The men's Olympic ice hockey qualifiers for Beijing 2022 have been postponed until August 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 Hosts Latvia, France, Italy and Hungary are in Group E in Riga and Norway will host Group F with

Sports clubs across Germany have been allowed to reopen as part of the initial relaxation of restrictions across the country, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced today.

Bundesliga does manage to resume, it will be the first major league in Europe to do so.The top divisions in France

Airbnb, the short-term room-rental service that became a global sponsor of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) less than six months ago, is cutting 25 per cent of its workforce.

Beijing 2022, Paris 2024, Milan Cortina 2026 and Los Angeles 2028.The agreement provoked controversy in France

Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has said the coronavirus pandemic reinforces the need for a sustainable and socially responsible Olympic Games.

stakeholders, the former canoeist reflected that the project could be a golden opportunity to help France

triple Olympic gold medallist, also offered support to people impacted by the "unprecedented crisis".France

Two-time FIFA Women's World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe has expressed her doubts over whether the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics can take place next year.

©Getty ImagesRapinoe won both the Golden Boot and Golden Ball at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in France

Extreme Sports (FISE) has announced it will hold its World Series event, scheduled for Montpellier in France

Originally due to take place in May, the event was cancelled due to Government restrictions in France

Triple Winter Olympic medallist Heinz Kuttin has been announced as the new head coach of the French men's ski jumping squad.

French surfer Johanne Defay has given her support to the decision to hold the Paris 2024 surfing competition in Tahiti, saying it will look "magnificent on screen".

Tahiti - the largest island in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France - was selected by

Even if we are far from Paris, it is France," Defay said.

 "And in summer in France, the waves can be very poor, even rotten."

The Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España will overlap as the dates for the Grand Tours were confirmed, with the International Cycling Union (UCI) announcing new calendars for the coronavirus-impacted men’s and women’s WorldTour seasons.

RideLondon-Surrey Classic and the Bretagne Classic also scheduled to take place during the month.The Tour de France

August 29 to September 20, despite lingering doubts over whether the marquee event can be held, with France

A reluctance from the vast majority of International Olympic Committee (IOC) members to engage with the media in any way is the source of long-running frustration among the Olympic press corps.

Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant following comments he made in an interview ©Getty ImagesIn an interview with France

Hong Kong karate athlete Lee Chun-ho has received support from compatriots after hitting 50 days in hospital recovering from coronavirus.

Lee was among the members of the Hong Kong team who travelled to France as part of preparations for the

Olympics, which have been moved to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.Their plans were to stay in France

The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF) has postponed "DM Week" - a series of National Championships held in quick succession - until 2022 in light of sport's changing calendar.

that an agreement can be reached to still hold the event in Aalborg in 2022 ©Getty ImagesThe Tour de France

Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Narinder Batra has said the country is "serious" about bidding for the 2032 Summer Olympics and the 2026 Youth Olympic Games.

Olympics," Batra, an IOC member who is the President of the International Hockey Federation, told Agence France-Presse

Nigel Wood is to leave his role as chief executive of International Rugby League (IRL), ending a run of 18 years on the Board.

the Rugby League World Cup, which was held predominantly in England but featured matches in Wales, France

Slovakia’s three-time world champion Peter Sagan has said he will determine his targets for the 2020 cycling season when certainty is provided over dates of Grand Tour races.

to reveal a revised calendar last week, but delayed the publication to Tuesday (May 5).The Tour de France