The French national weightlifting team has returned from a successful training camp in China which its performance director Arnaud Ferrari believes will act as "a springboard" towards winning at least one "home" medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

As the host country, our goal is to win at least one medal at Paris 2024.France and China's teams line

EWF) organised a seminar with the Chinese Weightlifting Association (CWA) in November 2021 in which France

France had also attended a training camp in Shenzhen back in 2010, Ferrari said, but that was not with

World Netball and Europe Netball have granted full membership to Netball France, with the European nation

France becomes the 79th member of World Netball and the 12th addition to the European netball family.Established

 The National Federation is recognised by the Ministry of Sports in France as an "association of

We look forward to working with Netball France to grow the game in their country."

and the world," Bethany Lord, President of Netball France, said."

France is a true sporting nation at the centre of world sport right now."

French Sports and Olympic Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has revealed that the Government is considering recruiting security personnel from other French-speaking nations to combat a potential shortage at the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.

month, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told the French senate: "We believe that a large country like France

heavily criticised for the security arrangements at the UEFA Champions League Final at the Stade de France

Tampere has been named as the Finnish host city for the group phase of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) EuroBasket tournament in 2025.

will be the fourth competition in a row to be co-hosted by four countries.In September, Spain beat France

set to implement a refund scheme for fans who were most affected when trying to access the Stade de France

neutral supporters who bought tickets directly from UEFA and who are eligible for a refund.The Stade de France

Ceremony during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.It is also set to stage 10 matches at the Rugby World Cup in France

Organisers of the Turin 2025 International University Sports Federation (FISU) Winter World University Games have pledged their support behind a charity that aims to raise funds for university cancer research.

300 people either ran or walked the course with participants coming from as far as the United States, France

Organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics plan to mark 500 days until the start of the Games next week by staging a 24-hour Relay in conjunction with the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, embassies and overseas territories.

and more than 8,000 participants.A total of 128 embassies, consulates, permanent representations of France

In just over 500 days’ time, Paris and France will welcome the world and this Relay will enable the whole

New Zealand's women's team have confirmed their place at next year's Olympic Games in Paris after winning the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series title in Vancouver.

 They join France, who qualify automatically as hosts.

pic.twitter.com/CDjCpvNCXg— World Rugby 7s (@WorldRugby7s) March 6, 2023The United States took third, defeating France

while assisting another.The men's World Rugby Sevens Series title was won by Argentina, who defeated France

Argentina defeated France to secure their second successive Canada Sevens title ©World RugbyThe third

tournament.The Player of the Final was Argentina's Rodrigo Isgro, who scored their second try.Hosts France

A total of 38 civil society organisations have written to the French National Assembly in protest of Article 7 of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games Bill that permits the use of artificial intelligence-powered video surveillance.

If the proposed law is passed it would make France the first European Union (EU) member state to explicitly

France would then become an infamous 'leader' in surveillance policies within the European Union."

a call for applications from parties interested in buying or managing Paris 2024 venue the Stade de France

The venue was built by Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France and Vinci for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.It is owned

told Le Monde that it "firmly denied this information".FIFA has denied interest in the Stade de France

Parc des Princes - the football club's current home owned by Paris City Council - and the Stade de France

the most likely options.The Stade de France could be valued between €400 million (£354 million/$426

at next year's Olympics, and Para athletics at the Paralympics.The Stade de France held the men's 1998

Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet delivered mixed relay gold for France on the final day of the International

won by Thibe Deseyn and Jon Kistler of Switzerland in 29:45.9.Louise Trincaz and Jeremy Anselmet of France

It is quite something for the International Boxing Association (IBA) to be going into its upcoming Women's Boxing World Championships in New Delhi in a less unified state than how it exited last year's one in Istanbul.

©Getty ImagesAustralia in contrast is set to send a team to New Delhi, and fellow Alliance members France

Hungarian 19-year-old Sugár Katinka Battai and France have clinched the gold medals at the women's International

Frenchwoman was humbled 15-9 by Battai while Beijing 2008 team champion Kharlan scraped past Gkountoura 15-14.France

The French squad took home the 4x6 kilometres mixed relay title behind Fabien Claude's 10-for-10 on the range, while Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen came through for Norway in the second leg to win the singles mixed relay gold at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in the Czech Republic.

were 25.3 seconds behind and used 18 spares.Fabien Claude went 10-for-10 in the mixed relay to guide France

As an Olympic champion, Greek long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou, who yesterday won a third consecutive title at the European Athletics Indoor Championships, is rightly revered in his home country.

Later that day, competing at the World Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Lievin, France, he walked the walk