Former UEFA President Michel Platini has been formally placed under investigation in Switzerland in relation to a $2 million (£1.62 million/€1.78 million) payment he received from FIFA in 2011.

accomplice to criminal mismanagement, of misappropriation and forgery.It is reported that the former France

made a remark in 2018 suggesting that the draw for the 1998 FIFA World Cup was fixed to ensure that France

International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup season, set to begin on August 21 in Briançon in France

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has established a sustainability expert group in a bid to protect the sport and the world from the effects of climate change.

including environmental experts and former athletes, are Yannick Aujouannet and Franck Choquard of France

Qualification for the women's ice hockey contest at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games is due to start in December.

Republic, Hungary and Norway make up Group C, with Germany, Denmark and Austria in Group D and Sweden, France

Olympic pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi, American world champion sprinter Noah Lyles and Jamaican 110 metres hurdler Omar McLeod have been added to the list of athletes for Diamond League exhibition event, the Inspiration Games, in Zurich next month.

France.Lemaitre and the four Swiss athletes will compete in Zurich, while the other venues will be Aubiere in France

The 2020 Davis Cup Finals have been rescheduled for 2021, as have the Fed Cup Finals, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

France defeated Australia in the final of the 2019 Fed Cup ©Getty ImagesITF President David Haggerty

set to be played on an indoor clay court.Twelve nations - including hosts Hungary, reigning champions France

60 years ago, a new football tournament for European nations was reaching its climax in France.

more than a year to complete.Four nations contested the semi-finals in July 1960, but of them, only France

of CHF 2,000.Viktor Ponedelnik, left, scored the winning goal in the final ©Getty ImagesMeanwhile, France

Australia and New Zealand have been awarded the hosting rights for the FIFA 2023 Women’s World Cup.

 France staged the last edition in 2019, when the United States lifted the trophy for the fourth

In February, just before the world changed forever, Global Sports Week took place at the Louvre in Paris with the theme of radical change.

Minister Roxana Maracineanu has been a keen promoter of sport's links to health ©Global Sports WeekIn France

The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) held an online meeting with representatives of sliding tracks from across the world.

first World Cup podium finish by a Chinese skeleton slider, achieved by Wenqiang Geng in La Plagne in France

FIFA is set to decide whether Australia and New Zealand or Colombia will host the 2023 Women's World Cup at a Council meeting tomorrow.

 France staged the last edition in 2019, when the United States lifted the trophy for the fourth

The Rowing Federation of India (RFI) has launched an investigation after 22 members of its national under-18 squad tested positive for the same banned substance.

sure that it is from a supplement which is approved by the Sports Authority of India," he told Agence France-Presse

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has handed retired Belarusian rider Kanstantsin Siutsou a four-year doping ban.

ineligibility.Siutsou rode for Team Sky - now Team Ineos - from 2012 to 2015, including at the 2013 Tour de France

This year's International Skating Union (ISU) Awards will be held virtually on July 11 and streamed live.

the jury members are: Eric Radford of Canada, Lu Chen of China, Miki Ando of Japan, Surya Bonaly of France

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has endorsed the Australia and New Zealand joint bid for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup following Japan's withdrawal from the race.

 France staged the last edition in 2019, when the United States lifted the trophy for the fourth