Olympic figure skater Morgan Ciprès has retired following allegations he sent lewd pictures to a 13-year-old girl.

 The pair represented France at the Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Prominent FIFA sponsor Qatar Airways has received a helping hand from the Qatar Government after what it described as "one of the most difficult years in the airline's history".

partner sports clubs include four of international football's biggest names: Paris Saint-Germain of France

I have been waiting for this year's PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Sports Survey for some time.

they might amount to the least-bad option at present, much of the appeal of, say, a day at the Tour de France

The top seeds at the Professional Squash Association World Tour Finals had mixed fortunes as the second round of games started in Cairo today.

was played today with Hania El Hammamy of Egypt, the fifth seed, beating fourth seed Camille Serme of France

Double world champion Anna van der Breggen will bid to make history when she competes in the La Flèche Wallonne tomorrow.

Breggen’s run of wins in Wallonia as she also eyes a sixth crown to add to her illustrious career.Tour de France

A new winner will be crowned in the men’s race with Julian Alaphilippe of France opting not to go for

in 2011, have also decided against competing in Belgium.But five of the top 10 riders at the Tour de France

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Europe Board has decided to run the upcoming FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2021 qualifiers using a bubble format.

qualifiers will be discussed and confirmed during the next Board meeting on October 8.Strasbourg in France

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has confirmed the schedule for the 2020-2021 IBU Cup – its second-tier circuit.

.This is the same system which will be used for the flagship IBU World Cup circuit, where events in France

Dutch road race champion Mathieu van der Poel is aiming to prove himself on "several stages" in what he believes will be a "unique" BinckBank Tour.

VrKDdYPav5— BinckBank Tour (@BinckBankTour) September 4, 2020The duo both crashed out of the Tour de France

The eSailing World Championship playoffs are due to begin tomorrow, with the competition set to whittle down 1,000 contestants ahead of the final stages of the season.

to be a move to San Francisco in the United States in the F50, before a laser event in Marseille in France

Greece.Elsewhere, a total of six nations are represented at the top of the rankings, with the others being France

Julian Alaphilippe ended France’s wait for victory in the men’s road race at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships after a well-executed attack in Imola.

closing stages of the event which saw the peloton complete nine laps of the course.Newly-crowned Tour de France

with 12km left of racing.The Frenchman established a narrow lead over a chase group containing Tour de France

Julian Alaphilippe wins GOLD for France!

something," said Alaphilippe, who also secured a stage win on the second day of this year’s Tour de France

in fifth and sixth place respectively.Five of the top six riders secured stage wins at the Tour de France

Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka came out on top in a meeting of two former Grand Slam winners in the first round of the French Open in Paris, beating Andy Murray in straight sets.

27, 2020American John Isner, seeded 21st, went through in straight sets against Elliot Benchetrit of France

further to 1,000 as the number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalisations and deaths rose dramatically in France

Karim Abdel Gawad will aim to secure back-to-back Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour Finals titles with competition set to begin in Cairo.

’s Sarah-Jane Perry and New Zealand’s Joelle King in Group A.Last year’s runner-up Camille Serme of France

The success of the Tour de France and International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships gives

 "There was the Tour de France and now the World Championships, the two most complex events so far

Ukraine’s Liudmyla Luzan secured her second gold medal of the weekend at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Sprint World Cup in Szeged.

500m crew added to the success for the country at the World Cup as they clinched gold in 1:33.86, with France

Östersund and Annecy-Le Grand Bornand have been removed from the list of International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup venues in the first trimester of the upcoming season after the governing body decided to reduce the number of stops on the circuit.