The Rugby League World Cup 2021 (RLWC2021) Board has held an emergency meeting following the withdrawal of Australia and New Zealand from the competition due to "player welfare and safety concerns" stemming from COVID-19.

 The Australians are additionally the reigning women's champions, while France won the wheelchair

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basketball as the United States lost an Olympic match for the first time since 2004, coming up short against France

Lee Kiefer became the first American fencer to win Olympic foil gold by overcoming defending champion Inna Deriglazova here today.

only for Cannone to pull away in the latter stages.Cannone held his nerve to triumph 15-10 and give France

Hifumi and Uta Abe enjoyed a magical night inside the Nippon Budokan as the Japanese siblings both struck judo gold for Japan at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics here.

tipped to succeed in the category and handled the pressure superbly, overcoming Amandine Buchard of France

Switzerland’s Nino Schurter will seek to become the first cyclist to claim a mountain bike medal at four Olympic Games when the men's cross-country event is held tomorrow at Izu MTB Course.

recently making a hugely promising first appearance in his first grand tour – no less than the Tour de France

van der Poel of Belgium, pictured in the yellow jersey while making his debut in this year's Tour de France

Avancini.In the women’s race, due to take place on Tuesday, world champion Pauline Ferrand Prevot of France

of regulatory affairs Marc Goddard has predicted mixed martial arts (MMA) is "ready to explode" in France

The sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) is ready to explode in France as we move towards normality and

The sport of MMA is ready to explode in France as we move toward normality & opening up. pic.twitter.com

part in theoretical and practical training to help their development as officials.MMA was banned in France

to move ahead with measures to see the sport legalised.Six Federations applied to supervise MMA in France

Turkish aerobic gymnast Ayşe Onbaşı has been named The World Games Athlete of the Month for June, after becoming world champion at senior level for the first time.

TheWorldGames) July 2, 2021Her idols are Brazilian 2009 World Games champion Marcela Lopez and Aurelie Joly of France

Sandrine Martinet and wheelchair tennis player Stéphane Houdet have been selected as the flagbearers for France

London 2012 silver medallists France are set to return to the Paralympics at Tokyo 2020 in blind football

Having failed to qualify for Rio 2016, France went through a difficult few years of underperformance

Following friendly matches against Spain, France finished last at the 2021 International Blind Sports

Blind Football World Grand Prix, but Arezki saw the competition as ideal preparation for Tokyo 2020.France

The United States meet France on Sunday as they begin the defence of the men’s basketball title at Tokyo

Richard Carapaz became Ecuador’s second Olympic gold medallist by clinching the men’s road race title at Tokyo 2020, following a superbly judged ride.

Carapaz was hoping to achieve further Ecuadorian history, after his maiden Tour de France podium finish

Tadej Pogačar among the first riders seeking to test their rivals.The Slovenian, who won the Tour de France

wins in France.Pogačar finished on the same time to secure bronze, becoming the first reigning Tour de France

Australian Jessica Fox is aiming to become the first individual athlete to win two canoe slalom medals at the Olympic Games as she targets an unprecedented double here at Tokyo 2020.

France and Slovakia have won every men’s canoe gold medal since the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.A new champion

will be crowned as Denis Gargaud Chanut of France failed to qualify.Slovakia’s hopes rest on the Rio

2016 silver medallist Matej Benus, while France will rely on Martin Thomas, who defeated Chanut to take

The world has reacted to the Opening Ceremony which began the Olympic Games a year late here under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic.

Games taking place in a world still facing its toughest challenge," BBC Sport reported.L'Equipe in France

The Organising Committee of the Paris 2024 Olympics has opened its "Live des Jeux" site, which will allow the public to watch the Tokyo 2020 Olympics live from the Jardins du Trocadéro in the French capital.

Games", the fan zone has a giant screen which will show coverage from the Olympics as broadcasted on France

Hair braided in cherry red, the national colour of Japan, Naomi Osaka turned out to be the chosen one who lit the Flame here in Tokyo.

following a tradition established in 1928 ©Getty ImagesAt the end of the procession, the United States and France