Britain's Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre have been crowned female 2021 Rolex World Sailor of the Year after they won gold in the 470 class at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

of The Netherlands, Britain's Giles Scott, the double Olympic Finn champion, and Yannick Bestaven of France

Afghanistan's boxing team has stayed in Serbia since the conclusion of the men's World Championships after opting not to return home as a result of the Taliban takeover.

According to Agence France-Presse, 11 boxers and two officials have remained in the country following

Hosts Spain, who are aiming to go one better than their silver medal in 2019, continued their perfect start to the International Handball Federation (IHF) Women's World Championship and secured their place in the knockout stages.

Slovakia respectively.The other four groups will be in action tomorrow, including Olympic champions France

Katharina Althaus earned her first Ski Jumping World Cup win since 2018 after an impressive performance in Lillehammer.

victory saw Althaus win her first World Cup event since she claimed back-to-back wins at Premanon in France

There was no change at the top of the podium at the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series as South Africa and Australia enjoyed another fine weekend in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates by winning the respective men’s and women’s titles.

France collected the bronze medal for a second successive win after overcoming Russia 28-5.

Marte Olsbu Røiseland captured the women’s 10-kilometre pursuit title as Norway enjoyed a golden double at the International Biathlon Union World Cup in Östersund.

produced a superb last loop to take the title in 32min 20.6sec and just one penalty.Anais Bescond of France

Olympic champions France, European champions Norway and the Dutch defending world champions all began

France saw off Angola 30-20 to take the early lead of Group A in Granollers, with Pauletta Foppa and

Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde earned his first International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup triumph since returning from injury by winning the second super-G race in Beaver Creek.

11.18 and 1:11.21 to complete the top five.Last year’s overall World Cup champion Alexis Pinturault of France

Germany upset defending champions India to set up a meeting with Argentina in the final of the International Hockey Federation Men’s Junior World Cup in Bhubaneswar.

match at the Kalinga Stadium.They will face Argentina for the junior world title after they overcame France

The semi-final between France and Argentina was a nervy affair, with neither side wanting to take too

Two-time Olympic Champions Fiji have crashed out of the World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai after finishing bottom of Pool C.

17 win over Canada was enough for Australia to end the day with a 100 per cent record.Argentina and France

on five points.Argentina face Britain in the quarter-finals tomorrow, South Africa will play Kenya, France

 France currently sit second in Pool B and they will face Fiji tomorrow before the knockout stage

Britain will be looking to make history at this weekend's European Wheelchair Basketball Championship Division A tournament as they eye a record-breaking eighth men's title.

groups of six with the top four in each advancing to the quarter-finals.Group A consists of Spain, France

event in Madrid, including reigning champions and Paralympic gold medallists The Netherlands.Spain, France

Paris 2024 organisers have set a "very ambitious" target of selling three million tickets for the Paralympics as the 1,000-days-to-go countdown for the Games begins.

We also want to develop Paralympic sport in France."

Asian champions South Korea made an assured start to the International Handball Federation (IHF) Women's World Championship, defeating Congo 37-23.

off the Czechs 31-21.The other four groups will be in action tomorrow, including Olympic champions France

Olympic relay gold medallist Sebastian Samuelsson of Sweden claimed his second consecutive sprint victory at the International Biathlon Union World Cup on home soil in Östersund.

recovered from missing a single shot in the prone stage to finish 18 seconds clear of Emilien Jacquelin of France

To say World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) meetings in recent years have been fractious would be an understatement the size of the deceit carried out by Russia with its infamous doping programme.

some key moments from our Executive Committee and Foundation Board meetings held last week in Paris, France