Belgium's Wout van Aert and The Netherlands' Annemiek van Vleuten have won on the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Tour's return to competition at the Strade Bianche in Siena in Italy - the first road race back after a break forced by the COVID-19 pandemic.

the Tour de Pologne for the men in Poland from August 5 to 9 and for the women, the GP de Plouay in France

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) is "planning for a number of alternative scenarios" for its major events in the 2020-2021 season due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Cup from November 27 to 29.Further World Cup events are scheduled to be held in Sweden, Austria and France

The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) has invited 256 athletes to compete in the governing body’s Laser All Stars event.

followed by Hungary and Egypt with 27 and 22, respectively.Turkey boast 20 qualifiers, with Russia and France

Aleksandr Aksinin, a member of the Soviet Union team that won the Olympic gold medal in the 4x100 metres relay at Moscow 1980, has died at the age of 65, it has been reported.

Olympic gold medal in the 4x100m relay at Moscow 1980 ©Getty ImagesThe Soviet quartet beat Poland and France

A proposal for a venue due to be used at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games to be named after women's sport activist Alice Milliat has been approved by the Paris Council.

putting forward the proposal, Bonnet-Oulaldj said the facility would become the first Olympic venue in France

No Olympic equipment bears the name of a woman today: Stade de France, Pierre de Coubertin, Jean Bouin

Next year's Tour de France has been moved forward by a week to avoid a clash with the postponed Tokyo

appears riders will be ale to compete at both events.There is no official word yet on where the Tour de France

a week ©Getty ImagesFrench newspaper L'Équipe, owned by the same company that organises the Tour de France

An eight-team tournament will now replace the traditional autumn tests in rugby union due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

still has four matches to be played.Joining the Six Nations sides of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France

against Wales will take place at an unconfirmed venue.In the other pool, Scotland will host Japan and France

final match against their opposite from the other pool.If Wales finished top of the first group and France

the Six Nations resumes after its postponement in March, Scotland will play Wales, Ireland will play France

Cycling Team and Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank secured overall victories as the inaugural Virtual Tour de France

Two stages were contested on the first three weekends of July, when the Tour de France was due to take

course during each stage of the event, which featured climbs and sprints.Britain’s four-time Tour de France

participating in the series.Organisers Zwift and Amaury Sport Organisation said the Virtual Tour de France

campaign around cycling", with the event organised in aid of five global charity partners.The Tour de France

Athletes are set to compete from seven different locations during the International Federation of Sport Climbing's (IFSC) first virtual event next month.

the competition, which will be streamed live by the IFSC.Athletes from Austria, the Czech Republic, France

An adapted IFSC World Cup is due to get underway in Briançon in France next month.The World Cup season

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet took part in a run in Saint-Brevin to mark the coastal town becoming the 1,000th to be given the "Terre de Jeux 2024" label by organisers.

with children and elected officials, said it was a "symbolic milestone" and thanked municipalities in France

have awarded the Terres de Jeux label to 1,000 municipalities," Estanguet said, according to the Ouest-France

Members of the French Para-rowing team have been able to train together this month for the first time since the coronavirus-enforced lockdown.

Élodie Lorandi in the PR3 team is being sought ©Getty ImagesAll four are in contention to represent France

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has warned that the global pandemic is likely to impact on its business for "the whole of the next Olympic cycle", as it posted a net deficit of CHF3.5 million (£2.9 million/$3.75 million/€3.2 million) for 2019.

this to CHF424,000 (£352,000/$453,700/€390,000).The body explained that with Lappartient residing in France

The Olympic Flame was to have been lit tonight at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo as the climax of the Opening Ceremony. Instead, the day signals 364 to go until the Games.

and then transmitted across the Atlantic Ocean to the ground station at Pleumeur-Bodou in northern France

The World Rugby Executive Committee has recommended a revised and temporary international calendar for 2020, with the aim of making the most of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

spring tournament was postponed due to the outbreak.It is expected that the Six Nations teams – England, France

Prominent civil servant Michel Cadot has been appointed the new interministerial delegate for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, replacing Jean Castex.

role vacant.Cadot, the new interministerial delegate for the Games, is currently prefect for Île-de-France