The Paris 2024 Organising Committee Board has rubber-stamped a revised and increased budget for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which it claims enables it to "move calmly into the operational delivery phase of the event".

Paris Métropole and €5.6 million (£4.8 million/$5.9 million) from each of the City of Paris and Île-de-France

Organisers of the Tour de France Grand Départ in Denmark this year have crowned it a success, with an

Copenhagen held the first stage of the Tour de France, followed by stage two traversing from Roskilde

of the attitudes of the general public as well as the tourists shows that their opinion on Tour De France

The evaluation of the start and finish cities documents that the hosting of Tour de France has brought

Jonas Vingegaard, a Dane, won this year's Tour de France ©Getty ImagesThere were more than 722,000 domestic

, was the general classification winner this year, becoming only the second Dane to win the Tour de France

FIFA has unveiled a new match ball entitled Al Hilm set to be used from the semi-finals onwards at the World Cup in Qatar.

Four matches remain at Qatar 2022 - Argentina against Croatia and France against Morocco in the last

China enjoyed a successful International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Youth Championships in Tunis, clinching nine of the available 14 golds.

December 11, 2022The boys' team beat Poland 3-1 in the final, while the girls' team proved too strong for France

beat Australia 3-0 in the final and its girls' team overcame Japan 3-2 in the decider.Flavien Coton of France

President Emmanuel Macron is set to travel to Qatar to attend the FIFA World Cup semi-final between France

of the trip remain to be settled, of course, but he had made this commitment," Oudéa-Castéra said on France

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Executive Council is now looking to send delegates to Paris to inspect pre-Games training camps for the 2024 Olympics, following the change of power in the National Olympic Committee.

when selecting the best venues for the teams to train at.It is expected that the Indian Mission in France

Lucas Braathen won the first men's slalom contest of the Alpine Ski World Cup season to end Marco Odermatt and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde's monopoly on the top of the podium.

Meillard third.Sweden's Kristoffer Jakobsen and then Alexis Pinturault - the top skier for host nation France

Johannes Thingnes Bø won his fourth International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup race in a row - six if you include relays - today in Hochfilzen, leading the men's 12.5 kilometres pursuit from start to finish.

ahead of Sweden, with Italy 18.5 off the pace in third.Simon shot perfectly on the final leg to bring France

this season's only previous women's relay.The IBU World Cup circuit now heads to Le Grand-Bornand in France

French police have fired tear gas on the Champs-Élysées, after thousands of fans gathered to celebrate the results of yesterday's FIFA World Cup quarter-finals.

match of the day to become the first African side to reach the World Cup semi-finals, before holders France

the crowd.French police came under scrutiny during the UEFA Champions League Final at the Stade de France

and tear gas fired in response to clashes between supporters and the police.Morocco are due to face France

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with eight bouts featuring world and Olympic champions ©ITGRio 2016 silver medallist Sofiane Oumiha of France

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Kane had scored an earlier penalty in the quarter-final versus France, but smashed the second over the

bar ©Getty ImagesAurélien Tchouaméni's long-range effort had given France a first-half lead ©Getty ImagesWith

the missed penalty, a Harry Maguire own goal ended up being the winner as France edged it 2-1 ©Getty

become the first African team to ever reach the FIFA World Cup semi-finals, where defending champions France

palms right before the equaliser and Harry Maguire sending a free header wide not long thereafter, but France

 It fizzed over and France won 2-1.The defending champions' one loss at this tournament came against

that they need it after dispatching off the impressive Spain and then Portugal.Al Bayt Stadium, where France

All focus will be on Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway when the European Cross Country Championships starts tomorrow in Turin.

European Athletics Championships in Mohamed Katir of Spain and Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa.Yann Schrub of France

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) Artistic Swimming World Cup will travel to new or unfamiliar venues next year, with the venue and date of the concluding Super Final yet to be decided.

event in 1987, will stage the second leg from April 28 to 30, and another new host, Montpellier in France

our competition season here in Canada," Priddell said.Markham, in Canada, and Montpellier in southern France

Three-time FINA World Championship competitor Eve Planeix of France welcomed the artistic swimming world

Croatia and Argentina claimed dramatic penalty shootout wins over Brazil and the Netherlands respectively as the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup 2022 got underway in Qatar.

13).The quarter-finals are due to conclude tomorrow with Portugal taking on Morocco before holders France