Hikari Yoshioka and Taiki Nakamura gave Japan opening day wins at the Junior Judo World Championships in Guayaquil, as four titles were awarded.

but could not win the world title against the Japanese.In the repechage, Azak defeated Pauline Cuq of France

losing to a second Georgian, Tornike Maziasahvili, for bronze in the repechage.Romain Valadier Picard of France

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Andrew Parsons has paid tribute to one of the organisation's founding fathers, André Auberger, who has died at the age of 84.

administrator for his work in developing Paralympic sport.André Auberger was pivotal to Para sport in France

leader who contributed a great deal to the Paralympic Movement both internationally and nationally in France

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is still hoping for local laws to be made flexible to enable rail stations to be made more accessible to wheelchairs for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

on taxes levied on adaptive sports equipment was something that passed, approved and implemented in France

At the same time we can’t forget that France has delivered some other other sports events, like the FIFA

The last regular-season leg of the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour could begin tomorrow in Tahiti and offer a glimpse of what the Olympic surfing contest will look like in 2024.

and needs only to avoid a first-round exit to be assured top seeding for the finals.Johanne Defay of France

Work to install a footbridge linking the Stade de France and the site of the Olympic Aquatics Centre

newspaper L'Équipe has described it as "an imposing structure".The bridge will link the Stade de France

Centre ©Getty ImagesThe footbridge is to span the the A1 motorway and provides a link from the Stade de France

swimming at Paris 2024.Come the Olympics, athletics and rugby sevens are due to take place at the Stade de France

Twenty years ago, pretty much to the day, I embarked on a pre-season fact-finding mission to the Premier League’s two Merseyside clubs, Liverpool and Everton.

striking figure of El Hadji Diouf, whom I had watched terrorise defences first with Lens in northern France

Kenya’s world and Olympic 1500 metres champion Faith Kipyegon will race at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco tomorrow with a world record in mind.

India's Commonwealth Games silver medallist Murali Sreeshankar.World under-20 champion Erwan Konate from France

Hosts Italy finished the European Para Archery Championships top of the medals table in Rome, winning five golds thanks to the likes of Elisabetta Mijno and Daniele Piran.

Forsberg defeated Italian Matteo Bonacina 139-137 in the men's compound final, while Maxime Guerin of France

The Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports and the General Secretariat of Sports have formally recognised rugby league, ending a ban on the code only months prior to the nation's participation in the Rugby League World Cup later this year.

, they are due to take on the hosts England in Sheffield.Greece will also face 2025 World Cup hosts France

The number of people from Sri Lanka's Commonwealth Games delegation reported missing has risen to 10, with athletes and officials seeking to avoid returning to the economic crisis and political turmoil in their home country.

team leaders to return passports to athletes, however, saying taking them breached English laws.Agence France-Presse

Belarusian tennis player Victoria Azarenka has been forced to pull out of a key US Open warm-up event because of delays in getting a visa.

complicate travel for Russian and Belarusian athletes, Tennis Canada said in a statement given to Agence France-Presse

The fifth day of the Sofia 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships saw South Korea and Iran add to their gold medal tallies.

up with dominating 11-1 win in the second round and gold.In the men’s under-78kg, Mohamed Mendy from France

confidence after that and wrapped the third round  and the medal with a 10-6 victory.Turkey, Britain, France

Olympic champion Dame Lisa Carrington and world champion Fernando Pimenta both impressed in the semi-finals at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth, Canada.

Paralympic title in Tokyo.Luis Silva of Brazil took the silver medal in 49.14, with Remy Boulle of France

cathedral, which has been given a target of reopening in time for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics in France

Olympic and world champions such as Ben Maher, Isabell Werth and world number one Martin Fuchs are among the star attractions at the 2022 International Equestrian Federation (FEI) World Championships set to begin in Herning tomorrow.

 World number one Manon Moutinho of France will up against second ranked Kimberly Pamler of the