In the heart of Europe, the city of Mannheim, Germany, has this year become the epicentre of a sport with deep historical roots: tug of war. While it may seem like a relic of the past to some, for those who compete and those who follow it with fervour, it is a true spectacle of strength, strategy, and, above all, team spirit.

As with the men's triple long-jump podium photograph in the Paris 2024 Games, the Caribbean island's Olympic officials feel their national medal count doesn't really reflect the country's sporting relevance as many athletes flee to represent European countries.

The Cuban judoka Dayle Ojeda is currently training at the High-Performance Centre in Valencia, having arrived there after fleeing her country during the Paris Olympics. She intends to seek political asylum and compete for Spain, as she revealed in an interview by the Valencian Judo Federation.

As the UK celebrates Team GB's success at the Paris, where they won over 60 medals for the fourth consecutive Games, the search for the next generation of British sporting talent is now underway. UK Sport has launched the Find Your Greatness campaign to identify future Olympic and Paralympic stars.

An innovative proposal to re-imagine Brisbane's Northshore as a vibrant new precinct supporting housing, business, recreation, tourism and a Games-ready sports and entertainment stadium has been unveiled in a transformative plan called Northshore Vision 2050.

NFL stars have been warned that they won't walk into the Team USA Flag Football squad for the Los Angeles Olympic Games after several celebrity players and a commercial featuring Jalen Hurts hinted at their inclusion.

Australian UFC 305 fighter Casey O'Neill celebrated her win in Perth by impersonating compatriot Rachael 'Raygun' Gunn who has been widely mocked following her Olympic breakdancing routine.

Hundreds of people descended on 2nd Avenue in the East Village neighbourhood of New York City over the weekend eager to get their hands on the viral Olympic Village chocolate muffins at a new pop-up.

The National Collegiate Athletics Association's schools sent more than 1,000 former, current and incoming student-athletes who represented more than 100 different countries to the Paris Olympics Games. 272 of them won 330 medals for 26 countries.

Having won the Women's 800m final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games this summer, Great Britain's Keely Hodgkinson is now channelling her recent success and targeting one of the oldest track world records.

Representatives of the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Organising Committee took advantage of the main event to gain an insight into the event that will take place in Senegal from 31 October to 13 November 2026.

Japan and China will lead Asia's charge in blind football at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which will be held in the French capital from 28 August to 8 September.

World Sailing celebrates diversity at Paris 2024 with 19 nations represented on the podium across 10 events in Marseille Marina - up from 18 at Beijing 2008.

The Islamic Solidarity Sports Association (ISSA) celebrates the achievements of athletes from its 57 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and signs key agreements for the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games.

The decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to reject Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat's appeal against his disqualification from the 2024 Paris Olympics for being overweight was greeted with sadness by India, which had supported its athlete throughout the process.