Tens of thousands of people, including more than 160 Paralympic athletes, Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet and his International Paralympic Committee counterpart Andrew Parsons, have gathered at the Place de la Bastille in the French capital to celebrate Paralympic Day.

event's accessibility.Estanguet vowed that Paris 2024 would bring tangible benefits to Para sport in France

conviction that there will be a before and after 2024 for Para sport and wider disability issues in France

Amélie Le Fur said there is more to come in the efforts to boost the profile of Paralympic sport in France

jumped 7.58m.Paralympic Day in Paris followed a series of similar celebrations around the Stade de France

us," Le Fur said, as reported by French newspaper L'Équipe.Paris 2024 is set to mark the first time France

Defending champions and hosts New Zealand, seeking a record sixth Women's Rugby World Cup title, weathered a worrying start before beating neighbours Australia 41-17 at Eden Park in the first of their Pool A matches.

opening match victories at Eden Park for the side beaten by New Zealand in the last final, England, and France

Defending champions China are set to meet second seeds Japan in the women's final of the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu.

or second seeds Germany.South Korea defeated Hong Kong 3-1, while Germany recovered from 2-0 down to France

The Olympic Flame is set to pass through Val-d'Oise, a department in the Île-de-France region, after

No national teams have yet chosen to take up the offer to use the Île-de-France Sports Expertise and

The beleaguered President of the French Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF), Brigitte Henriques, has chosen to "take a rest" prior to a potentially critical Board meeting on October 12 and temporarily delegated her responsibilities.

two years before the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, remain unclear.But Agence France-Presse

CNOSF Board of Directors.International Olympic Committee member Guy Drut, a former Sports Minister of France

With four months to go the Courchevel Méribel 2023 Alpine World Ski Championships are "95 per cent finalised" Michel Vion, secretary general of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has declared.

coordination meeting was held equidistant from the two competition venues, at Brides-les-Bains in Savoie, France

Olympic bronze medallists Hong Kong suffered a shock exit in the women's quarter-finals after losing in a five-match thriller to Germany at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu, while the first knockout round concluded in the men's event.

quarter-finals China are set to meet Sweden, Portugal are to due to face Japan, Germany are set to face France

their title defence of the women's Rugby World Cup tomorrow on home territory in Aotearoa with England, France

.However, the Kiwis suffered four consecutive losses last November - two apiece against challengers France

been defeated.Their record will boost their hopes of advancing top of Pool C as they prepare to face France

Gianni Merlo has been re-elected as President of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) for a fifth term at the AIPS Congress in Rome.

Antonio Prieto of Spain, Ahmadi Seyed Abdolhamid of Iran, Hiroshi Takeuchi of Japan, Marc Ventolluiac of France

A new athletics track has been opened at the Stade Municipal Georges-Lefèvre Stadium, which is where Britain plan to be based for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

Manga.Péricard called it a "symbolic moment" for the region as it now has a complete athletics stadium.Île-de-France

Romania's Apor Györgydeák is the new men's singles world number one after the International Federation of Teqball updated its rankings following last month's action.

Series in Kraków to leapfrog Hungary's back-to-back world champion Ádám Blázsovics.Julien Grondin of France

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loss to Matan Kokolayev of Israel in the men's under-60kg tournament ©Getty ImagesIt was a bad day for France

More than 230 athletes competed at the Ju-Jitsu International Federation German Open, a Grand Prix event.

the fighting system competitions, The Netherlands won four gold medals to top the pile.Germany and France

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has moved to sever its ties with long-term partner Tissot, blaming a "unilateral breach of the agreement" by the Swiss watch manufacturer.

Basketball Federation and National Basketball Association in the United States, as well as the Tour de France