South Africa's former long jump world champion Luvo Manyonga has been fined for drinking in public - a breach of his home nation's strict lockdown rules.

May 20) on the outskirts of Stellenbosch.Sergeant Noloyiso Rwexana, a police spokesman, told Agence France-Presse

Taking free kicks like Beckham, replicating the France-West Germany 1982 World Cup match in the streets

Tour of Denmark organisers have confirmed this year’s race has been cancelled due to a "lack of clarity" on the health situation due to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as Government requirements.

revised International Cycling Union (UCI) WorldTour calendar.It would have clashed with the Tour de France

The Tour of Denmark would have clashed with the rescheduled Tour de France ©Getty ImagesPetersen also

told Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet that the clash with the Tour de France had also influenced the decision

The coronavirus crisis and postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics have led to renewed debate in Paris, the city set to host the following edition of the Summer Games.

where Paris 2024 can make significant savings.There have been in excess of 28,000 COVID-19 deaths in France

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

When Michelle Ford stood on the starting block of lane three for the Olympic 800 metres freestyle final on July 26 1980, she had East Germans to her left and right, in lanes one, four and five. A quick look at the results from the first five days of competition - and at the past two Olympic Games - showed what the Australian teenager was up against.

in the Opening Ceremony under the Olympic flag but compete under their own.On the long journey via France

The finals of the biggest ever efootball competition for national teams gets underway tomorrow, with efootball enthusiasts from 16 countries competing for a €40,000 (£36,000/$43,000) prize.

formats ©UEFAGroup C consists of Croatia, Luxembourg, Montenegro and the Netherlands with Austria, France

A new study by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has revealed there is no meaningful link between an athlete having a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) and their chances of winning a medal at the Olympic Games.

respiratory issues before three Grand Tour events between 2011 and 2013, including the 2012 Tour de France

Portland is aiming to launch a bid for a future International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships, with the city eyeing either the 2025 or 2026 event.

working with organisers to develop a potential course for the event.Merckx, the son of five-time Tour de France

Retired Colombian cyclist Jarlinson Pantano has been handed a four-year ban following a positive doping test for erythropoietin (EPO).

opening stage.Pantano won the king of the mountains classification at the 2014 edition of the Tour de France

The World Karate Federation (WKF) has released details of a revised qualification system for Tokyo 2020, overriding an earlier announcement of the names of 40 karatekas who were listed as having qualified for the Olympic Games, before its postponement by 12 months.

Federation (EKF) Championships in Baku in Azerbaijan and the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Paris in France

Anyone for tennis? Maybe a round of golf or a game of croquet followed by a ramble in the countryside?

, Paul Merson and an outrageously overweight "Razor" Ruddock, played a team of Parisian amateurs in France

Disgraced American cyclist Lance Armstrong has claimed that his years of doping could have been a factor in him developing testicular cancer.

diagnosed.He was once renowned as one of the United States' greatest athletes after winning the Tour de France

ESPN on May 24, concluding the following week on May 31.Of the past 25 winners of the Tour de France

Russia is to allow foreign athletes and coaches to return to the country after amending a temporary restriction on entry due to the coronavirus pandemic.

while the Premier League in England have allowed players to begin training in small groups.Leagues in France

Netherlands are among those to have finished their seasons early in response to the coronavirus crisis.In France

- FranceTeddy Riner was born on April 7, 1989 in Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe, an overseas region of France

in the Caribbean.Competing for France in the over-100 kilograms heavyweight division, he is the only

Olympic champion at his home Paris 2024 Games.Riner has been awarded the highest civic distinction in France

numerous charitable organisations.Since retiring from judo, Douillet has worked as a TV personality in France

much in love with the sport that gave him so much.Considered one of the best known personalities in France