Brazil retained its position at the top of the men's Volleyball Nations League after beating fourth-placed Slovenia 3-2 in a thrilling encounter in Rimini.

against France ?? with an amazing Nimir Abdel-Aziz scoring +40! ? ??

The biggest crowd to watch an event in Europe since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic saw Cristiano Ronaldo set more records as he scored twice in Portugal’s 3-0 victory over Hungary in the UEFA European Championships at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest.

as besides Portugal, the defending European champions, it also contains current World Cup champions France

 The scoreline could have been even worse for Germany if France had not had two second-half goals

Spidercam and came close to making contact with some spectators in the front rows and also passed over the France

As I parsed the document, I felt a sense of rising panic.

Bay Summit Communiqué, produced by the Group of Seven (G7) - aka the United Kingdom, United States, France

Defending champions Brazil will face London 2012 silver medallists France in the group stage of the blind

The six countries that will compete in the wheelchair rugby tournament at next year’s World Games in Birmingham in Alabama have been announced.

the World Games, due to take place between July 7 and 17 next year.They are, in order of priority, France

Spectacular goals helped the Czech Republic and Slovakia record victories in their opening UEFA European Championship matches against Scotland and Poland, respectively.

take place before a capacity 60,000 crowd at the Puskás Aréna in Budapest.Then, World Cup champions France

I’m not proud of this, but such were my ungovernable emotions after watching England try and try and fail to earn the win over Poland required to reach the 1974 World Cup finals that I stomped out into the night and walked blindly until I found myself up by the posh houses in Chalfont Lane.

a ball in anger - or in the case of David Beckham, Diego Simeone - at the 1998 World Cup finals in France

China's former Canadian heptathlete Zheng Ninali won at the World Athletics Challenge Combined Events meeting in Arona in Tenerife today after taking over the lead from Britain’s Holly Mills in the last two heptathlon disciplines of the shot put and 800 metres.

the Czech Republic with 8,122 points from compatriot Adam Helcelet, who amassed 8,058.Ruben Gado of France

Austrian siblings Anna-Maria and Eirini Alexandri led the way as nine duets booked Tokyo 2020 spots at the International Swimming Federation's (FINA) Artistic Swimming Olympic Games Qualifying Tournament (ASOGQT) in Barcelona.

the ASOGQT standings, and bound for Tokyo.Nine places were on offer in total, and duos from Belarus, France

was a family affair in Barcelona, with twins Laura and Charlotte Tremble earning an Olympic berth for France

Jetze Plat of The Netherlands earned his second gold on the final day of the Para-cycling Road World Championships in Cascais in Portugal today.

04sec, four seconds clear of Spain’s Sergio Garrote Munoz, with bronze going to Florian Jouanny of France

in 1:31:07.The men's H3 title went to Riadh Tarsim of France in a sprint finish from Germany's Vico

medallist Spain’s Ricardo Ten Argiles and bronze medallist Mikhail Astashov of RPC.Alexandre Léauté of France

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Shermukhammad Jandreev, right, was defeated by the in-form Francis Damier, left in the semi-finals, as France

With the Tokyo 2020 Olympics just over a month away, there was an extra edge to this year’s International Judo Federation (IJF) World Championships in Hungarian capital Budapest.

stop when it rolls up at Tokyo 2020 next month.When Japan last finished second in the medals table, France

outside the top three in the table for the first time since 2005, finishing down in fifth place.While France

Group of Seven (G7) leaders have once again offered their support for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics taking place as planned.

The G7 - an alliance formed of the United Kingdom, United States, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and

Japan claimed the mixed team gold medal without losing a bout on the eighth and final day of the  World Judo Championships at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena.

Prior to the final against France, Japan had not lost a single individual match in the mixed team event

The International Judo Federation's (IJF) IT partner for the World Championships, Huawei, has awarded wearable devices to all medallists at the competition, which is set to conclude today in Budapest.

Judoka such as Clarisse Agbegnenou of France and Japan's Soichi Hashiumoto were among those who said