The Tokyo Paralympics later this year will be the greatest yet. Venues packed with enthusiastic spectators, slick organisation, phenomenal sport. Everything London 2012 delivered, but with higher quality sporting contests. 

 Am I frustrated that we sold 305,000 tickets for the 2017 Championships and no opportunity has

You bet I am.More than 300,000 tickets were sold for the 2017 IPC World Para Athletics Championships

this is to ignore the human cost which must surely be addressed urgently in UK Sport’s planning for Paris

Russian officials have rejected suggestions the country could be stripped of hosting matches at the 2020 UEFA European Championships, following recommendations made by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Compliance Review Committee (CRC).

Today, in a situation when all preparatory measures are actually in the final stage, tickets are being

last week, with the organisation's Executive Committee due to consider the proposal at its meeting in Paris

Former FIFA secretary general Jérôme Valcke has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in a final attempt to clear his name and have his 10-year ban from the sport overturned.

Frenchman was sacked by football's world governing body in January 2016 over the alleged sale of World Cup tickets

bribed with the use of a luxury villa in Italy in a World Cup broadcast rights deal allegedly involving Paris

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued a strongly worded warning to the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) after it was found to have breached rules on the sale of hospitality packages for Tokyo 2020.

Packages made available by the ISSF included the promise of "assistance" in obtaining tickets, accommodation

packages was "not in compliance with the applicable rules".The IOC will not offer the ISSF any more tickets

the ISSF shall be considered in the evaluation of the allocation of Olympic assets to the ISSF" for Paris

€3,600), offered the same benefits.The "finalist" package, the lowest-priced option, did not include tickets

We have noted that within the ISSF Business Plan, it was not specified that the tickets allocated to

The 2019 World Urban Games organising committee chairman says host city Budapest wants to be "one of the three most important sport capitals of Europe" - but has ruled out a bid for the 2032 Olympics.

I think we are in the group of London, Paris, Moscow, Berlin and Budapest, these are the cities that

for the 2032 event.A bid from Brisbane appears to be the runaway favourite for the Games, following Paris

aiming for individual sporting events in order to build a worldwide reputation on the level of Tokyo, Paris

news from Budapest.He said having audience and local engagement is among their primary aims, hence tickets

A full venue is much more important than selling tickets, so we will see the attendance together - I

Tokyo has today celebrated one-year-to-go until the 2020 Olympic Games with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach officially inviting the world’s athletes to take part in an event he says will see Japan make history.

representing the NOCs of host countries of upcoming editions of the Olympic Games – Tokyo 2020, Beijing 2022, Paris

Tokyo 2020 is due to take place from July 24 to August 9.Around 3.2 million Olympics tickets have already

Russia dominated an action-packed first day of sambo action at the 2nd European Games here as they won four of the nine gold medals on offer in the Sports Palace.

International Olympic Committee (IOC).He added that he was “very hopeful” of inclusion, “perhaps by Paris

to get to this point on the Olympic pathway but we are very hopeful of Olympic inclusion, maybe by Paris

instance, there were people gathered at the doors of the competition venue trying to get additional tickets

two-day visit to Marseille from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission for the Paris

In fact, the whole premise of Paris 2024 revolves around creating an Olympic and Paralympic Games for

This is a way for the IOC and the Olympic Movement to make sure everybody realises that when Paris said

Paris is staying true to this commitment.”Paris 2024 is tipped to be a “unique” Games because of the

FIFA claimed 11,323 tickets had been sold to United Kingdom postcodes and a further 2,000 had been distributed

Why weren’t there more French spectators at the match, when tickets were priced as low as €9 (£8/$10)

At the Vatican this week, Pope Francis gave his blessing to the Flame bound for the Naples 2019 Universiade.

themselves better to serve the interests of peace".In the early 1920s there were athletics meetings in Paris

innovation on a Roman scale".They were organised by the Gruppi Universitari Fascisti and passes and tickets

FIFA has admitted only 14 matches at the Women’s World Cup were sold out despite earlier claims tickets

governing body claimed on Tuesday that an important milestone had been reached with more than one million tickets

fans.FIFA said the opening game of the tournament between France and South Korea at the Parc des Princes in Paris

was sold out.A tickets were issued for Brazil’s group match with Jamaica in Grenoble, the smallest venue

previously claimed 20 matches had been sold out, while FIFA’s Twitter account had last month claimed tickets

in attendance at Allianz Arena in Nice, which can hold 35,100 spectators.FIFA said on Tuesday that tickets

Two clicks take you to FIFA’s French e-store for the Women’s World Cup that has got fully under way for the eighth time this weekend following Friday’s 4-0 walloping of South Korea by a host team set on replicating the victory of their men in Russia last year.

won the opening match of the FIFA Women's World Cup against South Korea 4-0 at Parc des Princes in Paris

shout for Carli Lloyd’s third goal for the United States went on for just under 40 seconds.In terms of tickets

And BBC reports that 950,000 tickets have already been sold.As far as the host broadcasters are concerned

) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the final day of the Women's Football Convention in Paris

Cup.Hosts France are set to take on South Korea in front of a sold-out crowd at Parc des Princes in Paris

be one the most high-profile Women's World Cup yet, with FIFA reporting they have allocated 941,000 tickets

The inaugural FIFA Women's Football Convention began today in Paris as delegates from confederations

world’s leading practitioners and representatives from women’s football have assembled together in Paris

The event, held at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, saw panel sessions moderated by a number of high-profile

can contribute to both women’s football and a more diverse and inclusive society.Parc des Princes in Paris

 It is set to be the most high-profile Women's World Cup yet, with more than 720,000 tickets sold

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Roland Garros ©Getty ImagesA court surface is covered as rain falls on day 11 of the French Open in Paris

French Open ©Getty ImagesThe famous clay courts were unplayable as torrential rain caused havoc in Paris

settle for replays on the big screens as the rain poured on Roland Garros ©Getty ImagesSpectators with tickets

Simona Halep and Novak Djokovic will have to wait until tomorrow for their French Open quarter-final matches after thunderstorms caused a washout at Roland Garros for the first time since 2016.

June 5, 2019Thunderstorms delayed play for two hours yesterday and with heavy storms continuing across Paris

of potential semi-final contests.Tomorrow, play will start at noon.Organisers said spectators with tickets