The WTT Star Contender got underway with the first round of qualifying in the men's and women's singles at the Lusail Sports Arena in Doha. 

 In the women's event,  Jia Nan Yuan representing France secured a 11-5, 11-7, 11-6 victory

France has won the biathlon 4x7.5 kilometres mixed relay on the final day of competition here at the

22.8sec winning margin at the Vuokatti Sport Biathlon Stadium.Amandine Mengin was the first athlete for France

Britain's Ethan Vernon of Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team won stage five of the Volta a Catalunya, which is the longest race of this edition at 206.3 kilometres.

 Vernon got his first World Tour victory ahead of German Phil Bauhaus and Dorian Godon of France

Eighteen athletes are through to the men's final at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Pentathlon World Cup event in Cairo.

sixth-placed finishes in the fencing and swimming, tail-ended by third in the laser run.Christopher Patte of France

finish with 1,180 points for first, in front of Hungarian Szep Balazs a point behind.Valentin Belaud of France

International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike World Cup season opener is scheduled to take place in Lourdes, France

The Netherlands' Zoe Deltrap completed a clean sweep of short track speed skating gold medals here at the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), winning the girls' 1,000 metres and helping her country to victory in the 3,000m mixed relay.

Italian team in second clocking 4:23.639.Poland took the bronze medal with a time of 4:30.471, but France

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has selected the city of Hermosillo in Mexico to stage this year’s V WBSC Under-15 Baseball World Cup, which is set to take place from August 26 to September 4.  

Baseball World Cups following in September and October.World number 14 Czech Republic and number 22 France

Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and Estonian Anett Kontaveit suffered early exits at the Miami Open as a series of seeds were defeated in the second round of the women’s singles.

Slovenian Tamara Zidanšek, Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo, Angelique Kerber of Germany, Alizé Cornet of France

The last weekend in March, when the World Cross Country Championships traditionally took place, used to be my favourite time of the year.

stunning spa town of Aix-les-Bains, situated on the shore of the largest natural lake of glacial origin in France

Japan’s four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka kept her emotions in check as she coolly dispatched Australia’s Astra Sharma in straight sets in the women’s singles opening round of the Miami Open.

with a 6-4, 6-2 success against another Frenchman in Richard Gasquet.It was a disappointing day for France

Australia’s Ben O'Connor earned victory on the third stage of the Volta a Catalunya to take the overall race lead in La Molina.

Citröen rider attacked in the final nine kilometres of the 161km stage, which began at Perpignan in France

French Surfing Federation President Jacques Lajuncomme has hailed the contribution of the French Olympic Committee (CNOSF) in helping launch French-speaking sports organisations as Paris 2024 approaches.

© AFE/CNOSFThe AFE also envisaged a role in helping French-speaking nations find training bases in France

Our teams in France regularly travel to the towns where these facilities are located," Le Maux said."

Zoe Deltrap won her second short track speed skating gold medal here at the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF), coming out on top in the girls' 500 metres.

eliminated after finishing third in her quarter-final involving Deltrap.In the boys' 500m, Tawan Thomas of France

qualifier in the quarter-finals and semi-finals.In the 3,000m mixed relay semi-finals, The Netherlands and France

Sara Andersson clinched Sweden's second gold medal at the Vuokatti Sport Biathlon Stadium here at the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Finland.

of Italy's Mattia Piller Hoffer.Both of the top-two were faultless with their rifles.Lou Thievent of France

The total of 13.4 million tickets announced as being available for the Paris 2024 Games - 10 million for the Olympics and 3.4 million for the Paralympics - may rise still further once final arrangements for the estimated 1000 sessions involved have been completed.

won the public tender to deliver the Paris 2024 centralised ticketing process as a joint venture - France