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
Read More US investigating Chinese swimmers doping case
U.S. swimming great Michael Phelps told a congressional panel that anti-doping measures “have fallen short” in a case involving Chinese swimmers ahead of this summer’s Paris Olympics.
Read More US swim great Phelps tells Congress that Olympic anti-doping efforts fall short
Russia’s government is becoming increasingly aggressive towards the IOC as the Paris Games draw near.
Read More Russia government becoming more aggressive towards Olympic movement, Bach says
The IOC is due to discuss the question of the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes.
Read More Paris mayor wants Russian athletes banned from Olympics