Hugues Fabrice Zango earned a rare victory over the double Olympic and four-time world champion Christian Taylor at the second World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting of the season in Hungary tonight with a 2020 world-leading mark of 17.43 metres.

could only manage fourth place with 76.08.The women’s hammer event was won by Alexandra Tavernier of France

The town of Compiègne in northern France is set to file an application to renovate and expand an archery

Poland's Julia Damasiewicz and France's Theo de Ramecourt have started well in the International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) Formula Kite Individual European Championships, currently sitting top of the women's and men's rankings respectively.

result, but is in fourth on 13 points ahead of Poland's Nina Arcisz on 14 and then Alexia Fancelli of France

UEFA says that all of its international matches in September will be played behind closed doors, but has identified its Super Cup as a potential game to pilot allowing a reduced number of spectators into the stadium.

games in the space of four days in separate countries.The opening fixture of the new Ligue 1 season in France

The opening fixture of the Ligue 1 football season in France has been postponed after Olympique de Marseille

Panini has launched an exclusive Tour de France sticker and card collection in the United Kingdom

collectors to keep a look out for, which can be kept in a specially-designed holder.The Panini Tour de France

have an exclusive UK and Ireland edition is to cash in on the increasing popularity of the Tour de France

The only sporting encouragement I received as a schoolboy practising gymnastics a zillion years ago came from a PE teacher, a grizzly bear of a man named Martindale, a former Army Sergeant Major who used to whack you on the backside with a plimsoll as you attempted to leap the vaulting horse.

 Although I do remember how, back at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games in Albertville in France, the

Christian Taylor, the double Olympic and four-times world triple jump champion, is in the line-up in Hungary tomorrow at the second World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting of the season.

110m hurdles – Andy Pozzi of Britain, second in a personal best-equalling 13.14, William Belocian of France

French rider Marion Sicot has reportedly lodged complaints to the International Cycling Union (UCI) Ethics Commission and local authorities against her former Doltcini-Van Eyck team manager over alleged sexual harassment.

launched a formal investigation.Sicot has also lodged a criminal complaint to authorities in Orleans in France

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) has applied to have Para bobsleigh included at the 2026 Winter Paralympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo.

and six at St Moritz in Switzerland on February 25 and 26 and rounds seven and eight at La Plagne in France

Colombia's Daniel Felipe Martínez jumped four positions on the final day of the 2020 Critérium du Dauphiné to take the overall title, but the final day of the race was overshadowed about concerns over rider safety.

the Slovenian deciding not to compete in the final leg as a precautionary measure with the Tour de France

Nairo Quintana also abandoned the race due to a small niggle - with an eye on the Tour de France, which

Norwegian Biathlon Association (NSSF) is making contingency plans in case a planned training camp in France

France is a red nation in Norway's colour-coded risk system, with the NSSF now discussing recent changes

development, Sweden's cross-country skiing team will stay in the country this autumn, with a usual trip to France

The risks of travelling to France or Italy this autumn are considered too great compared to the profits

Germany's Lennard Kämna earned a maiden professional victory on the penultimate stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné, as Slovenia's Primož Roglič retained his lead on a day of crashes among the main general classification hopefuls.

back.His withdrawal from this International Cycling Union WorldTour event casts a doubt over his Tour de France

classification, but was forced to withdraw after a crash in the opening 30km, which also saw another Tour de France

The Paris Marathon has become the latest high-profile race to be cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

October 18, but was then pushed back again until November 15.However, with COVID-19 cases on the rise in France

Defending champion Bauke Mollema will be among the starters at Il Lombardia tomorrow, the second monument of the coronavirus impacted International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour season.

the vast changes to the UCI calendar, following the postponement of major events such as the Tour de France