Daley to become first British diver to compete at five Games Olympic medallist came out of retirement for his young son Tom Daley will seek to end his extraordinary career with a fifth Olympic medal this summer after being selected for Team GB’s synchronised diving squad for the Paris Games. The 29-year-old, who only came out of retirement last July after his five-year-old son Robbie told him: “Papa, I want to see you dive at the Olympics,” will partner Noah Williams as he seeks to defend his 10-metre synchro diving title he won with Matty Lee in Tokyo ..read more

Women’s 4x100m squad book automatic spot at Paris Olympics Australia’s fastest woman anchors team at World Relays meet A squad anchored by Australia’s fastest woman Torrie Lewis has smashed the national 4x100m record for the second time this year to claim an automatic spot at the Paris Olympics. Racing at the World Relays meet in the Bahamas, Ebony Lane, Bree Masters, Ella Connolly and Lewis clocked 42.83 seconds to finish second in their heat behind Germany. It was the fifth fastest overall time, with the top two in each heat advancing to the final and guaranteeing their places for the Olym ..read more

Contact with ‘representatives of the aggressor states’ discouraged Recommendations serve to avoid possible ‘provocations’ Ukraine’s athletes have been urged by their Olympic chiefs not to have any contact with their Russian and Belarusian counterparts at the Paris Games in July and August. Ukraine had threatened to boycott the Games after the International Olympic Committee decided Russians and Belarusians who do not openly support the invasion of Ukraine and have no army connections can compete as neutrals ..read more

Ngamba to become first refugee athlete to box for Olympic gold 26-year-old becomes first to earn spot through qualifying The British-based boxer Cindy Ngamba has been tipped to become the first athlete to win a medal for the International Olympic Committee’s refugee team after qualifying for the Paris Olympics this summer. Ngamba, 26, was born in Cameroon but moved to England 15 years ago. GB Boxing wanted to pick her for their Olympic squad, but were unable to because she does not have a British passport. Instead Ngamba qualified for the IOC refugee team by winning a tournament in Italy las ..read more

Swimmers were cleared of doping after positive tests Usada says Wada guilty of ‘failing all clean athletes’ The US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) criticised the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) on Wednesday for “doubling down on half-truths” after the global body published a document outlining its handling of a case involving Chinese swimmers. Wada has been under fire since the New York Times reported last month that 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for trimetazidine before the Tokyo Games in 2021 but were allowed to compete after being cleared by a Chinese inquiry ..read more

David Kenwright oversaw team medal at Tokyo in 2021 Hailed ‘lasting positive impact for our sport’ David Kenwright has left his role as head coach of Great Britain’s women’s gymnastics team less than 100 days before the start of the Paris Olympics. Kenwright’s departure, after seven years in the post, also comes on the eve of the start of the women’s European artistic gymnastics championships in Rimini, Italy ..read more

The first-term federal Labor MP is in Azerbaijan where he hopes to qualify for Paris in the men’s 10-metre air pistol shooting event Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast From Cessnock to Canberra to the Caspian Sea, the Hunter MP, Dan Repacholi, has flown to Azerbaijan chasing a historic feat. The first-term parliamentarian is gunning to become one of what is believed to be only two federal politicians to qualify for an Olympic Games. He hopes it is the final stage of qualifying for what would be Repacholi’s sixth Olympic Games, a record currently bettere ..read more

With the Olympics just a few weeks away, waiters in Paris are apparently encouraging tips on top of the required 15% service charge. Sacré bleu! Name: French tips. Appearance: All over Paris, allegedly ..read more

With an eye on making the team final in Paris, the Commonwealth Games champion wants her sport back in the spotlight Georgia Godwin may be the queen of Australian gymnastics, but sitting on a throne is not on her to-do list. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games all-around gold medallist, seven-time national all-around champion, a stalwart on representative teams for a decade, and now priming herself for the Paris Olympics ..read more

French singer dedicates top prizes at Les Flammes ‘to all black women’ after backlash over rumoured Paris show The French pop star Aya Nakamura, who found herself at the centre of a racist row after rumours she was going to sing at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, has thanked fans for their support after winning three big prizes at France’s Les Flammes awards for rap, R&B and pop. “I’m very honoured because being a black artist and coming from the banlieue is very difficult,” Nakamura told the audience at the ceremony, which she opened with a medley of her songs. She dedicated her awar ..read more