Defending champions France will open the 2021 Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Prague against Canada, starting off six days of competition at the start of November at the O2 Arena.

and Germany.Belgium play Belarus and Spain play Slovakia on the opening day on court one.Day two sees Australia

match consists of two singles and one doubles match.France won the 2019 Fed Cup after victory against Australia

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) have had their appeals against

A survey from the Institute Francaise d’Opinion Publique (IFOP) has found 88 per cent of people polled in France said they would be in favour of the country hosting the 2025 Rugby League World Cup.

League World Cup in England.This competition was pushed back to 2022 after rugby league powerhouses Australia

now.England is to host the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in 2022 after it was postponed for a year due to Australia

Businesses in Queensland have been urged to collaborate with local Government to ensure they take full advantage of Brisbane hosting the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

if Government and business work together from the start," said Mandigora, according to Business News Australia

€5.2 billion) in value to the State of Queensland, and $13.4 billion (£9.7 billion/€11.4 billion) to Australia

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has defended its "generous" and "very popular" medal incentive funding programme (MIF), after it was revealed that retiring athletes who medalled at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are not eligible for prize money.

million/€4.4 million) had been paid out in MIF over the last four years.At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Australia

Members of the Afghanistan women’s junior football team and their families have fled to neighbouring Pakistan, following the Taliban’s return to power.

Cricket Australia said in response that it would withdraw from hosting a men’s Test match against Afghanistan

Four Tokyo 2020 gold medallists will be aiming to add a world title to their résumé at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Sprint World Championships, which take place in Copenhagen in Denmark.

won bronze in the women's K1 200m and 500m at Tokyo 2020, is also set to feature.Many athletes from Australia

A group of Australian athletes from New South Wales who competed at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games are quarantining at home instead of a hotel as part of a trial by the regional Government.

Australia finished eighth on the medal table at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics ©Getty ImagesMost of the Australian

Championships in Bathurst have been postponed for a second time due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in Australia

Athletics and local organisers.It had been pushed back to this year because of strict travel measures in Australia

borders are closed to international visitors.World Athletics said the 14-day quarantine requirements in Australia

region is at the forefront of this postponement".World Athletics said the 14-day quarantine measures in Australia

are not practical for a one-day event ©Getty Images"Athletics Australia and the local Organising Committee

plan and deliver a world-class celebration of cross country running in February 2023," said Athletics Australia

The dates have been set for the women's softball tournament at next year's World Games in Birmingham in Alabama.

Games hosts the United States, who they beat in the Tokyo 2020 final.Bronze medallists Canada, Mexico, Australia

Bronte Barratt has been elected by Australia’s athletes to serve as their first representative when the Organising Committee for Brisbane 2032 is officially set up later this year.

representative ready.The Brisbane-born Barratt was chosen from a list of five candidates.Barratt represented Australia

total of four medals, including a gold in the 4x200 metres freestyle at Beijing 2008 in a race where Australia

the Olympic and Paralympic Games being held in my hometown," Barratt said.Bronte Barratt represented Australia

This knowledge is vital in shaping the opportunity for Brisbane, Queensland and all Australia."

News that next month’s General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) is to be held in Crete reminded me that it was there on the Mediterranean holiday island that I had my first taste of live Olympic sports action.

the world’s brightest stars away, even when their nations do qualify.I noted back in 2004 that the Australia

The International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships - due to take place in Tianjin fewer than two weeks before the Winter Olympics begin in the same country, China - have been cancelled.

on October 1.This year's Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, set to be held in Sydney in Australia

MotoGP's Argentine Grand Prix in Termas de Río Hondo has been cancelled for a second consecutive year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

confirmed it will not take place at all.The race joins the list of cancelled Grands Prix alongside Australia

Denmark and Hungary have secured places at the 2022 Women’s Under-19 World Floorball Championship after securing top-two finishes at a qualifier in Saku in Estonia.

4 to 8 next year.The nations will participate in the Group C and D event, alongside Russia, Canada, Australia