Austria’s Johannes Lamparter and Gyda Westvold Hansen of Norway, respective men’s and women's overall Nordic Combined World Cup winners for 2022-2023, have been voted Athletes of the Year in the Nordic Combined Awards.

of 11 international sports journalists.Others in the shortlisted men’s category were Matteo Baud of France

athlete of the year for 2022-2023 went to Johannes Lamparter of Austria ©Getty ImagesAlexandre Villet of France

France’s 2013 triple jump world champion Teddy Tamgho has announced he will come out of retirement and seek to compete at his home Olympics in Paris next year.

Tamgho, 33, has been retired for four years and currently coaches the Tokyo 2020 bronze medallist, France-based

France's public transport operator RATP is set to be supplied with new ticket vending machines (TVMs) by payment and ticketing company Flowbird in the build-up to the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.

includes services such as metro, suburban rail services, trams and buses.Transport authority Île-de-France

The International Weightlifting Federation's (IWF) refugee team of seven athletes will feature some who have never competed internationally and others who have lifted at the Olympic Games and IWF World Championships and have won continental medals.

ages range from 23 to 32.They are now refugees living in the United States, Britain, Germany, Italy, France

bronze for Cameroon in 2018 at 87kg and had a 10-year career before she tried to find a new life in France

The United States were dominant in their opening match against Japan at the International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship, winning 7-1 in Brampton in Canada.

as she saved all 18 attempts on her net.Finland also recorded a dominant performance as they routed France

 Germany meet Sweden and France face Hungary in Group B.

A hundred years ago this week, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) took the momentous decision to award the 1932 Olympic Games to Los Angeles.

ultimately return until 1928.Although Alice Milliat had promoted Women's Olympiads and other events in France

This year's Olympic and Paralympic Week (OPW) is being held around the theme of inclusion, it has been announced, as the countdown nears 500 days until the start of next year's Games in Paris. 

 "With 500 days to go before the first Summer Paralympic Games in France, we have chosen to dedicate

A million students across France are expected to participate in the activities planned around Olympic

the reality of the inclusive school, through more than 3,000 projects led by teaching teams across France

disabilities in schools the ability to learn and be assessed at the baccalaureate like all other students in France

French authorities are to distribute free tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games under the "Tous aux Jeux" scheme which is intended to make the events accessible to all.

24,000 for the Paralympics.Four thousand are set to be supplied by the Organising Committee.The Ile de France

European champions England will wear their new strip for this year's FIFA World Cup when they face Copa America Femenina winners Brazil in the inaugural women’s Finalissima at Wembley Stadium tomorrow before a sell out crowd of around 90,000.

due to open their World Cup against Panama in Adelaide two days later in Group F, which also includes France

Groups have been drawn for this year's Women's World Floorball Championships in Singapore. 

 Hosts Singapore headline Group C, where they will be facing France, Australia and Germany.Group

Poland says it has cancelled this month's women's foil World Cup in Poznań after the International Fencing Federation (FIE) opted to allow Russian and Belarusians back as neutrals.

Fencing World Cups in Tauberbischofsheim in Germany and Saint-Maur-des-Fossés in France had already been

Hosts Canada will aim to win their third consecutive title and 13th overall at the International Ice Hockey Federation Women's World Championship, which is set to start tomorrow in Brampton.

pool.They will merely be playing for position in the last eight draw.Finland, Sweden, Hungary, Germany and France

Multiple Ju-Jitsu International Federation (JJIF) world champion Bertrand Amoussou jointly conducted a workshop in Greece for the new "head impact free" variation of contact ju-jitsu which promises to revolutionise the sport.

member of the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation and a director of development for Ju-Jitsu France

Concerns over security for next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris have been raised by the French Army, who fear who they will be called upon at the last moment in a scenario similar to what happened before London 2012.

 Members of the military in France are concerned about the potential for a last-minute emergency.A

European Championships, beating a joint Nordic bid from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, Poland and France

the UEFA Executive Committee to defeat the Nordic bid, which had received four.In the first round, France