All eyes will be on defending champions Gaia Tormena of Italy and Simon Gegenheimer of Germany as the 2022 International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike Cross-Country Eliminator (XCE) World Championships is heading to Barcelona.

Mountainbike (@CityMTB) September 26, 2022However, with four-time UCI World Champion Titouan Perrin-Ganier of France

Luxembourg achieved the biggest shock of the first day of the women's tournament at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu as they claimed an impressive victory against South Korea.

group.Olympic silver medallists Germany overcame Kazakhstan 3-0, and are joined at the top of Group Two by France

Hatice Akbaş, a reigning world boxing champion, was one of the home winners today who helped Turkey finish top of the medals table at the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World Cup Combat Sports here.

the under-80kg gold against Ivan Papakin from Ukraine.Ukraine won four gold medals in the ring, with France

Work on the Paris 2024 Olympic Village was halted as part of a day of protest in France against low wages

Hosts Australia fell agonisingly short of making a second appearance in the Women's Basketball World Cup final as they lost a dramatic semi-final 61-59 to seventh seeds China - watched by a crowd of 11,916 at the Sydney SuperDome.

took place in 2018, were desperate to match or better that performance and after an opening defeat by France

Joel Embiid, the Philadelphia 76ers’ prized seven-foot centre, has kept speculation alive over which country he might represent at the Paris 2024 Olympics after becoming a United States citizen.

force in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the past six years, was granted citizenship by France

not take up that invitation.Now it looks as if there might be a tug-of-war for his services between France

training camp.Philadelphia 76ers' NBA star Joel Embiid could play at the Paris 2024 Olympics for Cameroon, France

The US are the reigning Olympic champions and beat France in the final at Tokyo 2020.

French President Emmanuel Macron has told local officials he wants greater clarity regarding the organisation of the ambitious Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony by the end of October.

Opening Ceremony along the River Seine ©Getty ImagesBeyond the Opening Ceremony, Macron called for Île-de-France

Nations are set to launch their attempts to overthrow China as champions of the International Table Tennis Federation (IITF) World Team Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu when competition begins tomorrow.

Kong to Olympic bronze, return for their country.They have been drawn in Group Three alongside Brazil, France

A collection of Paralympic medallists and world record holders are among the estimated 100 Paralympic and Olympic athletes to attend events, set to be held to mark the first Paralympic Day next month.

Celebrations are due to take place at the Place de la Bastille in Paris, France on October 8, as the

Hosts Australia are one game away from reaching the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women’s Basketball World Cup after defeating Belgium 86-69 in the quarter-finals today.

with 19 points and nine rebounds.They will now face China in the semi-finals, after the Asians beat France

Michel Cadot, the interministerial delegate for the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics, has insisted that acquiring additional security for the Games is a "priority".

in the build-up to the UEFA Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the Stade de France

In the last few days, it has come as a welcome respite from grim tidings in world news to hear of the evident joy of 2012 women's basketball silver medallist Émilie Gomis on her visit to Ancient Olympia in Greece.

Beyond connecting Olympia and Greece with Paris and France, we want to open the Games wide through this

sacred soil that I will have the honour of bringing back to France."

to Grenoble.At the 1967 IOC session in Teheran, organisers revealed plans to take the Flame across France

The Olympic Flame has arrived in France," IOC President Avery Brundage declared.

A microphone attached to his chest relayed the sound of his heartbeat.The Flame did not return to France

American shooter Derrick Scott Mein produced a near faultless performance to claim men’s trap gold at the International Shooting Sport Federation World Championship Shotgun in Croatian city Osijek.

Mendiratta managed to hit 13 in the final to place fourth.Carole Cormenier secured a quota place for France

Republic and Sweden in earning places in the men’s trap competition at Paris 2024.Carole Cormenier of France

struck 20 targets for bronze, while Australia’s Catherine Skinner came fourth with 10.The result sees France

France Judo President Stéphane Nomis has underlined the importance of the organisation’s efforts to create

Limeil, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, Gennevilliers and Chanteloup-les-Vignes.The lofty goal has been set by France

Regional Council President Francois Sauvadet which will take the Flame to the region in north-eastern France

already signed up to be part of the Paris 2024 "Terrain de Jeux" programme which links areas across France