South Africa are aiming for their fourth successive HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series triumph as the season continues with its second-straight event in Dubai.

Pool B.Two-time Olympic champions Fiji are in Pool C, with Tokyo 2020 bronze medallists Argentina, France

follow up their victory last weekend.Three of the top-four-placed teams at the Olympics will compete - France

France's double Olympic gold medallist Clarisse Agbegnenou is among the nominees for the 2021 International Judo Federation (IJF) Awards.

campaign which included the Olympic under-63 kilograms title at Tokyo 2020.Agbegnenou was also part of the France

World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós has criticised the International Olympic Committee (IOC), its President Thomas Bach and Paris 2024 head Tony Estanguet, claiming the process to select new sports for the Games is "the most opaque I have ever seen".

case for inclusion is boosted by an independent report it commissioned into karate’s popularity in France

audience for a single broadcast out of the four sports at Tokyo 2020 as nearly four million people in France

from somebody or from the IOC, to say karate that should not be in Paris, when karate is so strong in France

Germany’s Kay Stumper and Elena Zaharia of Romania are the top seeds for the respective boys’ and girls’ under-19 titles at the inaugural International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) World Youth Championships that is set to start at Vila Nova de Gala in Portugal tomorrow.

followed by Russia’s Elizabet Abraamian, France’s Camille Lutz and Swastika Ghosh of India.Felix Lebrun of France

Three years after hosting the 22nd International Swimming Federation World Junior Diving Championships the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv stands ready to stage the next, delayed edition.

springboard entrant will be Moritz Wesemann.Other nations involved include Austria, Belarus, Colombia, France

Spain will look to go one better than they did two years ago at the 2021 International Handball Federation (IHF) Women's World Championship on home soil, as the hosts seek their first title.

favourites and are in Group C with a strong Romania side, as well as Iran and Kazakhstan.Olympic champions France

are in Group A with Montenegro, Angola and Slovenia ©Getty ImagesNewly-crowned Olympic champions France

Omicron, the new strain of COVID-19, will not force the cancellation of next year's Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, the Chinese Government claimed today.

study by Peking University mathematicians.Using data for August from the United States, Britain, Spain, France

said.Daily cases would hit 275,793 if China took the same approach as Britain and 454,198 if it imitated France

Defending champions India reached the quarter-finals of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) Men’s Junior World Cup in Bhubaneswar, after finishing in second place in their pool.

5-4 to France.The hosts then defeated Canada 13-1 and Poland 8-2 to secure a last eight berth, with France

take place on Wednesday (December 1), with Germany facing Spain, The Netherlands taking on Argentina, France

World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin has claimed the future of rugby sevens is "incredibly bright" after new research highlighted the effect of Olympic participation on engaging fans around the world.

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach to witness the women’s final as New Zealand overcame France

Following the individual finals, the World Boccia Regional European Championship in Seville continued today with the start of team competition in three categories.

quarter-finals as well.Portugal were on a tear in their Pool B opener, thrashing Israel 19-3, before beating France

8-4.France were second following a 6-5 victory over Israel.Britain were convincing in Pool C with a

then Britain 4-2.Portugal took second in the last game by beating Britain 7-5.Finally, Czech Republic, France

0, with the Czechs winning the decisive game between the two by a score of 3-2 in Pool A.In Pool B, France

The Men’s World Team Squash Championship, scheduled to take place in Kuala Lumpur next month, has been cancelled after Malaysian authorities refused to issue visas to players from Israel. 

It’s a shame that they are mixing sports with politics," ISA chairman Aviv Bushinsky told Agence France-Presse

The quarter-finalists at the Davis Cup Finals were confirmed after an exciting final day of group action.

finished as group winners after a 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic, to follow up their win over France

) Cyclo-cross World Cup standings by winning the respective men’s and women’s titles in Besançon in France

Swedish pair Hanna Öberg and Sebastian Samuelsson won their respective sprint races today at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup leg in Östersund, to give the host nation victories on the opening leg of the season.

seconds in a time of 19min 01.5sec.Both the Swede and her closest challenger, Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet of France

Alimbekava and her Belarusian compatriot Hanna Sola completed the top five.Justine Braisaz-Bouchet of France

behind for the bronze medal, with all of the top three conceding no penalties.Emilien Jacquelin of France

the Canary Islands, sealing victory with two wins in his final three races to defeat Axel Mazella of France

Federation's (RYF) Denis Taradin in fifth on 40 and Riccardo Pianosi of Italy in sixth on 46.Poema Newland of France