Russia dominated the International Federation of Muaythai Associations (IFMA) World Muaythai Championships in Thailand with 70 gold medals out of a possible 151 and a 79 per cent win ratio.

stand atop the podium in the men's over-91-kilograms division.He narrowly defeated Patrick Lisiecki of France

Robert Pires, a winner of football's FIFA World Cup in 1998, believes "everything is possible" with regards to teqball's future inclusion at the Olympic Games as he visited the Gliwice Arena here today, where the World Championships concluded.

Pires followed up success with France on home soil at the 1998 World Cup by helping his country secure

- come and see the France and @Arsenal legend this afternoon/evening at the Doubles and Mixed-Doubles

Switzerland’s Marco Odermatt extended his lead in the overall standings of the men's International Ski Federation Alpine Ski World Cup after his victory in the giant slalom event in the French resort of Val d’Isère.

place went to France's Alexis Pinturault, who finished 0.59sec behind Odermatt.Alexis Pinturault of France

Quentin Fillon Maillet claimed victory in the men's 12.5-kilometre pursuit on the second day of the International Biathlon Union World Cup in the Austria town of Hochfilzen, leading home a French one-two.

lead with a faultless shooting run, but four faults from Anna Magnusson put them 7sec behind leaders France

Vasnetcova, Svetlana Mironova, Uliana Nigmatullina and Kristina Reztsova took the silver, followed by France

Double world champion Sandra Näslund of Sweden continued her perfect start to the season with a second straight victory at the International Ski Federation Ski Cross World Cup in Val Thorens.

leaderboard by winning the big final ahead of Canadian Brittany Phelan.Marielle Berger Sabbatel of France

Megan Kraft and Delayne Maple of the United States clinched the women's gold medal to cap off their superb run from the qualification round at the International Volleyball Federation's (FIVB) Under-19 Beach Volleyball World Championships in Phuket.

Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway will be aiming to cap a breakthrough year when he lines up as the youngest competitor in the men’s senior race at the European Cross Country Championships.

March last year.The winner of the men’s under-23 race at the last edition in 2019 Jimmy Gressier of France

Chartered flights are set to be used to bring athletes to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games amid growing concerns over the rapid spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.

and foreign airlines have agreed to run temporary flights from cities including Hong Kong, Paris in France

The nature of Alibaba’s partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is reported to be causing a headache for French authorities, as the countdown to Paris 2024 nears the two-and-a-half years to go mark.

Chinese authorities, with regulators imposing a heavy fine earlier this year.A recent story by Agence France-Presse

Chinese group declined to comment on its questions.Separately, it has also been confirmed this week that France

Germany's Johannes Kuehn and Hanna Sola of Belarus both recorded their first International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup victories today in Hochfilzen in Austria.

maiden victory in 20:44.4 at the women's 7.5km event.With two penalties, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet of France

Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia of Italy will be out to continue her storming start to the Alpine Skiing World Cup season in St Moritz this weekend.

Sunday (December 12).A men's World Cup, including giant slalom and slalom events, in Val d’Isère in France

The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have received the latest briefing on Beijing 2022 with less than two months until the Opening Ceremony.

as the first "Winter Olympics" of the current cycle ©Getty ImagesBy now, the chic winter resorts of France

took place in Lausanne revealed a difference of opinion between the representatives of Switzerland, France

Justinien de Clary and the Marquis de Polignac came forward to inform the session of  "the desire of France

Slovenia earned a point against the Russian Handball Federation (RHF) to stay in contention to reach a maiden quarter-final at the International Handball Federation (IHF) Women's World Championship.

have five points in Group I, good enough for second place, but are still to play Olympic champions France

against already-eliminated Poland and Serbia to look forward to.A Russian Olympic Committee team lost to France

, with Tamara Radojević scoring eight goals in the winning effort.Serbia have four points, but face France

Bearers have worn gloves and masks as the Commonwealth Games Baton visited South Africa, despite concerns about the new Omicron variant of COVID-19.

pupils displayed homemade versions of the flags of the Commonwealth as the Baton passed.Baton organiser France

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against Brazilian Natalia Guitler in the women's singles, but came up short ©FITEQJulien Grondin of France