Britain finished with the last two gold medals at the Sea Forest Waterway as rowing competition at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games reached its climax.

four.Finishing in a time of 7:09.08, they were 11 seconds ahead of the United States and 17 in front of France

French basketball coach Vincent Collet has had his contracted extended until the Paris 2024 Olympic Games - where the host nation will hope home-court advantage can take them one step further than Tokyo 2020.

charge of more than 200 matches.Major medals in that span include bronzes at the 2019 World Cup - where France

the US - and 2014 World Cup.France were runners-up at Tokyo 2020 ©Getty ImagesUnder Collet's Watch, France

 Siutat added that Collet had "buy-in from the players".As well as coaching France, Collect has

The first knockout round of the 2021 Women's EuroVolley tournament got underway as Sweden and The Netherlands advanced to set up quarter-final clash.

Republic and Poland face Ukraine.The Serbian capital of Belgrade will also play host to Croatia versus France

Evie Richards won her first title at the Mountain Bike World Championships in the women's elite cross-country race while Nino Schurter earned a ninth rainbow jersey as he was victorious in the men's event in Val di Sole in Italy.

year-old Richards caught and then distanced herself from defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot from France

Romain Bardet stormed to victory on a brutal 14th stage of the Vuelta a España, as leader Odd Christian Eiking kept the red jersey but saw rivals including Primož Roglič eat into his lead.

pushed on to earn a solo win.The 30-year-old - a former mountains classification winner on the Tour de France

France coach Toussaint Akpweh believes Brazil’s remarkable record in the Paralympic blind football competition

against China tomorrow.But Akpweh reckons there are other teams, including London 2012 silver medallists France

Brazil at the 2018 World Championships and are expected to be one of the main contenders at Tokyo 2020.France

finishing second from last at the World Championships three years ago.Under the guidance of Akpweh, France

The 85th edition of the Bretagne Classic is due to be held tomorrow, with Bahrain Victorious' preparations hampered by two positive COVID-19 tests which have seen the team depleted to just five riders rather than the usual seven.

España.Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates, winner of the last two editions of the Tour de France

, is set to return to action in western France after pulling out of the Vuelta a España.Pogačar won the

current road race world champion, is also likely to be in contention, along with this year’s Tour de France

Afghan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli have arrived in Tokyo as they look set to compete at the Paralympic Games here, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed.

chance to take to the Paralympic stage after fleeing Afghan capital Kabul before securing flights from France

Britain's Thomas Young and Sophie Hahn ended the second day of athletics at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games with gold medals in the 100 metres at the Olympic Stadium.

the first round of the women's T64 long jump - 6.16m, a new T62 world record.Marie-Amelie le Fur of France

Britain enjoyed a stunning final day of Para-cycling track events at Tokyo 2020 by securing all three gold medals at the Izu Velodrome, with the Fachie family starring.

Ten Argilés, Pablo Jaramillo Gallardo and Alfonso Cabello Llamas won the bronze medal ride against France

Marcin Polak, the Polish track cyclist who won bronze in the men's B 4,000 metres individual pursuit at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, has been suspended by the International Cycling Union (UCI) having tested positive for erythropoietin, otherwise known as EPO.

August 25), his suspension may see him stripped of his medal.Alexandre Lloveras, the 21-year-old from France

Six teams remain in contention to secure a place in the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing after the second round of matches at the three final qualifiers.

quarter-finals, and Belarus will clash for the available Olympic berth in Group D in Bratislava.Latvia and France

Belarus' Ihar Boki has set his sights on matching his gold-medal tally of six achieved at Rio 2016 after winning three titles in as many days at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games here.

a time of 3min 58.18sec ahead of Ukraine’s Kyrylo Garashchenko, who clocked 4:02.07.Alex Portal of France

Mixed relay events have been held at the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIMP) Biathle-Triathle World Championships in Weiden in Germany, with the host nation's Annika Schneider and Uli Raeth winning both senior races.

Manuel's time of 19:00.00 by nearly two-and-a-half minutes.Nathalie Picault and Jocelyn Laporte of France

Scotland continued their perfect start to the European International Cricket Council Women's Twenty20 World Cup qualifier with a comfortable victory over Ireland.

IrishWomensCric) August 27, 2021In the second match of the day, Germany eased to victory against France.After France