Olympic Games rights-holder Discovery has announced that it has suspended the broadcast of its channels in Russia following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

European territory, except for Russia, accounting for 53 countries in total.The only other exceptions were France

US Open champion Emma Raducanu and fellow Grand Slam winners Simona Halep and Iga Świątek are among the first players into round three at the Indian Wells Masters.

All three were taken to three sets in California.Raducanu beat in-from Carolina Garcia of France 6-1,

Richard Jouve earned victory in the final men’s sprint event of the International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup in Falun, with the result seeing him become the first Frenchman to win the crystal globe for the discipline.

time of 3min 3.62sec, ending just 0.49 seconds clear of Finland's Joni Maki.Lucas Chanavat, also of France

Slovakia’s Petra Vlhová earned a dominant victory in the women’s giant slalom competition in Åre to close the gap to Mikaela Shiffrin in the overall International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup standings.

will see a slalom competition held in Åre, before the season concludes with four races at Meribel in France

A bizarre wrong-turn five kilometres from the end of the fifth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico ended the chances of victory on the day for the newly-established general classification leader Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia and his closest rival, Remco Evenepoel of Belgium.

of continuing down a flat road - Evenepoel, Pogačar - Slovenia’s 23-year-old 2020 and 2021 Tour de France

the International Ski Federation (FIS) Ski Cross World Cup standings with Terence Tchiknavorian of France

Paris 2024 are expected to continue with plans to hold shooting events at La Courneuve, while Porte de Versailles exhibition centre is likely to remain a venue for basketball competition.

water polo on the Marville site was rejected.Rugby sevens has been moved into the area at the Stade de France

Momoka Muraoka clinched her third Alpine skiing gold medal of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics after a phenomenal second run in the women's sitting giant slalom.

, with eight-time Paralympic gold medallist and current giant slalom world champion Marie Bochet of France

Oksana Masters led an American one-two in the women's individual sitting biathlon event at Beijing 2022 following a nervous wait in the finish area.

#ParaBiathlon✨Gold for France! ??

India can go top of the women's Hockey Pro League standings this weekend, although a coronavirus outbreak means the corresponding men's fixtures with Germany have been called off.

 France and South Africa ended up completing the men's competition, with India one of the replacement

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates won stage four of the Tirreno-Adriatico after a late move in the final 500 metres from Cascata delle Marmore to Bellante.

went to Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, who currently rides for Jumbo-Visma, followed by Victor Lafay of France

Last week’s decision to expel Russia from the 2022 FIFA World Cup is not entirely without precedent. The same thing happened almost half a century ago, albeit for different reasons when Russia was at the centre of the Soviet Union (USSR).

16 teams took part in the final stages.In European qualifying group nine, the USSR were paired with France

 They lost their opening match to France but won every subsequent game to finish top.

were among many notable European absentees from the 1974 World Cup, including Spain, Portugal, France

Britain’s Charlotte Bankes produced the fastest time in qualification at the International Ski Federation Snowboard Cross World Cup event in Reiteralm in Austria as she looks to close in on the women’s crystal globe.

the title on Saturday (March 12) should she increase the gap between herself and Chloé Trespeuch of France

There are not many Commonwealth Games countries where French is the first language.

Step forward Cameroon - the West African nation which gained independence from France in 1960 and went

The Paris Administrative Court of Appeal has ordered the immediate halting of work on a training pool for Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Aubervilliers.

execution of the construction work of the nautical centre is suspended," a court decision read, Agence France-Presse