International Cycling Union (UCI) medical director Xavier Bigard has claimed the organisation's COVID-19 race protocol proved to be effective after just 63 cases of coronavirus were recorded following the resumption of the season in August.

coronavirus pandemic severely disrupted sport, including the UCI WorldTour and Women's WorldTour.The Tour de France

isolated and protected from others at the race, to ensure its events could be held safely.The Tour de France

The 2021 Surf City El Salvador World Surfing Games – the final qualifier for next year's postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics – have been rescheduled for between May 29 and June 6.

of the United States, Kanoa Igarashi and Shun Murakami of Japan, Jeremy Flores and Michel Bourez of France

The National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan has helped to organise an international judo training camp which involves five different countries.

Judoka from Georgia, France, Kyrgyzstan and Egypt have joined athletes from the host nation for the event

An inaugural Physical Disability Rugby League (PDRL) World Cup will be held next year as an exhibition event, it has been announced.

place at the Halliwell Jones Stadium in Warrington before the men's Group A match between Samoa and France

action will be intense, and the final being staged at Warrington's Halliwell Jones Stadium before the France

Tokyo 2020 delivery officer Hidemasa Nakamura has revealed the Organising Committee felt "relief" at news of a vaccine for COVID-19 but insisted it was not essential for the Olympics and Paralympics to be held next year.

Committee is not disconnected from society... and I heard the vaccine news," he said, as reported by France

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach is expected to visit Japan next week as the country continues preparations for the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

According to Agence France-Presse, Tokyo 2020 President Yoshirō Mori confirmed Bach’s impending visit

Daniil Medvedev claimed his first Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Paris Masters title after coming from a set down to end Alexander Zverev's 12-match winning streak.

Finally I’m the winner of a tournament that I love and first title in France."

Slovenia’s Primož Roglič was crowned winner of the Vuelta a España for the second successive year in Madrid, as Germany’s Pascal Ackermann triumphed on the final stage of the race.

having triumphed at last year’s Vuelta a España before an agonising second-place finish at the Tour de France

Seven more Russian athletes won titles on the final day of the World Sambo Championships in Novi Sad in Serbia, leaving Russia a runaway leader at the top of the medals table.

minutes of play.The final bout of the World Sambo Championships saw Sultan Aliev defeat Louis Laurent of France

Basketball star LeBron James and footballer Megan Rapinoe are among a number of American Olympians to welcome Joe Biden as the President-elect of the United States.

comments about refusing to visit the White House after triumphing at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France

Martin Dougoud of Switzerland earned his first International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup title after winning the men's K1 in Pau.

Marie-Zélia Lafont of France won the women's K1 event at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Pau ©Getty

Slovenia’s Primož Roglič is poised to secure back-to-back Vuelta a España titles after surviving an attack from Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz on the final mountain stage of the race.

clear of his rival on the final climb, raising suggestions Roglič could suffer a repeat of the Tour de France

Marjorie and Anatole Delassus impressed on the opening day of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup in Pau.

 Marie-Zélia Lafont of France won the women's K1 heat at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup in Pau ©

Getty ImagesMarie-Zélia Lafont of France edged it in the women's K1 heat, finishing in 108.32.

Dutch cyclist Yara Kastelijn is to defend her title at this weekend's European Cyclo-Cross Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch.

Crispin is one to watch in the men's European Cyclo-Cross Championships ©Getty ImagesMickaël Crispin of France

Austria and France have withdrawn from this month's International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC)

have two available quota places in sport climbing, set to make its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, while France