The Stade de France, one of the key venues for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, will become

According to Agence France Presse, discussions have been ongoing over the use of the stadium for COVID

agency are reportedly finalising a date for the vaccination centre to open next month.The Stade de France

last week ©Getty ImagesThe national stadium is due to host matches during the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France

Twelve more wrestlers secured their places at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics as women’s action took centre stage at the European Olympic Games qualification event in Budapest, Hungary.

takedowns.Selishka will face Evin Demirhan of Turkey in the final, after she overcame Julie Sabatie of France

Manolova of Azerbaijan thanks to two second period takedowns.Her opponent Koumba Selene Fanta Larroque of France

The Six Nations match between France and Scotland in Paris has been rescheduled for March 26 after it

scrum-half Antoine Dupont and captain Charles Ollivon, tested positive for COVID-19.The game at the Stade de France

to see his son Mathis play on February 7.This was outside of the team's bubble and just a day after France

The final six qualification places for the Tokyo 2020 women’s handball tournament will be determined at three competitions this weekend.

Hosts Japan are already assured of their place at the tournament, alongside European champions France

Alan Gilpin has been appointed World Rugby chief executive on a permanent basis, the governing body has announced.

of quarantine was required on arrival.The next Men’s Rugby World Cup is scheduled to take place in France

Rugby World Cup 2023 in France will be a spectacular tournament, marking the 200th anniversary of rugby

Organisers of Paris 2024 have pledged to host the world’s first climate positive Olympic and Paralympic Games.

supported.Projects close to home will also be supported, with organisers pledging to support schemes in France

The entire Indonesian team was withdrawn from the All England Open Badminton Championships at the end of the first day of the competition, which was affected by coronavirus scares.

lasted for just over an hour.Third seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark comfortably beat Brice Leverdez of France

were second seeds Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino of Japan, who beat Ronan Labar and Anne Tran of France

Eight teams are set to battle it out for the final two places in the men's football tournament at Tokyo 2020 at the delayed Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football Olympic qualifier in Mexico.

year due to the COVID-19 crisis.Fourteen teams have already qualified for Tokyo 2020 - hosts Japan, France

World number one Nour El Sherbini knocked defending champion Sarah-Jane Perry out of the Black Ball Squash Open to move within two matches of a maiden title in Cairo.

distance.Amanda Sobhy of the United States emerged victorious, outlasting third seed Camille Serme of France

Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates won the Tirreno-Adriatico by more than a minute after a strong time trial on the final day of racing in San Benedetto del Tronto in Italy.

Reigning Tour de France winner Pogačar finished fourth in the 11.1-kilometre time trial, 12 seconds behind

time I aimed for a general classification in a WorldTour stage race, and I only got beaten by Tour de France

Oliwer Magnusson and Tess Ledeux topped freeski Big Air qualifying at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in Aspen in the United States.

total of 12 athletes have qualified for the final, scheduled to take place tomorrow.Tess Ledeux of France

the FIS Snowboard and Freeski World Championships ©Getty ImagesIn the women’s event, Tess Ledeux of France

Paris 2024 has selected eight sports marketing agencies to help find international brands to join the domestic sponsorship programme for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

call for tenders, titled “Sponsorship Brokerage”.Four of the sports marketing agencies are based in France

, with the others located in China, Switzerland the United Kingdom.Sportfive, Business France, Infront

France, and Havas Sports & Entertainment have been appointed, SportBusiness reported.The French

partners.Orange is one of Paris 2024's three premium partners announced to date ©OrangeThis includes France-based

Egypt’s Nouran Gohar has been withdrawn from the CIB Black Ball Squash Open after breaching COVID-19 protocols in place at the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour Platinum event.

over Egypt’s Farida Mohamed, triumphing 11-8, 11-6, 11-4.Sobhy will face third seed Camille Serme of France

Denmark's Mads Würtz Schmidt of Israel Start-Up Nation won his first Tirreno-Adriatico stage on day six of seven in a breakaway sprint in Lido di Fermo in Italy.

having finished safely in the peloton just over a minute behind the stage winner.The reigning Tour de France

International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced the postponement of the opening Mountain Bike World Cup event in Maribor, after a request from health authorities.

Fort William in Scotland due to host competition from May 22 to 23.Leogang in Austria and Les Gets in France