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Bankes and Nightingale help Britain to snowboard cross mixed team gold in Bakuriani

  • Snowboard

Britain won its first-ever snowboard cross mixed team World Championships gold in Bakuriani.

saw Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale claim the top prize.Austria bagged the silver medal while France

 The 21-year-old Nightingale was leading the course, with Merlin Surget of France, Jakob Dusek of

course.After a point, even Surget managed to overtake Nightingale.Among women, Bankes and Chloe Trespeuch of France



France and Italy dominate team races at Ski Mountaineering World Championships

  • Ski Mountaineering

France and Italy captured the respective women's and men's team titles at the International Ski Mountaineering

Emily Harrop and Axelle Gachet-Mollaret delivered gold for France with a commanding performance in the

Perillat-Pessey and Candice Bonnel bagging bronze in 2:17:48.Matteo Eydallin and Robert Antonioli of Italy denied France


France tipped to continue 2023 IJF Grand Slam domination in Tashkent

  • Judo

The International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Slam series is heading to Tashkent in Uzbekistan with plenty of match-ups to look forward to, starting tomorrow. 

France topped the medals table at their home Grand Slam in Paris and the second one in Tel Aviv in 2023

 Cédric Revol will lead the charge for France on day one after two medals in the men's under-60


Germany plan to provide Olympic training bases for Ukrainian athletes

  • Paris 2024

Germany’s Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has revealed the country’s desire to provide bases for Ukrainian athletes impacted by the war to train for next year’s OIympics in Paris.

Ukrainian sportsmen and women in their preparation,” Faeser said in a statement reported by Agence France-Presse

countries to compete under a neutral banner.A group of 35 countries, including Germany and Olympic hosts France



FIFA considering taking over Paris 2024 venue Stade de France after Olympics

  • Football

FIFA are reportedly considering taking over the Stade de France - a year after the venue is due to stage

matter during a meeting at the Élysée Palace last month.The venue was built by Bouygues Bâtiment Ile-de-France

the French Government was due to launch a call for tenders in February.The 81,500-capacity Stade de France

work, according to L’Equipe.The French Government was due to open the bidding process for the Stade de France

resigning as head of the French Football Federation amid allegations of sexual harassment.The Stade de France

stage matches during this year’s Rugby World Cup, including the semi-finals and final.The Stade de France


Defending champions top podium at Ski Mountaineering World Championships

  • Ski Mountaineering

Defending world champions Remi Bonnet of Switzerland and Axel Gachet-Mollaret of France both maintained

 She came home to victory in 26min 22.9sec.Axel Gachet-Mollaret of France fully justified her status

Maximilien Drion du Chapois of Belgium who took silver in 23:05.2.Bronze went to Gedeon Pochat Cotilloux of France


Just Fontaine, record goalscorer at a single FIFA World Cup, dies at 89

  • World Cup

Just Fontaine, who holds the record for the most goals scored at a single edition of the FIFA World Cup, has died at the age of 89.

Fontaine scored 13 times for France in six matches at the 1958 tournament in Sweden."

Mouynet and Bernard Chiarelli survive from the 1958 team.Fontaine was born in Marrakech in Morocco when France

the start of his career.He later joined Nice and scored a hat-trick on his international debut for France

saw off Scotland 2-1 to reach the quarter-finals.In the last eight, he scored twice more as France beat

lost 5-2 to a Brazilian team inspired by Pelé.Fontaine then signed off with four more goals as France



E-mountain Bike Cross Country World Cup series set to begin in Monaco

  • Cycling

The International Cycling Union (UCI) and World E-Bike Series Management have announced that the E-Mountain Bike Cross Country World Cup series is to set visit five countries in 2023.

and 23 is before the teams head 525 kilometres North to the Charade circuit at Clermont-Ferrand in France

titles went to Switzerland’s  Nicole Göldi in the women’s classification and Jérôme Gilloux of France


Delight for first time champions in sprint events at Ski Mountaineering World Championships

  • Ski Mountaineering

Marianna Jagerčíková of Slovakia took gold in the women’s sprint at the International Ski Mountaineering Federation World Championships at Boi Taull in the Spanish Pyrenees.

of Switzerland took silver 2.971 seconds behind in a time of 3:14.005.Bronze went to Emily Harrop of France

Cardona Coll’s margin of victory was an impressive 6.663 seconds over Thibault Anselmet of France, who


David Owen: After Sunday’s magnificent match, is there a case for rugby union to switch permanently to 14-a-side?

  • Inside the Blogs

What a game of rugby we were privileged to witness on Sunday (February 26) at the Stade de France.

armchair-critics such as myself more inclined to think out of the box.Our columnist argues that the France-Scotland

wondrous encounter.Two early red cards - first for Scotland’s Grant Gilchrist, then for Mohamed Haouas of France

Yet if the upshot was significantly more matches resembling this France-versus-Scotland epic, I would



Messi and Putellas crowned best players of 2022 in Paris

  • Football

Lionel Messi and Alexia Putellas were named the best players of 2022 at the Best FIFA Football Awards in Paris.

Real Madrid and Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois for the top prize.Among 11 nominees, including France