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Olympic and Paralympic flags to tour France as part of Paris 2024 celebrations

  • Paris 2024

The Flag Tour of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games is set to begin tomorrow, with both Flags planning to visit 20 Departments across the country over the next month.

The Flags, which have been handed over by Tokyo 2020 to France, will now tour the country, which is hosting

Hauts-de-Seine region, where the city's Olympians will also be present.Following their journey around France

following the Closing Ceremony of Tokyo 2020 on August 8 ©Getty ImagesThe Olympic flag has been in France

The Paralympic flag has also now arrived in France after Hidalgo was passed it by International Paralympic


Europe win Solheim Cup after final day singles shared

  • Golf

Europe won the Solheim Cup, and retained the trophy for the first time, after sharing the final day singles with the United States at Inverness Golf Club in Ohio.

world number one Nelly Korda recorded a one up win against England’s Georgia Hall.Matilda Castren of France



World Rugby Sevens Series continues to be hit by impact of COVID-19

  • Rugby Sevens

The impact of COVID-19 is set to make a further impact upon the new HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series and continue into 2022 with the cancellation of four events.

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




Colbrelli wins Benelux Tour as team mate Mohorič clinches final stage

  • Cycling

Italy’s Sonny Colbrelli has won the Benelux Tour for Bahrain Victorious, while Slovenian team mate Matej Mohorič won the final stage in Geraardsbergen in Belgium to secure second place in the general classification.

180.9-kilometre final stage began in Namur, and saw Mohorič, who won two stages at this year’s Tour de France


Lecomte wins overall women's cross-country UCI Mountain Bike World Cup title in Lenzerheide

  • Cycling

France’s Loana Lecomte secured the 2021 women’s elite cross-country International Cycling Union (UCI) Mountain Bike World Cup title as Britain’s newly crowned world champion Evie Richards won her first World Cup race in Lenzerheide in Switzerland, while France’s Victor Koretzky secured victory in the men’s elite cross-country Olympic event.

Olympic discipline race after coming 10th in the short-track to leave him on 1089.Jordan Sarrou of France


Tokyo 2020's "long journey" ends with emotional Paralympic Closing Ceremony

  • Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

After a year's postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games ended two months of sporting action in the Japanese capital, with the Closing Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium.

after Afghanistan was taken over by the Islamic fundamentalist group, the Taliban.The pair fled to France




Rinaldi rules in Rome at Beach Wrestling World Series

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Italian fans roared in Rome as Enrica Rinaldi earned her country its maiden gold medal at the Beach Wrestling World Series in the women's over-90-kilogram gold medal match against Mariya Gerginova Oryashkova of Bulgaria after a 2-1 win.

from Turkey finished second, while Frenchwoman Julie Martine Sabatie, runner-up behind Priceputu in France


Afghan athletes offered chance to carry flag at Paralympic Closing Ceremony

  • Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Afghanistan athletes Hossain Rasouli and Zakia Khudadadi have been given the chance to carry their nation's flag at the Closing Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics here today, it has been revealed.

arrived in Japan on August 28 after fleeing Taliban-controlled Afghanistan before securing flights from France


Super League Triathlon returns with new team franchise format

  • Triathlon

Super League Triathlon is set to return for 2021 in London tomorrow, with a four event Championship Series and a new look in the shape of a team franchise format.

and Malibu in the United States.The winner of last year’s men’s individual crown was Vincent Luis of France

triathletes in Sophie Coldwell and Jonathan Brownlee, plus Maya Kingma of the Netherlands, Léonie Périault of France