Japan secured their second successive victory at the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Blind Football World Grand Prix in Shinagawa.

campaign, after the team did not feature on the opening day.The Argentine side earned a 1-0 win over France

Rugby sevens teams competing for the final Tokyo 2020 qualification places in Monaco will be able to play in front of spectators when the event is staged from June 19 to 20.

place at Tokyo Stadium from July 26 to 31.The women’s competition will feature Argentina, Colombia, France

Kong, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Samoa and Tunisia.Samoa and France

final Tokyo 2020 rugby sevens place in Monaco ©Getty ImagesThe men’s tournament will involve Chile, France

Double Olympic champion Mariana Pajón took another step towards qualifying for Tokyo 2020 after claiming her second consecutive victory at the International Cycling Union BMX Supercross World Cup in Bogotá.

Joris Daudet of France also earned his second straight win in the Colombian capital, adding to yesterday's

Olympic bronze medallist Carlos Alberto Ramirez Yepes, who secured silver in 33.358.Arthur Pilar, also of France

Main round heats got the action underway on the opening day of the World Surfing Games in El Salvador.

21 with 12.5 points, while Aritz Aranburu of Spain took the 22nd heat with 10.1 points.Joan Duru of France

Brazil, France and Japan all remain unbeaten after three matches in the 2021 men’s Volleyball Nations

In the first match of the day France extended their record to three wins after overcoming Australia 28

overcame Canada 25-17, 25-20, 22-25, 27-25.Brazil sit top of the standings with nine points, while France

Six more countries have joined the line-up for 3x3 basketball’s debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics through a qualification event that concluded in Graz, Austria today.

eighth seeds Poland edged out fifth seeds Latvia 20-18 while third seeds The Netherlands overcame sixth France

21-13.The two defeated teams in the semi-finals Latvia and France had another chance to qualify via

pic.twitter.com/jH3PBDY3HY— FIBA3x3 (@FIBA3x3) May 30, 2021In the semi-finals of the women’s draw top seeds France

World number two Naomi Osaka has been warned by Grand Slam organisers that she faces expulsion from the French Open and future Grand Slams if she continues to refuse to do media conferences.

two hours and eight minutes.Fognini now plays Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics, who beat Gilles Simon of France

Federation (IBSA) Blind Football World Grand Prix campaign off to a fine start with a 1-0 victory over France

features five of the eight qualified teams for Tokyo 2020.Competition is due to continue tomorrow with France

Egan Bernal clinched victory at the Giro d’Italia after the Colombian rider negotiated the final individual time trial of the race, which was won by Ineos Grenadiers teammate Filippo Ganna.

following his success at the 2019 Tour de France.Bernal had been forced to withdraw from the 2020 Tour de France

The Boccia International Sports Federation (BISFed) has announced the dates of a series of major events planned to be held after this year’s Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

of rising coronavirus cases in the host country.The first three BISFed-sanctioned events of 2021, in France

Japanese duo Kokoro Fujii and Tomoa Narasaki claimed the top two spots in the qualification round of the men’s bouldering event at the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup in Salt Lake City.

Brooke Raboutou, Kyra Condie and Kylie Cullen also made the cut.There will also be athletes from Italy, France

Home rider and back-to-back Olympic champion Mariana Pajón won the first of two International Cycling Union (UCI) BMX Supercross World Cup rounds in Bogotá.

Olympics) May 29, 2021Brabis' compatriot Kristens Krīgers suffered a heavy fall early on.Romain Mahieu of France

Five countries sit on two wins after two days of men’s action in the Volleyball Nations League in Rimini, Italy.

Brazil, Poland, Russia, all on six points, plus Japan and France, both on five, are all unbeaten after

two matches.The first game of the day went the distance as France came from two sets to one down to

The line-up for the men’s and women’s quarter-finals at the first ever 3x3 basketball Olympic qualification tournament was completed today.

see Latvia face Lithuania, the United States take on the Netherlands, Poland up against Slovenia and France

the United States finished top after going unbeaten throughout their pool campaign, with top seeds France

three defeats.Eighth seeds the US today beat Germany 21-12 and followed it up by defeating Uruguay 22-5.France

bouncing back to beat Estonia 21-13.In the quarter-finals tomorrow, Hungary will take on top seeds France

Colombia’s Egan Bernal moved to the brink of victory at the Giro d’Italia after finishing second on stage 20, with Italy’s Damiano Caruso winning on the day to boost his prospects of maintaining second place in the general classification.

best possible way,” said Bernal, who looks set to win a second Grand Tour following his 2019 Tour de France