A week has now passed since the Flame of Peace was extinguished during a festive Closing Ceremony of Kraków-Małopolska 2023 at the Henryk Reyman Stadium. Its light, however, has shown us the way to a bright future for the European Games.

Kraków-Małopolska including Femke Bol of the Netherlands, Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and Estelle Mossely of France

 Or the magnificent teenage Lebrun brothers, Félix (16) and Alexis (19) from France, who lit up

include the first athletes ever to qualify to an Olympic Games in the new sport of breaking: B-Boy Dany o France

South Korea and India both won six gold medals to dominate the World Youth Archery Championships in Limerick in Ireland.

Archery (@worldarchery) July 9, 2023South Korea dominated the junior team events in recurve.They beat France

The childhood home of Baron Pierre de Coubertin in Normandy is to be opened for visitors through an arrangement with Olympic sponsors Airbnb for one night to mark one year until the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

persons and that guests are responsible for their own transportation to and from Château de Mirville, France

The Olympic Torch is scheduled to visit the château during its passage across France.

Spanish rider Pello Bilbao claimed an emotional victory for Bahrain Victorious on stage 10 of the Tour de France

Bilbao, who triumphed in 3 hours 52min 34sec to become the first Spaniard to win a stage on the Tour de France

Denmark for Team Jumbo-Visma who maintained a 17 second overall lead on Slovenia's two-time Tour de France

winner Tadej Pogačar racing for UAE Team Emirates.Bilbao said his first victory on the Tour de France

Weightlifting took to the streets again in the Olympic city of Lausanne at the weekend with a new-look presentation that featured other strength sports, and a CrossFit team taking part alongside weightlifters whose next competition will be the World Championships in September.

city-centre tourist spot surrounded by terrace restaurants.Lea-Marie Antonio, an elite junior lifter from France

Verloes.France finished third, Spain fourth, Switzerland fifth and the CrossFit team - Anais Lancry from France

Eighteen-year-old Huimin Zhou of China has won the Brussels stop of the International Cycling Union (UCI) BMX Freestyle World Cup circuit.

and another Chinese rider Sun Sibei is third on 2,110.In the men’s competition Anthony Jeanjean of France

Next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games host city Paris has moved top of Burson Cohn & Wolfe's (BCW) ranking of global cities most associated with sports.

to August 11 next year, followed by the Paralympic Games from August 28 to September 8.The Stade de France

France is set to officially confirm Jackson Richardson as its Chef de Mission for next year’s Olympic

is acknowledged as one of his country’s greatest handball players.He scored a record 775 goals for France

French officials have reassured Marseille city officials that it will not be necessary to display the words "Paris 2024" on the roof of the Stade Vélodrome when it stages Olympic football matches next year.

on social media.There is fierce rivalry between the French capital and Marseille, the oldest city in France

 Paris and Marseille are the two largest cities in France and the most influential.

an approach that offers plenty of adaptations,” a Paris 2024 spokesman told the news agency Agence France-Presse

Olympic gold medallist Niek Kimmann and Zoé Claessens reclaimed the elite titles at the European Cycling Union (UEC) BMX Racing European Championships in Besançon.

semi-final, but dominated the eight-rider final, clocking 30.920 to cross the finish line first.Hosts France

after finishing fifth in 32.465 in his semi-final.Mathis Jacquet took the men's under-23 title for France

Swiss rider also claimed the under-23 gold with Nadine Aeberhard's 35.736 run, and Laura Mougey of France

gold for Switzerland too, the under-23 champion last to cross the finish line for their time of 35.114.France

35.414.The Dutch through Kimmann, Jaymio Brink and Jay Schippers won the men's team time-trial in 31.228.France

at the latest round of the International Federation of Sport Climbing World Cup circuit in Chamonix, France

      There was home success to enjoy, with bronze going to Hélène Janicot of France

circuit continues on July 14 and 15, with men’s and women’s Lead World Cups due to be held in Briançon, France

China, Pakistan, and Spain are due to host the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Olympic Qualification Tournaments from January 13 to 21 next year.

for one of the 12 spots in the Paris 2024 men's and women's competitions.They will join host nation France

The first test event for next year's Olympic Games has begun with an international sailing competition in the southern French city of Marseille.

2023Cédric Dufoix, the senior manager for Paris 2024 sites in Marseille and Nice on the south coast of France

showcase Marseille to the world".The Roucas Blanc Marina is also due to welcome the Olympic Torch Relay to France

Paralympic champions Raoua Tlili of Tunisia and Colombia's José Gregorio Lemos won their sixth and first World Para Athletics Championships gold medals, respectively, in Paris.

Lemos arrived in France for his World Championships debut, and as Paralympic gold medallist and world

European gold medallist judoka Ugo Legrand of France is aiming return to the sport at next year's Olympic

the men's under-73kg tournament set for July 29.The anticipation of a first Summer Olympic Games in France