International Olympic Committee (IOC) staff will begin to return to Olympic House in Lausanne on Monday (June 8).

 The Swiss Government plans to re-open its borders with Germany, Austria and France on June 15 but

Organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have acknowledged a "shift in approach" as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

while they also used the meeting to express to organisers their sympathies for the challenges faced by France

impacted everyone around the world, and our sincere thoughts are with all those affected, particularly in France

New dates and a new host city for the Women's Baseball World Cup in Mexico later this year have been announced by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).

granted wild-card places at the tournament.The Netherlands were given the final wild-card berth, with France

Ex-FIFA President Sepp Blatter has accused the man who currently holds the position, Gianni Infantino, of being a "megalomaniac" as he confirmed Swiss prosecutors have formally dropped one of the cases against him.

football-related activities and another case against him in the Swiss courts remains open.Blatter told Agence France-Presse

France has been awarded the hosting rights for the 2022 Virtus World Football Championships.

Five French cities in the Île-de-France region, including Paris, are set to host matches at the tournaments

Games ©Getty Images"The 2018 Championship in Sweden was a fantastic event and I have no doubt that France

A documentary following the Canadian wheelchair rugby team at the final Tokyo 2020 qualification event has premiered.

Canadian team are set to join Japan, Australia, Denmark, Britain, the United States, New Zealand and France

Opposition group NON aux JO2024 à Paris has launched a petition calling on the French Government to cancel the 2024 Olympic Games in the French capital.

this health crisis" into the planning of the Games.There have been more than 28,000 COVID-19 deaths in France

, with Paris hit particularly hard.Professional sport will not return to France until at least September.insidethegames

Samples from the 2017 Tour de France are being retested for a previously undetectable performance-enhancing

reportedly been placed on an unnamed doping product of American origin.Samples from the 2017 Tour de France

The Italian regions of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna have launched a joint bid to host the Tour de France

 Despite the close proximity of Italy to France, the country has never hosted the start of the Tour

de France.

 However some stages have seen cyclists cross the Alps from France into Italy.

be a historic event because while the Tour de France has started from a number of countries outside

France, it has never started from Italy.

The French Open appears likely to be rescheduled again after Italian Tennis Federation President Angelo Binaghi suggested the Italian Open would be held in September.

due to take place from May 24 to June 7 but was postponed due to restrictive measures put in place in France

World Rugby has turned down a suggestion made by the former chief executive of the Rugby Football Union (RFU), Francis Baron, who said that Britain could host a major international rugby event in 2021 to help with the impact of COVID-19.

was still focused on providing relief to national bodies and is working towards the 2023 World Cup in France

international rugby calendar optimisation, both of which will further the success of Rugby World Cup 2023 in France

The trial of former IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) President Lamine Diack, who has been accused of corruption, influence-trafficking and money laundering, has been moved back five days to June 8.

for allegedly taking bribes to cover up tests showing doping by 23 Russian athletes, as reported by France

Deteriorating relations between the West and the next Winter Olympic host China; a renewed call for a referendum on Paris 2024; the placing on hold of Queensland's bid for the 2032 Games.

Tokyo 2020 is cancelled and Beijing 2022 goes ahead ©Getty ImagesBoth Ancient Athens and fin-de-siècle France

The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has published its new qualification system for Tokyo 2020, which has been approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board.

quota places were due to be allocated at the 2020 European Shotgun Championships in Châteauroux in France

The French National Olympic and Sport Committee (CNOSF) and the French Paralympic and Sports Committee, together with the Ministry of Sport, have created a campaign to support sports clubs struggling amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

be taken and assigned to the organisations in the most need.There are 360,000 sports associations in France

, with roughly 16 million registered members.Since a lockdown began in France, sporting activities have

There have been more than confirmed cases of COVID-19 in France, resulting in the deaths of at least