This weekend's sporting calendar in Britain has been severely hit by COVID-19, which has forced the postponement of several high-profile matches.

France has tightened restrictions on arrivals from Britain in response to the prevalence the Omicron

This is a consequence of new travel measures between the UK [United Kingdom] and France which are being

because of an outbreak affecting Welsh outfit Ospreys.From today, people can only travel from Britain to France

The International Skating Union (ISU) has confirmed there will be no re-arranged Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final this season.

for any of the six ordinary Grand Prix of Figure Skating hosts - China, the United States, Canada, France

Turin.Last season's final was due to be in Beijing but fell victim to the pandemic.The 2020 legs in France

Belgium has joined a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, with Prime Minister Alexander De Croo vowing the Government will not have a presence at the Games.

EU) ultimately decides it wants to treat the Games.With several prominent EU member states including France

France and Norway will contest the Women’s World Handball Championship final after narrow wins over Denmark

Tokyo 2020 gold medallists France battled back from four goals down with 20 minutes to play to secure

Reinhardt was proving a stubborn obstacle producing several saves but as the Danes goalscoring dried up, France

Norway reach their eighth final in the last 13 editions of the championship, and if they go on to defeat France

Union (IBU) World Cup champion, has won his first race of the season in Annecy Le Grand-Bornand in France

lap.Sturla Holm Lægreid of Norway completed the top five.Anton Smalski of Belarus, Émilien Jacquelin of France

If it was entertainment that organisers and the International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ) were after from their World Championships in Gliwice, then it certainly delivered on that front. 

Robert Pires, a winner of football's FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championships with France, added

World Cup by winning the women's sprint on the opening day of the stage at Annecy Le Grand-Bornand in France

Norwegian stormed to victory in a time of 20min 22sec, more than 15sec in front of Anaïs Bescond of France

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has "no plans" to attend the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, although has stopped short of committing to a diplomatic boycott.

send officials to Beijing 2022 to protest abuses of human rights, while no such move is planned from France

Milan's Mayor Giuseppe Sala has confirmed that he will travel to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics to take part in the official handover for the next edition of the Games.

politicians will not attend the Games.Japan's Government is considering such a move as well, although France

European champions Norway are through to the semi-finals of the International Handball Federation (IHF) Women's World Championship in Spain.

Their 13th place at #Japan2019 is long forgotten as Olympic Champions France prevailed over Sweden and

to claim their third final in the last four World Championships.In the later game, Olympic champions France

beat Sweden 31-26.Having underwhelmed in 2019, finishing 13th, France, who claimed the world title in

 France face Demark in the semi-finals.

The International Ski Federation's Freestyle World Cup is set to continue with a dual moguls double-header in Alpe d'Huez.

overall men's Moguls World Cup standings ©Getty ImagesSweden's Albin Holmgren and Benjamin Cavet of France

The first leg of the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) World Cup season is to be held in Pontedilegno-Tonale in Italy, also making it the first to be held since the sport made it onto the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympics programme.

month.Madonna di Campiglio, also in Italy, is to host the penultimate stage in March, followed by Flaine in France

Five Para Sailing World Championships are scheduled to take place in 2022 as World Sailing claims its athletes and communities support its intention to have the sport reinstated at the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics.

France is set to host the 2.4mR European Championship on May 15 in Quiberon in France.New Zealand, Australia

, Spain, France, Italy and the United Kingdom are all set to hold their own Hansa Class Championships

The International Wheelchair Rugby Cup is due to be included as part of a Rugby World Cup for the first time in 2023.

France 2023 and World Wheelchair Rugby have come together to announce the event will be played from October

rounds of the Rugby World Cup are played.This will give wheelchair rugby unprecedented visibility in France

and abroad, it is hoped, with the tournament one aspect of a France 2023 action plan aimed at leaving

a social and environmental legacy.The world's eight top-ranked national teams, including France, will

France 2023 chief executive Claude Atcher added that the organisation was "proud and eager to organise

The fourth leg of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup season is to take place in Le Grand-Bornand and Annecy from tomorrow, with this weekend featuring the first mass start race of the season.

It also sees a return to France for the IBU World Cup circuit, which did not hold a race in the country

Sweden's Sebastian Samuelsson who is the overall leader after three World Cup legs.Émilien Jacquelin of France

back into the pack, down in 23rd in the overall standings.Franziska Preuß of Germany, Julia Simon of France