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Canter leads Britain at Eventing European Championships with double gold

  • Equestrian

Ros Canter starred for Britain as she took the individual title and helped her country to team gold at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) Eventing European Championships.

24th team gold medal at the European Championships, more than double by any other nation.Germany and France





Dutch duo bag outdoor boccia golds at European Para Championships

  • European Para Championships 2023

The Netherlands' wait for a first medal ended in fine style here with two boccia golds and a wheelchair tennis title at the European Para Championships.

There were eight boccia finals today, with Spain, Portugal, Croatia, Israel, France, Greece and The Netherlands

Szabo and Czech Republic’s Radek Prochazka respectively.The last finals of the day saw Sonia Heckel of France


Switzerland announce "United4Excellence" as motto for Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Switzerland is aiming to take 120 athletes and 22 Para athletes for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

organisational and logistic aspects of the Swiss delegation, hopes the similarities in culture with France

We are in the same time zone and culturally and linguistically we are of course closer to France than


up FIFA Women's World Cup semi-finals against England after dramatic penalty shootout victory over France

  • World Cup

of the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time with a dramatic 7-6 penalty shootout victory over France

 The match had finished 0-0 following normal and extra-time during which France thought they had

efforts from Steph Catley and Clare Hunt in the longest World Cup penalty shootout, men's or women's, as France

19-year-old Vicki Bècho missed France's 10th penalty of the shootout and Vine scored, it meant France

France can consider themselves unfortunate to be going home but Les Bleues wasted the opportunity

consecutive World Cup that the Lionesses' have reached the semi-finals, having lost 2-1 to the US in France


Evenepoel denies Ganna third time trial win at Cycling World Championships

  • Cycling

Belgium's Remco Evenepoel surged to victory in the men's time trial at the Cycling World Championships for his second elite title at the event following road race success last year.

Tarling's performance turned a few heads, including the likes of 2018 Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas.The


Shuker and Kaplan win first wheelchair tennis medals of European Para Championships

  • European Para Championships 2023

Britain's Lucy Shuker and Turkey's Ahmet Kaplan won the first wheelchair tennis silverware of the inaugural European Para Championships after winning their bronze-medal matches here.

European Para Championships.Goalball action continued at the Rotterdam Ahoy with two victories for France

also saw reigning Paralympic champions The Netherlands open their account with a 97-35 trouncing of France

and Germany beat Britain 48-43.In the men’s matches, there were wins for Spain, Germany, France and




Parsons meets THF coach who fled Afghanistan to compete at Tokyo 2020

  • Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation

International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons revealed he was "very emotional" after being reunited with taekwondo fighter Zakia Khudadadi and long jumper Hossain Rasouli who fled Afghanistan to compete at the re-arranged 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo. 

doubts over Khudadadi and Rasouli would be able to make it to Tokyo 2020.But the pair managed to reach France

Getty ImagesParsons admitted he was delight to meet and talk to Khudadadi and Rasouli who now live in France

We also discussed how they are adapting to living in France, the challenges they are facing, and what



First Spaniard to win Tour de France dies at 95

  • Cycling

Federico Bahamontes, the first Spaniard to win the Tour de France in 1959, has died at the age of 95.

Grand Tours.He just missed winning the Vuelta a España in 1957 and also came close to a second Tour de France

only a banana and a lemon for sustenance.Nicknamed the "Eagle of Toledo", Bahamontes won the Tour de France

, a race again won by Anquetil.Bahamontes rode his final Tour de France in 1965, where he abandoned the

The first Spaniard to win the Tour de France is part of the history of the sport in our country, with

Bahamontes had been oldest living Tour de France winner.Following Bahamontes' death, 1968 Tour winner


So and Caruana advance to next round of FIDE Chess World Cup as Carlsen wins to force tiebreak

  • 2023 FIDE World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan

Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana were among the players to reach the next round of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) Chess World Cup in Baku, while world number one Magnus Carlsen earned a win to force a tiebreak.

the open event included India’s Vidit Santosh Gujrathi, with a draw today against Etienne Bacrot of France