The International Chess Federation (FIDE) Candidates Tournament is set to resume in November with "several" cities being lined up as potential stand-by hosts.

round-robin format, was suspended after the seventh round, with the grandmasters Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, of France

World Rugby chief executive Brett Gosper claims he "has never seen a nation so well prepared as France

The France 2023 Organising Committee announced details of how the tournament aims to be the "most socially

Paris to mark the three-year countdown until the event yesterday.Claude Atcher, chief executive for France

do for France, its society, sporting infrastructure and economy."

With three years to go, we are confident that France 2023 will deliver on its pledges.

France 2023 has embraced a vision: to have a positive impact for rugby, the planet and France by delivering

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were conducted during the rest day and prior to today's stage ©Getty ImagesNews emerged that Tour de France

sprinters remained to contest the finish ©Getty ImagesIreland's Sam Bennett sprinted to his maiden Tour de France

Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme has tested positive for coronavirus in the latest round

technical service provider also testing positive and leaving the race.Under rules for this year's Tour de France

off the challenge of Australia's Caleb Ewan and Slovakia's Peter Sagan to secure his maiden Tour de France

as the battle in the points classification continues.Ireland's Sam Bennett earned his maiden Tour de France

It has taken a while, but I always dreamt of winning a Tour de France stage and I couldn’t imagine what

The French Tennis Federation (FFT) has confirmed it is pressing ahead with plans to hold the French Open with fans later this month, but the tournament will not feature defending women's champion Ashleigh Barty after she announced her withdrawal.

courts.Spectators will be permitted to attend despite a rise in the number of coronavirus cases in France

Morocco's best taekwondo athletes are attending a training camp in mountain city Ifrane as part of their preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

had to train remotely for much of the last five months, with the pandemic spoiling plans to train in France

More than 1,000 of the world's best athletes with an intellectual impairment are expected to converge on Vichy in 2023 for the Virtus Global Games.

their families look forward to being involved in," Truffaut said.Virtus announces Global Games 2023 in France

Tokyo 2020 Coordination Commission chair John Coates has claimed the Olympic Games will take place next year, with or without COVID-19.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president made the declaration in an interview with Agence France-Presse.Coates

An Olympic gold medal won at Antwerp 1920 by Britain's goalkeeper Harry Haslam has been loaned to The Hockey Museum to help mark the centenary of the team's triumph.

beat Denmark 5-1 and the hosts Belgium 12-1 and were awarded a walkover in their final game against France

Britain...Posted by The Hockey Museum on Saturday, 5 September 2020The fact the final match against France

Slovenia's Tadej Pogačar won the ninth stage of the Tour de France in the Pyrenees as his compatriot

Johannes Vetter produced a stunning effort at World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Chorzow tonight as he threw the javelin out to 97.76 metres, the second farthest mark ever behind the 1996 world record of 98.48m by the Czech Republic’s Jan Zelezny.

pic.twitter.com/fuX89wfgpI— Continental Tour Gold (@ContiTourGold) September 6, 2020Alexandra Tavernier of France

France retained its title at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) 2020 Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships

World Championship win in the women's individual race.In that group were the US, Belgium, Denmark, France

Izzard had the task of keeping Britain in front, but was caught on the swimming leg with Bergere of France

on Yee.Over the 1.3 kilometre run, Pearson closed in on the Frenchman, but not close enough to stop France

Portugal finished the last day of the Euro Beach Soccer League Superfinal as champions after a dramatic finish to the competition where they narrowly beat Switzerland in Nazaré.

pic.twitter.com/PO3OsGNvOe— Portugal (@selecaoportugal) September 6, 2020In the earlier match, Ukraine decimated France

Nearly two years ago, I wrote about my tentative support for the UEFA Nations League format with the competition providing more structured international football matches in place of meaningless friendlies, as well as pitting nations of a similar level against each other.

court, it will be interesting to see what impact the packed second part of the year has.The Tour de France

Grand Tours this season.We will undoubtedly see some riders seek to complete both the ongoing Tour de France

The Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation (CADF) has said its out-of-competition testing programme has returned to normal levels, following a drop caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The first Grand Tour of the season, the Tour de France, is currently ongoing ©Getty ImagesThe UCI WorldTour

with the pandemic having halted the season in March.The first Grand Tour of the season, the Tour de France