Australian captain Michael Hooper is among the nominees for the 2021 World Rugby Awards, with eight categories being revealed including best men's and women's players in 15s and sevens disciplines.

bronze.Sarah Hirini is shortlisted for Women's Sevens Player of the Year ©Getty ImagesAnne-Cécile Ciofani of France

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has looked forward to important test events for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, after confirming the opening Ski and Snowboard Cross World Cup events will be held jointly later this month.

World Cup events will be held before the Games, with the season opener in China followed by events in France

World Karate Federation (WKF) President Antonio Espinós has written to International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to outline why the organisation believes the sport's omission from Paris 2024 is an "injustice".

target.The WKF commissioned Nielsen Sports to carry out an independent review of 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

category.Steven Da Costa's gold-medal bout at Tokyo 2020 was watched by nearly four million people in France

Japanese duo Kento Momota and Akane Yamaguchi have been tipped for success at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Indonesia Masters at the Bali International Convention Center.

third seed.The two-time Olympic medallist reached the quarter-finals and semi-finals in Denmark and France

Ron Flowers, a member of the 1966 World Cup winning England squad, has died at the age of 87.

England's first goal in a European Football Championships game - in the qualifying round first leg against France

France scraped victory in the eSailing Nations Cup, while Spain's Carlos Parejo claimed a shock win in

In the Nations Cup Final, a tense battle saw France, led by captain Alexandre Gouin, emerge victorious

Spanish player Iker Pajares Bernabeu won in straight games to set up a second round clash with number one seed Ali Farag of Egypt on the opening day of competition at the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Canary Wharf Classic in London.

11-3 and now faces Colombian seventh seed Miguel Rodriguez.Finally, eighth seed Gregoire Marche of France

Czech Republic, Denmark and Sweden have all qualified for the women's ice hockey tournament at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after finishing top of their respective groups in the final qualification phase.

women's national team makes it again to the #Olympics after a thrilling game against France.

cancelling out Italian Chelsea Furlani's opener.Sweden got the win in the Group E late game against France

period and Sara Hjalmarsson made it 2-0 early in the second period.Clara Rozier pulled one back for France

two-goal gap early in the third.Lea Villiot scored a late second goal to put pressure on the hosts, but France

Discussions on karate's Olympic future and updates on major events in the sport are among the main topics on the agenda at the World Karate Federation (WKF) Congress here tomorrow.

debut at Tokyo 2020 but has not been included on the programme for Paris 2024, despite a campaign in France

Hosts Sweden and Czech Republic are top of their respective groups with one game to go, with both nations on the cusp of clinching a spot in the women's ice hockey tournament at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Emma Nordin, while doubles were added by Sara Hjalmarsson and Lina Ljungblom respectively.Next up is France

period, with Gwendoline Gendarme adding the second in the second period.Lore Baudrit got a third for France

I consider myself to have a good gauge on my fitness, but this week subjected myself to a "consultation" as part of the process to join a nearby gym.

use of data at elite level is understandable for athletes and coaches.Judokas Clarisse Agbegnenou of France

the coach, who had told him that he was not hitting the numbers required to win stages at the Tour de France

Annamarie Phelps has been elected as chair of European Rowing Board at its General Assembly.

Sebastián in Spain from October 27 to 31 2022, while the second will be held at La Seyne-Sur-Mer in France

Eighty broadcaster representatives took part in a preparatory meeting in the build-up to the Munich 2022 European Championships.

Broadcasters based in Britain, Norway, France, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Finland, Germany, Sweden

A special set of stamps have been released by Poșta Română to mark today’s 60th birthday of Nadia Comăneci, the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10.0 points.

Canadian city.Comăneci has also appeared on stamps in several other countries, including Azerbaijan, France

Paris 2024 has held a flag ceremony on the final day of a visit to Tahiti as part of the flag tour for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

delegation.The Paris 2024 and Olympic flags have been travelling across the host nation, since returning to France

I am thinking in particular of Michel Bourez who made fifth in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics with the France

We are in a logic of performance with the possibility for our athletes to integrate the teams of France