A senior Olympic official has insisted that Paris 2024 are right to focus flagship projects in the area of Saint-Denis, despite spectator incidents before and after the UEFA Champions League final last month.

time we get to 2024, the situation may have changed in that area but that all depends very much on France

The trial of former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA leader Michel Platini has been delayed after the former was deemed too ill to testify.

corruption scandals.Platini, a three-time Ballon d'Or winner as a player and European champion with France

A mighty convergence of talent will make the women’s 200 metres a track highlight tomorrow as the Diamond League returns to Rome after a year’s gap.

world champion Halimah Nakaayi, Jamaica’s Natoya Goule, Cuba’s Rose Mary Almanza, Rénelle Lamote of France

metre air rifle standing SH1 world record at the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Chateauroux in France

with a score of 253.1.Francek Gorazd Tirsek of Slovenia took silver on 252.6.Tanguy de la Forest of France

came from behind to defeat Nicole Haeusler of Switzerland to the bronze.There were wins for Poland and France

The Netherlands' Lorena Wiebes recovered from her crash yesterday with a remarkable display capped off with a powerful sprint finish to win stage two of the Women's Tour in Harlow in Britain.

Barbara Guarischi pipped Belgian rider Shari Bossuyt to the line.Stage one winner Clara Copponi of France

Qualification at the 2022 European Archery Championships has ended, with world number one men's compound archer Mike Schloesser being one of those to top their respective tables in Munich.

Wiener on 710 and Emircan Haney of Turkey on 709.Robin Jaatma from Estonia and Jean Philippe Boulch of France

third on 664.World number four Italian Lucilla Boari was 13th, while world number five Lisa Barbelin of France

The International Testing Agency (ITA) is to implement target testing at the finish line of Tour de France

too after the holding of the race.The ITA were involved in the testing process for the 2021 Tour de France

ImagesUCI President David Lappartient added that this change since the 1998 doping scandal at the Tour de France

collaborate with national anti-doping organisations and protect whistleblowers.This year's Tour de France

Wout Van Aert of Belgium produced a strong performance to reclaim the lead in the Critérium du Dauphiné, but was unable to see out victory in stage three.

 For the third stage running, B&B Hotels p/b KTM's Pierre Rolland of France kept the blue, dotted

km and running until Sunday (June 12), the Dauphiné represents an important warm-up for the Tour de France

Organisers of the Tour de France Grand Départ in Denmark have said that the country's host cities are

Denmark had been due to host the Grand Départ last year, but it was moved to Brest in France to avoid

Euro 2020.A 13.2 kilometres individual time trial in the Danish capital is due to start the Tour de France

owning a bicycle, and Kærup believes the country is well-suited to staging the start of the Tour de France

Normally the Tour de France is hosted by a city or a region, so it's the first time that a Grand Départ

Allan Toft pic.twitter.com/OzsyQMv2sw— Grand Départ Copenhagen Denmark Tour de France ‘22 (@letourdk)

It cannot be just me who feels a touch disconcerted at the way globalisation - be it of money-flows or pathogens - has disrupted the time-honoured certainties of the international sports framework.

late November in the Gulf state of Qatar.I did think this might happen four years ago in Russia, but France

A revamped European Team Championships will take place over six days next year as part of the European Games in Kraków and Małopolska, it has been announced.

place in the evening.The 1st Division consists of hosts Poland, Italy, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, France

Ankara is set to stage the final leg of the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Pentathlon World Cup prior to the season finale last this month, which is also due to be held in the Turkish capital.

Woong-tae of South Korea, who set a world record with his score of 1,537 points.Christopher Patte of France

France's Alexis Vuillermoz came out on top in a five-man sprint finish to take the yellow jersey in the second stage of the International Cycling Union World Tour race Critérium du Dauphiné.

It’s incredible," Vuillermoz, winner of an individual stage of the Tour de France in 2015, said.

rider did, however, keep hold of the green jersey, awarded on total points, whilst Pierre Rolland of France

due to finish in Plateau de Solaison on Sunday (12), represents an important warm-up for the Tour de France

France rounded off a fantastic weekend at the International Canoeing Federation (ICF) Wildwater Canoeing

team event, Quentin Bonnetain, Maxence Barouh and Felix Bouvet showed similar levels of dominance for France

Lasha Talakhadze duly extended his series of victories at the European Weightlifting Championships, which stretches back to 2016, but one of the most remarkable runs in weightlifting history came to an end today.

of compatriot Ara Aghanyan, who missed his final attempt and made 170-205-375.Romain Imadouchene of France