A few days ago, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a challenge to Thomas Bach when he invited the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President to visit the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut where fierce fighting has been going on for several months now. 

200,000 fled the country to seek political refuge abroad.Nor were there any sanctions against Britain and France

Alexandre Martinez has been confirmed as Acting President of the embattled French Rugby Federation (FFR) after Bernard Laporte resigned following his corruption conviction.

It's time to come together, unite and support our XV of France with pride."

Martinez’s election comes on the eve of the Six Nations where France is set to launch their title defence

The Netherlands were the quickest qualifiers in all three relay categories today at the International Skating Union (ISU) Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Dresden.

time ©Getty ImagesWorld Cup leaders Canada qualified from heat one with United States, while China and France

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo of Norway extended his overall lead by winning the men's sprint final at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup in Toblach.

Norway's Erik Valnes finished fourth while Lucas Chanavat of France finished fifth.In the women women's

The National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K) will be based in the south of France for training prior

MoU signing will take place in Miramas on Friday with specific organisations including the south of France

athletes expected to train in Miramas ©Getty ImagesNOC-K treasurer Eliud Kariuki and Kenya's Ambassador to France

It is expected that local clubs in the south of France will make their facilities and professionals available

flame for Paris 2024 will be transported from Greece in a three-masted tall ship which will arrive in France

spring 2024 aboard the Belem, owned by the Caisse d’Epargne Belem (BPCE) Foundation.The Torch Relay in France

flame for Paris 2024 will be transported from Greece in a three-masted tall ship which will arrive in France

the first phase of the prologue of the Olympic flame and to celebrate with the world its arrival in France

President of the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Deputy President of the Regions of France

“We will show the whole world that Southern France is a fitting stage for the Games."

In recent years there has been much talk about how sports administration should be more "athlete-centred" and how those who play the game should have a bigger say in how it is run.

In 1994 we played France at home, after beating Scotland and Ireland," he recalled when we sat down to

"I scored the try that sealed the game against France and we went on to play the Grand Slam decider against

It was a role he held until 2021 when he joined the WRU.Nigel Walker's try against France in the 1994

The International Testing Agency (ITA) has launched a search for candidates to train to run the anti-doping operations at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Are you based in France?" read the ITA statement."

Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Elina Svitolina has called for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be banned from the Paris 2024 Olympics.

country was under attack.The 2018 WTA Finals champion is married to fellow tennis player Gaël Monfils of France

million) and a six-figure bonus as he continues to challenge his sacking as chief executive of the France

presided over a "management by terror".His sacking was confirmed at an extraordinary meeting of the France

payment of a bonus of around €100,000 (£90,000/$110,000).Claude Atcher was axed as chief executive of France

dispute in our option, and the production of various documents that the GIP [Groupement d’Interet Public France

Druskininkai, in the south of Lithuania, is set to host the Baseball5 European Championship in November, with the top two teams qualifying for the 2024 Baseball5 World Cup.

against Italy for the bronze medal.The inaugural Baseball5 Under-17 European Championship was won by France

The winners of the hockey tournament at this year’s re-arranged Asian Games in Hangzhou will qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, it has been confirmed.

ImagesA total of 12 countries will compete in both the men and women’s Olympic tournaments at Paris 2024.France

New Zealand have finished the Oceania Canoe Slalom Championships on top of the standings with four gold medals at the Vector Wero Whitewater Park in Auckland.

prevailed in the men's kayak cross discipline ahead of Puchner and Anderson.In the women's events, it was France

France's Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has called for the resignation of the French Rugby Federation's (FFR) entire Executive Committee in the wake of a corruption scandal.

France is due to stage the Rugby World Cup this year from September 8 to October 28, but the country's

What was analysed in the social malaise at France 2023, is that it was indeed the management of Claude

It happened on this day, January 30, in 1924. Then again, it didn’t happen until 2006. Or rather, what happened on "this day" was clarified. Which was that Britain won curling gold at the first Winter Olympics.

line-up of father and son Willie and Laurence Jackson, Robin Welsh and Tom Murray earned a 46-4 win over France