strong runs to win the men's giant slalom despite heavy snowfall ©Getty ImagesQuentin Fillon Maillet of France

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) earned gold in the men’s 4x10 kilometres cross-country skiing relay after leading the competition from start to finish at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre.

Hans Christer Holund and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo finished in a time of 1:55:57.9.Bronze was earned by France

Former secretary general Kruno Karin has been elected President of World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Europe, defeating Andrea Marcon in a vote in Ljubljana.

Straelen has been elected treasurer.The new WBSC Europe Executive Board also contains Francois Collet from France

Alpine Ski World Cup leader Marco Odermatt put together two strong runs to win the men's giant slalom gold medal on a day of racing blighted by snowfall at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

second-best time of round two - 1:06.42 - to win the race and a maiden Olympic medal.Mathieu Faivre of France

France stunned men's Olympic bronze medallists India to clinch a first victory of the International Hockey

on Tuesday (February 8).After a goalless first quarter today at the same venue, Victor Charlet put France

The President of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) Paulo Wanderley Teixeira says the organisation feels privileged to be able to welcome French judoka Teddy Riner to the country to train.

February 2020.A further visit of French judokas to Brazil is planned for March, with members of the France

Figure skating at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is currently convulsed with the case of the Russian Olympic Committee's 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, whose eligibility to compete in the women's event is due to be determined by a Court of Arbitration for Sport panel tomorrow.

and Sikharulidze gained the nod from representatives of their own nation, China, Poland, Ukraine and France

Canadians.It was a split along political and geographical lines that was not unexpected - but with France

France's Axelle Gachet-Mollaret and Switzerland's Werner Marti won their second gold medals of the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) European Championships in Boí Taüll, triumphing in the individual races.

to Italy's Alba De Silvestro, who was almost three minutes further back in 1:20:01.1.Emily Harrop of France

in the women's curling round robin match ©Getty ImagesGabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France

Simidele Adeagbo, Nigeria’s first Olympian in skeleton, has made a call for more diversity at the Winter Olympic Games.

Chris Stokes and streamed live on social media.The 1964 figure skating silver medallist Alain Calmat of France

bronze medals for cycling in 1996, took Commonwealth gold in 2002 and also rode in the women’s Tour de France

A television deal with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to transmit the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran and the 2023 Mediterranean Beach Games in Heraklion has been hailed as "pioneering" by the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM).

broadcast the Games.They are set to be transmitted in Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, France

Senegal have risen to their highest position in the latest FIFA world rankings after winning their first Confederation of African Football (CAF) Africa Cup of Nations.

and the latter to 42nd.The top of the rankings remained largely unchanged with Belgium, Brazil and France

The Francophone Games - "Jeux de la Francophonie" - due to have been held in the Congolese capital Kinshasa this August, have now been postponed until 2023, it has been announced.

It's not a bad decision," Games Director Isidore Kwandja Ngembo told Radio France International."

The number of European countries to allow stadiums at full capacity will climb to 12, according to a report by European Leagues.

the voice of 38 professional football leagues across 31 countries.Austria will join Denmark, England, France

Switzerland's Werner Marti and France's Axelle Gachet Mollaret won the gold medals in the vertical race in the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) European Championships in Boí Taüll in Spain.

-23 as Lisa Moreschini and Samantha Bertolina crossed the line in 30:18 and 30:44.Perrine Gindre of France