Switzerland's Simon Marquart and The Netherlands' Judy Baauw claimed victories in the first round of the 2021 International Cycling Union (UCI) BMX Supercross World Cup season at the BMX Olympic Arena in Verona in Italy.

France's 2018 world champion Sylvain Andre in sixth and seventh respectively, while Romain Mahieu of France

World Para Powerlifting and the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) athlete education programme Proud Paralympian are collaborating on a series of free webinars for athletes' off-the-field development.

Representation" respectively.Para badminton player and Proud Paralympian educator Richard Perot of France

A total of 21 transport projects have been selected by French Mobility to receive support linked to the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.

Paris, Plaine Commune, the Departmental Council of Seine-Saint-Denis, the prefecture of the Île-de-France

"Neutral" Russian Veronika Chumikova secured an emotional late win by fall to book her Tokyo 2020 place as women's freestyle wrestling took centre stage on the second day of the United World Wrestling (UWW) World Olympic Games qualifier in Sofia in Bulgaria.

pressing down to secure the fall and with an emotional win.Chumikova will face Mathilde Riviere of France

Hosts Russia finished top of the medals table at the International Judo Federation’s Kazan Grand Slam with four golds - with the most emphatic win coming in the concluding men’s over-100 kilograms category from Tamerlan Bashaev.

total was four golds, six silvers and five bronzes, with Japan second with three golds and a bronze and France

Colombia’s Egan Bernal, Spain’s Mikel Landa and Britain’s Simon Yates are among the favourites to be crowned winner of the 2021 Giro d’Italia, with the three-week Grand Tour set to begin in Turin tomorrow.

the 104th edition of the race, with the 26-year-old instead focusing his attentions on the Tour de France

instead head Ineos Grenadiers’ general classification challenge.Bernal, the winner of the 2019 Tour de France

Verona is set to host the opening round of the 2021 International Cycling Union (UCI) BMX Supercross World Cup season this weekend in Italy, with 2018 world champion Laura Smulders one of the favourites in the women's event.

rounds of competition.Smulders is ranked third in the women's event, behind top seed Manon Valentino of France

Bids for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, the World Athletics Championships and the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup are under consideration by UK Sport as the Government agency targets a decade of hosting major sporting events.

are underway for the 2026 European Athletics Championships, the 2031 Ryder Cup and a future Tour de France

The International Ski Federation (FIS) has confirmed the four candidates bidding to succeed longstanding head Gian-Franco Kasper as President during its virtual Congress next month.

Slovenia), Franz Steinle (Germany), Martii Uusitalo (Finland), Eduardo Valenzuela (Spain), Michel Vion (France

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is searching for a new host city for this year’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals after cancelling its agreement with Budapest.

France will be among 12 teams to compete in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals, previously called the Fed

to involve more than 60 athletes, their support teams, officials and event staff.Defending champions France

So yesterday's revelation that the Mayor of one of the world’s great cities - London - still regards the Games as enough of an electoral asset to talk publicly about exploring a bid just two days before polling day must be accounted a considerable public relations bonus.

preparedness.This was also part of the justification for the original Games: in Ancient Greece, as in fin-de-siècle France

A total of 409 judoka from 79 nations are set to take part in the International Judo Federation's (IJF) Kazan Grand Slam, which will be the last major event ahead of the Budapest World Championships and the Olympic competition in Tokyo.

under-73kg will feature a host of top performers including Israel’s Tohar Butbul, Guillaume Chaine of France

Up to 1,000 spectators are set to be allowed into each of the three main courts at the French Open for the first 10 days of the tournament.

when the tournament starts), with a maximum of 1,000 spectators...per court, of course," Blanquer told France

as many spectators as possible can attend.Fans are expected to allowed back into sporting venues in France

Places at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics are still up for grabs after the Karate 1-Premier League event in Lisbon, with some dominant displays as the winners of the various disciplines were crowned on the final day in the Portuguese capital.

-0 courtesy of two ippons to take her first gold medal of the season.Grand Winner Steven Dacosta of France

Reigning Olympic men’s individual trampoline champion Uladzislau Hancharou had to settle for silver on the concluding day of the European Gymnastics Trampoline Championships as his Belarus teammate Aleh Rabtsau beat him to the top of the podium.

Stjaernborg of Sweden respectively.Dmitri Shatalov of Russia won the boys’ tumbling ahead of Axel Duriez of France