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Serbia lose latest Davis Cup Finals group match despite Djokovic playing twice in tie

  • Tennis

A Serbian side featuring men’s world number one Novak Djokovic, playing in both the singles and doubles rubbers, lost their latest Davis Cup Finals group match to Germany in Innsbruck, Austria.

Marozsan and Piros.Cameron Norrie secured Britain victory in their Davis Cup Finals group match with France

©Getty ImagesIn Group C, contested in Innsbruck, Britain won their first match by defeating France 2


Renshall wins third IJF Judo Grand Slam of the year on second day in Abu Dhabi

  • Judo

Britain's Lucy Renshall made it a third victory on the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Tour this year at the season ender, the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam at the Jiu-Jitsu Arena Abu Dhabi.

Britain won in golden score over Mongolia's Enkhchimeg Tserendulam for bronze, while Marie Eve Gahie of France


South Africa and Australia triumph in World Rugby Sevens Series opener in Dubai

  • Rugby Sevens

South Africa’s men’s team got their HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series campaign off to a flier as they won the Dubai leg for the eighth time, while Australia’s women’s side also dominated the opening event of the season.

Hopefully it’s a good omen for the rest of the season," said Caslick.The bronze medal match was won by France


Mixed success for Russia at World Taekwondo Women’s Open Championships

  • Taekwondo

Russia collected two gold medals and missed out on three as all eight finals took place on a thrilling last day of the inaugural edition of the World Taekwondo Women’s Open Championships in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh.

Mexico and Maddison Moore of Britain.Polina Khan also triumphed for Russia, beating Althea Laurin of France

Margarita also sealed podium spots.Gbagbi came out on top in an enthralling battle with Magda Wiet Henin of France


Giant slalom at women's FIS Alpine Ski World Cup cancelled due to high winds

  • Alpine Skiing

Giant slalom action at the Killington Ski Resort in the United States has been cancelled, disrupting the latest race on the women's circuit of the 2021-2022 International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine Ski World Cup season.

49.56sec in front of Slovakian World Cup leader and defending champion Petra Vlhová.Tessa Worley of France



With the Grand Départ secured, Copenhagen harbours bigger, maybe Olympic, ambitions

  • The Big Read

Bicycles - gloriously, laboriously - are ever-present on the streets of Copenhagen. And so it seems right and fitting that one of the most cycling-friendly of cities should eventually be involved in the greatest of cycling races.

On July 1 next year the 109th edition of the Tour de France will get underway, for the first time in

Grand Départ from tradition…Until 1954, when Amsterdam hosted, the annual Tour began - and ended - in France

before has a Scandinavian country been granted the chance to bid bonne chance to the departing Tour de France

From Sønderborg Airport the whole circus can fly to northern France," Lundov added."Another thing.

Normally the Tour de France will not allow a rest day so early in the race.


Näslund wins Ski Cross World Cup at Beijing 2022 venue

  • Freestyle

World champion Sandra Näslund won the first Ski Cross World Cup of the season at Zhangjiakou's Secret Garden resort, edging out Fanny Smith in what promises to be the first of many battles between the pair this season.

Näslund winning all three of her races in addition to topping qualifying.Marielle Berger Sabbatel from France


Olympic medallist Monteiro among winners on day one of IJF Abu Dhabi Grand Slam

  • Judo

Portugal's Rio 2016 bronze medallist Telma Monteiro was one of five winners on the opening day of the International Judo Federation (IJF) Abu Dhabi Grand Slam at the Jiu-Jitsu Arena Abu Dhabi, claiming gold in the women's under-57 kilogram category.

Monteiro defeated Priscilla Gneto of France in the final to claim the title, while Gneto's compatriot

victory over France's Shirine Boukli.Portuguese judoka Catarina Costa and Melanie Legoux Clement of France

claimed the bronzes.Amandine Buchard added to the collection of silvers and bronzes for France by winning

making a Grand Slam podium for the fourth time this year.Samuel Hall of Britain and Cedric Revol of France


Gonçalves and Taggart top women's BC2 European Boccia Championship standings

  • Boccia News

Portugal's Cristina Gonçalves and Britain's Claire Taggart are through undefeated in the women's BC2 category following the second day of competition at the World Boccia Europe Regional Championships in Seville.

Cermakova of Czech Republic.Poland's Edyta Owczarz defeated Germany's Nancy Poser 6-1, and Sonia Heckel of France



Diamond League to return to China with back-to-back meetings in 2022 season

  • Athletics

China is set to stage its first Wanda Diamond League meeting since 2019 after being named on the calendar for the 2022 season, it has been announced by World Athletics here.

of the month.Meetings are planned for Rome in Italy on June 9, Oslo in Norway on June 16, Paris in France


Nuzman sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for Rio 2016 corruption

  • Rio 2016

Former Rio 2016 and Brazilian Olympic Committee President Carlos Nuzman has been sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in jail for buying votes for the Brazilian city's successful bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

nbsp;Another Olympic medallist, former sprinter Frankie Fredericks from Namibia, has been charged in France

Rio 2016 ©IOCBretas said he will send the results of the investigation to authorities in Senegal and France

years in prison, with two of those years suspended.Lamine Diack had been held under house arrest in France

while his father was in charge.Papa Massata Diack lives in Senegal, which refused to extradite him to France

French authorities since the very beginning of the procedures in Brazil against Mr Carlos Nuzman and in France


Sweden, France and Croatia win opening group matches on day one of Davis Cup Finals

  • Tennis

Sweden, France and Croatia won their opening group matches on day one of the new-look Davis Cup Finals

across three locations.In today’s Group C match, contested at the Olympiahalle in Innsbruck, Austria, France

Hugues-Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in the doubles, as they overcame Jiri Lehecka and Macháč 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.Sweden, France