Italy’s Filippo Ganna defended his men’s elite time trial title at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships in Flanders, edging out home favourite Wout van Aert.

finish to top the standings, with the local crowd hoping he could add the world title to a Tour de France

England have moved into the top three of the FIFA men's world rankings for the first time in nine years following the latest round of international fixtures.

Poland, in their three World Cup qualification matches.Gareth Southgate's side have swapped places with France

Wout van Aert and Remco Evenepoel will lead the host nation’s challenge as the men’s elite individual time trial opens the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships in Flanders.

face competition from the Netherlands’ Mathieu van der Poel, defending champion Julian Alaphilippe of France

World Archery has re-elected Uğur Erdener as its President, after he stood unopposed today at the World Archery Congress in Yankton in the United States.

was joined by Brazilian Alexandre Vecchio Passerini, who claimed 123 votes, and Constance Terrier of France

Britain's Alex Yee edged out compatriot Jonny Brownlee to win the men's enduro event as Jessica Learmonth took victory in the women's competition on a dramatic day of Super League Triathlon racing in Jersey.

before the end of the final run and it did not interfere with other athletes.Cassandre Beaugrand of France

The Global Champions Tour (GCT) is fascinatingly poised heading into the Grand Prix section of the 13th leg of the season at the Circus Maximus in Rome.

in the opening round was Cascais Charms, after Jodie Hall McAteer of Britain and Roger-Yves Bost of France

Italy, Australian Edwina Tops-Alexander leads the overall standings on 214 points.Olivier Robert of France

Six men's teams who featured at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are set to return to action at the World Rugby Sevens Series in Vancouver this weekend.

due to feature world-class women’s fast four competitions, including new Olympic silver medallists France

The top two seeds of the men’s and women’s tournaments will contest the finals at the Egyptian Open on another day which went the way of the favourites at the famous Giza Pyramid Complex.

final.The world number one and top seed El Sherbini reached the final as third seed Camille Serme of France

Britain’s Tokyo 2020 women’s Para canoe KL2 champion Charlotte Henshaw retained her International Canoe Federation (ICF) Para Canoe World Championships title in the women’s VL3 event in the Danish capital Copenhagen.

1:24.32.Her compatriot Esther Bode was just under 12 seconds back in second, with Celine Brulais of France

Britain's John Gimson and Anna Burnet extended their lead in the Nacra 17 class at the European Championship in Thessaloniki in Greece, following two wins on the third day of competition.

two third-place finishes to make them the in-form pair on 52 points.Lara Granier and Amelie Riou of France

World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin has not ruled out the possibility of the Rugby World Cup being held every two years, while England’s Rugby Football Union (RFU) chairman Tom Ilube has said the country is likely to bid for the 2031 men's edition.

Gilpin’s remarks came following a meeting with the France 2023 World Cup director general Claude Atcher

New Zealand.The 2023 Rugby World Cup is scheduled to be held from September 8 to October 28 2023 in France

Defending champions France will open the 2021 Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Prague against Canada, starting

number one Ashleigh Barty in both singles matches ©Getty ImagesKristina Mladenovic was the hero for France

team-mate Caroline Garcia won the deciding doubles match against Barty and Samantha Stosur to give France

Ninety per cent of the French public are excited for France to host the Paralympics for the first time

survey from the Institute Francaise d’Opinion Publique (IFOP) has found 88 per cent of people polled in France

postponed competition in England.Organisers are aiming to sell 60 per cent of 1.3 million tickets in France

this demonstration of widespread support for our proposal to organise the Rugby League World Cup in France

plans were scrapped in 2018 due to financial concerns.A new bidding process started in 2019, which France

Italy and Slovenia will play Serbia and Poland respectively in the semi-finals of Men’s EuroVolley after recording straight-sets wins in their quarter-finals at Ostravar Aréna in the Czech city of Ostrava.

Czech hosts were in action in the second match of the day, fresh from having stunned Olympic champions France