France won both men’s team titles on the opening day of the Canoe Slalom World Championships in Bratislava

ICFThis time Martikan was replaced by Marko Mirgordsky and two gate touches proved crucial, allowing France

A kangaroo called Karlu has been unveiled as the mascot for the Women’s Basketball World Cup, which is due to start in exactly one year’s time.

events will be comprised of the top six teams from this summer's FIBA Women's EuroBasket - Serbia, France

Gustav Wang gave Denmark its second gold medal so far of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships, with a victory in the junior men's time trial in the Belgian city Bruges.

European champion Segaert, preventing a second Danish rider from making the podium.Eddy le Huitouze of France

European champion Daria Abramova from Russia defeated Asian champion Sitora Turdibekova of Uzbekistan in the women's under-57 kilogram category, on the second day of the World Military Boxing Championships in Moscow.

Aitzhan Ashirhan from Kazakhstan defeated Russian Aleksei Mazur by split decision 3:2.Lorye Ruyer of France

Three rounds of qualifying have been completed at the World Table Tennis Star Contender Doha prior to the first round tomorrow at the Lusail Sports Arena in Qatar.

last qualifying rounds, Eric Jouti of Brazil came from two games down to defeat Bastien Rembert of France

11-5, 11-8, 12-10, and Hong Kong's Lam Siu Hang won a five-game thriller against Alexandre Cassin of France

won in straight games in the women's singles against Iran's Melika Karimi, and Pauline Chasselin of France

7.Ukraine's Solomiya Brateyko won 11-5, 7-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9 in her match with Prithika Pavade of France

Nuytinck and Slovenia's Bojan Tokic won 11-4, 11-8, 11-3 against Can Akkuzu and Alexandre Cassin of France

Norway's Gustav Iden successfully defended his men's Ironman World Championships 70.3 title with a stunning performance at St George in the United States, while Britain's Lucy Charles-Barclay clinched her maiden world title in the women's event.

Iden had triumphed in Nice in France back in 2019, and was comfortable in his victory in the American

Germany's Ingrid Klimke is looking to win a third individual title in a row at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) European Eventing Championships in Avenches in Switzerland, a feat achieved by only two other riders.

19, 2021A total of 13 nations are to compete in the team event - Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France

McCarthy with Leonidas ll.The Championships have been relocated to Switzerland from Haras du Pin in France

All four Olympic canoe slalom champions at Tokyo 2020 will attempt an unprecedented double when they compete at the World Championships in Bratislava.

failing to qualify, is set to be among the other contenders for the gold medal.Denis Gargaud Chanut of France

Hamid Shinwari, an executive director of the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), has been sacked from his position by the new Taliban Government in the country.

travel in and out of the country to stop.However, it was later revealed that the two had escaped to France

Qualification started today at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Contender Doha on the opening day of competition at the Lusail Arena in Qatar.

11-6, 11-6 in her tie with Shouq Abdulla.To close out the women's qualification, Prithika Pavade of France

Luc Tardif is counting on his experience with the French Ice Hockey Federation (FFHG) and with the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), notably as its treasurer, as he bids to become the President of the international governing body.

in Canada and a professional player across 16 years in Europe, Tardif won seven national titles in France

In France, we created the Federation, because we were inside the Ice Sports Federation until 2006."

Statistics tell you something about the fabled goalscorer Jimmy Greaves, who died yesterday aged 81.

not play in the 1966 World Cup final, having suffered a gashed shin in the third group match against France

Next month's International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Boulder and Speed World Cup in the South Korean capital Seoul has been cancelled.

three World Cups have all been solely in the lead disciplines, taking place in Chamonix and Briançon in France

It was a French double at the second event of the 2021 KiteFoil World Series in Traunsee in Austria as Axel Mazella clinched gold in the men's and Lauriane Nolot in the women's.

athlete Jessie Kampman, while Poema Newland - the newly crowned Formula Kite European champion - also of France

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) Youth World Championships drew to a close in Alexandria, with hosts Egypt enjoying success in the women's, men's, men's relay and women's relay events.

19 title went to Moutaz,Rojo Giovanni of Italy claimed the silver medal, while Chatellier Cedric of France