Latvia's men and Azerbaijan's women won the FIBA 3x3 Universality 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Hong Kong, China, to book their places at the Paris Olympics.

Armenian-born French wrestler Gagik Snjoyan has abandoned his Olympic dream over security fears by refusing to take part in the European wrestling qualifiers in Azerbaijan, reports AFP.

Europe started hosting the continental games later than Asia, America and Africa. In 2012, the Association of European Olympic Committees decided that a separate competition should be held for European athletes and did its first edition in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Following the conclusion of the fifth qualifying event of the 2023 and 2024 Trampoline World Cup Series, the International Gymnastics Federation has officially announced the allocation of individual quota places for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The opening ceremony of the traditional "Great Silk Road" international men's and women's boxing tournament was held in Baku. The event began with a parade of participating teams.

Alexander Tarakanov, the head coach of Azerbaijan's national Greco-Roman wrestling team, gave an interview to the website of the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation.

Azerbaijan's national boxing team, competing in the I World Olympic Classification Tournament, was warmly welcomed at Baku's Heydar Aliyev International Airport by the Azerbaijan Boxing Federation, officials from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, members of the sporting community and the athletes' families.

Speaking at the opening of the International Ice Climbing Competition in Shahdag, Azer Aliyev, Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee, said Azerbaijan has been at the forefront of many major events in recent years.

Boxers Zeynab Rahimova and Ümid Rüstamov continue their pursuit of Paris 2024. Both have progressed, with Rahimova through to the round of 16 and Rüstamov to the Round of 32, which will take place in Italy on 7-8 March.

The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Azerbaijan National Olympic Committee and the Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation took place at the NOC headquarters. The event was attended by Chingiz Huseynzada, Shahin Bagirov, representatives of the Committee and the Federation.

The opening ceremony of the World Anti-Doping Agency's 2024 Global Education Conference was held in Cannes, France. Azerbaijan was represented by a delegation headed by Tahmina Taghi-Zada.

This week, an international conference of academics and practitioners, organised by AMADA and ASAPES, entitled "Rising Olympic Champions: National and global perspectives on clean sport" came to some important conclusions.

Azerbaijan has recently formed its national ice hockey team and has already held its first open training session with 18 players of various ages.

Azerbaijan's super heavyweight boxer Muhammad Abdullayev has been training in the United States for six months ahead of his second Olympic appearance in Paris next summer.

The Azerbaijan Winter Sports Federation and the Shahdag Tourism Centre, with the support of the Japanese Embassy in Azerbaijan, organised a master class in mogul freestyle skiing.