France's Marc-Antoine Olivier is the hot favourite for the men's 10-kilometre race at the International Swimming Federation (FINA) Marathon World Series as the Grand Finale gets underway tomorrow and concludes on December 16 in Abu Dhabi.

gold medal in Tokyo which has left many touting her for the season-end victory.Oceane Cassignol of France

Let’s be honest: academic books on mega-events can be a tad hard going.

France triumphed in the 2018 FIFA World Cup following a 4-2 victory over Croatia in Moscow ©Getty ImagesIn

France's Anne-Cécile Ciofani and Marcos Moneta of Argentina have been named women's and men's World Rugby Sevens Players of the Year.

crossed for seven tries in Tokyo, scoring in every match bar the country's opener against Fiji, as France

vote.He scored three tries in the Six Nations and was made captain for the Autumn Nations Series where France

The announcement that a giant Olympic flotilla along the Seine is to carry the athletes to the opening of the Paris 2024 Olympics is being claimed as "the full immersion of the city in the Ceremony," by Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet. 

"To experience it here, France, at the heart of Paris and in direct contact with spectators who have

come from all over France and all over the world, will indubitably be unforgettable.

executive Yiannis Exarchos said.Even the idea of a city centre Ceremony could be said to have originated in France

The defending champions, The Netherlands, have been knockout of the International Handball Federation Women's World Championship in Spain.

quarter-finals, Norway will face the Russian Handball Federation, after they were once again defeated by France

France’s two-time Olympic gold medallist Yannick Agnel has admitted having a relationship with an underage girl after being placed under formal investigation last week for the suspected rape of a minor.

Mulhouse after admitting to having a relationship with a minor but denying coercion ©Getty ImagesIn France

other individuals were suspected of sexual abuse or helping to cover it up.Yannick Agnel was a hero of France

Paris 2024 has announced the Seine will serve as the venue of the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, with athletes set to travel in boats during a six-kilometre route during the spectacle.

result of intensive collaboration between hundreds of stakeholders, will bring joy to Parisians, Île-de-France

experience for all the athletes taking part, but also, and above all, for the people of Paris, for France

A potential diplomatic boycott by European Union (EU) countries of the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing is set to be discussed at a meeting later this week but there is a warning that a decision is unlikely to be reached with the bloc split over what action to take.

France and The Netherlands have put it on the agenda for a meeting of the 27 countries that make up the

Hosts Spain defeated Brazil to secure top spot in Group 4 at the International Handball Federation Women's World Championship.

European rivals 32-16 to ensure they qualified for the knockout stages as group winners.Olympic champions France

Belgium’s Wout Van Aert and the Netherlands’ Fem van Empel mastered the first International Cycling Union (UCI) Cyclo-cross World Cup held on snow by triumphing in Val di Sole.

necessary element.Three-time cyclo-cross world champion Van Aert, who has won six stages of the Tour de France

Olympic men's 1,500 metres champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal claimed the men's and women's titles at the European Cross Country Championships in Dublin, giving Norway both gold medals.

Turkey's Aras Kaya taking the silver medal 14sec adrift.Jimmy Gressier was five seconds behind to give France

Sweden's Sandra Näslund maintained her 100 per cent start to the season as she recorded her third straight Ski Cross World Cup victory in Val Thorens.

12, 2021Switzerland's world champion Alex Fiva won the men's event to deny Terence Tchiknavorian of France

Marte Olsbu Røiseland made it back-to-back wins in the women's 10-kilometre pursuit this season on the final day of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in the Austrian town Hochfilzen, giving the Norwegian the overall lead.

first two legs to Germany's Erik Lesser and Sweden's Martin Ponsiluoma, but overhauled that to beat France

Japan is considering not sending any Government Ministers to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, according to reports.

"mistaken acts", has urged Japan to support the Games after it gave its full backing to Tokyo 2020.France

Olympic champions France claimed their place in the quarter-finals of the International Handball Women's

France, who are among the favourites to claim the world title, won 22-19 against a dangerous Serbia team.They

and have booked their place in the knockout stages.Meanwhile, the Russian Handball Federation, who France