Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina said her respect for her country’s soldiers in the war against Russia was key to her decision not to shake hands with Russian and Belarusian players at the French Open.

ImagesSabalenka was due to face the media again following her third-round 6-2, 6-2 win over Kamilla Rakhimova of France

for next year's Paralympic Games in Paris is set to begin with the Virtus Global Games in Vichy in France

The Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) has agreed to send teams to several key international events in preparation for next year's Olympics in Paris.

African Games to be staged by Ghana in March 2024 and the 2024 Paris Olympic Games being hosted by France

Both the United States' men's and women's teams have progressed to the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) 3x3 World Cup knockout rounds following the conclusion of the pool stage in Vienna.

four, ensuring they advance directly to the quarter-finals.They will play one of either Switzerland or France

them 21-19, but a superior points ratio worked in Australia's favour.Austria, Japan, Czech Republic, France

Pentathlon United has accused the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) of disregarding the sport's development in favour of political gain as the latest blow to the governing body's Olympic ambitions.

2024, which could be the last time riding features, it would be catastrophic.However, the Games in France

Fourteen posters will be displayed along the banks of the River Seine from tomorrow as part of the Paris 2024 Cultural Olympiad.

the organisation of the first Paralympic Games in the French capital.The posters will begin touring France

The Sports Ministers of five European countries have written a joint statement to urge FIFA and broadcasters to avoid a television blackout of this year's Women's World Cup.

tournament in fewer than 50 days but no TV deals are in place in footballing powerhouses Italy, Germany, France

French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has said the budget for sport in the country will not be cut following the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

There was a double success for Turkey on the fourth day of the World Taekwondo Championships here, where they won both available gold medals through Nafia Kuş and Hakan Reçber.

number two Zaid Al-Halawani of Jordan in the round of 16 and world number eight Souleyman Alaphilippe of France

French ju-jitsu star Sandra Badie has died at the age of just 31 after suffering cardiac arrest.

Soumoulou, who she represented, said her death would leave a "big void all around her".Badie won gold for France

France Ju-Jitsu added: "Terrible news hit the French ju-jitsu team."

French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has said Paris 2024 should not be a "scapegoat" for the country's problems after controversial plans to relocate homeless people were linked to the Olympics.

Thousands of people in the Île-de-France region will be encouraged to move to "temporary regional facilities

" across France, freeing up space for Paris 2024 visitors.Nearly 5,000 hotel rooms in the Paris area

We shouldn't make the Olympics the scapegoat of all our frustrations," she said to France 2.

200,000 emergency places, a record since 2017, and we know there's a very strong concentration in Île-de-France

fall by 3,000 to 4,000 places" due to the major sporting events.But Hadrien Clouet, from the left wing France

France is hoping to recruit 20,000 security guards in time for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic

students could be in line for positions.Nadine Crinier, a regional director of Pôle emploi in Île-de-France

food.Another 2,000 people are needed in cleaning as well as 1,000 additional bus drivers, according to France

have already been contacted about private security positions.Those interested need to have lived in France

able to stay on after the Games.Staff will also be needed to work at this year's Rugby World Cup in France

World Taekwondo has revealed plans to reduce its Olympic ranking system from a four-year to two-year cycle for Los Angeles 2028 here.

women's weight categories.For next year's Olympics, qualification places are also available for host France

French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has criticised Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic for issuing a political message about Kosovo at the French Open and warned him not to do it again.

violence" between the two countries following his comments.Oudéa-Castéra told French broadcaster France

rulebook, administered by the relevant organiser and regulator," a an ITF spokesperson told Agence France-Presse

Egypt’s Mohanad Shaban continued his fine form on the fencing piste this season in the men’s fencing ranking round at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup Final in Ankara. 

Clouvel both made a fine start in the ranking round ©UIPM/Augustas DidžgalvisIn the women’s competition, France

had two in the top three after the ranking round.Marie Oteiza of France and Haydy Morsy of Egypt both